The DUTH Xanthi observing site used in the GloCAEM project is operated by the Demokritus University of Thrace Campus, 67100 Kimeria-Xanthi, Greece, for the GloCAEM project.
This is a rural site located at the edge of a smooth, S-facing slope with a valley reaching the seashore about 20 km to the S and the E-W oriented Rodopi Mountain Range located to the N. 1.7 km from Xanthi (population 65,000).
The ground surface is soil and grass and a light-traffic road is oriented east– west 120 m to the south of the site west [traffic density of 10 (nighttime) to 150 (rush hours) cars/hr 120 m]. There are no obstacles closer than 30 m to the instrumentation protruding <18 degrees above the horizon. The height of the site is 75 m a.s.l.