Title
Italian Climate Observatory "Ottavio Vittori" Monte Cimone (Italy)
Alternate title
Mt. Cimone Station
Date
2011-04-14T17:37:00
Date type
Publication : Date identifies when the resource was issued
Abstract
The Italian Climate Observatory “O. Vittori” (ICO-OV), is a research infrastructure managed by the Institute of Atmospheric
Sciences and Climate (ISAC) of the National Reaserach Council (CNR). It is the only high mountain station for atmospheric
research both South of the Alps and the Po basin and it represents a strategic platform to study the chemical-physical
characteristics and climatology of the South Europe and North Mediterranean basin. The ICO-OV is part of the Global Atmosphere
Watch (GAW) program by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Station at High Altitude for Research on the
Environment (SHARE) project by EV-K2-CNR.
Purpose
At ICO-OV, continuous monitoring of climate-altering compounds (trace gases and aerosol), solar radiation as well as meteorological
parameters are carried out since 1996. The ICO-OV activity can help to better monitor the changes of atmospheric composition,
to investigate the processes influencing climate and to assess the contribution of short and long-range air mass transport
to atmospheric variability. ICO-OV is part of several international networks devoted to the long-term monitoring of atmospheric
properties and climate change study. Data from ICO-OV are also used to calibrate and verify data from satellites and model
simulations.
Status
On going : Data is continually being updated
Point of contact
Individual name
Paolo Bonasoni
Organisation name
National Research Council (CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). Institute for Atmospheric Science and Climate (ISAC
– Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima)
Role
Point of contact : Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the
resource
Voice
+39 0516399590
Facsimile
+39 0516399652
Delivery point
via Gobetti, 101
City
Bologna
Administrative area
BO
Postal code
40129
Country
Italy
Electronic mail address
p.bonasoni@isac.cnr.it
Point of contact
Individual name
Paolo Cristofanelli
Organisation name
National Research Council (CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). Institute for Atmospheric Science and Climate (ISAC
– Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima)
Role
Point of contact : Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the
resource
Voice
+39 0516399597
Facsimile
+39 0516399652
Delivery point
via Gobetti, 101
City
Bologna
Administrative area
BO
Postal code
40129
Country
Italy
Electronic mail address
p.cristofanelli@isac.cnr.it
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed : Data is updated as deemed necessary
Descriptive keywords
SHARE, network, NEXTDATA, (theme).
Descriptive keywords
Descriptive keywords
air, climate, natural areas, landscape, ecosystems, pollution, research (theme).
Use limitation
Data Sharing and Publication Policy at DISTRIBUTION SECTION
Access constraints
Intellectual property rights : Rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of non-tangible
property that is a result of creativity
Spatial representation type
Vector : Vector data is used to represent geographic data
Character set
UTF8 : 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code
Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Topic category code
Geoscientific information
Topic category code
Environment
Extent
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