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Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station

Australian Ocean Data Network
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) ; CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
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The Cape Grim program, established by the Australian Government to monitor and study global atmospheric composition, is a joint responsibility of the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station began taking samples of the atmosphere over twenty years ago. Since the first sampling began in April 1976, there have been more that 3 billion measurements taken. Among these are measurements of green house gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide as well as chemicals which deplete the ozone layer. Since the station first began in 1976, a 10% increase in carbon dioxide (one of the main greenhouse gases) has been measured. In addition long term records of aerosol particulates, radon and solar radiation have been obtained. As well as monitoring a wide range of atmospheric trace gases, Cape Grim measures concentrations of natural and anthropogenic particles, and meteorological parameters including wind speed and direction, rainfall, temperature, humidity and air pressure. Sophisticated measurements of solar radiation, including harmful UV-B radiation, are also carried out.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: hourly
Statement: # The station is at 40° 41' 00" (40.683°) S latitude, 144° 41' 22" (144.689°) E longitude. (Datum: GDA94)
# The roofdeck elevation is 94 metres above sea level.
# Wind measuring instruments are located on the top of the main intake stack on the building roof (10m), and on the west side of a 74m tower at heights of 30m and 50m.
# The station operates on Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC + 10 hours) all year round.

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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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World Meteorological Organization
Purpose
Cape Grim: a joint program of the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to monitor and understand global atmospheric composition.

Created: 26 11 2008

Data time period: 01 04 1976

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Air Temperature | ATMOSPHERE | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY | Atmospheric Pressure | ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE | ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR | ATMOSPHERIC WINDS | CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS | Carbon Dioxide | EARTH SCIENCE | Humidity | LIQUID PRECIPITATION | Methane | NITROGEN COMPOUNDS | Nitrous Oxide | PRECIPITATION | Precipitation Amount | Rain | SURFACE TEMPERATURE | Surface Winds | TASMANIA COAST | absolute humidity | air temperature | air_pressure | air_temperature | barometric pressure | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere | rainfall | rainfall_amount | relative humidity | relative_humidity | scalar wind | specific_humidity | vector wind | wind_from_direction | wind_speed |

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