Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory: Meteorological and chemical observations 2014-2017
The Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory (PPAO) was established by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in May 2014 for long term observations of ocean-atmosphere interaction. The observatory is only a few tens of metres away from the water edge and 11m above mean sea level.
This dataset collection contains air temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction, rainfall, sulphur dioxide, ozone, carbon dioxide and methane measurements from Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory from 2014-2017.
At the mouth of the Plymouth Sound, the site (50° 19.08' N, 4° 11.35' W) is exposed to marine air when the wind comes from 110° - 240°. Typical southwesterly winds tend to bring relatively clean background Atlantic air. In contrast, winds from the southeast are often contaminated by exhaust plumes from passing ships. The PPAO is in close proximity to marine sampling stations that form the Western Channel Observatory, enabling better understanding of the ocean-atmosphere coupling.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2017-10-18T09:41:30
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2017-10-18T09:41:30
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 61409a5455cc4913a43da496768d0f67
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- Penlee
- Atmospheric
- Meteorology
- Pollution
- Chemistry
- Ozone
- Sulphur Dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide
- Rainfall
- Wind
- Methane
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2014-05-02T14:02:30
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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Penlee Point Observatory
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- Resource Locator
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PML Penlee Point Observatory
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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Penlee Point Observatory
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- Resource Locator
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PML Penlee Point Observatory
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- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 61409a5455cc4913a43da496768d0f67 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-16T00:10:38
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3