CESAR Observatory

The Cesar Observatory is located in the western part of the Netherlands (51.971° N, 4.927° E) in a polder 0.7 m below mean sealevel. At the site a large set of instruments is operated to study the atmosphere and its interaction with the land surface.

The Cesar site is used for:

• Monitoring of long term tendencies in atmospheric changes
• Studies of atmospheric and land surface processes for climate modeling
• Validation of space-borne observations
• The development and implementation of new measurement techniques
• Training of young scientists at post-doc, PhD and master level.

Three universities and five major research institutes collaborate in Cesar. It is the focal point of experimental atmospheric research in The Netherlands.

If you have any questions about this website or request for additional pages, please contact Henk Klein Baltink at KNMI (henk.klein.baltink@knmi.nl). Also if you are a member of CESAR and don't have the username/password for the member section, please contact Henk Klein Baltink.

A link to the CESAR database portal is listed in the menu on the right hand side.

the 213 m. high meteorological tower