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DATA DESCRIPTION
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center - Meteorological State Agency of Spain.
Project: Baseline Surface Radiation Network
Establishment Date BSRN: March, 2009
Latitude: 28º 18' 32.34" North
Longitude: 16º 29' 57.78" West
Elevation above MSL: 2400 m.a.s.l
Local Time from GMT: GMT + 0
Location: Tenerife, Spain
Campaign: WRCP/GEWEX
Device: Monitoring station
Comment: BSRN station Nº 61
Surface type: rock
Topography type: mountain top, rural
Station manager: Emilio Cuevas Agulló
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF SURROUNIDING 15 KM RADIUS
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF SURROUNIDING 2 KM RADIUS
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BSRN STATION VIEWS
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VIEW 1
Northern View
Azimuth 360 degrees
Inclination 0 degrees
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VIEW 2
Eastern View
Azimuth 90 degrees
Inclination 0 degrees
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VIEW 3
Southern View
Azimuth 180 degrees
Inclination 0 degrees
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VIEW 4
Western View
Azimuth 270 degrees
Inclination 0 degrees
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SITE DESCRIPTION
IZO is located on the island of Tenerife at 28º18’N, 16º29’W, 2367 m a.s.l. The observatory is located on the top of a mountain plateau in a pre-national park area (Teide National Park) that is environmentally protected by the "sky law". IZO is normally above a temperature inversion layer, generally well established over the island, and so free of local anthropogenic influences.
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CLIMATE
Located North of the Tropic of Cancer, the Canary Islands are affected practically all year by the high pressure belt from middle latitudes, specifically by the southern side of the Azores Anticyclone. The station is located at 2400 meters above sea level, in the free troposphere above the quasi-permanent inversion layer present in the Canary Islands.The climate in the area of the station is extremely dry for the majority of the year, this together with the clean air from the upper troposphere gives the area a major scientific interest. In these days when the climate is dry, the insolation is very high, especially during the summer with consequent daytime warming, while during winter nights there is a substantial thermal cooling.The largest contribution to rainfall in the area occurs during a few days of winter produced by Atlantic Storms affecting the Canary Islands.The precipitation is concentrated in six months from October to March, with an absolute maximum between December and January and another relative in March, while from April until September the contribution is virtually null. More...
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATION PROGRAMS
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