Pallas-Sodankylä, GAW station, Northern Finland

Updated 2013-02-02

GAW serves as an early warning system to detect further changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and changes in the ozone layer, and in the long-range transport of pollutants, including acidity and toxicity of rain as well as the atmospheric burden of aerosols.

This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

http://fmigaw.fmi.fi/

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1995 -
Data collection: 1995 -
Data processing: 1995 -
Data reporting: 1995 -

Contact information

Contact person: Yrjö Viisanen
Address: Finnish Meteorological Institute Sahaajankatu 20 E FIN-00810 Helsinki Finland
Phone: +358 9 19291 (inst) / +358 9 1929 5490 (dir)
Fax: +358 9 1929 5403
Email: if.imf@nenasiiv.ojry

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Radionuclides

RITS

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

Pallas: Continuous monitoring of CO2, SO2, O3, condensation nuclei, black carbon, 222Rn Sampling of VOCs, N2O, CH4: 2/week Meteorology at 3 sites Sodankylä: Continuous monitoring of O3, 222Rn, total column ozone and NO2, UV-B, CIE-weighted total UV-dose, solar radiation: global, diffuse, reflected, radiation balance, sunshine hours, meteorology 7Be and 210Pb: daily Upper air soundings: 2/day Ozone soundings: 1/week Backscatter soundings: 5/winter

Geography

Regions studied: Atmospheric TDC; Atmospheric TDC; Atmospheric TDC; Atmospheric TDC
Stations or areas where observations are made: Pallas/Sammaltunturi 67 deg. 58 min. N, 24 deg. 07 min. E, 566 m a.s.l. Sodankylä 67 deg. 22 min. N, 26 deg. 39 min. E, 180 m a.s.l.

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: yes-partly

Data centres: Atmospheric TDC

If no (or only part of data are reported to a TDC), where and how are (other) data stored?

In the databases of FMI and GAW. The data will be available to AMAP.

References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports

http://fmigaw.fmi.fi/ -> Publications [accessed 2.2.2013] The yearbook of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Air Quality Research, e.g. Leinonen, L. 2000. Ilmanlaatumittauksia - Air Quality Measurements 1999. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki. 254 p.

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

QA/QC Information (what QA/QC procedures are implemented, laboratories involvment in QA/QC activities, model verification/validation routines, etc.): The laboratory of FMI is accredited for analysis of heavy metals and major ions.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: GAW
Other related projects: Pallas, AMAP station, Northern Finland Oulanka, EMEP station, Northern Finland National deposition monitoring, Northern Finland