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WMO-Measurement Lead Centre-Payerne (Switzerland)

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Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP)

WMO-Measurement Lead Centre for In Situ and Remote Sensing Synergistic Profiling (Payerne, Switzerland)
General Site Information

Payerne Measurement Lead Centre:
• is the principal atmospheric observing station of Switzerland,
• has operational and research surface and upper air measurement systems as parts of several international long-term monitoring networks and research projects, and
• integrates measurement systems located at higher altitudes on the Alps at some distance from Payerne up to 3500 m asl.

The main objectives are:
• monitoring of a vertical atmospheric column on a long-term basis,
• quality assurance of atmospheric measurement systems, and
• validation of the numerical weather prediction models.

The measurements meet the requirements of several international networks (GSN, GRUAN, GAW, BSRN, NDACC, EMEP). The Payerne observatory is also presently involved in several COST projects and has close collaboration relationships with national and international research groups such as:
• COST Action ES1303 - Towards operational ground based profiling with ceilometers, Doppler lidars and microwave radiometers for improving weather forecasts (TOPROF),
• COST Action ES1002 - Weather Intelligence for Renewable Energies (WIRE), and
• EUMETNET – E-PROFILE - Operational use of wind profilers and ceilometers in Europe.
Measurement Lead Centre location: 46.813 °N; 6.943 °E
Climate type: Dfb (humid continental climate)
Contact person: Alexander Haefele
Email: Alexander.haefele@meteoswiss.ch
Address:

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Ch. de l’Aérologie 1
CH-1530 Payerne, Switzerland
Tel: +41 58 460 9584
Fax:  
Website: http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/home/measurement-and-forecasting-systems/atmosphere.html  
Further Information
Biennial Reports
Biennial report - 2020
Biennial report - 2018
Biennial report - 2016
Biennial report - 2014