{"id":108,"date":"2016-04-30T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T15:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desarrollo-vm.ciai.inm.es\/testbed\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:24:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"style36\"><span style=\"color: #094293;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.wmo.int\/site\/knowledge-hub\/programmes-and-initiatives\/instruments-and-methods-of-observation-programme-imop\/measurement-lead-centres\/wmo-measurement-lead-centre-izana-spain\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\">Measurement Lead Centre for Aerosols and Water Vapour Remote Sensing Instruments (Iza\u00f1a, Spain)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/izana100.aemet.es\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #9900ff;\"><span style=\"color: #9900ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1741\" src=\"http:\/\/desarrollo-vm.ciai.inm.es\/testbed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/foto_IZO_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/foto_IZO_1.jpg 652w, https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/foto_IZO_1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/izana100.aemet.es\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Iza\u00f1a is a high mountain observatory affiliated to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/izana.aemet.es\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Iza\u00f1a Atmospheric Research Centre (<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong>IARC) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemet.es\">State Meteorological Agency<\/a> of Spain (AEMET). The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/izana100.aemet.es\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\">Iza\u00f1a Observatory celebrates the 100-year anniversary<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in 2016. AEMET-IARC participates in several observational networks including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcos.wmo.int\/en\/home\"><strong>GCOS<\/strong> <\/a>(Global Climate Observing System)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.wmo.int\/en\/activity-areas\/gaw\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WMO-GAW<\/strong><\/a> (World Meteorological Organization \u2013 Global Atmospheric Watch)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ndacc.larc.nasa.gov\/\"><strong>NDACC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Network for Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tccon.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TCCON<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Total Carbon Column Observing Network)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actris.eu\/\"><strong>ACTRIS<\/strong><\/a> (The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsrn.awi.de\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BSRN<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Baseline Surface Radiation Network)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AERONET<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(AErosol RObotic NETwork)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MPLNET<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Micropulse Lidar NETwork)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/egvap.dmi.dk\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\">E-GVAP<\/a> <\/strong>(EUMETNET EIG GNSS water vapour programme)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandonia-global-network.org\/\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>PANDORA-PANDONIA<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(Pandonia Global Network)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-profile.eu\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">E-PROFILE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>SYNOP<\/strong> (Surface Synoptic Observations) and radio\/ozone sonde networks (since 1916)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icos-cp.eu\/\">ICOS<\/a> <\/strong>(Integrated Carbon Observation System)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Iza\u00f1a Observatory hosts the WMO-RBCC (Regional Brewer Calibration Centre) for Europe and Africa, is an absolute calibration site for AERONET, ACTRIS, CARSNET (China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network), PHOTONS (PHOtom\u00e9trie pour le Traitement Op\u00e9rationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire, France) and RIMA (Red Ib\u00e9rica de Medida Fotom\u00e9trica de Aerosoles, Iberia) photometer networks, and an absolute calibration site of the PMOD-WRC (Physicalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos World Radiation Centre). The IARC is also actively involved in the co-management of the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment Regional Centre for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe, hosted by AEMET and the BSC (Barcelona Supercomputing Centre). The Iza\u00f1a Observatory has a long experience in hosting intensive instrument field campaigns and runs comprehensive programmes for monitoring and investigation of greenhouse gases, the ozone layer and related ozone depleting substances, reactive gases, solar radiation, and chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols. Iza\u00f1a also constitutes an international platform where specific measurements are used to assess observations made on board satellites and simulations from chemical transport models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Testbed location:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">28.309\u00baN 16.499\u00baW 2.373 m a.s.l.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Climate type:\u00a0<\/strong>Cbs (Temperate dry summer climate)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Contact person:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. \u00c1frica Barreto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:abarretov@aemet.es\">abarretov@aemet.es<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Address:\u00a0<\/strong>C\/ La Marina, 20, Planta 6, 38071, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Tel:\u00a0<\/strong>+34 92 215 1718<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fax:\u00a0<\/strong>+34 92 257 4475<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/izana.aemet.es\" target=\"_black\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/izana.aemet.es ; https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/wmoomm.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/wmocpdb\/IQC2GJdFOp-DSpUfHQiEoyR6AQv4PXqxvZnL9OhnRESqQd0?e=zeIjlC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\"><strong>Further Site and Programme Details, Current Projects and Recent Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measurement Lead Centre for Aerosols and Water Vapour Remote Sensing Instruments (Iza\u00f1a, Spain) \u00a0 Iza\u00f1a is a high mountain observatory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testbed.aemet.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}