CESAR Observatory

The Cesar Observatory is located in the western part of the Netherlands (51.971° N, 4.927° E) in a polder 0.7 m below mean sealevel. At the site a large set of instruments is operated to study the atmosphere and its interaction with the land surface.

The Cesar site is used for:

• Monitoring of long term tendencies in atmospheric changes
• Studies of atmospheric and land surface processes for climate modeling
• Validation of space-borne observations
• The development and implementation of new measurement techniques
• Training of young scientists at post-doc, PhD and master level.

Three universities and five major research institutes collaborate in Cesar. It is the focal point of experimental atmospheric research in The Netherlands.

In 2018 a large scale infrastructure project was awarded by NWO (Dutch Research Council): the Ruisdael observatory. The CESAR observatory at Cabauw will play a major role in the Ruisdael Observatory as one of the four measuring stations.

The CESAR Observatory website is no longer maintained and only relevant pages are archived and displayed here.