• Main site: 44.193°N 10.701°E 2165 m a.s.l.
• Secondary site: 44.524°N 11.338°E 64 m a.s.l.
• Tertiary site: 44.654°N 11.623°E 14 m a.s.l.

Observational platform

Italy

• Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC)

https://cimone.isac.cnr.it/

• Angela Marinoni
  Facility PI

Ground-based fixed

Mt. Cimone (44°12' N, 10°42' E, 2165 m asl) is the highest peak of the Northern Apennines, the border line of two different climatic regions: the continental Europe northwards and the Mediterranean Basin southwards.
Forest of conifers and beech trees grow up to 1600 m, so that the Laboratory is above the timberline. Only some patches of vegetation are on the top of the mountain.
The station is characterized by a completely free horizon for 360°.

Monte Cimone 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 measurements activities carried out at the Observatory help to better monitor the changes of atmospheric composition, to investigate the processes influencing climate and to asses the contribution of short and long-range air mass transports to atmospheric variability. Data from the Observatory are also used to calibrate e verify data from satellites and model simulations.

• Cristofanelli et al. (2016). Summer atmospheric composition over the Mediterranean basin: Investigation on transport processes and pollutant export to the free troposphere by observations at the WMO/GAW Mt. Cimone global station (Italy, 2165 m a.s.l.). Atmospheric Environment, 141, 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.048