STATION INFO

Region 3 (South America)
Country ARGENTINA
Station PILAR OBSERVATORY
WMO Index 87349
Changes of WMO Index and (or)
station and country names
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Latitude 31°40'S (-31,67°)
Longitude 63°53'W (-63,88°)
Elevation 339 m
Elements Global Radiation
Diffuse Radiation
Temporal extent hourly values; daily values; monthly values
Units J/cm2
Scale WRR
Time system LST
Time offset UTC -3.0
Contributor Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (SMN)
Observatorio Central Villa Ortuzar
Departamento de Vigilancia de la Atmosfera y Geofisica
Department of Atmospheric Watch and Geophysics
P.I.: Fernando Nollas, Gerardo Carbajal, Maria Elena Barlasina
Av de los Constituyentes 3454
Buenos Aires
Argentina (1427)
Phone: 54 011 51676767 (ext 18306), 54 011 1532510923
E-mail: fnollas@smn.gov.ar , barlasina@smn.gov.ar , gcarbajal@smn.gov.ar

INSTRUMENTATION

Parameter Instrumentation
(abbreviation)
Date since Instrumentation property
Global Radiation Kipp and Zonen CM11 not available -
Diffuse Radiation Kipp and Zonen CM11 not available Pyranometer with shadowband

Abbreviations are available here.

Data processing methods and procedure to calculate daily and monthly totals are available here.

Data quality flags description is available here.