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Rhyl_MO (Rhyl, United Kingdom)

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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 53.25929° North
  • Longitude: 3.50859° West
  • Elevation: 77.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • The sun photometer is located next to the town Rhyl within a Met Office enclosure. Rhyl is, situated on the north east coast of Wales (United Kingdom), at the mouth of the River Clwyd. The city Liverpool and Manchester are located 20km and 50km to the north east. The sun photometer is collocated to a lidar instruments within a UK volcanic ash detection network. Besides the lidar additional weather observation instruments are available on site.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Philippe Goloub
  • E-mail: philippe.goloub@univ-lille.fr
    • 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

    AND

  • Joelle Buxmann
  • E-mail: joelle.c.buxmann@metoffice.gov.uk
    • 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) Information:
  • Tim Allot
  • Email:
  • Tim Allot
    Upper Air Remote Sensing Team Leader
    Met Office Operational Observations
    Met Office, Fitzroy Rd
    EX1 3PB, Exeter UK
Responsible Institution(s):
  • MO (Met Office, United Kingdom, Website: http://www.metoffice.gov.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

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