Sampling Sites and Measurement Programs, Global Monitoring Division, ESRL, Boulder, Colorado

Updated Summer 2010 Page 1/8

Measurement United States and Territories International

Aerosols Surface, Continuous Measurements Surface, Continuous Measurements

Absorption, scattering, American Samoa Alert, Canada

particle number, and Barrow, Alaska Cape Point, South Africa

chemical composition at Bondville, Illinois Cape San Juan, Puerto Rico

most sites. Lamont, Oklahoma Whistler, Canada


Mauna Loa, Hawaii Mt. Waliguan, China


Trinidad Head, California East Trout Lake, Canada


Boone, North Carolina South Pole, Antarctica



Summit, Greenland (black carbon)


Airborne, Light Aircraft, Twice Weekly Egbert, Canada


American Samoa (stratosphere) Azores, Portugal


Boulder, Colorado (stratosphere) El Arenosillo, Spain


Mauna Loa, Hawaii (stratosphere) K'puszta, Hungary

Aerosol Lidars Trinidad Head, California (troposphere) Moussala, Bulgaria

Aerosol light scattering
Lulin, Taiwan

verses altitude.
Anmyeon-do, Korea



South Pole, Antarctica MPL(NASA)



and GMD Troposphere

Carbon Cycle Gases Surface, Weekly Flasks (U.S.) Surface, Weekly Flasks (International)

Species Measured Argyle, Maine Alert, Canada

In Carbon Cycle Flasks: Barrow, Alaska Arembepe, Brazil

CO2, CH4, CO, H2, SF6, Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii Ascension Island, Atlantic

13C in CO2, 18O in CO2, Cold Bay, Alaska Assekrem, Algeria

N2O, 13C in CH4, CH3D plus Erie, Colorado Baltic Sea, Poland

Volatile Organic Compounds: Key Biscayne, Florida Baring Head, New Zealand

ethane, n-hexane, Lamont, Oklahoma Black Sea, Romania

propane, propene Mauna Loa, Hawaii Bukit Kototabang, Indonesia

methyl-chloride, ethene, Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts Cape Grim, Australia

i-pentane, n-pentane Midway Island, Pacific Christmas Island, Kiribati

i-butane, n-butane Moody, Texas (daily flasks) Cofre de Perote, Mexico

in a subset of flasks. Niwot Ridge, Colorado (daily flasks) Conejo, Mexico


Park Falls, Wisconsin (daily and weekly) Crozet Island, Indian Ocean


Point Arena, California Easter Island, Chile


Shemya Island, Alaska Gobabeb, Namibia


Sutro, California Guam, Marianas Islands


Trinidad Head, California Halley Station, Antarctica


Tutuila, American Samoa Hegyhatsal, Hungary


Walnut Grove, California Heimaey, Iceland


Wendover, Utah Hohenpeissenberg, Germany


West Branch, Iowa Lampedusa, Italy



Lulin, Taiwan


Surface, Continuous Mace Head, Ireland


Barrow, Alaska ( CO2, CH4, CO) Mahe Island, Seychelles


Mauna Loa, Hawaii (CO2, CH4, CO) Mount Kenya, Kenya


Tutuila, American Samoa (CO2) Mt. Waliguan, China


South Pole, Antarctica (CO2)


Tall Tower, Continuous


Argyle, Maine (CO2, CO)


Moody, Texas (CO2, CO)


Erie, Colorado (CO2, CO),


Walnut Grove, Califoirnia


Sutro, California (CO2)


West Park, Iowa(CO2)


Marthas Vineyard,


Massachusetts (CO2)


Park Falls, WI (CO2)





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Measurement United States and Territories International Surface Measurements

Carbon Cycle Gases Airborne, Light Aircraft (Bi-weekly) Surface, Weekly Flasks

(Flask Samples) Beaver Crossing, Nebraska Ny-Alesund, Svalbard

Species Measured Bondville, Illinois Obninsk, Russia

In Carbon Cycle Flasks: Bradgate, Iowa (on hold) Ochsenkopf, Germany

CO2, CH4, CO, H2, SF6, Briggsdale, Colorado Palmer Station, Antarctica

13C in CO2, 18O in CO2, Cape May, New Jersey Plateau Assy, Kazakhstan

N2O, 13C in CH4, CH3D Charleston, South Carolina Ragged Point, Barbados


Dahlen, North Dakota Sammaltunturi, Finland


Fairchild, Wisconsin (on hold) Sary Takum, Kazakhstan


Harvard Forest, Massachusetts Sede Boker, Israel


Homer, Illinois South Pole, Antarctica


Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire St. David's Head, Bermuda


Oahu, Hawaii Summit, Greenland


Oglesby, Illinois (on hold) Syowa, Antarctica (Japan)

Park Falls, Wisconsin Tae-ahn Peninsula, South Korea


Poker Flat, Alaska Tenerife, Canary Islands


Ponca City, Oklahoma Terceira, Azores


Rowley, Iowa Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina


Sinton, Texas Tudor Hill, Bermuda


Trinidad Head, California Ulaan Uul, Mongolia







Ship Sampling, Carbon Cycle Flasks



Antarctic Ocean, Chinese Ship (annual)



Drake Passage Transect (every 6 weeks)



Eastern Pacific Transect (monthly)



North Atlantic, Norway (Ship M), weekly



Western Pacific Transect (monthly)









Halocarbon Network Surface, Weekly High Pressure Flasks Surface, Weekly High Pressure Flasks

Species Measured American Samoa Alert, Canada (weekly)

In Halocarbon Flasks Barrow, Alaska Cape Grim, Australia (weekly)

CFC-11 & -12, HCFC-142b Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii Ushuaia, Argentina (weekly)

CH2Br2, N2O, CS2, CHBr3 Harvard Forest, Massachusetts South Pole, Antarctica (weekly)

CFC-113, HCFC-22, C6H6 Mauna Loa, Hawaii Summit, Greenland (bi-weekly)

HCFC-141b, CS2 Moody, Texas (tall tower in CCGG flasks) Palmer, Antarctica (bi-weekly)

HFC-134a, HFC-152a, Niwot Ridge, Colorado (in CCGG flasks) Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia (periodic)

CH3Br, CH3Cl, CH3I, SF6. Niwot Ridge, Colorado (steel flasks) South Pole, Antarctica (bi-weekly)

CH3CCl3, CCl4, CH2Cl2, Park Falls, Wisconsin (in CCGG flasks)

CHCl3, C2Cl4, C2HCl, Park Falls, Wisconsin (steel flasks)

Halon 1211,-1301,-2402. Trinidad Head, California


Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts


Walnut Grove, California


Sutro, California


Erie, Colorado


West Park, Iowa





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Measurement United States and Territories International





Halocarbons Surface, Continuous Measurements Surface, Continuous Measurements

N2O, SF6, CFC-11, CFC-12 American Samoa South Pole, Antarctica

CFC-113, halon-1211, CHCl3, Barrow, Alaska Summit, Greenland

CH3CCl3, CCl4, Mauna Loa, Hawaii

(all but Summit: HCFC-22, Niwot Ridge, Colorado

HCFC-142b, COS, CH3Cl


(Summit: CO, H2, CH4)


Halocarbon Species Airborne, Light Aircraft, Bi-weekly Airborne, Light Aircraft, Bi-weekly

Measured In Carbon Beaver Crossing, Nebraska BERMS Site, Saskatchewan, Canada

Cycle Flasks Bondville, Illinois Estevan Point, British Columbia, CAN

CFC-11 & -12, HCFC-142b, Bradgate, Iowa (on funding hold) Raratonga, Cook Islands

CFC-113, HCFC-22, Briggsdale, Colorado

HCFC-141b, Cape May, New Jersey

HFC-134a, HFC-152a, Charleston, South Carolina

CH3Br, CH3Cl, CH3I, SF6. Dahlen, North Dakota

CH3CCl3, CCl4, CH2Cl2, Fairchild, Wisconsin (on funding hold)

CHCl3, C2Cl4, C2HCl3, Harvard Forest, Massachusetts

halon 1211,-1301,-2402, Homer, Illinois (on funding hold)

CH2Br2, C6H6, COS, Molokai, Hawaii

CHBr3, N2O, CS2. Park Falls, Wisconsin


Poker Flat, Alaska


Rowley, Iowa


Sinton, Texas


Southern Great Plains, Oklahoma


Trinidad Head, California


Worchester, Massachusetts









Balloon Measurements Airborne, Large Balloons and Aircraft Airborne, Large Balloons and Aircraft

CH4, H2, CO, N20, SF6, Barbers Point, Hawaii (aircraft, periodic) Christchurch, NZ (aircraft, periodic)

CH3CCl3, CCl4, halon-1211, Edwards, California (aircraft, periodic) COBRA (Canada and U.S., aircraft)

CHCl3, CFC-11,-12,-113. Fairbanks, AK (aircraft/balloons, periodic) Janeiro Del Norte, Brazil (balloon)

Aircraft: Above list plus Ft. Sumner, New Mexico (balloon) Kiruna, Sweden (balloon, periodic)

PAN, HFC-134a, COS, CS2 Houston, Texas (aircraft, periodic) San Jose, Costa Rica (aircraft)

HCFC-22,-141b,-142b Key West, Florida (aircraft, periodic) HIPPO (NSF aircraft, Global)

CH3Br, CH3I. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, (aircraft, GloPac (aircraft, Arctic & Pacific)


periodic)

Unmanned Aircraft


Systems (UAS) Gray Butte, California (Altair, test phase)

CH4, H2, CO, N20, SF6, Western U.S.( Altair, wildfires, periodic)

CHCl3, CFC-11,-12,, RH


halon-1211, O3, H2O, T








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Measurement United States and Territories International

Ozone Surface, In Situ, Continuous Surface, In Situ, Continuous

(surface) American Samoa Arrival Heights, Antarctica


Barrow, Alaska Lauder, New Zealand


Mauna Loa, Hawaii Ragged Point, Barbados


Niwot Ridge, Colorado South Pole, Antarctica


Trinidad Head, California Summit, Greenland


WKT Tower (Moody, Texas) Tudor Hill, Bermuda


BAO, Erie, Colorado Westman Island, Iceland





Ozone Total Column Ozone Total Column Ozone

(total column) Barrow, Alaska (Dobson) Cape Matatula, American Samoa (Dobson)


Bismarck, North Dakota (Dobson) Lauder, New Zealand** (Dobson)


Bondville, Illionos (Brewer) *** Maracompoche, Peru (Dobson)


Boulder, Colorado (Dobson)** OHP, France** (Dobson)


Caribou, Maine (Dobson) Perth, Australia** (Dobson)


Fairbanks, Alaska (Dobson)** South Pole, Antarctica (Dobson)


Fort Peck, Montana (Brewer)***


Hanford, California (Dobson) ** Also conduct Umkehr profiles that give


Houston, Texas (Brewer) ozone concentrations in 8 successive


Mauna Loa, Hawaii (Dobson)** layers within the sounding twice per day.


Nashville, Tennessee (Dobson)


Niwot Ridge (Brewer)*** ***Also conduct Umkehr profile measurements


Raleigh, North Carolina (Brewer)*** that yield ozone concentrations in 10


Table Mountain, Colorado (Brewer)*** successive layers at sunrise and sunset


Tallahassee, Florida (Dobson)


Wallops Island, Virginia (Dobson)





Ozone Profiles Balloonborne Ozonesondes, Weekly Balloonborne Ozonesondes, Weekly

(balloons) American Samoa Galapagos Islands, Ecuador


Boulder, Colorado Ragged Point, Barbados


Hunstville, Alabama San Jose, Costa Rica


Mauna Loa, Hawaii South Pole, Antarctica


Narragansett, Rhode Island Summit, Greenland


Trinidad Head, California Suva, Fiji





Ozone Profiles Light Aircraft, Weekly Profiles Light Aircraft Ozone Profiles

(light aircraft) Beaver Crossing, Nebraska


Worcester, Massachusetts


Briggsdale, Colorado


Cape May, New Jersey


Homer, Illinois


Lamont, Oklahoma


Rowley, Iowa


Summerville, South Carolina


Trinidad Head, California













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Measurement United States and Territories International





Water Vapor Profiles Balloonborne Water Vapor Profiles Balloonborne Water Vapor Profiles

(balloons) Beltsville, Maryland (periodic, includes ozone)


Boulder, Colorado Bandung, Indonesia


Hilo, Hawaii Biak, Indonesia


Lamont, Oklahoma Galapagos Island, Ecuador


Midland, Texas Hanoi, Vietnam


Table Mountain, California Kototabang, Indonesia



La Reunion Island, Indian Ocean



Lauder, New Zealand



Lindberg, Germany



Summit, Greenland



Tarawa, Kiribati



Watukosek, Indonesia





Surface Radiation BSRN Continuous Measurements BSRN Continuous Measurements

Budget American Samoa Bermuda*


Barrow, Alaska Kwajalein, Marshall Islands*

Upwelling and Boulder, Colorado Prospect Hill, Bermuda*

downwelling short wave Erie, Colorado South Pole, Antarctica*

and long wave radiation, Trinidad Head, California Alert, Canada

components of the Alert, Canada Alice Springs, Australia

surface radiation budget,
Cambourne, United Kingdom

albedo, aerosol optical
Carpentras, France

depth, direct beam and
DeAar, South Africa

diffuse radiation
Florianoplis, Brazil

and UV radiation, and
Ilorin, Nigeria

T, RH, WS, WD, P.
Lerwick, United Kingdom



Lindenberg, Germany



Neumayer, Antarctica



Ny Alesund, Svalbard



Palaiseauu, France

SURFRAD SURFRAD Continuous Measurements Payerne, Switzerland

In addition to most of the Bondville, Illinois Regina, Canada

above, SURFRAD Desert Rock, Nevada Sede Boker, Israel

stations measure UVB Fort Peck, Montana Syowa, Antarctica

and photosynthetically Goodwin Creek, Mississippi Tamanrasset, Algeria

active radiation. Penn State, Pennsylvania Tateno, Japan


Sioux Falls, South Dakota Toravere, Estonia


Table Mountain, Colorado Xianghe, China



Dome Concordia, Antarctica (with ISAC, Italy)

Aerosol Optical Depth




* GMD Operated

Radiation Key: (BSRN = Baseline Surface Radiation Network; SURFRAD = US National Surface


Radiation Network; GAW = Global Atmosphere Watch)














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Measurement United States and Territories International





UV Continuous Barrow, Alaska GAW (continuous solar broadband)


Bondville, Illinois Bahia, Brazil


Boulder, Colorado Sumatra, Indonesia


Fort Peck, Montana Summit, Greenland


Houston, Texas Ushuaia, Argentina


Mauna Loa, Hawaii Waliguan, China


Niwot Ridge, Colorado


Raleigh, North Carolina


Table Mountain, Colorado














Special Radiation Programs


Mauna Loa, Hawaii (global reference site)









Meteorology American Samoa (19 m) South Pole, Antarctica (2, 10, and 27 m)

Wind Barrow, Alaska (10 m) Summit, Greenland (8 m)

Propeller Boulder, Colorado (2 m) Alert, Cacada (SEARH Project)

Anemometer Mauna Loa, Hawaii (10 and 38 m)


Trinidad Head, California (10 m)





Meteorology Surface, Continuous Measurements Surface, Continuous Measurements

Barometric Pressure American Samoa South Pole, Antarctica


Barrow, Alaska Summit, Greenland

Pressure transducer Boulder, Colorado Alert, Cacada (SEARH Project)


Mauna Loa, Hawaii


Trinidad Head, California





Meteorology Surface, Continuous Measurements Surface, Continuous Measurements

Ambeint Temperature American Samoa (2 and 19 m) South Pole, Antarctica (2, 10, and 22 m)


Barrow, Alaska (3 and 16 m) Summit, Greenland (2 and 8 m)

Aspirated platinum Boulder, Colorado (2 m) Alert, Cacada (SEARH Project)

resistance probes Mauna Loa, Hawaii (2, 9, and 37 m)


Trinidad Head, California (2 and10 m)





Meteorology Surface, Continuous Measurements Surface, Continuous Measurements

Dewpoint American Samoa (2 m) South Pole, Antarctica (2 m)

Temperature Barrow, Alaska (3 m) Summit, Greenland (2 m)


Boulder, Colorado (2 m) Alert, Cacada (SEARH Project)

Hygrothermometers and Mauna Loa, Hawaii (2 m)

relative humidty probes Trinidad Head, California (2 m)





Meteorology Surface, Continuous Measurements

Precipitation American Samoa


Boulder, Colorado

Tipping bucket Mauna Loa, Hawaii

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State, Country, Territory & Ocean Summary






State and Territory (34) Country and Ocean Summary (67) Country and Ocean Summary (67)





Key: (1), (2) ... denote the separate sites or sample locations in a state/territory/country/ocean basin.






Alabama (1) Algeria (2) (continuation of column to the left)

Alaska (8) Antarctic Circumpolar (Chinese) (24) Kazakhstan (2)

American Samoa (2) Antarctica (7) Kenya (1)

California (8) Argentina (3) Kiribati (2)

Colorado (7) Ascension Island (1) Korea (South) (2)

Florida (3) Australia (4) La Reunion Island, Indian Ocean (1)

Georgia (1) Azores (1) Maldives (1)

Hawaii (7) Barbados (3) Marshall Islands (1)

Illinois (6) Bermuda (3) Mexico (2)

Iowa (3) Brazil (3) Midway Island (1)

Maine (2) Canada (7) Mongolia (2)

Maryland (1) Canary Islands (1) Namibia (1)

Massachusetts (2) Chile (1) New Zealand (3)

Midway Island (1) China (5) Niger (1)

Mississippi (1) Cook Islands (1) Nigeria (1)

Montana (2) Costa Rica (2) Norway (1)

Nebraska (2) Crozet Island, Indian Ocean (1) Peru (1)

Nevada (1) Drake Passage Ships (6) Poland (1)

New Hampshire (2) Eastern Pacific Ships (15) Puerto Rico (2)

New Jersey (1) Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) (2) Romania (1)

New Mexico (2) Estonia (1) Russia (5)

North Carolina (1) Fiji (1) Saipan (1)

North Dakota (3) Finland (2) Saudi Arabia (1)

Oklahoma (3) France (4) Seychelles (1)

Pennsylvania (1) Germany (2) Ship M, North Atlantic (1)

Rhode Island (1) Greenland (1) South Africa (2)

South Carolina (2) Guam (2) Spain (1)

South Dakota (2) Hungary (1) Svalbard (1)

Tennessee (2) Iceland (1) Sweden (1)

Texas (4) Indonesia (5) Switzerland (1)

Utah (2) Ireland (2) Taiwan (1)

Virginia (3) Israel (2) United Kingdom (2)

Washington (1) Italy (1) Vietnam (1)

Wisconsin (3) Japan (1) (continued, column right, top) Western Pacific Ships (13)





Cooperative Programs
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Program Home Institution Station



American Samoa

CO2, 13C, N2O Scripps Institution of Oceanography

O2/N2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography

CFC-11, CFC-12, NASA/AGAGE http://agage.eas.gatech.edu/

CFC-113, CCl4, CH3CCl3


CH4, N2O, CHCl3,


Hydrocarbons University of California, Irvine

O2/N2 Princeton University

Aerosol Chemisty University of Miami





Program Home Institution Station



Trinidad Head, California

ABC Sampling University of Wisconson, Madison

MPLNET Cloud Profiling NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

AERONET Photometers NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/





Program Home Institution Station



Barrow, Alaska

Precip gauge USDA/ Snow Survey

Hydrocarbons University of California, Irvine

O2/N2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography

CO2 Flux San Diego State University

Thaw Depth State University of NY

POES Satellite uplink NOAA/NESDIS

POES Satellite downlink NOAA/NESDIS

Persistent Organic Environment Canada http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/gaps/

Pollutants (POP's)


SoumiNet GPS UNAVCO http://www.suominet.ucar.edu/support/



photos/barrow/barrow.html

Climate Reference NOAA/NESDIS

Network (CRN)


Geomagnetics USGS http://geomag.usgs.gov/observatories/barrow/

CO2, 13C, N2O Scripps Institution of Oceanography

DMS Woods Hole/University of Alaska, Fairbanks

DOE/ARM Department of Energy http://www.arm.gov/sites/nsa.stm





Program Home Institution Station



South Pole

CO2, 13C, N2O Scripps Institution of Oceanography

O2/N2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography

13C/12C and 18O/16O in CO2 CSIRO http://www.csiro.au/

CO2, CH4, CO, H2, N2O


H2O2 University of Arizona/DRI

TFA University of Arizona/DRI

Oxygen Isotopes Scripps Institution of Oceanography

MPLNET Cloud Profiling NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

AERONET Photometers NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/





Program Home Institution Station



Mauna Loa, Hawaii

CO2, 13C, N2O Scripps Institution of Oceanography

O2/N2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography

CO2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography

UV Colorado State University

13C/12C and 18O/16O in CO2 CSIRO http://www.csiro.au/

Radon ANSTO http://www.ansto.gov.au/

Climate Reference NOAA/NESDIS

Network (CRN)


Persistent Organic Environment Canada http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/gaps/

Pollutants (POP's)


Sulfate, Nitrate Aerosols University of Hawaii

Hg0, Hg+2, Hgp EPA

Particulate 2.5-10um EPA

GPS Derived Water Vapor UNAVCO http://www.suominet.ucar.edu/support/





Seismometer, USGS

GPS Testbed FAA/Stanford University

AERONET Photometers NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Corrosion Project University of Hawaii, Manoa

Organic and Elemental University of Hawaii, Manoa

Carbon


Variable Young Star University of Hawaii-Institute for Astronomy

Survey


Filter Radiometer/PMOD World Radiation Center

Mineral Dust and New Mexico State University

Radionuclides


Black Carbon University of Hawaii, Manoa

Aerosol Chemistry University of California, Davis

Halides EPA/NERL http://www.epa.gov/nerl/

Black Carbon EPA/NERL http://www.epa.gov/nerl/

Surface O3 EPA/NERL http://www.epa.gov/nerl/

SO2 EPA/NERL http://www.epa.gov/nerl/

CO Isotopes State University New York

Volcano Activity Hawaii Volcano Observatory http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/

Video Surveillance PMRF

UV NOAA and NIWA

Stratospheric O3 JPL

Profiles, Temperature,


Aerosol Profile


NO2 NOAA and NIWA http://www.niwa.co.nz/

BrO NOAA and NIWA http://www.niwa.co.nz/

Column O3 MSC Canada

Solar Spectra University of Denver






SITE TOTALS


Number of U.S. states operating in = 34


Total Number of all U.S. state locations = 91






Number of foreign countries operating in = 68


Total Number of all foreign locations = 178






TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL GLOBAL SITES (U.S. + Foreign) IN OPERATION = 269