WAO is a coastal site located on the North Norfolk coastline near Weybourne. Over the last ten years the Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO) has become established as a world class facility at which fundamental research, background monitoring and teaching have all been successfully carried forward. WAO has been the focus of many international experiments designed to look into the chemistry of the planetary boundary layer and into the free troposphere.

1. Research interest and particular competences 2. Geographical information 3. Meteorological information 4. Instrumentation / Monitoring activities 5. Specific information 6. Institution in charge 7. Contact person 8. Images	download PDF version
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1. RESEARCH INTEREST AND PARTICULAR COMPETENCES

Over the last ten years the Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO); as part of the 5 Star plus School of Environmental Sciences of thehe University of East Anglia, has become established as a world class facility at which fundamental research, background monitoring and teaching have all been successfully carried forward. WAO has been the focus of many international experiments designed to look into the chemistry of the planetary boundary layer and into the free troposphere. These include INSPECTRO an EEC funded project investigating the evolving fast photochemistry with changing incident radiation and TORCH looking particularly at the change in atmospheric chemistry when the measured air mass has originated from both a near and far field source region

The site (WAO) is capable of providing laboratory space for many visiting scientists and their instrumentation. With both single and three phase power available

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2. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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3. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

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4. INSTRUMENTATION / MONITORING ACTIVITIES

Click here for an overview of the available instrumentation.

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5. SPECIFIC INFORMATION

a) URL of field site:

b) Policy in relation to data availability and data access:

c) Access to the facility:
Access:
Lodging:
Transportation:
Technical assistance:

d) Fee for using the facility:

e) Scheduled scientific activities at the site:

f) Association to national, European and/or international networks:

WAO activities contribute to regional, national and global monitoring networks like:
UK Ozone Monitoring Network

g) Indication on specific issues for which collaboration is sought:

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6. INSTITUTION IN CHARGE

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7. CONTACT PERSON

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8. IMAGES

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