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Station Characteristics 2008-12-19/-147256320
GAW ID COG Belsk (Poland)
station status established 23.03.1963 / full operation Regional station in WMO RA VI - Europe
time zone UTC+1 51.84000°N 20.79000°E (180 m a.s.l.)
climate zone Cfb (Warm temperate climate, fully humid, warm summer) http://www.igf.edu.pl/en/obserwatoria/cog_belsk
other affiliations AERONET(Belsk), GALION
description The Belsk Observatory is located at a distance of about 50 km south of Warsaw and about 2 km from the village Belsk Duzy. The premises of the Observatory, about 10 ha in area, is at the edge of the forest reserve Modrzewina, far away of people's settlements and automobile traffic. The Observatory is surrounded by typically agricultural regions (with fertile soil, mostly apple orchards), so the direct neighborhood is deprived of sources of major artificial geomagnetic field disturbances. Picture of Belsk facility

Measurement Program
type parameter method contributor start end details
Ozone Total column ozone Dobson PAS IGF 1963-03-23 2007-12-31
Total column ozone Brewer PAS IGF 1994-01-06 2003-12-28
Vertical ozone profile Umkehr method PAS IGF 1963-04-05 2004-08-30
Vertical ozone profile Umkehr method PAS IGF 1963-04-05 2004-08-30
Radiation Global solar radiation Kipp and Zonen pyranometer 1970-01-01 2008-12-31

Contact Person(s)
name Dr. Janusz Jaroslawski
address Polish Academy of Science Institute of Geophysics
64 Ksiecia Janusza
01-452 Warsaw
Poland
2008-12-02/92
phone +48 (22) 6915869
fax
mailto januszj@igf.edu.pl
url
GAW function
station function Primary station contact, Measurement leader [Ozone: Total column ozone, Ozone: Total column ozone]

References
Jaroslawski, J., et al. (2003), On the optical thickness in the uv range: analysis of the ground-based data taken at Belsk, Poland, J. Geophys. Res, 108, 4722, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/neubrew/docs/publications/Jaroslawski_2003JD003571.pdf
Krzyscin, J.W., et al. (2003), Effects of clouds on the surface erythemal UV-B irradiance at northern midlatitudes: estimation from the observations taken at Belsk, Poland (1999--2001), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physi, 65, 457--467
Krzyscin, J.W. (1996), UV controlling factors and trends derived from the ground-based measurements taken at Belsk, Poland, 1976--1994, J. Geophys. Res, 101, 797--16
Krzyscin, J.W. and Puchalski, S. (), Aerosol impact on the surface UV radiation from the ground-based measurements taken at Belsk, Poland, 1980--1996, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 103
 
 
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