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 Organization

NO 19
Acronym DWD
Name German Meteorological Service
Address 1
Address 2 Deutscher Wetterdienst
Address 3 Frankfurter Straße 135, 63067 Offenbach, Germany
Country/Territory Germany
Website http://www.dwd.de/EN/research/observing_atmosphere/composition_atmosphere/hohenpeissenberg/start_mohp_node.html

 Contact(s)

Name Matthias Lindauer
Prefix Dr.
Email matthias.lindauer@dwd.de
Organization No 19
Organization acronym DWD
Organization name German Meteorological Service
Organization country/territory Germany
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3 Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10 82383 Hohenpeissenberg
Country/territory Germany
Tel
Fax
Last updated date 2023-08-02


Name Christian Plass-Dulmer
Prefix Dr.
Email christian.plass-duelmer@dwd.de
Organization No 19
Organization acronym DWD
Organization name German Meteorological Service
Organization country/territory Germany
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3 Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10 D-82383 Hohenpeissenberg Germany
Country/territory Germany
Tel
Fax
Last updated date 2023-08-29


Name Jennifer Müller-Williams
Prefix Dr.
Email Jennifer.Mueller-Williams@dwd.de
Organization No 19
Organization acronym DWD
Organization name German Meteorological Service
Organization country/territory Germany
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3 Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10 D-82383 Hohenpeissenberg Germany
Country/territory Germany
Tel
Fax
Last updated date 2023-08-02


Name Dagmar Kubistin
Prefix Dr.
Email dagmar.kubistin@dwd.de
Organization No 19
Organization acronym DWD
Organization name German Meteorological Service
Organization country/territory Germany
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3 Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10 D-82383 Hohenpeissenberg Germany
Country/territory Germany
Tel +49-69-8062-9740
Fax +49-69-8062-9707
Last updated date 2023-08-02


 Background observation
 UTC
 ppb
 9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: WMO CH4 X2004A
 9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: CO2/CH4/H2O Picarro Analyzer G2301(CRDS)
 9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: 76 (m)
 5 minutes
 Calibration sequence every 15 days with three calibration tanks:
Gas injection Duration: 30 min
number of cycles (tank analysis) during a calibration: 4
Performance target frequency: every 7 hours
Archive target frequency: every 15 days
 Data processing at ICOS ATC is described in [Hazan et al., 2016], doi:10.5194/amt-9-4719-2016
 [Hourly] Time-averaged values are reported at the beginning of the averaging interval.
 [Daily]
 [Monthly]
 - Flag 'U' = data correct before manual quality control
- Flag 'N' = data incorrect before manual quality control
- Flag 'O' = data correct after manual quality control
- Flag 'K' = data incorrect after manual quality control
- Flag 'R' = data correct after manual quality control and backwards propagation
- Flag 'H' = data incorrect after manual quality control and backwards propagation
 Valid (background): O
 Invalid: N
 Valid (background): U
 Valid (background): R
 Invalid: K
 Invalid: H
 Operational/Reporting
 ICOS atmospheric station
 Wind direction:
 Wind speed:
 Relative humidity:
 Precipitation amount:
 Air pressure:
 Air temperature:
 Dew point temperature:
 Sea water temperature:
 Sea surface water temperature:
 Sea water salinity:
 Sea surface water salinity:
Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated.
 

 DOI Metadata

DOI
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_hourly.nc 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_hourly.txt 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_daily.nc 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_daily.txt 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_monthly.nc 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
ch4_toh_tower-insitu_19_6077-9999_monthly.txt 10.18160/VXCS-95EV
For more information, please refer: doi.org/10.18160/VXCS-95EV

 Related information

Format Text (WDCGG Data Format Table, WDCGG Meteorological Data Format Table), NetCDF
Relation List (Is Part Of) All CH4 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2023-09-13
All CH4 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2022-09-07
All CH4 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2021-08-27
All CH4 data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2020-09-28
Geolocation Point
Latitude (north: +; south: -) 51.808844
Longitude (east: +; west: -) 10.53495

 GAW Data Policy

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 Citation format

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Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Matthias Lindauer (DWD), Christian Plass-Dulmer (DWD), Jennifer Müller-Williams (DWD), Dagmar Kubistin (DWD), Atmospheric CH4 at Torfhaus by German Meteorological Service , dataset published as CH4_TOH_ tower-insitu_DWD_tower76 at WDCGG, ver. 2023-08-01-1042 (Reference date*: YYYY/MM/DD)

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 Reference(s)

1  Kubistin, D., Plaß-Dülmer, C., Arnold, S., Kneuer, T., Lindauer, M., Müller-Williams, J., Schumacher, M. (2023). ICOS ATC CH4 Release, Torfhaus (76.0 m), 2017-12-12–2023-03-31, ICOS RI, https://hdl.handle.net/11676/GYCVxQQ_HDsgNth3muWgabWy