MONTE CURCIO OBSERVATORY
Mt. Curcio station is part of the GAW regional network and therefore it focuses on surface observations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor (H2O) and ozone (O3). The Climatic-Environmental Observatory also measures several other trace gases and aerosol parameters whose records are available with high temporal monitoring frequency.
The Mt. Curcio Observatory is part of the I-AMICA infrastructure.
Data are periodically send to the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In order to download the data please visit World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases.
ABOUT
MONTE CURCIO STATION
Mt. Curcio station is a CNR-IIA‘s Climatic-Environmental Observatory located in a strategic and isolated position within the Sila Grande area, one of the main three areas making up Sila National Park, which is officially recognized, since June 2014, as the tenth UNESCO Italian MaB Reserve of the Biosphere.
It is characterized by no local sources of contamination and no access by road and it is 200 m from a ski resort and from the arrival point for the cable car serving the surrounding ski area. The operative station is situated 1,780 m a.s.l. on a southern Appenine mountain peak with a completely free horizon, thus allowing to gain atmospheric monitoring measurements with a large spatial representativeness.
Interestingly, it is situated in the middle of the Mediterranean basin, around 30 and 60 km from the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian Sea, respectively.
Due to its elevation and position, Mt. Curcio station is even able to intercept dust plumes from the Sahara desert as well as volcanic ashes and gases from Stromboli and Mt. Etna volcanoes, located at approximately 120 km southeast and 220 km south-southeast from the atmospheric monitoring site, respectively.
Data and Services
A set of tools have been developed to simplify the use of databases from client side and to facilitate their update from server side
GMOS DATA ACQUISITION
GMOS AND QA/QC
The GMOS Data Quality Management(G-DQM) system was developed to quality check atmospheric mercury observations recorded by the Tekran instrument. Raw dataset of mercury are validated in near real-time and in compliance with the Standard Operational Procedures, specifically defined within the EU GMOS project.
DOWNLOAD GAW DATA
Data are periodically send to the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW) of WMO. In order to download data please visit the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases.
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EuroGEOSec project begins
The new EuroGEOSec project, of which the CNR-IIA is one of the core partners, has just started EuroGEOSec will see the establishment of a secretariat for EuroGEO, bringing back together a European consortium built from the core group involved in the H2020...
November 6-10 — GEO Week 2023
In Cape Town, the 2023 edition of the GEO Week is about to start There is more data than ever before on our changing Earth. The problem is that many people can’t get hold of it, and when they can, it’s in a language they don’t understand. GEO brings...
October 2-4 — EuroGEO Workshop 2023
In Bolzano, the 2023 edition of the EuroGEO Workshop is about to start On October 2-4, in Bolzano, Italy, the 2023 edition of the EuroGEO Workshop will be held. EuroGEO brings together and coordinates activities in Europe that contribute to the initiatives of...
The fate of quicksilver
Sampling of wet depositions has begun at the Monte Curcio observatory for the determination of mercury The Monte Curcio observatory, located at about 1800 m above sea level in the Sila Grande plateau (Calabria), carries out atmospheric monitoring activities within the...
The colors of the desert, from the Sahara to the Mt. Curcio atmospheric observatory
In the Sila plateau, at about 1,800 m a.s.l., the monitoring station of Mt. Curcio, thanks to the instrumental park with which it is equipped, has been monitoring the chemical-physical variations of the atmosphere for some years. The measurements of particulate...
Mt. Curcio Observatory has been included in the Adaptation Italian Grand Tour
Mt. Curcio Observatory has been included in the Adaptation Italian Grand Tour
Virtual tour of the Atmospheric Observatory of Mt. Curcio
The scientific dissemination activity held at the Rende headquarters of the CNR-IIA a few weeks ago was aimed at the first classes of the "Marconi-Guarasci" Higher Education Institute of Rogliano, accompanied by their teachers. The day was subdivided into various...
Monte Curcio Observatory
Coordinator Team
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende 87036, Rende, Italy
Nicola Pirrone:
nicola.pirrone@iia.cnr.it
Phone
+39 0984 493239 / 493213