WesCon: near-surface meteorology from Met Office automatic weather stations at 11 locations for the WesCon/WOEST measurement campaign. v1.0 (20230414-20231004)

This dataset contains a continuous record of temporary in-house designed Met Office automatic weather stations (AWS) deployed at 11 locations in southern England during the summer of 2023 as part of the Wessex Summertime Convection Experiment (WesCon)/WesCon - Observing the Evolving Structures of Turbulence (WOEST) field campaign.

The dataset contains recorded surface meteorology and (at six of the locations) subsoil sensors at 1 minute averaging period based around a 1.5 m mast.
Instruments at 1.5 m height include: (Chilbolton, Clench Common, Spire View, Yatesbury Field, Lydeway Field, Breach Hill, Keevil, Wadswick Farm, The Park Brown Shutters, Henstridge)
• PRT screened temperature sensor.
• Rotronics Hygroclip2 for measuring screened temperature and relative humidity.
• Bosch Sensortec BMP280 barometric pressure sensor.
• Rainfall is measured with a Hobo RG3 tipping-bucket gauge with a 0.2 mm accuracy.
• Horizontal wind speed and direction from a Gill WindSonic 2-D ultrasonic sensor.
Subsoil instrumentation (at six sites: Lydeway, Chilbolton, Keevil, Henstridge, The Park, Clench Common) includes:
• Delta-T PR2 probe measured volumetric soil moisture at various depths (10, 20, 30, 40 cm).
• Delta-T ST2 thermistor probes measured soil temperature at 1 cm depth.
• Hukseflux HFP01SC flux plate measured ground heat flux (2 cm depth).

To ensure optimal traceability and transparency of data, comprehensive metadata is included.