A review of atmospheric chemistry observations at mountain sites

Okamoto, Sachiko; Tanimoto, Hiroshi

doi:10.1186/s40645-016-0109-2

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Table 1 List of stations mentioned in this paper

From: A review of atmospheric chemistry observations at mountain sites

Station	ID	Country	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)	Data source
Region I: Africa
Assekrem	ASK	Algeria	23.27° N	5.63° E	2710	WDCGG^a
Mt. Kenya	MKN	Kenya	0.06° S	37.30° E	3678	WDCGG^a
Izaña (Tenerife)	IZO	Spain	28.31° N	16.50° W	2373	NMHCs: Schmitt and Schultz et al. (1998) Other: WDCGG^a
Region II: Asia
Mt. Waliguan	WLG	China	36.29° N	100.90° E	3810	WDCGG^a
Issyk-Kul	ISK	Kyrgyzstan	42.62° N	76.98° E	1640	WDCGG^a
Nepal Climate Observatory–Pyramid	PYR	Nepal	27.96° N	86.81° E	5079	WDCGG^a
Lulin	LLN	Taiwan	23.47° N	120.87° E	2862	LLN website^b
Mondy	MDY	Russian Federation	51.65° N	100.92° E	2006	EANET^c
Mt. Abu	MAB	India	24.65° N	72.78° E	1680	Naja et al. (2003)^d
Mt. Happo	HPO	Japan	36.70° N	137.80° E	1850	CO: Kato et al. (2000); Narita et al. (1999); Pochanart et al. (2004)^e NMHCs: Sharma et al. (2000) Other: EANET^c
Mt. Fuji	FWS	Japan	35.37° N	138.73° E	3776	–
Region III: South America
La Quiaca Observatorio	LQO	Argentina	22.10° S	65.60° W	3459	WDCGG^a
Region IV: North and Central America
Whistler Mountain	WHI	Canada	50.06° N	122.96° W	2182	Macdonald et al. (2011)^f
Great Basin NP	GRB	USA	39.01° N	114.22° W	2060	CASTNET^g
Mt. Bachelor Observatory	MBO	USA	43.98° N	121.69° W	2743	Gratz et al. (2015); Weiss-Penzias et al. (2007)^h
Niwot Ridge	NWR	USA	C1: 40.04° N T-van: 40.05° N	C-1: 105.54° W T-van: 105.59° W	C-1: 3021 T-van: 3523	WDCGG^a
Chiricahua NM	CHA	USA	32.01° N	109.39° W	1570	CASTNET^g
Lassen Volcanic NP	LAV	USA	40.54° N	121.58° W	1756	O₃: CASTNET^g Aerosol: IMPROVEⁱ
Yellowstone NP	YEL	USA	44.57° N	110.40° W	2430	CASTNET^g
Yosemite NP	YOS	USA	37.71° N	119.71° W	1605	CASTNET^g
Region V: South–West Pacific
Tanah Rata	TAR	Malaysia	4.48° N	101.37° E	1545	WDCGG^a
Mauna Loa	MLO	USA	19.54° N	155.58° W	3397	NO_x and NO_y: Ridley et al. (1998) Aerosol: IMPROVEⁱ Other: WDCGG^a
Region VI: Europe
Sonnblick	SNB	Austria	47.05° N	12.96° E	3106	WDCGG^a
Zugspitze–Gipfel	ZUG	Germany	47.42° E	10.99° E	2962	WDCGG^a
Zugspitze–Schneefernerhaus	ZSF	Germany	47.42° N	10.98 °E	2671	WDCGG^a
Monte Cimone	CMN	Italy	44.17° N	10.68° E	2165	NMHCs: EBAS^j Other: WDCGG^a
Kislovodsk	KSL	Russian Federation	43.73° N	42.66° W	2070	–
Krvavec	KVV	Slovenia	46.18° N	14.32° E	1720	WDCGG^a
Arosa	ARO	Switzerland	46.78° N	9.67° E	1840	–
Jungfraujoch	JFJ	Switzerland	46.55° N	7.99° E	3580	Aerosol: EBAS^j Other: WDCGG^a
Pico Mountain Observatory	PMO	Portugal	38.47° N	28.40° W	2225	NMHCs: WDCGG^a NO_x and NO_y: Val Martin et al. (2008b)

^aWorld Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/wdcgg/)
^bData available at http://lulin.tw
^cAcid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (http://www.eanet.asia/)
^dData obtained from M. Naja
^eData obtained from S. Kato
^fData obtained from A. M. Macdonald
^gClean Air Status and Trends Network (http://www.epa.gov/castnet)
^hData obtained from D. Jaffe
ⁱInteragency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/)
^jEBAS (http://ebas.nilu.no)

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