Cape Ochi-ishi Station is located at the eastern coast of Hokkaido, at the base of Nemuro peninsula.
The city of Nemuro (located ~20 km east, population 35,000) is the nearest city. Cape Ochi-ishi has a considerably cold climate with average yearly temperature of about 5°C. Most of the cape is marshland, designated as a nature preserve; the monitoring station is located at the southern tip of the cape, and is approximately 50 m above sea level.
Hourly measurements of halocarbons have been performed at Cape Ochiishi since 2006. A fully automated preconcentration/gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer system measures ~50 trace gases, including halocarbons.
Photos courtesy of NIES.
Cape Ochiishi Global Environmental Monitoring Station
| Latitude: | 43° 9′ 34″ N |
| Longitude: | 145° 30′ 5″ E |
| Time Zone: | GMT +9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Roofdeck elevation: | 55 m |
| Air intake elevation: | 96 m above sea level |
| Station PI: | Hitoshi Mukai (lnmukaih@nies.go.jp) |
| Station Contact: | Takuya Saito (saito.takuya@nies.go.jp) |
| Postal address: | 24-2, Ochi-ishi-nishi, Nemuro, Hokkaido |
| Related Links: | Cape Ochiishi on the GAW Station Information System World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases |
Station Funding
The halocarbon observations are made as a part of the global environmental monitoring program by the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) at NIES.
