Sodankylä Research Station
Sodankylä Research Station in Sodankylä is hosted and owned by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Location
The Sodankylä facility (67°22’ N, 26°39’ E) is located in central Lapland within the boreal forest region. The station is not part of any national park, but the area (c. 2 km2) is dedicated to atmospheric and geological research, and therefore has limited public access. The area is surrounded by forest and swamps owned by the Finnish government.
Nearest settlement: 7 (0 km)
History
The Sodankylä Station was established in 1949, but continuous homogenized synoptic weather records have been made since 1908.
Research
The Sodankylä facility hosts programs exploring upper-air chemistry and physics, atmospheric column measurements, snow/soil hydrology, biosphere-atmosphere interaction, and satellite calibration-validation studies. A lot of data from the station is shared freely from http://litdb.fmi.fi.
Biodiversity
Sodankylä Station is located at a river bank in the middle of a boreal forest. Black grouse, rabbit, and reindeer are the most typical animals.
Human Presence
Nearest village is Sodankylä (7 km). Sodankylä has c. 6000 inhabitants (8,500 in the municipality). Main employers are the military, mining industry, smaller industry, agriculture, reindeer farmers, and research institutes.
Climate
Scientific Facilities
Equipment
Advanced solar instruments, including FTS, satellite receivers, radiometers, lidars
Services
Technical support
Access
7 km from the research station is the bus station in Sodankylä. The distance to the nearest airport and railway station in Rovaniemi is 130 km. A helicopter station is located 4 km from the station. Travel time from the airport is typically less than 2 hours by car/bus.
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