This station was originally set up under the Archimed Interreg IIIB Project, "Weather Risk Reduction in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean" (RISKMED). The participation in this project was coordinated by Prof. Aldo Drago, Head of the Physical Oceanography Research Group (PO-Res. Grp).

This automatic realtime atmospheric monitoring station is positioned at the University of Malta at latitude 35°54'08.64"N and longitude 14°29'03.51"E at a height of 60m above mean sea level. The station is an addition to the meteo-marine observing system of the Physical Oceanography Research Group at the University of Malta. It has been set up with partial funding through the RISKMED project which targets to provide early warnings of adverse atmospheric conditions. The station runs in parallel with the other meteo monitoring station on the Marsaxlokk breakwater.

The station consists of robust sensors from Aanderaa Instruments measuring Air Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Net Radiation, Solar Radiation and Relative Humidity every 2 minutes. Data is transmitted to the control room at the PO-Res. Grp centre where it is quality controlled, elaborated and published on this webpage with updated charts every 2 minutes. Time on the station is synchronised every hour with a UTC Internet Time server.

Agencies interested in subscribing for direct access to the data can contact Prof. Aldo Drago.

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