Field experimental campaigns conducted by the user’s own devices and/or by the available equipment at ARN. ARN observatory is a remote, experienced and multi-instrumented atmospheric observatory and located in the most western sector of the European continent, at 1 km from Atlantic Ocean and not far from the Mediterranean Sea and the North African coast. It is situated in a protected rural environment (Doñana National Park) surrounded by an extensive area of evergreen Mediterranean pine forest. ARN observatory combines complementary facilities and high-degree of expertise providing an ideal capability for a wide range of atmospheric aerosol and gases research under GAW, ACTRIS and ICOS frameworks. ARN operates under well-established monitoring programs as NASA/AERONET, NASA/MPLNet, NOAA/FAN, EUBREWNET and others.
ARN observatory favors synergetic studies by using a variety instrumentation from passive and active remote sensing to a diversity of in-situ methodologies. In addition to the above-ground platform for solar radiation, aerosol, reactive gases and meteorological research, a 100 m-tower is equipped by meteorological sensors and greenhouse gases monitoring at 10, 50 and 100 m. Rotary and medium-size fixed-wind commercial and customized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) systems are available for vertical atmospheric composition characterization up 3100 m and in particular, if it is of interest, including several aerosol in-situ payloads and PTU meteorological sensors. Radio- and ozone-soundings can be also performed.
ARN observatory has the capacity to provide service for experimental campaigns in the field of atmospheric science beyond our facilities, if it is of interest to the user. ARN observatory also has the ability to provide services when the access is requested to several ATMOS ACCESS facilities simultaneously, thanks to the JRU signed between diverse Spanish organizations dedicated to atmospheric research. Some of these are already participating in ATMOS ACCESS.
The service includes:
- Access to the technical and research platforms at ARN.
- Administrative support for providing access to the facility, a workspace with internet access, and to advice on logistics for equipment transport and users and on accommodation near ARN observatory.
- Technical staff support reception and storage of the transport cases, for adapting the facility to assemble the new equipment, for its installation (internet connection, power supply, etc) and for its operation.
- Security service.
- Synergetic observation of atmospheric aerosol and gases (tracer and greenhouse), meteorological and solar radiation, with comparability with consolidated international networks.
- Radio- and/or ozonesondes, if it of interest.
- Management of the airspace use for UAV flights, and technical and instrumental support for control and communication with UAVs and telemetry data during the mission