The ENEA Station for Climate Observations on the island of Lampedusa is a research facility in the Mediterranean dedicated to measurements of climatic parameters.
Lampedusa is an integrated atmospheric/oceanic observatory composed by two sections:
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The ground-based laboratory along the Lampedusa North-Eastern coast, close to the Capo Grecale lighthouse.
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The Lampedusa oceanic buoy, about 3.3 miles South West of Lampedusa (in the background).
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Lampedusa is included in the World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch Regional network, anc contributes to several Italian and international Networks dedicated to climate.
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Time series of monthly means of several atmospheric parameters measured at Lampedusa (adapted from Ciardini et al., 2016).
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a ground-based Atmospheric Observatory (35.52°N, 12.63°E) dedicated to the investigation of changes in atmospheric composition and structure, and their effects on the surface radiation.
This laboratory has been operational since 1997; -
an open sea Oceanographic Observatory (35.49°N, 12.47°E), which is an instrumented buoy dedicated to the investigation of air-sea interactions and to ground-truth of satellite observations.
The buoy was installed in August 2015.
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The ground-based laboratory along the Lampedusa North-Eastern coast, close to the Capo Grecale lighthouse.
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The Lampedusa oceanic buoy, about 3.3 miles South West of Lampedusa (in the background).
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Lampedusa is included in the World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch Regional network, anc contributes to several Italian and international Networks dedicated to climate.
![](foto05new.jpg)
Time series of monthly means of several atmospheric parameters measured at Lampedusa (adapted from Ciardini et al., 2016).