The GAW-WMO "R. Sarao" station is situated in the locality of Punta Grecale (35.52°N, 12.63°E) in the municipality of Lampedusa, on the island of the same name. The station is the property of ENEA which , besides coordinating the scientific research activities of the projects in which the station takes part, directly leads most of the measurement and monitoring programs undertaken there, also providing support to other bodies and institutions performing their own measures at the site. The WMO/GAW station is operational since 1997.

Aerosol concentration of particles with optical diameter between 0.3 and 20 µm has been continuously recorded in 15-size channel by using an OPS Mod. GRIMM 1.108. Here cumulative counts for the accumulation (i.e. Dp < 0.3 µm) and coarse (i.e Dp => 1 µm) fractions are provided by a "csv" file. Missing value: NA Measurement height: 10.0 m Inlet type: Hat or hood Inlet description: Total particle size at ambient humidity inlet, heated head, home made following EUSAAR design, flow 150 l/min Humidity/temperature control description: passive, sample heated from atmospheric to lab temperature

The station of Monte Portella (2041 m a.s.l.) is situated in the locality of the same name in the National Park of Abruzzo. The station was owned by CETEMPS which, as well as coordinating the scientific research activities of projects to which the station is affiliated, also directly performed most of the measurements and monitoring programmes undertaken at the station. On 2017, Chieti University (DISPUTER) was in charge for data management and analysis. The area in the immediate vicinity of the measurement site is constituted by barren terrain, characterized in summer, by rocky outcrops and grasslands and in winter, by snow cover. With the exception of the mountain hut "Duke of the Abruzzi", property of the Italian Alpine Club, sited about 200 m to the east, there are no buildings within a radius of about 2 km of the measurement site. The village of Assergi, Italy, (approximate population 500, 1000 m altitude) is located 6 km south-east. The city of L'Aquila (approximately 60000 inhabitants) is located about 16 km to the south.

This archive includes non polar ice cores information from Ortles glacier available in the DISAT GEOMATIC LAB repository. A total of 5 ice cores were taken from 2009 to 2011.

Information on the climatology and climate variability in Italy in the last two thousand years, by a blend of paleoclimatic data information (ice and sediment cores, pollens, peat bog data, dendroclimatology) and numerical simulations. Station data, numerical simulations and marine reconstructions/reanalyses will allow for a more detailed representation of climate variability in the last 100 years.

This archive includes non polar ice cores information from Piz Zupò, Bernina Massive, available in the DISAT GEOMATIC LAB repository. Two ice cores were taken in 2002

This archive includes non polar ice cores information from Mont Blanc glaciers available in the DISAT GEOMATIC LAB repository. A total of 14 ice cores were taken from 1973 to 2004 in different location: 10 on Col du Dome, 2 on Mont Blanc summit, 1 on Col de Brenva, 1 on Dom du Guter.

For Dendrochronological data set, six groups have sent their metadata (namely University of Milan, University of Pisa, Second University of Naples, University of Molise, University of Basilicata and Civic Museum of Rovereto - former Italian Institute of Dendrochronology). Other information regarding the Italian territory were derived from the ITRDB (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/), and other groups have assured their metadata. Metadata of 89 sites and 25 chronologies (data) were collected. A WebGIS application of Metadata and a dedicated free-access website has been predisposed

Ice Cores taken by NEXTDATA funding. The aim of the NEXTDATA Project - WP2.3, is the implementation of paleo-climatic database of non polar ice core of the word. This archive includes non polar ice core information from NOAA and NICL databases as well as data published in the scientific literature and available in the DISAT GEOMATIC LAB repository. For each core, drilling site, altitude, core length, year, data source holder name, drilling methodology are archived. For cores analyzed and reported in previous publications, paleo-climatic proxies (physical, chemical data characterization) are also provided.

268,977 records from 8,445 binomials and 16,332 localities, dating between 1680 and 2006 AD. climate data were assigned to 268,083 records from 8,414 binomials and 16,311 localities, dating between 1790 and 2006 AD