Schauinsland

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Station Characteristics Name : Schauinsland Country : Germany GAW Category : Regional Platform : Ground base Location : 47.92ºN   7.92ºE   1205m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : Address : Federal Environmental Agency Monitoring site Schauinsland Postfach 1229 D-79196 Kirchzarten Organization : Umweltbundesamt (UBA, Federal Environmental Agency) Description : The monitoring site "Schauinsland" (1205m a.s.l.) is located in the southern part of the Black Forest mountain range near the top of mount Schauinsland, surrounded by forests and meadows. It is a regional GAW station, situated about 15 km southsouthwest of Freiburg and west to the Upper Rhine rift and the French boarder. Annual mean sum of precipitation amount is about 1780 mm. Annual mean temperature is about 5.6 °C. Prevailing wind is southwesterly.