Martine De Mazière (BIRA-IASB), Mahesh Kumar Sha (BIRA-IASB), Christian Hermans (BIRA-IASB), Jean-Marc Metzger (UMS 3365), Jean-Pierre Cammas (UMS 3365, LACy), Michel Ramonet (LSCE/IPSL), Delphine Combaz (LSCE/IPSL), Marc Delmotte (LSCE/IPSL)
Accommodations are available at the station for technical staff or for intensive campaigns. Remote sensing and in situ measurements using several other instruments are made at the stations: inlets are positioned 6 m above ground. Another station is located at St-Denis, at 80 m asl.
Martine De Mazière
University of La Réunion
The station is located near the crest of Maïdo mountain, not far from public view on Mafate valley. The site can be reached by car or foot. The last part of the road is a concreted way with limited access.
http://www.icos-belgium.be/inf_atmospheric.html
Reliable internet and telephone connection is available at the station.
The Maïdo station is near the top of the north-west coast of the island. Due to the daily cycle, morning air comes generally from the coast. During the second part of the night the facility gets above the boundary layer and free of the influence of significant local pollution sources.
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan-3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Reunion Island is a volcanic island, with the highest peak at 3070 m a.s.l. The Maïdo station is included in the National Park of La Réunion, at the limit of boundary layer. Vegetation is made of bush.
The OPAR (Observatoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère de La Réunion) is affiliated to following networks GAW, NDACC, SHADOZ, AERONET, TCCON, ACTRIS for measurements made at Maïdo Observatory and also at St-Denis.
