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Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal [AZR]

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Location

  • Country: Portugal Country Flag
  • Latitude: 38.7660° North
  • Longitude: 27.375° West
  • Elevation: 19.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Standard Time + 1.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

  • logo for cooperating agency Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica

Station located in the western point of the Terceira island (Azores) on rocky soil.

GML Projects at Terceira Island, Azores

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 1979-12-26 Ongoing
Methane CH4 1983-05-17 Ongoing
Carbon Monoxide CO 1990-11-27 Ongoing
Molecular Hydrogen H2 1990-11-27 Ongoing
Nitrous Oxide N2O 1995-10-24 Ongoing
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 1995-10-24 Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 1994-10-04 Ongoing
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 1994-10-04 Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Methane d13C (CH4) 2000-08-31 Ongoing
D/H in Methane dD (CH4) 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2009-10-22
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Benzene C6H6 2006-10-26 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Toluene C7H8 2006-10-26 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Ethane C2H6 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Ethene C2H4 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Propane C3H8 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Propene C3H6 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
i-Butane i-C4H10 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
n-Butane n-C4H10 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
i-Pentane i-C5H12 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
n-Pentane n-C5H12 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
n-Hexane n-C6H14 2005-02-03 Terminated - 2017-12-11
isoprene C5H8 2006-10-26 Terminated - 2017-12-11
Acetylene C2H2 2006-11-15 Terminated - 2017-12-11