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Station Characteristics 2009-02-13/-147256320
GAW ID BLD Boulder ESRL HQ (CO) (United States)
station status full operation Regional station in WMO RA IV - North/Central America
time zone UTC-7 40.01667°N 105.25000°W (1634 m a.s.l.)
climate zone BSk (Steppe climate, cold arid)
other affiliations AERONET(Boulder), NOAA-ESRL/AERO(BLD), GALION
description Closed EPA UV NET site: The Brewer is located at Table Mountain (a desert mesa) about 10 miles north of Boulder, Colorado and is situated on a concrete pad at ground level. The terrain is flat and treeless to the north and drops downward to the east and south. The foothills of the Rocky Mountains rise to the west, obstructing perhaps to 10 degrees elevation. Picture of Boulder ESRL HQ (CO) facility

Measurement Program
type parameter method contributor start end details
Ozone Total column ozone Dobson NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1964-01-02 2009-12-31
Vertical ozone profile Umkehr method NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1978-02-23 2008-12-31
Vertical ozone profile ECC Sonde NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1979-03-12 1996-12-27
Vertical ozone profile Brewer-Mast Sonde NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1963-08-21 1966-07-13
Radiation Global solar radiation Eppley precision spectral pyranometer 1977-01-01 1980-04-01
UV Spectral Brewer EPA & UGA 1997-01-01 2003-02-12

Contact Person(s)
name Mr. Richard S. Artz
address Air Resources Laboratory NOAA
1315 East West Highway R/ARL
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
2009-07-14/2141913578
phone +1 (301) 7130972
fax +1 (301) 7130119
mailto richard.artz@noaa.gov
url
GAW function SAG member
station function Primary station contact
name Dr. James Butler
address NOAA/ESRL/GMD
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
United States
2008-01-03/-147256505
phone +1 303 497 6898
fax +1 303 492 6975
mailto james.h.butler@noaa.gov
url
GAW function
station function
name Mr. Robert D. Evans
address NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Global Monitoring Division
325 Broadway
Boulder, Colorado 80305
United States
2010-02-19/0
phone +1 303 497 6679
fax +1 303 497 5590
mailto Robert.D.Evans@noaa.gov
url
GAW function World Calibration Centre, GAW CCL (Reference Scale)
station function
name Mr. Eric S. Hall
address Principal Investigator, UV Radiation Monitoring, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency
109 T.W. Alexander Drive MD E205-02
NC 27711-0001 Research Triangle Park
United States
2009-03-16/-147256320
phone +1 (919) 541-3147
fax +1 (919) 541-1551
mailto Hall.EricS@epa.gov
url
GAW function
station function Measurement leader [Radiation: UV Spectral]

References
Newchurch, MJ, et al. (2003), Vertical distribution of ozone at four sites in the United States, J. Geophys. Res, 108, 4031
 
 
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