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Fifty Years of Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Research at Cabauw Serving Weather, Air Quality and Climate

Journal Article (2020)
Author(s)

Fred C. Bosveld (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

Peter Baas (TU Delft - Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Anton Beljaars (European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting, Reading)

A A M Holtslag (Wageningen University & Research)

Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano (Wageningen University & Research)

Bas van de Wiel (TU Delft - Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Research Group
Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Copyright
© 2020 Fred C. Bosveld, P. Baas, Anton C.M. Beljaars, Albert A.M. Holtslag, Jordi Vilà Guerau de Arellano, B.J.H. van de Wiel
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-020-00541-w
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Publication Year
2020
Language
English
Copyright
© 2020 Fred C. Bosveld, P. Baas, Anton C.M. Beljaars, Albert A.M. Holtslag, Jordi Vilà Guerau de Arellano, B.J.H. van de Wiel
Research Group
Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Issue number
2-3
Volume number
177
Pages (from-to)
583-612
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Abstract

An overview is given of 50-year Cabauw observations and research on the structure and dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer. It is shown that over time this research site with its 200-m meteorological tower has grown into an atmospheric observatory with a comprehensive observational program encompassing almost all aspects of the atmospheric column including its boundary conditions. This is accomplished by the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR) a consortium of research institutes. CESAR plays an important role in the educational programs of the CESAR universities. The current boundary-layer observational program is described in detail, and other parts of the CESAR observational program discussed more briefly. Due to an open data policy the CESAR datasets are used by researchers all over the world. Examples are given of the use of the long time series for model evaluation, satellite validation, and process studies. The role of tall towers is discussed in relation to the development of more and better ground-based remote sensing techniques. CESAR is now incorporated into the Ruisdael observatory, the large-scale atmospheric research infrastructure in the Netherlands. With Ruisdael the embedding of the Dutch atmospheric community in national policy landscape, and in the European atmospheric research infrastructures is assured for the coming decade.