MAQ-Observations: Amsterdam

This is a reference to data collected at the Amsterdam urban site, managed by the Meteorology and Air Quality group, Wageningen University (contact: observations.maq@wur.nl). On https://maq-observations.nl/ we offer all operational measurements from three sites: Veenkampen, Loobos and Amsterdam. These observations include, but do not limit themselves to, temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, soil moisture, soil temperature, energy and carbon fluxes and air quality (e.g. NOx, O3, PM). We offer up-to date charts of the current weather and air quality, as well as a historic dataset to explore, plot and download. You can visualize and download the data with our carefully designed graphical user interface, or download it using a custom tailored API key. Amsterdam, as the capital of the Netherlands, is a hotspot of population density, industrialization, culture and innovation. The city contains a mix of quarters, ranging from historical to young, high-rise to extensive, build up to green in which people live, work and leisure. In Amsterdam we study the urban climate and how people experience it. The city is often warmer (the urban heat island effect) and winds around buildings can be gusty. Vegetation, green roofs and street design affect the city’s climate. The Amsterdam Atmospheric Monitoring Supersite (AAMS) is run by MAQ at Wageningen University in collaboration with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, the Municipality of Amsterdam, and the I-Change project. The AAMS, established in 2014, consists of 24 weather stations across Amsterdam that measure temperature, humidity and wind speed, while some also observe precipitation and black globe temperature. It contains an eddy covariance flux tower measuring turbulent fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat (evapotranspiration), CO2 and methane, and contains a scintillometer as well. Moreover, we measure up- and downwelling components of the solar and thermal radiation. During occasional Intensive Observations Periods radio soundings were launched, a sodar was installed and tri-cycle observations of human thermal comfort were performed. The network is used to monitor the urban heat island effect, heat stress, the urban water balance, the city’s carbon footprint, to address the potential for solar panels, and for validation of weather prediction models for cities.

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Date (Publication)
2024-02-07
Edition

1
Citation identifier
urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::maq_observations_amsterdam/1.0/
Purpose

The data being measured is provided as Open Access data through https://maq-observations.nl/. This site is also part of the Ruisdael Observatory, a nationwide observatory for measurements of the atmosphere .

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)

opendata@knmi.nl

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual

DG Discovery Properties Vocabulary 1.0

  • Climate

  • Meteorology

  • Air Quality

  • Fluxes

  • Soil

  • Precipitation

  • Temperature

  • Sunshine and Radiation

  • Wind
Keywords

  • External

  • Ruisdael

  • Open data
Use limitation

Please refer to our data license page: https://maq-observations.nl/maq-data-license/

Access constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.nl

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Unclassified
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Text, table
Denominator
1
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2022-11-21
End date
9999-12-31
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
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Name Version

MySQL

1.0

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)

opendata@knmi.nl

Point of contact
Ordering instructions

This dataset is an external dataset, which means the data cannot be retrieved via the KNMI Data Platform. The dataset can only be retrieved from an external website: https://maq-observations.nl/

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minutes

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landingpage

 		https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/catalog/datasets/index.html?x-dataset=maq_observations_amsterdam&x-dataset-version=1.0

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Value

Exclusion of data may consist because, but does not limit itself to, broken equipment, power outages, untrustworthy data and maintanence.

Statement

The source data in the SQL database originates from various sensors. We post-process and quality control the collected data using Python scripts before sending to the SQL database. Near real-time data is submitted every 10 minutes. The data is available at a temporal resolution of up to 20 seconds. We offer up to 627 data streams divided over the three stations at a temporal resolution of up to 20 seconds. Data collection is fully automated and quality-controlled before sending to our database.

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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-02-07
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003 NL Kernset 1.3 KNMI 2.1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)

opendata@knmi.nl

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
Dutch; Flemish
 
 

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