Rikubetsu, Japan

Latitude: 43.46° N
Longitude: 143.77° E
Elevation: 380 msl

Status: Active

Station Representative(s):

Dr. T. Nagahama
Solar-Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory 
Nagoya University 
Nagoya, Japan 

NDACC Measurements at the Rikubetsu, Japan Station

Instrument Status Period Parameter Affiliations Data Link Metadata
FTIR SpectrometerBruker 120M Active
1995
–2010
2014
–present
 Column - multiple species, Profile - multiple species STEL, NIES AmesHDF Metadata
Summary
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T. Nagahama (STEL) and I. Morino (NIES) — Bruker 120M (0.004 cm 1 resolution) installed by STEL in May 1995. Tested at Toyokawa (35°N, 137°E) from December 1994 to April 1995. Bruker 120/5HR (0.0035 cm-1 resolution) installed by NIES in 2013. Total column data prior to 2000 is archived under previous PI (Kondo). Operations suspended from mid-2010 to 2013.
Microwave Radiometer Active
1999
–present
 Ozone STEL, ISEE HDF Metadata
Summary
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A. Mizuno (STEL) and T. Nagahama and H. Ohyama (ISEE) — Profiles from 15 to 60 km obtained on a year-round basis since December 1999.
UV/Visible SpectrometerBruker 120M Inactive
1994
–1997
 Multiple Species STEL, U. Tokyo, NIWA Ames
Summary
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Y. Matsumi (STEL), M. Koike and Y. Kondo (U. Tokyo), and P. V. Johnston (NIWA) — Measurements of NO2 and ozone were made at the Observatory from March 1994 to October 1997.
ISEE: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University (Japan)
NIES: National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)
NIWA: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (New Zealand)
STEL: Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University (Japan)