Sponsored by NASA's Atmospheric Composition Focus Area in Earth Science

AGAGE Stations

1

Affiliated Stations

Hateruma Global Environment Monitoring Station is located at the southern end of Japan. Hateruma Island, a small sub-tropical island and part of the Sakishima Islands, is located at more than 1000 km from mainland Japan. The station was established in 1992 to monitor the long-term trend of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the Eastern Asia.

The wind is northerly to northeasterly in autumn-winter and southerly to southeasterly in spring-summer The annual mean wind speed at the top of the tower (46.5 m above sea level) is about 8 m/s. The surface temperature is about  24^oC and the annual rainfall is about 1900 mm.

AGAGE project official: Ron Prinn, curator: Ray H.J. Wang

 Last update: Aug. 2011