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Station Characteristics 2008-12-10/-147256403
GAW ID KPS K-Puszta (Hungary)
station status established 1973-07-01 / full operation Regional station in WMO RA VI - Europe
time zone UTC+1 46.96667°N 19.58333°E (125 m a.s.l.)
climate zone Cfb (Warm temperate climate, fully humid, warm summer) www.met.hu
other affiliations EMEP(HU0002R), NOAA-ESRL/AERO(KPS) GEOmon station card
description K-puszta, 70 km SE of Budapest, regional background air pollution monitoring station was established in a clearing in a mixed forest on the Hungarian Great Plain, in the middle of the Carpathian Basin, as far from the pollution sources as possible in the highly industrialized, densely populated Central Europe. Because of the growing vegetation the station was moved to a bigger clearing, also at the same elevation, approximately 500 m from the original one, in September, 1993. Picture of K-Puszta facility

Measurement Program
type parameter method contributor start end details
Aerosol Ammonium (NH4+) Capillary electrophoresis 1997-01-01 2007-01-01
Hemispheric backscattering coefficient Nephelometry, integrating 2007-01-01 2009-01-01
Light scattering coefficient Nephelometry, integrating 2007-01-01 2009-01-01
Major inorganic components (coarse) Filter sampling + extraction + other HMS 1977-07-01
Major inorganic components (coarse) Filter sampling + extraction + IC HMS 1977-07-01
Major inorganic components (coarse) Filter sampling + extraction + other HMS 1981-04-01
Major inorganic components (coarse) Filter sampling + extraction + other HMS 2005-01-01
Mass concentration (coarse) or Mass PM10 Filter + beta attenuation HMS 2006-06-19
Mass concentration (total aerosol) or Mass TSP ## unknown/unspecified 1977-01-01 1996-01-01
Nitrate (NO3-) Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] 1999-01-01 2007-01-01
Number size distribution Differential mobility particle sizer (DMA, DMPS) 2006-01-01 2009-08-02
Sulphate (SO4=), total Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] 2000-01-01 2008-01-01
Temperature Nephelometry, integrating 2007-01-01 2009-01-01
Greenhouse Gas CO2 Non-dispersive IR (NDIR) HMS 1981-01-01 1999-06-30
Meteo Humidity ## unknown/unspecified 1992-11-30 1993-09-26
Precipitation Weighing type rain gauge 1977-01-01 2008-01-01
Temperature ## unknown/unspecified 1992-11-30 1993-09-26
Ozone Surface ozone UV photometry [general] HMS 1997-01-01 2008-01-01
Precipitation Chem Ammonium (NH4+) Colorimetry [general] HMS 1974-01-01
Cadmium (Cd) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 2005-01-01
Calcium (Ca++) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 1977-01-01 2007-01-01
Chloride (Cl-) Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] HMS 1995-01-01 2007-01-01
Electric conductivity Electric conductivity (EC meter) 1986-01-01 2007-01-01
Hydrogen ion (H+) or pH Potentiometry (pH meter) 1977-01-01 2007-01-01
Lead (Pb) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 2005-01-01
Magnesium (Mg++) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 1978-01-01 2007-01-01
Nitrate (NO3-) Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] HMS 1995-01-01 2007-01-01
Potassium (K+) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 1998-01-01 2007-01-01
Sodium (Na+) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) HMS 1998-01-01 2007-01-01
Sulphate (SO4=), corrected Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] 1995-01-01 2008-01-01
Sulphate (SO4=), total Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] HMS 1995-01-01 2007-01-01
Reactive Gas Ammonia (NH3) Capillary electrophoresis 2000-01-01 2007-01-01
HNO3 (nitric acid) Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] 1995-01-01 1997-01-01
NO2 UV photometry [general] HMS 1995-06-01 2009-12-31
SO2 Ion Chromatography (IC) [general] HMS 2002-01-01 2007-01-01

Contact Person(s)
name Dr. László Haszpra
address Hungarian Meteorological Service
P.O. Box 39
H-1675 Budapest
Hungary
2008-12-10/-147256403
phone +36 1 3464816
fax +36 1 3464809
mailto haszpra.l@met.hu
url
GAW function GAW Country Contact
station function Primary station contact
name Dr. Laszlo Bozo
address Department for Analysis of Atmospheric Environment Hungarian Meteorological Service
P.O. Box 39
H-1675 Budapest
Hungary
2008-12-05/-147256320
phone +36 (1) 3464822
fax +36 (1) 3464809
mailto bozo.l@met.hu
url
GAW function
station function
name Ms. Zita Ferenczi
address Hungarian Meteorological Service
Gilice tér 39
H-1181 Budapest
Hungary
2009-08-25/-147256358
phone +36-1-346-4821
fax +36-1-346-4809
mailto ferenczi.z@met.hu
url
GAW function
station function Primary station contact, Measurement leader [Aerosol: Major inorganic components (coarse), Aerosol: Major inorganic components (coarse), Aerosol: Major inorganic components (coarse), Aerosol: Major inorganic components (coarse), Aerosol: Mass concentration (coarse) or Mass PM10, Precipitation Chem: Ammonium (NH4+), Precipitation Chem: Cadmium (Cd), Precipitation Chem: Lead (Pb)]

References
Maenhaut, W., et al. (2004), Chemical composition and mass closure of the atmospheric aerosol at K-puszta, Hungary, in summer 2003, J. of Aerosol Science, 35, 799-800
Haszpra, L. (1999), Measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide at a low elevation rural site in Central Europe, Időjárás, 103, 93-105
Horváth, L. and Sutton, M. (1998), Long-term record of ammonia and ammonium concentrations at K-puszta, Hungary, Atmospheric Environment, , 339-344
Haszpra, L. (1995), Carbon dioxide concentration measurements at a rural site in Hungary., Tellus B, 47, 17-22
 
 
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