Jungfraujoch

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Station Characteristics Name : Jungfraujoch Country : Switzerland GAW Category : Global Platform : Ground base Location : 46.55ºN   7.99ºE   3580m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : +1 Address : Hochalpine Forschungsstation Jungfraujoch, CH- 3801 Jungfraujoch, Switzerland Organization : International Foundation High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and　Gornergrat Sidlerstrasse 5 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Description : 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.