Data Policy
GAW Data Policy
"For Scientific purposes, access to these data is unlimited and provided without charge.
By their use you accept that an offer of co-authorship will be made through personal contact with the data providers
or owners whenever substantial use is made of their data.
In all cases, an acknowledgement must be made to the data providers or owners and to the data centre when these data are used within a publication."
Version
2026-04-21-0253 (Last updated: 2026-04-30)File
This data set is submitted by HKO.
In line with the GAW Data Policy, users should contact the contributors of all data of interest and propose co-authorship or acknowledgement.
Organization
| NO | 27 |
|---|---|
| Acronym | HKO |
| Name | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Address 1 | |
| Address 2 | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Address 3 | 134A Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
| Country/Territory | Hong Kong, China |
| Website | http://www.hko.gov.hk |
Contact(s)
| Name | P. Cheung |
|---|---|
| Prefix | Mr. |
| picheung@hko.gov.hk | |
| Organization No | 27 |
| Organization acronym | HKO |
| Organization name | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Organization country/territory | Hong Kong, China |
| Address 1 | Units 2304-2309, 23rd floor, Mira Place Tower A, |
| Address 2 | 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
| Address 3 | Hong Kong, China |
| Country/territory | Hong Kong, China |
| Tel | +852 29268421 |
| Fax | +852 23752645 |
| Last updated date | 2026-04-21 |
| Name | L.P. Ho |
|---|---|
| Prefix | Dr. |
| lpho@hko.gov.hk | |
| Organization No | 27 |
| Organization acronym | HKO |
| Organization name | Hong Kong Observatory |
| Organization country/territory | Hong Kong, China |
| Address 1 | Units 2304-2309, 23rd floor, Mira Place Tower A, |
| Address 2 | 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
| Address 3 | Hong Kong, China |
| Country/territory | Hong Kong, China |
| Tel | +852 29268415 |
| Fax | +852 23752645 |
| Last updated date | 2026-04-21 |
| Background observation | |
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9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: NIST |
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9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: Model Pylon AB7 equipped with the trace environmental level detector(Alpha Detection) |
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9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: 2 (m) |
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| The Calibration by Pylon Electronics Inc. of radon Lucas cells is done through comparisons against both NIST traceable liquid radium standards (accurate to 1.5%) and other calibrated radon generators (accurate to 4%) | |
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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: |
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Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated. |
No DOI available
Related information
| Format | Text (WDCGG Data Format Table, WDCGG Meteorological Data Format Table), NetCDF | ||||
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GAW Data Policy
"For Scientific purposes, access to these data is unlimited and provided without charge.
By their use you accept that an offer of co-authorship will be made through personal contact with the data providers
or owners whenever substantial use is made of their data.
In all cases, an acknowledgement must be made to the data providers or owners and to the data centre when these data are used within a publication."
Citation format
This format is an example of the WDCGG standard citation.
Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
P. Cheung (HKO),
L.P. Ho (HKO),
Atmospheric 222Rn
at King's Park by Hong Kong Observatory,
dataset published as 222Rn_HKO2033_surface-insitu_HKO_data1 at WDCGG,
ver. 2026-04-21-0253 (Reference date*: YYYY/MM/DD)
* As the reference date, please indicate the date you downloaded the files.
* As the reference date, please indicate the date you downloaded the files.
