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…
NWO ENW-XL grant for research with Ruisdael Infrastructure
A research project investigating the role of clouds in nitrogen chemistry has recently been awarded with an Open Competition Domain Science–XL grant (ENW–XL). The research project is titled “Cloud-Aerosol-Interactions in…
Aerial shot of Rotterdam skyline with Erasmus bridge at twilight as seen from the Euromast tower, The Netherlands
Measurement campaign maps GHG emissions and air pollution in Rotterdam
In the period from August 22 to September 9, a Ruisdael campaign will take place to measure urban emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution in the Rotterdam area. The…
ICOS Science Conference
From 13-16 September 2022 the fifth ICOS Science Conference will be organised in Utrecht and online around the world. The overall, overarching theme of the conference is Tracking progress to…
1st Colloquium of the Dutch Clear Air Consortium, 12 May 2022
Knowledge leaders KNMI, TNO, SRON and TU Delft, together with a broad array of involved parties, bundle their expertise in the Clear Air Centre of Excellence. Clear Air partners work…
The Saharan Dust plume over the Netherlands on 16 March 2022
Arnoud Apituley, Marijn de Haij, Steven Knoop, José Dias Neto, Wouter Knap, Pepijn Veefkind, Diego Alves Gouveia, Christine Unal Information in Dutch can be found here. The Netherlands had its…
The RITA-2021 campaign
Between 13 and 30 September of 2021 the RITA-2021 intensive measurement campaign took place at and around the Cabauw observatory. The acronym RITA-2021 stands for “Ruisdael Land-Atmosphere Interactions Intensive Trace-gas…
Ruisdael Observatory involved in Green Deal projects
The Ruisdael Observatory is closely linked to two European Research Infrastructures on monitoring of air quality (ACTRIS) and greenhouse gases (ICOS). In response to the EC Green Deal H2020 call…
Zonnige lente kwam niet door lockdown
De lente van 2020 was uitzonderlijk zonnig. De link met een schonere lucht als gevolg van de lockdown door corona werd al snel gemaakt. Onterecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van onder…
Flights measurement campaign
Photo Stephan de Roode Last week, the WUR aircraft finished flights for the Ruisdael 'light' measurement campaign. For the first flight, the Sky Arrow PH-WUR left from Hilversum airport and…