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Jungfraujoch
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Station Characteristics |
Name |
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Jungfraujoch |
Country |
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Switzerland |
GAW Category |
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Global |
Platform |
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Ground base |
Location |
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46.55ºN 7.99ºE 3580m a.m.s.l.
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Time Zone |
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+1 |
Address |
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Hochalpine Forschungsstation Jungfraujoch, CH- 3801 Jungfraujoch, Switzerland |
Organization |
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International Foundation High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat
Sidlerstrasse 5
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland |
Description |
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The high alpine research station Jungfraujoch is situated on a mountain saddle between the two mountains Jungfrau (4158m asl) and Mönch (4099m asl). The station is located in the center of Europe at an altitude of 3580m asl and is surrounded by highly industrialized regions at much lower altitudes. This special geographical situation offers the opportunity to monitor background concentrations but also to investigate the transport of anthropogenic pollutants from the boundary layer to the free troposphere. Due to the surrounding topography, local winds are mainly from north-west and south-east with north-west being the predominant direction. The annual mean temperature is -8C.
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submitted by Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research |
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