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Continuous Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory Observations
Data from observations made at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) which exists to advance understanding of climatically significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data.
The observatory is based on Calhau Island of São Vicente Cape Verde at 16.848N, 24.871W, in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, a region which is data poor but plays a key role in atmosphere-ocean interactions of climate-related and biogeochemical parameters including greenhouse gases. It is an open-ocean site that is representative of a region likely to be sensitive to future climate change, and is minimally influenced by local effects and intermittent continental pollution.
The dataset collection contains mixing ratio measurements of Ozone, CO, ethane, propane, iso-butane, acetylene, iso-pentane, and halocarbons. Meteorological measurements (wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, rainfall) and aerosol concentrations are also contained in the data set.
The Cape Verde Observatory was previously used during the SOLAS (Surface Ocean / Lower Atmosphere Study) project, from which the present day continuous observations have evolved. As such the earlier SOLAS measurements are also included within this collection. Additionally, back trajectory plots for the site are also within this collection.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-09-13T14:31:31
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-09-13T14:31:31
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5
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- Atmospheric composition
- atmospheric chemistry
- long-term observations
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- NCAS
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Other constraints
- Data within this dataset collection are available to both registered and non-registered users. See individual datasets for specific access information.
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- grid Grid
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2006-01-01T00:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Cape Verde Observatory website
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- series Series
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
- File identifier
- 81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
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- series Series
- Hierarchy level name
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- Date stamp
- 2025-11-15T03:26:14
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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