Title
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Italian Climate Observatory "Ottavio Vittori" Monte Cimone (Italy) |
Alternate title
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Mt. Cimone Station |
Date
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2011-04-14T17:37:00 |
Date type
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Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
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Abstract
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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.
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Purpose
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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.
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Status
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On going: Data is continually being updated
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Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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Descriptive keywords
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SHARE, network, NEXTDATA, (theme). |
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Descriptive keywords
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Descriptive keywords
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air, climate, natural areas, landscape, ecosystems, pollution, research (theme). |
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Use limitation
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Data Sharing and Publication Policy at DISTRIBUTION SECTION |
Access constraints
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Intellectual property rights: Rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of non-tangible
property that is a result of creativity
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Spatial representation type
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Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data
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Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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Topic category code
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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere |
Topic category code
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Geoscientific information |
Topic category code
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Environment |
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