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AGAGE
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Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment http://agage.eas.gatech.edu/ |
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BSRN
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Baseline Surface Radiation Network http://www.bsrn.awi.de/ |
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CAPMoN
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Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/capmon/ |
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Climate Zone
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The Köppen climate classification describes climate conditions of regions on the Earth surface depending on precipitation and temperature in different seasons. Main climate zones are described by the first letter, namely A equatorial, B arid, C warm temperate, D snow, and E polar vegetation zones. These are further detailed by a second letter considering precipitation (W desert, S steppe, f: fully humid, s summer dry, w winter dry, m monsoonal) and a third letter for the air temperature (h hot arid, k cold arid, a hot summer, b warm summer, c cool summer, F polar frost, T polar tundra).
Our assignment for each of the stations registered in GAWSIS is based on the Köppen-Geiger world map of climate classification (resolution 0.5°x0.5°) for the second half of the 20th century described in Kottek et. al. 2006 (DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130). |
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EANET
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Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia http://www.eanet.cc/ |
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EMEP
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European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme http://www.emep.int/ |
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Fixed Station
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Fixed stations encompass all monitoring sites that don't move around. This include anything from a large observatory to a permanent container station, and even a flask sampling case always used at the same place. The counterpart are mobile stations. |
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GAW
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Global Atmosphere Watch, the atmospheric chemistry programme of WMO was established in 1992, consolidating existing programmes such as GO3OS and BAPMoN. It gathered WMO members, collaborating organizations and contributing network in order to provide reliable scientific data and information on the chemical composition of the atmosphere to better understand its natural and anthropogenic evolution as well as its interaction with the ocean and the biosphere. The GAW programme operates according to the GAW Implementation Plan. |
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GAW Contributing Station
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GAW Contributing stations belong to other organizations or international programmes such as the NDACC (formerly NDSC), the EMEP, the BSRN or the SHADOZ networks. Through mutual agreements, these contributing organizations are under the GAW umbrella of stations. Some of these stations have dual affiliations within GAW, having also the status of Global or Regional GAW station. In that case, they will be listed as such. More information can be found in the GAW Implementation Plan [ANNEX B]. |
