bsrn.archive.STATION_METADATA

bsrn.archive.STATION_METADATA = {'ABS': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 38.0, 'email': 'rrc-jma@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '2021-03-01', 'lat': 44.0178, 'location': 'Hokkaido, Japan', 'lon': 144.2797, 'name': 'Abashiri', 'scientist': 'Sasaki Shun', 'station_no': None, 'surface_type': 'asphalt', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'ALE': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 127.0, 'email': 'christopher.j.cox@noaa.gov', 'established': '2004-08-16', 'lat': 82.49, 'location': 'Lincoln Sea', 'lon': -62.42, 'name': 'Alert', 'scientist': 'Christopher Cox', 'station_no': 18, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': None}, 'ASP': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 547.0, 'email': 'm.tully@bom.gov.au', 'established': '1995-01-01', 'lat': -23.798, 'location': 'Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia', 'lon': 133.888, 'name': 'Alice Springs', 'scientist': 'Matt Tully', 'station_no': 1, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'BAR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 8.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1992-01-01', 'lat': 71.323, 'location': 'Alaska, USA', 'lon': -156.607, 'name': 'Barrow', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 22, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/brw/'}, 'BER': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 8.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1992-01-01', 'lat': 32.267, 'location': 'Bermuda', 'lon': -64.667, 'name': 'Bermuda', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 24, 'surface_type': 'water, ocean', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/site/BPH.html'}, 'BIL': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 317.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1993-06-01', 'lat': 36.605, 'location': 'Oklahoma, United States of America', 'lon': -97.516, 'name': 'Billings', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 28, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'BON': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 213.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1995-01-01', 'lat': 40.0667, 'location': 'Illinois, United States of America', 'lon': -88.3667, 'name': 'Bondville', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 32, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/bondvill.html'}, 'BOS': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 1689.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1995-07-01', 'lat': 40.125, 'location': 'Colorado, United States of America', 'lon': -105.237, 'name': 'Boulder', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 34, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/tablemt.html'}, 'BOU': {'closed': '2016-06-30', 'elevation': 1577.0, 'email': 'David.U.Longenecker@noaa.gov', 'established': '1992-01-01', 'lat': 40.05, 'location': 'Colorado, United States of America', 'lon': -105.007, 'name': 'Boulder', 'scientist': 'David Longenecker', 'station_no': 23, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'BRB': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 1023.0, 'email': 'enio.pereira@inpe.br', 'established': '2006-02-01', 'lat': -15.601, 'location': 'Brasilia City, Distrito Federal, Brazil', 'lon': -47.713, 'name': 'Brasilia', 'scientist': 'Enio Bueno Pereira', 'station_no': 71, 'surface_type': 'concrete, since 2015: shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'BUD': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 139.1, 'email': 'fekete.d@met.hu', 'established': None, 'lat': 47.4291, 'location': 'Hungary, Budapest', 'lon': 19.1822, 'name': 'Budapest-Lorinc', 'scientist': 'Dénes Fekete', 'station_no': 14, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'CAB': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 0.0, 'email': 'knap@knmi.nl', 'established': '2005-12-01', 'lat': 51.9711, 'location': 'The Netherlands', 'lon': 4.9267, 'name': 'Cabauw', 'scientist': 'Wouter Knap', 'station_no': 53, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.knmi.nl/bsrn/'}, 'CAM': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 88.0, 'email': 'fraser.cunningham@metoffice.gov.uk', 'established': '2001-01-01', 'lat': 50.2167, 'location': 'United Kingdom', 'lon': -5.3167, 'name': 'Camborne', 'scientist': 'Fraser Cunningham', 'station_no': 50, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47488.d001'}, 'CAP': {'closed': None, 'elevation': None, 'email': 'kustov@aari.nw.ru', 'established': '2016-01-01', 'lat': 79.27, 'location': 'Russia', 'lon': 101.75, 'name': 'Cape Baranova', 'scientist': 'Vasilii Kustov', 'station_no': 15, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.aari.ru/main.php?lg=1'}, 'CAR': {'closed': '2018-12-31', 'elevation': 100.0, 'email': 'thierry.duprat@meteo.fr', 'established': '1996-08-01', 'lat': 44.083, 'location': 'France', 'lon': 5.059, 'name': 'Carpentras', 'scientist': 'Thierry Duprat', 'station_no': 10, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': None}, 'CLH': {'closed': '2017-12-31', 'elevation': 37.0, 'email': 'Frederick.M.Denn@nasa.gov', 'established': '2000-06-01', 'lat': 36.905, 'location': 'North Atlantic Ocean', 'lon': -75.713, 'name': 'Chesapeake Light', 'scientist': 'Fred M. Denn', 'station_no': 39, 'surface_type': 'water, ocean', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://cove.larc.nasa.gov'}, 'CNR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 471.0, 'email': 'xolano@cener.com', 'established': '2009-07-01', 'lat': 42.816, 'location': 'Spain, Sarriguren, Navarra', 'lon': -1.601, 'name': 'Cener', 'scientist': 'Xabier Olano', 'station_no': 45, 'surface_type': 'asphalt', 'topography_type': 'mountain valley, urban', 'url': 'http://www.cener.com'}, 'COC': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 6.0, 'email': 'm.tully@bom.gov.au', 'established': '2004-09-14', 'lat': -12.193, 'location': 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands', 'lon': 96.835, 'name': 'Cocos Island', 'scientist': 'Matt Tully', 'station_no': 47, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'DAA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 1287.0, 'email': 'lucky.ntsangwane@weathersa.co.za', 'established': '2000-05-01', 'lat': -30.6667, 'location': 'South Africa', 'lon': 23.993, 'name': 'De Aar', 'scientist': 'Lucky Ntsangwane', 'station_no': 40, 'surface_type': 'sand', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'DAR': {'closed': '2015-01-31', 'elevation': 30.0, 'email': None, 'established': '2002-06-01', 'lat': -12.425, 'location': 'Australia', 'lon': 130.891, 'name': 'Darwin', 'scientist': 'Charles Long', 'station_no': 2, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'DOM': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3233.0, 'email': 'a.lupi@isac.cnr.it', 'established': '2006-01-01', 'lat': -75.1, 'location': 'Antarctica', 'lon': 123.383, 'name': 'Concordia Station, Dome C', 'scientist': 'Angelo Lupi', 'station_no': 74, 'surface_type': 'glacier, accumulation area', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.italiantartide.it/?page_id=272'}, 'DRA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 1007.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1998-02-01', 'lat': 36.626, 'location': 'Nevada, United States of America', 'lon': -116.018, 'name': 'Desert Rock', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 35, 'surface_type': 'desert, gravel', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/desrock.html'}, 'DWN': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 32.0, 'email': 'm.tully@bom.gov.au', 'established': '2008-04-01', 'lat': -12.424, 'location': 'Australia', 'lon': 130.8925, 'name': 'Darwin Met Office', 'scientist': 'Matt Tully', 'station_no': 65, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'E13': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 318.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1997-08-01', 'lat': 36.605, 'location': 'Oklahoma, United States of America', 'lon': -97.485, 'name': 'Southern Great Plains', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 27, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.arm.gov/sites/sgp'}, 'ENA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 15.2, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '2013-09-28', 'lat': 39.0911, 'location': 'Azores', 'lon': -28.0292, 'name': 'Eastern North Atlantic', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 77, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly/rural', 'url': None}, 'EUR': {'closed': '2011-12-31', 'elevation': 85.0, 'email': None, 'established': '2007-09-01', 'lat': 79.989, 'location': 'Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago', 'lon': -85.9404, 'name': 'Eureka', 'scientist': None, 'station_no': 19, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka,_Nunavut'}, 'FLO': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 11.0, 'email': 'sergio.colle@ufsc.br', 'established': '1994-06-01', 'lat': -27.6047, 'location': 'South Atlantic Ocean', 'lon': -48.5227, 'name': 'Florianopolis', 'scientist': 'Sergio Colle', 'station_no': 3, 'surface_type': 'concrete', 'topography_type': 'mountain valley, urban', 'url': None}, 'FPE': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 634.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1995-01-01', 'lat': 48.3167, 'location': 'Montana, United States of America', 'lon': -105.1, 'name': 'Fort Peck', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 31, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/ftpeck.html'}, 'FUA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3.0, 'email': 'rrc-jma@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '2010-04-01', 'lat': 33.5822, 'location': 'Japan', 'lon': 130.3764, 'name': 'Fukuoka', 'scientist': 'Kouichi Nakashima', 'station_no': 6, 'surface_type': 'asphalt', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44630.d041'}, 'GAN': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 65.0, 'email': 'prasun.niwe@nic.in', 'established': '2014-05-19', 'lat': 23.1101, 'location': 'India', 'lon': 72.6276, 'name': 'Gandhinagar', 'scientist': 'Prasun Kumar', 'station_no': 58, 'surface_type': 'shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'GCR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 98.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1995-01-01', 'lat': 34.2547, 'location': 'Mississippi, United States of America', 'lon': -89.8729, 'name': 'Goodwin Creek', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 33, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/goodwin.html'}, 'GIM': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 208.0, 'email': 'bryan.e.fabbri@nasa.gov', 'established': None, 'lat': 46.721, 'location': 'Michigan, United States', 'lon': -87.411, 'name': 'Granite Island', 'scientist': 'Bryan Fabbri', 'station_no': 78, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'GOB': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 407.0, 'email': 'Roland.Vogt@unibas.ch', 'established': '2012-05-15', 'lat': -23.5614, 'location': 'Namib Desert, Namibia', 'lon': 15.042, 'name': 'Gobabeb', 'scientist': 'Roland Vogt', 'station_no': 20, 'surface_type': 'desert gravel', 'topography_type': 'flat rural', 'url': None}, 'GUR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 259.0, 'email': 'prasun.niwe@nic.in', 'established': '2014-04-21', 'lat': 28.4249, 'location': 'India', 'lon': 77.156, 'name': 'Gurgaon', 'scientist': 'Prasun Kumar', 'station_no': 56, 'surface_type': 'shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'GVN': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 42.0, 'email': 'Holger.Schmithuesen@awi.de', 'established': '1992-01-01', 'lat': -70.65, 'location': 'Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica', 'lon': -8.25, 'name': 'Georg von Neumayer', 'scientist': 'Holger Schmithüsen', 'station_no': 13, 'surface_type': 'iceshelf', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.awi.de/en/science/long-term-observations/atmosphere/antarctic-neumayer.html'}, 'HOW': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 51.0, 'email': 'prasun.niwe@nic.in', 'established': '2014-06-15', 'lat': 22.5535, 'location': 'India', 'lon': 88.3064, 'name': 'Howrah', 'scientist': 'Prasun Kumar', 'station_no': 57, 'surface_type': 'shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'ILO': {'closed': '2005-07-31', 'elevation': 350.0, 'email': None, 'established': '1992-08-01', 'lat': 8.5333, 'location': 'Nigeria', 'lon': 4.5667, 'name': 'Ilorin', 'scientist': 'T O Aro', 'station_no': 38, 'surface_type': 'shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'INO': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 110.0, 'email': 'emil.carstea@inoe.ro', 'established': '2021-05-01', 'lat': 44.3439, 'location': 'Romania', 'lon': 26.0123, 'name': 'Marguele', 'scientist': 'Emil Carstea', 'station_no': None, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'ISH': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 5.7, 'email': 'rrc-jma@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '2010-04-01', 'lat': 24.3367, 'location': 'Japan', 'lon': 124.1644, 'name': 'Ishigakijima', 'scientist': 'Kouichi Nakashima', 'station_no': 7, 'surface_type': 'asphalt', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44630.d026'}, 'IZA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 2372.9, 'email': 'ecuevasa@aemet.es', 'established': '2009-03-01', 'lat': 28.3093, 'location': 'Tenerife, Spain', 'lon': -16.4993, 'name': 'Izaña', 'scientist': 'Emilio Cuevas-Agulló', 'station_no': 61, 'surface_type': 'rock', 'topography_type': 'mountain top, rural', 'url': 'http://www.bsrn.aemet.es'}, 'KWA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 10.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1992-03-01', 'lat': 8.72, 'location': 'North Pacific Ocean', 'lon': 167.731, 'name': 'Kwajalein', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 25, 'surface_type': 'water, ocean', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/sites/kwa.html'}, 'LAU': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 350.0, 'email': 'm.tully@bom.gov.au', 'established': '1998-07-01', 'lat': -45.045, 'location': 'New Zealand', 'lon': 169.689, 'name': 'Lauder', 'scientist': 'Matt Tully', 'station_no': 60, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://gaw.empa.ch/gawsis/reports.asp?StationID=62'}, 'LER': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 80.0, 'email': 'fraser.cunningham@metoffice.gov.uk', 'established': '2001-01-01', 'lat': 60.1389, 'location': 'Shetland Island, United Kingdom', 'lon': -1.1847, 'name': 'Lerwick', 'scientist': 'Fraser Cunningham', 'station_no': 51, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43134.d001'}, 'LIN': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 125.0, 'email': 'Stefan.Wacker@dwd.de', 'established': '1994-09-01', 'lat': 52.21, 'location': 'Germany', 'lon': 14.122, 'name': 'Lindenberg', 'scientist': 'Stefan Wacker', 'station_no': 12, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://www.dwd.de/DE/forschung/atmosphaerenbeob/lindenbergersaeule/mol/mol_node.html'}, 'LMP': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 50.0, 'email': 'daniela.meloni@enea.it', 'established': '2023-12-01', 'lat': 35.518, 'location': 'Italy', 'lon': 12.63, 'name': 'Lampedusa', 'scientist': 'Daniela Meloni', 'station_no': None, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'LRC': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3.0, 'email': 'Frederick.M.Denn@nasa.gov', 'established': '2014-12-01', 'lat': 37.1038, 'location': 'Hampton, Virginia, USA', 'lon': -76.3872, 'name': 'Langley Research Center', 'scientist': 'Fred M. Denn', 'station_no': 49, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': 'http://capable.larc.nasa.gov/'}, 'LYU': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 324.0, 'email': 'adenins@cwb.gov.tw', 'established': '2018-12-01', 'lat': 22.037, 'location': 'Taiwan', 'lon': 121.5583, 'name': 'Lanyu Island', 'scientist': 'Kun-Wei Lin', 'station_no': 79, 'surface_type': 'forest mixed', 'topography_type': 'mountain top, rural', 'url': None}, 'MAN': {'closed': '2013-10-31', 'elevation': 6.0, 'email': None, 'established': '1996-09-01', 'lat': -2.058, 'location': 'Papua New Guinea', 'lon': 147.425, 'name': 'Momote', 'scientist': 'Charles Long', 'station_no': 29, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'MNM': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 7.1, 'email': 'rrc-jma@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '2010-04-01', 'lat': 24.2883, 'location': 'Minami-Torishima', 'lon': 153.9833, 'name': 'Minamitorishima', 'scientist': 'Kouichi Nakashima', 'station_no': 8, 'surface_type': 'water (ocean)', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44630.d003'}, 'NAU': {'closed': '2013-09-30', 'elevation': 7.0, 'email': None, 'established': '1998-11-01', 'lat': -0.521, 'location': 'Nauru', 'lon': 166.9167, 'name': 'Nauru Island', 'scientist': 'Charles Long', 'station_no': 30, 'surface_type': 'rock', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'NEW': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 18.5, 'email': 'Benjamin.Duck@csiro.au', 'established': None, 'lat': -32.8842, 'location': 'Australia', 'lon': 151.7289, 'name': 'Newcastle', 'scientist': 'Ben Duck', 'station_no': 52, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly, urban', 'url': None}, 'NYA': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 11.0, 'email': 'Marion.Maturilli@awi.de', 'established': '1992-08-01', 'lat': 78.925, 'location': 'Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen', 'lon': 11.93, 'name': 'Ny-Ålesund', 'scientist': 'Marion Maturilli', 'station_no': 11, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'mountain valley, rural', 'url': 'http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/stations/awipev_arctic_research_base/'}, 'OHY': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3314.0, 'email': 'lsuarez@igp.gob.pe', 'established': '2017-08-01', 'lat': -12.05, 'location': 'Peru', 'lon': -75.32, 'name': 'Observatory of Huancayo', 'scientist': 'Luis Suarez Salas', 'station_no': 80, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'mountain valley, rural', 'url': None}, 'PAL': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 156.0, 'email': 'jordi.badosa@lmd.polytechnique.fr', 'established': '2003-05-01', 'lat': 48.713, 'location': 'France', 'lon': 2.208, 'name': 'Palaiseau, SIRTA Observatory', 'scientist': 'Jordi Badosa', 'station_no': 63, 'surface_type': 'concrete', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'PAR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 4.0, 'email': 'piters@knmi.nl', 'established': '2019-01-01', 'lat': 5.806, 'location': 'South America, Surinam', 'lon': -55.2146, 'name': 'Paramaribo', 'scientist': 'Ankie Piters', 'station_no': 66, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': None}, 'PAY': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 491.0, 'email': 'laurent.vuilleumier@meteoswiss.ch', 'established': '1992-09-01', 'lat': 46.815, 'location': 'Switzerland', 'lon': 6.944, 'name': 'Payerne', 'scientist': 'Laurent Vuilleumier', 'station_no': 21, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': None}, 'PSU': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 376.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '1998-05-01', 'lat': 40.72, 'location': 'Pennsylvania, United States of America', 'lon': -77.9333, 'name': 'Rock Springs', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 36, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'mountain valley, rural', 'url': None}, 'PTR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 387.0, 'email': 'enio.pereira@inpe.br', 'established': '2006-12-01', 'lat': -9.068, 'location': 'Brazil', 'lon': -40.319, 'name': 'Petrolina', 'scientist': 'Enio Bueno Pereira', 'station_no': 72, 'surface_type': 'concrete, since 2015: shrub', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'QIQ': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 146.0, 'email': 'yangdazhi.nus@gmail.com', 'established': '2023-01-01', 'lat': 47.3833, 'location': 'China', 'lon': 123.9167, 'name': 'Qiqihar', 'scientist': 'Dazhi Yang', 'station_no': 94, 'surface_type': 'concrete', 'topography_type': 'flat - rural', 'url': None}, 'REG': {'closed': '2011-12-31', 'elevation': 578.0, 'email': None, 'established': '1995-01-01', 'lat': 50.205, 'location': 'Canada', 'lon': -104.713, 'name': 'Regina', 'scientist': None, 'station_no': 5, 'surface_type': 'cultivated', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'RLM': {'closed': '2007-12-31', 'elevation': 252.0, 'email': 'enio.pereira@inpe.br', 'established': '2007-01-01', 'lat': -11.582, 'location': 'Brazil', 'lon': -61.773, 'name': 'Rolim de Moura', 'scientist': 'Enio Bueno Pereira', 'station_no': 73, 'surface_type': 'concrete', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'RUN': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 116.0, 'email': 'beatrice.morel@univ-reunion.fr', 'established': None, 'lat': -20.9014, 'location': 'Reunion', 'lon': 55.4836, 'name': 'Reunion Island, University', 'scientist': 'Béatrice Morel', 'station_no': None, 'surface_type': None, 'topography_type': None, 'url': None}, 'SAP': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 17.2, 'email': 'rrc-jma@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '2010-04-01', 'lat': 43.06, 'location': 'Japan', 'lon': 141.3286, 'name': 'Sapporo', 'scientist': 'Kouichi Nakashima', 'station_no': 4, 'surface_type': 'asphalt', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44630.d028'}, 'SBO': {'closed': '2012-12-31', 'elevation': 500.0, 'email': 'agam@bgu.ac.il', 'established': '2003-01-01', 'lat': 30.8597, 'location': 'Israel', 'lon': 34.7794, 'name': 'Sede Boqer', 'scientist': 'Dr. Nurit Agam', 'station_no': 43, 'surface_type': 'desert rock', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': None}, 'SEL': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 602.0, 'email': 'bonifaz@unam.mx', 'established': None, 'lat': 15.784, 'location': 'Mexico', 'lon': -91.9902, 'name': 'Selegua', 'scientist': 'Roberto Bonifaz', 'station_no': 83, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'SMS': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 489.0, 'email': 'enio.pereira@inpe.br', 'established': '2006-01-01', 'lat': -29.4428, 'location': 'Brazil', 'lon': -53.8231, 'name': 'São Martinho da Serra', 'scientist': 'Enio Bueno Pereira', 'station_no': 70, 'surface_type': 'concrete, since 2015: grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'SON': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3108.9, 'email': 'marc.olefs@zamg.ac.at', 'established': '2013-01-01', 'lat': 47.054, 'location': 'Austria', 'lon': 12.9577, 'name': 'Sonnblick', 'scientist': 'Marc Olefs', 'station_no': 75, 'surface_type': 'rock', 'topography_type': 'mountain top, rural', 'url': 'http://www.sonnblick.net'}, 'SOV': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 650.0, 'email': None, 'established': '1998-08-01', 'lat': 24.91, 'location': 'Saudi Arabia', 'lon': 46.41, 'name': 'Solar Village', 'scientist': None, 'station_no': 41, 'surface_type': 'desert, sand', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'SPO': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 2800.0, 'email': 'laura.riihimaki@noaa.gov', 'established': '1992-01-01', 'lat': -89.983, 'location': 'Antarctica', 'lon': -24.799, 'name': 'South Pole', 'scientist': 'Laura Riihimaki', 'station_no': 26, 'surface_type': 'glacier, accumulation area', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/'}, 'SXF': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 473.0, 'email': 'john.a.augustine@noaa.gov', 'established': '2003-06-01', 'lat': 43.73, 'location': 'South Dakota, United States of America', 'lon': -96.62, 'name': 'Sioux Falls', 'scientist': 'John A. Augustine', 'station_no': 37, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/surfrad/siouxfalls.html'}, 'SYO': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 18.0, 'email': 'antarctic@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '1994-01-01', 'lat': -69.005, 'location': 'Cosmonaut Sea', 'lon': 39.589, 'name': 'Syowa', 'scientist': 'Yoshinobu Tanaka', 'station_no': 17, 'surface_type': 'sea ice', 'topography_type': 'hilly, rural', 'url': 'http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/'}, 'TAM': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 1385.0, 'email': 's.baika@meteo.dz', 'established': '2000-03-01', 'lat': 22.7903, 'location': 'Algeria', 'lon': 5.5292, 'name': 'Tamanrasset', 'scientist': 'Sidi BAIKA', 'station_no': 42, 'surface_type': 'desert, rock', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'TAT': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 25.0, 'email': 'ijima@met.kishou.go.jp', 'established': '1996-02-01', 'lat': 36.0581, 'location': 'Japan', 'lon': 140.1258, 'name': 'Tateno', 'scientist': 'Osamu Ijima', 'station_no': 16, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, urban', 'url': 'http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.44630.d027'}, 'TIK': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 48.0, 'email': 'kustov@aari.ru', 'established': '2010-06-08', 'lat': 71.5862, 'location': 'Siberia, Russia', 'lon': 128.9188, 'name': 'Tiksi', 'scientist': 'Vasilii Kustov', 'station_no': 48, 'surface_type': 'tundra', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.aari.ru/main.php?lg=1'}, 'TIR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 36.0, 'email': 'prasun.niwe@nic.in', 'established': '2014-04-16', 'lat': 13.0923, 'location': 'India', 'lon': 79.9738, 'name': 'Tiruvallur', 'scientist': 'Prasun Kumar', 'station_no': 59, 'surface_type': 'rock', 'topography_type': 'urban', 'url': None}, 'TOR': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 70.0, 'email': 'kallis@aai.ee', 'established': '1999-01-01', 'lat': 58.254, 'location': 'Estonia', 'lon': 26.462, 'name': 'Toravere', 'scientist': 'Ain Kallis', 'station_no': 9, 'surface_type': 'grass', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': 'http://www.aai.ee'}, 'XIA': {'closed': '2016-12-31', 'elevation': 32.0, 'email': 'xxa@mail.iap.ac.cn', 'established': '2005-01-01', 'lat': 39.754, 'location': 'China', 'lon': 116.962, 'name': 'Xianghe', 'scientist': 'Xiangao Xia', 'station_no': 44, 'surface_type': 'desert, rock', 'topography_type': 'flat, rural', 'url': None}, 'YUS': {'closed': None, 'elevation': 3858.0, 'email': 'adenins@cwb.gov.tw', 'established': None, 'lat': 23.4876, 'location': 'Taiwan', 'lon': 120.9595, 'name': 'Yushan', 'scientist': 'Kun-Wei Lin', 'station_no': 84, 'surface_type': 'forest, mixed', 'topography_type': 'mountain top, rural', 'url': None}}

dict() -> new empty dictionary dict(mapping) -> new dictionary initialized from a mapping object’s

(key, value) pairs

dict(iterable) -> new dictionary initialized as if via:

d = {} for k, v in iterable:

d[k] = v

dict(**kwargs) -> new dictionary initialized with the name=value pairs

in the keyword argument list. For example: dict(one=1, two=2)