• 50.555°N 13.931°E 837 m a.s.l.

Observational platform

Czechia

• Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (ÚFA AV ČR)

https://www.ufa.cas.cz/en/homepage-en/

• Pavel Sedlák
  Facility PI
• Petr Pešice
  PI deputy

Ground-based fixed

Milešovka (837 m a.s.l.) is the highest hill of a conical shape in the uplands České středohoří. The hill is covered with a broadleaf forest, the upper part of which is a nature reserve of the highest category. Wider surroundings to the northwest are characterized by dense population, industrial activity, power plants and currently by a decreasing number of open coal mines. Observatory Milešovka was built on the hilltop in 1904, and regular meteorological observations and measurements started in January 1905. In addition to an automatic meteorological station, non-stop weather observation is done by professional observers. Milešovka is included in the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) network. A variety of special measurements, long-term or short-term, are also performed at the observatory. Occurrence of low-level clouds (coded as fog at the station) is recorded in more than 50 % of days per year.

Several specialized instruments are installed at the Milešovka observatory, particularly a disdrometer, Ka-band polarimetric Doppler cloud profiler and X-band polarimetric Doppler weather radar. Their data contribute to the research into the processes of evolution of clouds and precipitation and their representation in numerical models, including cloud microphysics and cloud electrification. Further expanding the equipment of the station by installation of cloud and aerosol in situ instruments opens the possibility to study the processes of interaction between aerosols, clouds and precipitation.

• Popová et al. (2023). Observations and modelling of the winter thunderstorm on 4 February 2022 at the Milešovka meteorological observatory. Quart J Royal Meteoro Soc, 149(757), 3541-3561. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4572
• Sokol et al. (2023). Comparison of Cloud Structures of Storms Producing Lightning at Different Distance Based on Five Years Measurements of a Doppler Polarimetric Vertical Cloud Profiler. Remote Sensing, 15(11), 2874. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112874
• Bobotová et al. (2022). Analysis of Two Convective Storms Using Polarimetric X-Band Radar and Satellite Data. Remote Sensing, 14(10), 2294. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14102294
• Kolmašová et al. (2022). Continental thunderstorm ground enhancement observed at an exceptionally low altitude. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22(12), 7959-7973. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7959-2022
• Zíková et al. (2021). Variability in Activation Properties in Relation to Meteorological Phenomena. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(10), 2565-2579. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0064.1
• Zíková et al. (2020). Activation of atmospheric aerosols in fog and low clouds. Atmospheric Environment, 230, 117490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117490
• Sokol et al. (2020). Hydrometeor Distribution and Linear Depolarization Ratio in Thunderstorms. Remote Sensing, 12(13), 2144. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12132144
• Sokol et al. (2018). Classification of Hydrometeors Using Measurements of the Ka-Band Cloud Radar Installed at the Milešovka Mountain (Central Europe). Remote Sensing, 10(11), 1674. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111674
• Dev et al. (2017). Estimation of optical attenuation in reduced visibility conditions in different environments across free space optics link. IET Microwaves Antenna & Prop, 11(12), 1708-1713. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2016.0872
• Fišák et al. (2011). Typical Insoluble Particles in Fog Water at Milešovka Observatory (Czech Republic). Pure Appl. Geophys., 169(5-6), 1083-1091. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-011-0345-8
• Fisak et al. (2008). Pollutant Concentrations in the Rime and Fog Water at the Milesovka Observatory. Water Air Soil Pollut, 196(1-4), 273-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9775-z
• Fišák et al. (2006). Calculated and measured values of liquid water content in clean and polluted environments. Stud Geophys Geod, 50(1), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-006-0006-z
• Fišák et al. (2004). Synoptic Situations and Pollutant Concentrations in Fog Water Samples from the Milešovka Mt.. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 48(2), 469-481. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SGEG.0000020842.27516.06
• Fisak et al. (2002). Pollutant concentrations in fog and low cloud water at selected sites of the Czech Republic. Atmospheric Research, 64(1-4), 75-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-8095(02)00081-9
• Fišák & Řezáčová (2001). Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 45(3), 319-324. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022040330504