GMD Site Description: ASK
Assekrem, Algeria [ASK]
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Algeria
Latitude:23.1800° North
Longitude:5.4200° East
Elevation: 2728.00 masl
Time Zone: Local Time + -1 hour(s) = UTC

Cooperating Agencies
Office National de la Meteorologie

Atmospheric Transport
Clustered summary of Trajectories


Description
The station is located on the summit (plateau) of the second highest point of the Hoggar mountain range in the Saharan desert. The site is very remote at a distance of 50 km from Tamanrasset. Touristic activities in the area are limited due to difficult access to a few dozen visitors per day. Vegetation is extremely sparse.
 

GMD Projects at Assekrem

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Most Recent Sample Date
Carbon Dioxide CO2 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Methane CH4 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Carbon Monoxide CO 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Molecular Hydrogen H2 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Nitrous Oxide N2O 1996-12-04 2009-09-19
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 1996-12-04 2009-09-19
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 1995-09-12 2009-09-19
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
Benzene C6H6 2006-12-09 2009-07-11
toluene C7H8 2006-12-09 2009-07-11
ethane C2H6 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
ethene C2H4 2006-02-25 2009-07-11
propane C3H8 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
propene C3H6 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
i-butane i-C4H10 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
n-butane n-C4H10 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
i-pentane i-C5H12 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
n-pentane n-C5H12 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
n-hexane n-C6H14 2006-02-18 2009-07-11
wind speed 1995-09-12 2009-09-27
wind direction 1995-09-12 2009-09-27
ambient temperature 2004-08-07 2004-08-28
isoprene C5H8 2006-12-09 2009-07-11

Continuous Radiation Measurements
Cooperating Agency: Office National de la Meteorologie, Department de la Recherche

Country Contact Person and Organization:
Mr. Abdelmalek Kirouane
Office National de la Meteorologie
Department de la Recherche
ONM B. P. 153
Dar el Beida, Algiers, Algeria
Phone: 21 3 250 7393 or 8957
Fax: 21 3 250 88 49