Valentia Observatory on the move

Sponge Bob

The new Valentia Observatory ...is being built on the self same Valentia they abandoned 120 years ago

Met Éireann were forced to seek a better site for certain of their ongoing measurements. Not temperature or precipitation at this time but Air and Water quality data.

They acquired a 59 acre site on Valentia in recent months and have just punted this application into Kerry County Council.

Warning 100MB PDF if you click below Warning

http://docstore.kerrycoco.ie/planningfiles/11202.pdf

The New site is here

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,434631,575524,6,10

The Times commented on the application on Monday.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0411/1224294394389.html

Met Éireann is seeking planning permission to relocate the air monitoring part of its operations from off the main Ring of Kerry.


It wants to relocate from south of the town of Cahersiveen to a 59-acre site in the northwest of Valentia Island because of concerns the site on the mainland has become “compromised” by an increase in housing and other development and vehicular traffic in recent years.


The Valentia observatory is one of the foremost scientific institutes in the country and one of the oldest monitoring stations in the world. It dates to 1860 when it was located on the island and as well as air, it monitors seismology and geomagnetism. A decision is due in May.

Danno

Thanks for highlighting this.