Dale Village (looking south)Students arriving at the Field Centre (walking up from Dale village)Morning view across Dale FortWalking between activitiesPath to Castle Beach from Dale FortCastle Beach Bay from the top of the Met. MastNearby Watwick BayTide coming in at nearby Marloes SandsStudents launch radiosondes from the teaching deckReady…Steady…Go!Marine ecology on Jetty BeachMarine ecology on Jetty BeachCastle Beach near high tide (from the woods)Working in the woodsJetty Beach at high tideDale Fort courtyardExplaining the radiosonde techinstalling our weather station on the Dale Fort Met. MastWatwick BayDressed for the weatherThe woods (from Castle Beach)Dale Fort Night Sky (Watwick Bay Beacon), from Dale Fort PointStudents enjoying lunch togetherSome quiet time on the jettyThere are 5 classrooms/laboratories at Dale FortTracking a sonde launch in real timeBedrooms with sea viewsStill laughing (cliff top above Welshman’s Bay)!Students enjoying some downtime at nearby Marloes SandsPanoramic view of the headland from the Top of the Met. MastView from the teaching deckJetty Beach at high tideWatwick BayNight sky (credit: Hannah Barratt 2025)
The Activities
Sonde Launch / Boundary LayerSonde launch / Boundary LayerMeasurement uncertainty (validating wind speed and direction at the foot of the Met. Mast)Measurement uncertainty (validating wind speed and direction at the foot of the Met. Mast)Albedo (radiometer validation)Albedo (measuring & logging downwelling and upwelling shortwave radiation)Albedo (configuring radiometers & loggers ahead of Capstone Project)Marine ecology (site context)Marine ecology (species identification)Marine ecology (species identification)Marine ecology (site context)Weather forecasting (producing a forecast)Weather forecasting (presenting a forecast)Woodland ecology (measuring leaf area index with LICOR)Woodland ecology (measuring temperature and relative humidity with iButtons)Capstone project (Watwick Bay deployment)Capstone project (instrument calibration at sea level)Capstone project (marine ecology transects)Capstone project (synchronising peninsula-wide measurements between deployment teams)Capstone project (classifying and quantifying tidal-zone species using quadrats)Capstone project (monitoring downwelling shortwave radiation with albedometer and logger)Capstone (data analysis and discussion)
