Instruments
Aosta (45.742, 7.357)
Prede POM 1
The instrument is installed on the roof of the building of ARPA Valle d'Aosta (Environmental Protection Agency)
which is the agency in charge.
The location is in a semi-rural context, just out-of-town, partially influenced
by anthropogenic activity both on local (emissions from cars, heating systems, steel mill) and regional
(advection from the Po valley) scale. The site is in a large valley floor with a wide field of view.
The prevalent wind circulation is forced by mountain-valley and mountain-plain breezes, and Föhn episodes
are not infrequent. Surface: soil, grass, buildings, snow. Environment: semirural, some pollution source.
May 2012
Dr. Henri Diémoz , ARPA - Aosta, Italy
email: h.diemoz@arpa.vda.it