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Lampedusa
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Station Characteristics |
Name |
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Lampedusa |
Country |
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Italy |
GAW Category |
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Regional |
Platform |
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Ground base |
Location |
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35.52ºN 12.63ºE 45m a.m.s.l.
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Time Zone |
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UTC |
Address |
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ENEA laboratory, Capo Grecale, 92010 Lampedusa-Italy |
Organization |
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ENEA (Italian National Agency for New technologies, Energy and Environment) |
Description |
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Lampedusa is a small island in the Mediterranean sea, 120 km or more far from large islands or continents. The island is rocky, relatively flat (maximum altitude is 130 m) with very poor vegetation. Prevailing winds are N/NW and S. Climate is temperate and dry, precipitation maximum is in the winter. |
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submitted by Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA |
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