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Station Characteristics 2009-10-27/240
GAW ID AMS Amsterdam Island (France)
station status established 1967 / full operation Global station in WMO RA I - Africa
time zone UTC+5 37.79830°S 77.53780°E (70 m a.s.l.)
climate zone Cfc (Warm temperate climate, fully humid, cool summer)
other affiliations AERONET(Amsterdam_Island), RAMCES
description This research station is situated on an island of 58 km2. The station is located in the South Indian Ocean. This special geographical situation offers the opportunity to monitor background concentrations, with sporadic events originating from Southern Africa. Picture of Amsterdam Island facility

Measurement Program
type parameter method contributor start end details
Aerosol Carbonaceous/organic material (coarse), PM10 ## Filter sampling [general] LSCE 2003-05-01
Light absorption coefficient Filter + light attenuation (aethalometer) 2003-05-01
Major chemical components (size fractionated) Filter sampling + extraction + IC LSCE 2005-01-01
Major inorganic components (coarse) Filter sampling + extraction + IC LSCE 2003-05-01
Multiwavelength optical depth Sunphotometry/Filter Radiometry LSCE 2003-01-01
Greenhouse Gas CH4 ## Flask sampling NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1983-01-01 1990-12-07
CO2 ## Flask sampling NOAA-ESRL-GMD 1979-01-05 1990-12-07
CO2 Non-dispersive IR (NDIR) LSCE 1981-01-01 2005-12-31
Meteo Humidity
Pressure
Temperature
Trajectories FLEXTRA Empa 2005-01-01
Wind direction
Wind speed
Ozone Surface ozone 1994-01-01
Radio Nuclide CO2 [C-14]
Lead [Pb-210] 1970-01-01 1990-01-01
Radon [Rn-222] LSCE 1967-01-01
Reactive Gas C2H6S (dimethylsulfide, DMS) Gas Chromatography (GC) [general] LSCE 1987-03-01 2008-12-31
CO GC-HgO reduction/UV absorption LSCE 2004-01-01 2004-12-31
NMHC

Contact Person(s)
name Dr. Philippe Ciais
address Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE)
Orme des Merisiers, Bât. 709
Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex F-91191
France
phone +33 (1) 69 08 95 06
fax +33 (1) 69 08 77 16
mailto
url
GAW function
station function Primary station contact

name Mr. Thomas J. Conway
address NOAA/ESRL/GMD
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
United States
2009-05-12/1689207423
phone
fax
mailto thomas.j.conway@noaa.gov
url
GAW function
station function Measurement leader [Greenhouse Gas: CO2]

name Dr. Edward J. Dlugokencky
address NOAA-ERSL-GMD
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
United States
2009-05-12/1689207423
phone +1 303-497-6228
fax +1 303-497-6290
mailto ed.dlugokencky@noaa.gov
url
GAW function
station function Measurement leader [Greenhouse Gas: CH4]

name Ms. Valerie Gros
address Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA Saclay
Orme des Mesiers
Gif sur Yvette, Cedex F-91191
France
2009-03-08/-147256513
phone +33 (1) 69087967
fax +33 (1) 69087716
mailto valerie.gros@lsce.ipsl.fr
url
GAW function
station function Measurement leader [Ozone: Surface ozone]

name Mr. Victor Kazan
address Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE)
Orme des Mesiers, Bât. 709
Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex F-91191
France
phone +33 (1) 69 08 49 42
fax +33 (1) 69 08 77 16
mailto
url
GAW function
station function

name Dr. Michel Ramonet
address Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE)
Orme des Merisiers, Bât. 709
Gif-Sur-Yvette, Cedex F-91191
France
2009-08-11/0
phone +33 (0) 1 69 08 40 14
fax +33 (0) 1 69 08 77 16
mailto michel.ramonet@lsce.ipsl.fr
url
GAW function
station function Primary station contact, Measurement leader [Greenhouse Gas: CO2, Radio Nuclide: Radon [Rn-222]]

name Dr. Jean Sciare
address Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE)
Bat 702, Pce 9 CEA Orme des Merisiers
F-91191 Gif/Yvette Cedex
France
2009-03-08/-147256513
phone + 33 1 69 08 24 01 / 81 50
fax + 33 1 69 08 77 16
mailto jean.sciare@lsce.ipsl.fr
url
GAW function
station function Primary station contact, Measurement leader [Aerosol: Carbonaceous/organic material (coarse), PM10, Aerosol: Major chemical components (size fractionated), Aerosol: Major inorganic components (coarse), Aerosol: Multiwavelength optical depth, Precipitation Chem: Chemical composition (general) - depracated, Reactive Gas: C2H6S (dimethylsulfide, DMS), Reactive Gas: CO]


References
Arnold, S. R., D. V. Spracklen, S. Alvain, C. Moulin, J. Williams, N. Yassaa, and J. Sciare (2009), Global estimates of oceanic isoprene emissions from speciated phytoplankton and impacts on marine organic carbon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 1253-1262
Smirnov, A., B.N.Holben, I.Slutsker, D.Giles, C.R.McClain, T.F.Eck, S.M.Sakerin, A.Macke, P.Croot, G.Zibordi, P.Quinn, J.Sciare, et al. (2009), Maritime Aerosol Network (MAN) as a component of AERONET, Journal of Geophysical Research, , in press
Bonsang, B., Al Aarbaoui, A., and J. Sciare (2008), Diurnal variation of non methane hydrocarbons in the sub-antarctic atmosphere, Environmental Chemistry, 5, 16-23
Spracklen, D.V., S. R. Arnold, K. S. Carslaw, J. Sciare, and C. Pio (2008), Globally significant oceanic source of organic carbon aerosol, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L12811, doi:10.1029/2008GL03
Kniveton, D. R. Todd, M. C., Sciare, J., Mihalopoulos, N. (2005), The net effect of ultraviolet radiation on atmospheric dimethylsulphide over the Southern Indian Ocean, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of, 363(1826), 187-189
Baboukas, E., J. Sciare, and N. Mihalopoulos (2004), Temporal and Interannual variability of methanesulfonate and non-sea-salt sulfate in rainwater in the southern Indian Ocean (Amsterdam, Crozet and Kerguelen Islands), Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 48, 35-37
Boucher, O., C. Moulin, S. Belviso, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, E. Cosme, R. von Kuhlman, M.G. Lawrence, M. Pham, M.S. Reddy, J. Sciare, and C. Venkataram (2003), DMS atmospheric concentrations and sulphate aerosol indirect radiative forcing: a sensitivity study to the DMS source representation and oxidation), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 36, 49-65
Kniveton, D.R., M.C. Todd, J. Sciare, and N. Mihalopoulos (2003), Variability of atmospheric dimethylsulphide over the southern Indian Ocean due to changes in ultraviolet radiation, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17, 1096, 10.1029/2003GB
Baboukas. E, J. Sciare, and N. Mihalopoulos (2002), Interannual variability of methanesulfonate in rainwater at Amsterdam Island (Southern Indian Ocean), Atmospheric Environment, 36, 5131-5139
Sciare, J., N. Mihalopoulos, and E. Baboukas (2001), Short-term variations of dimethylsulfide and its oxidation products at Amsterdam Island during summer time, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 39, 281-302
Sciare, J., M. Kanakidou, and N. Mihalopoulos (2000), Diurnal and seasonal variation of atmospheric dimethylsulfoxyde (DMSO) at Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 17,257-17,265
Sciare, J., N. Mihalopoulos, and F. Dentener (2000), Interannual variability of atmospheric dimethylsulfide in the Southern Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 26,369-26,377
Sciare, J., N. Mihalopoulos, and B. Nguyen (1999), Summertime seawater concentrations of dimethylsulfide in the western Indian Ocean: Reconciliation of fluxes and spatial variability with long-term atmospheric observations, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 32, 357-373
Sciare, J., E. Baboukas, R. Hancy, N. Mihalopoulos, and B.C. Nguyen. (1998), Seasonal variation of dimethylsulfoxide in rainwater at Amsterdam Island in the Southern Ocean: implications on the biogenic sulfur cycle, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 30, 229--240
Nguyen, BC, et al. (1990), Seasonal variation of atmospheric dimethylsulfide at Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 11, 123--141
Galloway, JN and Gaudry, A. (1984), The composition of precipitation on Amsterdam island, Indian Ocean, Atmospheric Environment (1967), 18, 2649--2656
 
 
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