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Messina (Messina, Italy)

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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 38.19750° North
  • Longitude: 15.56683° East
  • Elevation: 15.0 Meters

Site Description:

  • The Sun-photometer is located on the roof of the Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - Section of Messina (National Research Council of Italy). The site is facing the ‘Straits of Messina’ which corresponds to the confluence of currents coming from Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas. Along the year Messina straits is commonly monitored with sea and remote sensing campaigns.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:

  • Angelo Palombo
  • E-mail: angelo.palombo@cnr.it
  • Angelo Palombo
    CNR IMAA (Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale)
    Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100
    00133 Roma, Italy
    Phone: +39 06 45488080
    Fax: +39 06 45488211
    email: angelo.palombo@cnr.it

    AND

  • Stefano Pignatti
  • E-mail: stefano.pignatti@cnr.it
  • Stefano Pignatti
    CNR IMAA (Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale )
    Via Fosso del cavaliere 100
    00133 Roma, Italy
    Phone: + 39 06 9100312
    E-mail: stefano.pignatti@cnr.it

Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Michele Furnari
  • Email: michele.furnari@cnr.it
  • Michele Furnari
    CNR IRBIM (Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine)
    Spianata Ranieri 86
    98122 Messina, Italy
    Phone: + 39 090 6015427
    Fax +39 090 669007
    E-mail: michele.furnari@cnr.it

Responsible Institution(s):
  • CNR IMAA
    Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis
    Area Ricerca Tor Vergata
    Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100
    00133 Roma . Italy
    tel: +39 06 45488023
    Mob: +39 340 9039091

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