Capo Granitola (Sicilia)

Geographical Coordinates:

- Latitude: 37°34'15.42" N

- Longitude: 12°39'34.81" E

L’Osservatorio Climatico – Ambientale di Capo Granitola si trova nel sito costiero di Torretta Granitola (a 12 km da Mazzara del Vallo ed a 65 km in direzione sud-est rispetto all’Isola di Marettimo), presso la sede CNR -IAMC, dove l’Istituto ISAC ha promosso, in collaborazione con IAMC, le attività di potenziamento infrastrutturale; esso raccoglie in modo continuativo informazioni sulla composizione dell’atmosfera caratteristica della zona costiera della Sicilia occidentale e più in generale del Bacino del Mediterraneo.

L’Osservatorio, posizionato direttamente sulla linea di costa, si affaccia direttamente sul canale di Sicilia e raccoglie informazioni relative al “fondo” atmosferico del bacino del Mediterraneo; al tempo stesso permette di valutare l’influenza che fenomeni specifici (ad esempio: trasporto di masse d’aria a lunga distanza, emissione di aerosol minerale dal Nord Africa, emissione di inquinamento dal traffico navale), possono avere sulla variabilità di composti inquinanti e climalteranti.

In particolare sono stati attivati i seguenti programmi di misura:

- Parametri meteorologici – Bilancio della radiazione solare

- Ozono superficiale – Biossido di zolfo

- Anidride carbonica, metano e monossido di carbonio

- Ossidi d’azoto e

- Distribuzione dimensionale dell’aerosol (particelle da 280 nm a 10 micron di diametro)

- Massa dell’aerosol sulle frazione PM2.5 e PM10

- Massa equivalente del black carbon e coefficiente di assorbimento

- Coefficiente di scattering dell’aerosol a tre lunghezze d’onda

- Conteggio integrato delle particelle di aerosol (a partire da 4μm di diametro)

The Environmental-Climatic Observatory Capo Granitola is located at the Torretta Granitola coastal site (12 km from Mazzara del Vallo and 65 km south-east from Marettimo), within the CNR -IAMC campus. At this Observatory continuous (24/24 and 7/7) atmospheric compoisition measurements are carried out: it is well representative of the western Sicily/central Mediterranean basin conditions.

Capo Granitola I-AMICA ISAC1

The Observatory is located at the coast-line towards the Strait of Sicily: it is able to catch information about the background conditions of the Mediterranean basin, besides providing useful hints to investigate the influence of specific atmospheric processes (e.g., long-rage air-mass transport, mineral dust emitted from northern Africa, anthropogenic ship emissions) on the variability of trace gases and aerosol.

In the framework of I-AMICA, the following measurement programmes have been activated:

- Meteo parameters and solar radiation

- Surface ozone and sulphur dioxide

- Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane

- Nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2)

- Aerosol number size distribution (particles from 280 nm to 10 micron)

- Aerosol mass (PM2.5 and PM10)

- Equivalent black carbon concentration and aerosol absorption coefficient

- Aerosol scattering coefficient at three wavelenghts

- Integrated aerosol particle counting (for particles with 4μm lowest diameter)

 
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(2013) . Capo Granitola (Sicilia). https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7ddba7bb-5968-42d5-b5f4-fdd837dce7b9
 

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  • Atmospheric conditions
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  • I-AMICA
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  • Italy
 
 

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2013-05-20T10:26:00
 

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CNR - ISAC
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a.marinoni@isac.cnr.it
 

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CNR - ISAC
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a.marinoni@isac.cnr.it
 

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2015-05-06T17:08:40
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