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| Station Characteristics | 2007-10-23/0 |
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| GAW ID | CGO | Cape Grim (Australia) |
| station status | established 01.04.1976 / full operation | Global station in WMO RA V - South West Pacific |
| time zone | UTC+10 | 40.68222°S 144.68830°E (94 m a.s.l.) |
| climate zone | Cfb (Warm temperate climate, fully humid, warm summer) | www.bom.gov.au/inside/cgbaps/index.shtml |
| other affiliations | AGAGE/SOGE/NIES, NOAA-ESRL/CCG |
| description | The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (CGBAPS) is located on a cliff-top (approximate elevation 90 m a.s.l.) near the northern end of the west coast of Tasmania, overlooking the Southern Ocean. The building is on a small block surrounded by an additional 500 ha of grazing land known as the buffer zone. A small area within and next to the building is leased to a telecommunications company and its 74 m tower is used by the station. The buffer zone is surrounded by a 22,000 ha used for sheep, beef and dairy farming. From the station, the baseline sector is 190-280 degrees. Winds from this sector occur about 35 % of the time. The station is supported by an office in Smithton and laboratories in Melbourne. Station specifications, site plan, and program summaries are given int the station's annual report (Baseline), available on request. |
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| References |
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| MACE, K.A., et al. (2003), Organic nitrogen in rain and aerosol at Cape Grim, Tasmania, Australia, Journal of geophysical research, 108, 3--3 | ||
| Zellweger, Christoph, et al. (2002), System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone Carbon Monoxide and Methane at the Global GAW Station Cape Grim and Assessment ot the Carbon Monoxide Scale at CSIRO Aspendale, Australia, November/December 2002, WCC-Empa Report 02/4, gaw.empa.ch/audits/CGO_2002.pdf | ||
| Activity, R. (1995), Changes in oceanic and terrestrial carbon uptake since 1982, NATURE, 373, www.owlnet.rice.edu/~esci555/FranceyNature95.pdf | ||
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QA/SAC Switzerland is hosted by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for
Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Dübendorf, Switzerland. Funding provided by MeteoSwiss is greatfully acknowledged. |
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