Welcome to the Meteorological Observatory
of Moscow State University

The Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory (MSU MO) has been organized in 1954 as a teaching and scientific center for the research of the Moscow climate. The MSU MO provides the unique continuous measurements of the environmental and climatic characteristics of the atmosphere, which are being in operation on the base of comprehensive methods in accordance with the Russian and international standards adopted by World Meteorological Organization and Russian Hydrometeorological Service. The complex of measurements consists of an extended program of meteorological observations, including the acoustic sounding of the boundary atmospheric layer, and a large program of radiative measurements, which also includes the observations of natural illuminance and UV irradiance. Within the frame of international AERONET program a monitoring of aerosol parameters is being carried out. The measurements of chemical composition of precipitation and snow cover are being in operation as well. A new station for atmospheric air composition has been organized together with the Oboukhov's Institute of the Atmospheric Physics RAS, which provides continuous measurements of different gas species.

The MSU MO produces monthly Bulletin (PDF,~700kb) with the results of the observations.

More detailed information can be found at corresponding sections of the site.