Coordinates:
54.86500° N,
6.45700° W
Elevation: 64.0 m
Site Description
This Met Office site housing the sun photometer is located in Northern Ireland. Portglenone is located around 45 km north east from Belfast, the largest city in Northern Ireland. The sun photometer is part of the volcanic ash lidar system network, and collocated to a lidar, as well as a weather radar 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
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.