Ruisdael Observatory maps atmosphere of the Netherlands
What was just a dream five years ago is now starting to become reality. Thanks to hundreds of sensors and several measurement towers, the Ruisdael Observatory continuously provides a clear…
Celebrating 50 years of Cabauw data
Today, September 29th, 2023 we are celebrating 50 years Cabauw. At this air quality measurement site international teams of scientists collect data for weather forecasting. Throughout the past 50 years…
Ruisdael Science Day 2023
Today, Thursday September 28th, the Ruisdael community is gathering at Cabauw, the air quality measurement site in the Netherlands. During this annual gathering scientists working within the framework of the…
Powering up Ruisdael wind measurements
By dr. Louise Nuijens In the past few months over summer, TU Delft and KNMI have been bundling efforts towards making extensive wind measurements at Cabauw with as many as…
New sensors in Amsterdam Atmospheric Monitoring Supersite
The Ruisdael measuring network in Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Atmospheric Monitoring Supersite, was expanded this summer with sensors for the black globe temperature and precipitation (see photo), with the support of…
Credit: WUR
Measurements show decreasing CO2 uptake by the forests
Recently, the Loobos facility was in the national newspaper NRC with an article about the decreasing CO2 uptake of forests. The article is about the changing role of forests in…
Credit: Raymond Sluiter
New European research network for improving weather and climate models
On 25 April 2023, the EU-commission established ACTRIS as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) for atmospheric research. Seventeen European countries, including the Netherlands, are now working together to study…
CAINA project announces four PhD positions
CAINA (Cloud-Aerosol Interactions in a Nitrogen-dominated Atmosphere) project is investigating how aerosols and clouds interact under high reactive nitrogen concentrations, by combining field experiments, chamber studies and modelling. This nitrogen-dominated…
New Loobos ecosystem site turning into an attractive research infrastructure
In March 2021, a new 38 m tall tower was built in Loobos, near Kootwijk. Along with the 6 m sea container, the site is becoming an attractive research infrastructure.…
Paper on Canopy-DALES
A new multi-layer representation for natural canopies is implemented and evaluated against a comprehensive of observations in DALES. Results show that surface fluxes such as evaporation, sensible heat and carbon…