Site specific metadata:
Name of site: Mount Pearl (St John’s) Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: 47.513215 N, -52.783869 W, elevation: 113 m
Landscape type (e.g. arctic coastal, tundra, alpine…): coastal
Onsite technical staff: yes
All-year round observations y/n: comprehensive data set) as required Year established: 2010 (availability of
Link to website if available:
Station manager (Email): rodica.nitu@ec.gc.ca
Organisation in charge of station: Weather and Environmental Monitoring – Meteorological Service of
Canada - Environment Canada
Other information
Monitoring of the atmosphere:
Solid precipitation:
Trace gases: yes, including DFAR
Aerosols
UV, stratospheric ozone:
Snowfall: as required; snow course
Radiation (longwave, shortwave)
Others: Meteorology measured parameters: air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction (2, 3,
10 m), vertical particle velocity, precipitation type, air pressure, intensity and duration of snowdrift , radiation, aerological observations
.
Snow cover
Physical parameters: as required
Chemical parameters: no

Others:
Glaciers and ice caps N/A
Mass balance (measured parameters): N/A
Ice flow (measured parameters): N/A
Basal water pressure (measured parameters): N/A
Others:
Sea ice N/A
Mass balance (measured parameters): N/A
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured parameters): N/A
Snow on ice (measured parameters): N/A
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): N/A
Others:
Permafrost N/A
Borehole measurements (measured parameters): N/A
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured parameters):
Snow on ground (measured parameters):
Active layer thickness (measured parameters): N/A
GST:
Others:
Ice sheet N/A
Mass balance (measured parameters): N/A
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured parameters): N/A

Snow on ice (measured parameters): N/A
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): N/A
Others:
Other measurements (hydrological, ecological, oceanographic, etc) N/A
Hydrology (measured parameters):
Ecology (measured parameters)
Oceanography (measured parameters):
Other thematic linkages:
Linkages to satellite data (describe validation programs, applications of satellite data, etc.)
Participation in international monitoring programmes such as GAW, GTN-G, GTN-P, …. Canadian
SPICE
Networks and start of contribution: 2012