Coordinates:
55.90680° N,
4.53122° W
Elevation: 59.0 m
Site Description
This Met Office site housing the sun photometer is close to Glasgow Bishopton. The sun photometer is part of the volcanic ash lidar system network, and collocated to a lidar. The site hosts a range of sensors (Relative Humidity, Dry Bulb Temp, Grass Temp, Concrete Temp, Soil Temps at 10cm, 30cm and 100cm, Rainfall, Pressure, Cloud Base, Visibility, Present Weather, Wetness, Snow Depth, Sunshine, Radiation, Wind Direction, Wind Speed). The site permanently hosts a Rimnet Radiation Monitoring System.
Dr Joelle Buxmann Senior Scientist Met Office Observation Research and Development Met Office, Fitzroy Rd EX1 3PB, Exeter UK Tel: +44 (0)1392 885620 Email: joelle.c.buxmann@metoffice.gov.uk Alt Email: sunphotometer@metoffice.gov.uk
Phillippe Goloub Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique Faculte des Sciences et Technologies Bat P5 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE Phone: 33.3.20.43.67.08 Email: philippe.goloub@univ-lille.fr
Site Manager(s):
Tim Allot
Email:
Tim Allot Upper Air Remote Sensing Team Leader Met Office Operational Observations Met Office, Fitzroy Rd EX1 3PB, Exeter UK
The instrument is funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and will be integrated in a combined Lidar-sun photometer network for volcanic ash detection. Data quality is checked in collaboration with PHOTONS, University of Lille, France.