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Assekrem, Algeria [ASK]

Location

  • Country: Algeria Country Flag
  • Latitude: 23.2625° North
  • Longitude: 5.6322° East
  • Elevation: 2710.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Standard Time + -1.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

  • Office National de la Meteorologie

The station is located on the summit (plateau) of the second highest point of the Hoggar mountain range in the Saharan desert. The site is very remote at a distance of 50 km from Tamanrasset. Touristic activities in the area are limited due to difficult access to a few dozen visitors per day. Vegetation is extremely sparse.

GML Projects at Assekrem

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Methane CH4 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Carbon Monoxide CO 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Molecular Hydrogen H2 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Nitrous Oxide N2O 1996-12-04 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 1996-12-04 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 1995-09-12 Terminated - 2021-03-21
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Benzene C6H6 2006-11-11 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Methylbenzene C7H8 2006-11-11 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Ethane C2H6 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Ethylene C2H4 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Propane C3H8 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Propylene C3H6 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Isobutane i-C4H10 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
n-Butane n-C4H10 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
isopentane i-C5H12 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
n-Pentane n-C5H12 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
n-Hexane n-C6H14 2006-02-18 Terminated - 2018-04-22
isoprene C5H8 2006-11-11 Terminated - 2018-04-22
Acetylene C2H2 2007-10-27 Terminated - 2018-04-22