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Aerosol Sampling Stations

Station Map
Surface aerosol stations as of May 2024

Clickable map with near-real-time data plots.

Station Location Information

Baseline Stations:

Site Code Name Data Plots Data Files
BRW Barrow, Alaska, USA BRW-plots BRW-data
MLO Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, USA MLO-plots MLO-data
SUM Summit, Greenland SUM-plots SUM-data
SPO South Pole Observatory SPO-plots SPO-data

Mobile and cooperative platforms:

Site Code Name Data Plots
ALT Alert, Canada (cooperative with Environment and Climate Change Canada) ALT-plots
APP Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA APP-plots
ARN El Arenosillo, Spain ARN-plots
BEO Moussala, Bulgaria BEO-plots
BND Bondville, Illinois, USA BND-plots
BOS Table Mountain, Boulder, USA BOS-plots
CPR Cape San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA CPR-plots
EGB Egbert, Canada (cooperative with Environment and Climate Change Canada) EGB-plots
ETL East Trout Lake, Canada (cooperative with Environment and Climate Change Canada) ETL-plots
GSN Gosan, Jeju Island, Korea GSN-plots
HAC Mount Helmos, Greece HAC-plots
LLN Lulin, Taiwan LLN-plots
MBO Mount Bachelor, Oregon, USA MBO-plots
RPB Ragged Point, Barbados RPB-plots
SPL Storm Peak Lab, Colorado, USA SPL-plots
SNS Sierra Nevada Station, Spain SNS-plots
SMR SMEAR II, Hyytiala, Finland SMR-plots
UGR University of Granada, Spain UGR-plots
VAR Värriö, Finland VAR-plots
WPB Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, Dayton, Ohio WPB-plots
ZSF Zugspitze/Schneefernerhaus, Germany ZSF-plots

Not Yet Active Stations:

Site Code Name Data Plots
PDE Pico del Este, Puerto Rico PDE-plots

Inactive Stations:

Site Code Name
AMF ARM mobile facility, different location every year
AMY Anmyeon-do, South Korea
BLD Boulder, Colorado, USA
CPT Cape Point, South Africa
CVI Counterflow Virtual Impactor deployed at the ARM mobile facility in July, 2005
KCO Kashidhoo Climate Observatory, Maldives, Male
KPS K-puszta, Kecskemét, Hungary
MSA Montsec, Spain
MSY Montseny, Spain
NSA Barrow, Alaska, USA (ARM North Slope Alaska, co-located with BRW)
PN1 PNNL Mobile System 1
PN2 PNNL Mobile System 2
PON Pond Inlet, Canada
RSL Resolute, Canada (cooperative with Environment and Climate Change Canada)
SEL Seoul, South Korea
SFA ICARTT/NEAQS, Latrobe, PA, Summer 2004
SFC
  • SGP, May 2003
  • Sweden, July 2003
  • Nova Scotia, Summer 2004
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    SGP Lamont, Oklahoma USA
    SPL/GML Storm Peak Lab, Colorado, USA (Second aerosol rack)
    SMO American Samoa
    THD Trinidad Head, California, USA
    WHI Whistler, Canada (cooperative with Environment and Climate Change Canada)
    WLG Mount Waliguan, China
    WSA Sable Island, Nova Scotia
    ZEP Zeppelin, Ny-Alesund, Norway

    Inactive Aircraft platforms:

    Site Code Name Profile Plots
    AAO Airborne Aerosol Observatory flying over BND AAO-profiles
    IAP In-situ Aerosol Profiles at SGP IAP-profiles