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Image 1 - n/a Image 2 - n/a Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 35.86099° North Longitude: 23.30982° East Elevation: 193.0 Meters Site Description: Antikythera site will be situated in Antikythera island in Greece, lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and Peloponnese (Fig. 1). Its land area is 20.43 square kilometers (7.89 square miles) and it lies 38 kilometers (24 miles) south-east of Kythera. It is the most distant part of the Attica region from its heart in the Athens metropolitan area. It is lozenge-shaped, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) NNW to SSE by 3.4 km (2.1 mi) ENE to WSW. It is notable for being the location of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism and for the historical Antikythera wreck. The Antikythera island is a non-touristic destination, however is fully connected to the national power grid, while the telecommunications are excellent as there is LTE coverage across the island.  Figure 1: The connection of ship lines from and to Antikythera. Major airports are also highlighted. (Source: Google Maps)The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) is establishing a Reference Atmospheric Station in Antikythera, aiming to study climatic, atmospheric and environmental parameters of the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Antikythera Station is a registered member of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) operating the PollyXT atmospheric lidar (3+2+2+1). After the installation of the CIMEL sun-photometer it will be a member of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) as well. The activities of this aerosol remote sensing facility will be enhanced in the near future with a cloud remote sensing facility, under the Cloudnet (http://www.cloud-net.org/) and a BSRN radiation station. All the aforementioned facilities will operate in the framework of the European ACTRIS Research Infrastructure (https://www.actris.eu), following the respective QA/QC protocols and standards. Within the next 5 years, NOA will implement 3 large-scale experimental campaigns in Antikythera in the framework of the ERC project D-TECT.The Antikythera station is located in the middle of the island, at 35.86099N, 23.30982E and its elevation is at 193 m (Fig. 2). This is originally a station used by COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., which provides its premises to NOA (Fig. 2b). The CIMEL will be located at the rooftop of the main building (Fig. 2b). As shown in Fig. 3 and 4 there is a clear field of view with a maximum 10° elevation mask in all the directions, the South way is not obstructed and the distance from the nearest AERONET station is >50 km. The station is equipped with high-speed internet connection, which will facilitate the data flow to AERONET. Moreover, since the station is located close to the sea (at 1.3 km) the maintenance will be regular (once a month). Principal Investigator(s) Information: Vassilis Amiridis E-mail: vamoir@noa.gr Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou St., Penteli, GR-15236, GREECE phone: +30 210 8109116 fax: +30 210 6138343 Email: vamoir@noa.gr Site Manager(s) Information: Alexandra Tsekeri Email: atsekeri@noa.gr Alexandra Tsekeri National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou St. Penteli, GR-15236, GREECE phone: +30 210 8109183 fax: +30 210 6138343 email: atsekeri@noa.gr Responsible Institution(s): National Observatory of Athens http://www.noa.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162&Itemid=488&lang=en

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