• 46.813°N 6.944°E 489 m a.s.l.

Observational platform

Switzerland

• Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (SMA)
• Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
• Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)

https://www.actris.ch/

• Martine Collaud Coen
  Facility PI (1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2028)
• Renaud Matthey
  PI deputy (9 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2028)

Ground-based fixed, rural environment, in the vicinity of the small city of Payerne (10'000 inhabitants).
PAY is part of GRUAN (radio sounding), SwissMetNet (operational in-situ measurements of meteorological parameters), EMER-Met (remote sensing of meteorological parameters), BSRN (radiation), AERONET, EARLINET, ACTRIS, E-Profile and Auto-Pollen.
Soil moisture measurements are performed too.

PAY has in-situ and remote-sensing aerosol components as well as a remote-sensing cloud component. It is moreover a meteorological station with radio sounding and comprises automatic pollen measurements. A NABEL station with measurements of main gaseous compounds is also available.

https://www.actris.ch/facilities/payerne/