ACE-Asia
Site Information Form
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Site Name: Lan-Yu |
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Site Coordinator (Name, Address, Telephone/Fax, Email) Po-Hsiung Lin Dept. of Atmos. Sci., National Taiwan Univ. 61, Ln 144, Sec 4 Keelung Road, 106, Taipei, Taiwan TEL: 886-2-2362-7422 FAX: 886-2-2363-3642 E-mail: linpo@atmos.as.ntu.edu.tw |
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Site
Location Nearest
city or town: Taitung Time
difference from UTC (Hours): +8 Latitude
(decimal degrees): 22 2 14.3 Longitude
(decimal degrees): 121 33 29.2 Elevation (meters above MSL): 348 |
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General Site Characteristics Brief description of regional
landscape: Lan-Yu is a 46 km2 island with
lower native population. It is 310 Km
south-eastern away of Taipei city and the shortest distance to Taiwan Land is
60Km. The intensive observing site is
located in the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) Lan-Yu station which is on the
moutains ridge of this Lan-Yu island. The site area
uses with 200 meters: Potential local sources of
contamination (Coal and biomass burning,
agricultural fertilizers, major highways, local dust, overhanging vegetation,
etc.) Distance and location from
site/size/seasonal variability:
Two valleys along the unique beach road locate on
the eastern and western sides of the Lan Yu site. Small farms are
besides Security issues/Site access
constraints (4-wheel drive road, gates/locks,
time of day/week/month/year, etc.): The
road up to the hill is so sharp that it s not recommended to drive a
general-use car or motorcycle by oneself. One 4-wheel car belonged to the CWB
is the main transportation for visitors. |
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Climatological
Conditions Annual
precipitation (mm): 3056 mm |
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Site Facilities |
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Tower Tower
height (m): Space
available on tower (m2): Tower access (lifts/stairs): |
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Electrical
Power Type
(Voltage/Hz): 110/50 Commercial
or generator?: commercial with power generator for emergency Estimated
power available (kW hr-1): |
Space Office
space available (m2): 50*50 Lab space
available (m2): 4*7 Storage
space available (m2): 2*2 |
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Communications Telephone
at site? (if yes, give number): 886-089-731-582 Fax
at site? (if yes, give number):
886-089-732-282 Internet
access at site?: no Relevant
Internet Links: no |
Samplers, Meteorological
Instrumentation and Data Ongoing sampling and
analytical protocols (include
length of time in operation) What routine
atmospheric sampling (aerosols/gases/radiation) is done at the site? Aerosol: none Gases: NO, NO2,NOX,
O3,SO2,CO2, CO Radiation: UV-A, UV-B, global
short wave (SW) radiation Special ACE-Asia sampling and
analytical protocols (include
length of time in operation) What additional
work is being planned for the site during the ACE-Asia intensive? Radiation: broad band global
& diffused SW, direct SW at à. Meteorological instrumentation
operating (include length of
time in operation) What meteorological
instrumentation is at the site? Are
sondes launched? General items of
meteorological observation on ground No radiosonde or Ozonesonde
are launched Data records and other
information available (include
start date/end date of data records) Are the
atmospheric/meteorological data archived and available? Yes, all the measurements are
archived into digital format. |
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On site and support staff Number of
permanent staff: 5 Number
of additional staff expected for ACE-operations: 0 |
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Travel Information
and Accommodations Nearest
airport/train station: Taitung Nearby
accommodations/restaurants: Hotels and apartments are 3 km from the site.
Are there places to eat nearby? Yes, but the meal is simple and
hardly. |
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Other
Logistics Other
facilities and supplies available: Meteorological
observatory and radar installation nearby.
Are there other groups who could help,
such as schools, universities, government labs, etc.? No Access to
supplies: Are there equipment/electrical parts
suppliers nearby? No |
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Diagrams,
Images and Photos Photos of
site available? Yes Layout of
trailers and tower (drawing) available? No Aerial view
of the site (photo or image) available? Yes Layout of
space inside trailers (drawing, photo or image) available? Yes |
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Other Comments |