The Centre
for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) is an atmospheric
research facility operated by the Air Quality Research Branch
of the Meteorological Service of Canada. It is located 80
km north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in a rural agricultural
and forested region.
CARE was designed as an integrated multi-disciplinary facility
to promote atmospheric research. It is also home to lidar
research.
The CARE site is part of many activities including,
- Climate reference station (National
Climate Data and Information Archive)
- Research field for EC Instruments Branch
- Canadian Air & Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN)
measuring atmospheric constituents in air and precipitation
- Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN)
measuring atmospheric toxic pollutants around the Great
Lakes
- Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNet)
measuring atmospheric constituents
- Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet)
- Canadian Sunphotometry network (AEROCAN)
- National Air Pollution Surveillance network (NAPS)
- Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
- Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
regional station
C3VP winter campaigns @ CARE:
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