Background
IN0805 | |
Sodankylä Research Station | |
Sub-Arctic | |
Open | |
Station | |
Finland | |
Station | |
1949 | |
Year-Round |
Introduction
Sodankylä Research Station in Sodankylä is hosted and owned by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. | |
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. | |
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. | |
The Sodankylä Station was established in 1949, but continuous homogenized synoptic weather records have been made since 1908. | |
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 litdb.fmi.fi. | |
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. | |
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. |
Operator
Finnish Meteorological Institute | |
Government | |
Finnish Meteorological Institute | |
riitta.aikio@fmi.fi |
Data Source
Leena Leppänen | |
leena.leppanen@fmi.fi | |
2018-02-02 |
Partner Institution
No | |
* |
Location
IN0805 | |
67° 22' 0'' N | |
26° 39' 0'' E | |
European Arctic | |
179 | |
170 | |
450 | |
7 | |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
Ice-free ground |
Climate
None | |
Sub-Arctic | |
Snow and Rain | |
527 | |
9.7 | |
0 | |
S | |
01/Jan/81 to 31/12/10 | |
-0.4 | |
-13.5 | |
-12.7 | |
-7.5 | |
-1.3 | |
5.3 | |
11.6 | |
14.5 | |
11.7 | |
6.2 | |
0.1 | |
-7.1 | |
-11.7 | |
07/Jul/14 | |
31.7 | |
28/Jan/99 | |
-49.5 | |
None | |
May | |
May | |
June; July; August; September |
Features
Lake; Rivers; Valley; Other | |
Peatlands; Wetlands; Human settlements or resource use in the area; |
Disciplines
Atmospheric chemistry and physics; Climatology; Climate change; Environmental sciences; Geophysics and seismology; GIS; Hydrology; Limnology; Mapping; Microbiology; Paleolimnology; Soil science; Terrestrial biology | |
Land use change |
Human Activities
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes |
Infrastructure
IN0805 | |
1500 | |
250 | |
Other | |
60 | |
2000 | |
25 | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
230 | |
24 |
Staff Capacity
30 | |
15 | |
20 | |
12 | |
60 | |
0 |
Scientific Equipment
Advanced solar instruments, including FTS, satellite receivers, radiometers, lidars | |
Technical support | |
Ground weather observations (Temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, precipitation, clouds, visibility, snow depth) Soundings Solar radiation observations Soil and snow observations Microwave observations Air chemistry observations Satellite reception |
Medical Facilities
No | |
0 | |
0 | |
10 | |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
VHF radio | |
First aid kits, defibrillator, foam extinguishers | |
Yes |
Vehicles
Cars, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles |
Workshop facilities
ICTS (Staff available to assit with constructions) |
Communications
Computer; E-mail; Internet; Printer; Scanner; Telephone |
Access
IN0805 | |
Land |
Aircraft landing facilities
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
Asphalt | |
Yes |
Transport and freight
Car; Walking; Other | |
Bus | |
0 | |
None | |
0 | |
None |
Access To The Facility
No | |
Riitta Aikio | |
riitta.aikio@fmi.fi |