GMD Site Description: SYO
Syowa Station, Antarctica, Japan [SYO]

Location

  • Country: Japan Country Flag
  • Latitude: 69° South
  • Longitude: 39.5750° East
  • Elevation: 0.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Time + -3.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies


Description
Syowa Station is located on the East Ongle Island in the Eastern Antarctica, or south of the western Indian Ocean. The island is about 4 km distant from the Antarctic Continent, and because of this distance, the climate is less severe in comparison to other Antarctic stations. The ground is covered with snow through 10 months and it supports some very hardy vegetation. Mosses, lichens and liverwort grow when the ice retreats. Annual mean temperature is about -10 °C. Annual mean wind speed is 6.4 m/s

GMD Projects at Syowa Station, Antarctica

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 1986-01-25 Ongoing
Methane CH4 1986-04-17 Ongoing
Carbon Monoxide CO 1993-02-06 Ongoing
Molecular Hydrogen H2 1993-02-06 Ongoing
Nitrous Oxide N2O 1997-02-04 Ongoing
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 1997-02-04 Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 1993-02-06 Ongoing
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 1993-02-06 Ongoing
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2005-02-22 Ongoing
Benzene C6H6 2006-02-15 Ongoing
toluene C7H8 2006-02-15 Ongoing
ethane C2H6 2005-02-22 Ongoing
ethene C2H4 2005-04-26 Ongoing
propane C3H8 2005-02-22 Ongoing
propene C3H6 2005-04-26 Ongoing
i-butane i-C4H10 2005-02-22 Ongoing
n-butane n-C4H10 2005-02-22 Ongoing
i-pentane i-C5H12 2005-03-26 Ongoing
n-pentane n-C5H12 2005-03-26 Ongoing
n-hexane n-C6H14 2005-04-26 Ongoing
Wind Speed ws 1992-02-08 Ongoing
Wind Direction wd 1992-02-08 Ongoing
isoprene C5H8 2006-02-15 Ongoing