Zugspitze / Schneefernerhaus

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Station Characteristics Name : Zugspitze / Schneefernerhaus Country : Germany GAW Category : Global Platform : Ground base Location : 47.42ºN   10.98ºE   2656m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : Address : GAW-Station / Schneefernerhaus D-82475 Schneefernerhaus, Germany Organization : Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD, German Meteorological Service) Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg Description : Zugspitze is the highest mountain of the German Alps (2964 m a.s.l.). It is located in southern Germany, about 90 km southwest of Munich, at the Austrian border. Monitoring of air pollution up to 1999 was carried out from an aluminium sheltered cabin on the view point terrace (47o 25' N, 10o 59' E; 2962 m a.s.l.). Trace gas measurements were re-located in 2000 to the new Environmental Research Station "Schneefernerhaus" at 2656 m a.s.l. on the southern slope of Zugspitze. Together with the Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeissenberg (40 km north), this platform establishes the Global Station Zugspitze/Hohenpeissenberg. The monitoring program is operated jointly by the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) and the German Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD).