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Organization
| NO | 17 |
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| Acronym | DMC |
| Name | Direccion Meteorologica de Chile |
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| Address 2 | Dirección Meteorológica de Chile |
| Address 3 | Av. Portales 3450, Estación Central - Santiago |
| Country/Territory | Chile |
| Website | http://www.meteochile.gob.cl/ |
Contact(s)
| Name | Gaston Torres |
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| gtorres@meteochile.cl | |
| Organization No | 17 |
| Organization acronym | DMC |
| Organization name | Direccion Meteorologica de Chile |
| Organization country/territory | Chile |
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| Address 3 | |
| Country/territory | Chile |
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| Last updated date | 2024-04-29 |
| Name | Martin Steinbacher |
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| Prefix | Dr. |
| martin.steinbacher@empa.ch | |
| Organization No | 23 |
| Organization acronym | Empa |
| Organization name | Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology |
| Organization country/territory | Switzerland |
| Address 1 | Ueberlandstrasse 129 |
| Address 2 | CH-8600 Duebendorf |
| Address 3 | Switzerland |
| Country/territory | Switzerland |
| Tel | +41 58 765 4048 |
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| Last updated date | 2024-11-11 |
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Four calibration tanks are measured automatically every 2 to 9 days. Three of them are tanks purchased from the GAW Central Calibration Laboratory (NOAA ESRL), the mole fractions of the fourth tank are determined by the GAW World Calibration Centre for CH4, CO2, CO and surface O3 (WCC-Empa). WCC-Empa also assigned the mole fractions of an additional target cylinder that is measured every second day for quality control. Assigned mole fractions for the years 2013-2019 were initially reported on the WMO CO X2004 scale. In July 2021, all data were reprocessed and (re-)submitted and, since then, the whole time series is traceable to the WMO CO X2014A scale. Data 2020 and onwards were directly processed using the X2014A assignments of the reference gases, earlier data were converted using the equation CO_X2014A = 1.0237698 * CO_X2004 + -3.7039190. Parameters were retrieved based on the assignments of the GAW Central Calibration Laboratory for CO (NOAA GML) reported on the X2004 and the X2014A scales. Data 2020 and onwards were processed with updated nominal CO mole fractions traceable to WMO X2014A. The quality of the calibration is verified with a fifth reference gas (target cylinder). |
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[Hourly] high-resolution data are aggregated to 1min averages before hourly averages are calculated. Thus, ND (the number of detections) refers to the number of available 1min averages within the respective hour. Minimum requirement is availability of 20 1-min data within one hour. [Daily] hourly averages are aggregated to daily means. Thus, ND (the number of detections) refers to the number of available hourly averages within the respective day. Minimum requirement is availability of 8 hourly averages within on day. [Monthly] daily data are aggregated to monthly means. Thus, ND (the number of detections) refers to the number of available daily averages within the respective month. Minimum requirement is availability of 10 daily averages within one month. |
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Scientific Aim : long-term trend of background mole fractions in South America Sampling Environment : El Tololo is a background station in a pristine arid environment. Local emissions are rare and vegetation is sparse. data are continuously recorded with approximately 1 Hz sampling rate. CO2 observations are performed with a commercially available instrument (Picarro Inc. G2401) based on the Wavelength-Scanned Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy technique coupled to a custom-built calibration unit. Along with CO2, the instrument is also capable to measure CH4, CO and H2O. Thus, the CO2 data can be corrected for interferences of water vapor. Thus, no drying is applied prior to analysis and CO2 dry air mole fractions are determined by application of an empirical humidity correction to the fully unaltered humid gas stream accounting for dilution and pressure broadening effects. The humidity correction function is determined on-site approximately twice a year. tubing material: Dekabon/Synflex 1/4"" OD; total inlet length approx. 10m; flow rate into lab: 5 lpm. |
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Wind direction: Wind speed: Relative humidity: Precipitation amount: Air pressure: Air temperature: Dew point temperature: Sea water temperature: Sea surface water temperature: Sea water salinity: Sea surface water salinity: |
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Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated. |
DOI Metadata
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| Title | Atmospheric CO at El Tololo by Direccion Meteorologica de Chile, dataset published as CO_TLL_surface-insitu_DMC_data1 at WDCGG | ||||||||||||
| Creator |
Direccion Meteorologica de Chile Gaston Torres (Empa) Martin Steinbacher (Empa) |
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| Publisher | World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases | ||||||||||||
| Publication Date | 2018-06-19 (Last Updated: 2023-08-16) | ||||||||||||
| Format | Text (WDCGG Data Format Table, WDCGG Meteorological Data Format Table), NetCDF | ||||||||||||
| Relation List (Is Part Of) |
All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2024-09-24 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2023-09-13 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2022-09-05 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2021-08-27 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2020-09-28 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2019-09-19 All CO data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2018-10-25 |
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GAW Data Policy
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Citation format
This format is an example of the WDCGG standard citation.
Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Gaston Torres (DMC),
Martin Steinbacher (Empa),
Atmospheric CO
at El Tololo by Direccion Meteorologica de Chile
,
dataset published as CO_TLL_
surface-insitu_DMC_data1 at WDCGG,
ver. 2023-08-15-1530, https://doi.org/10.50849/WDCGG_0017-3005-3001-01-01-9999 (Reference date*: YYYY/MM/DD)
* As the reference date, please indicate the date you downloaded the files.
* As the reference date, please indicate the date you downloaded the files.
Reference(s)
| 1 | Installation and operation were supported by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss through the project Capacity Building and Twinning for Climate Observing Systems (CATCOS) between the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and MeteoSwiss. Since the end of the CATCOS programme in March 2017 and minor follow-up support through the GCOS Trust Fund until March 2021, Swiss support is mainly ensured through the Quality Assurance / Science Activity Centre Switzerland (QA/SAC-CH), supported by MeteoSwiss and run by Empa. |
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