Janne Levula, Timo Vesala, Pasi Kolari, Petri Keronen ,Pasi Aalto, Heikki Laakso, Olli Peltola, Tuukka Petäjä
127m high tower for atmospheric and flux measurements, one 18 m tower for irradiation and flux measurements, another for tree physiology measurements and 35 m walk-up tower for aerosol measurements, several air conditioned buildings for the housing of analyzers
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki
Easy access by a car, van or truck. Distance to the main road is 1.5 km and there is a road with high bearing capacity up to the tower.
The nearest populated village, Korkeakoski, with approx. 1000 inhabitants, is 6 km to the south-east. The nearest town, Orivesi, with some 9000 inhabitants, is 18 km to the south. The closest, bigger city, Tampere, with 220 000 inhabitants, is 45 km to the south-west and is located upstream of the prevailing wind. There is sawmill industry in Korkeakoski (6.5 km to the south-east) which process about 0.8 Mm3 round wood annually. The site is occasionally affected by long-range transported pollution from Europe / Russia / wildfires.
Department of Physics
P.O. Box 64
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
The station locates in clean remote environment inside the upland boreal forest with lakes and small wetlands within a few kilometers from the site. The station location is in a rolling ground with the altitudes ranging mainly between 140 and 180 m a.s.l. in the surrounding area. The monitoring station, where all ICOS related measurements are operated, is on the top of a small hill. The surrounding vegetation consists mainly of Scots pine and Norway spruce with undergrowth. The top of the tree canopy is at the height of about 19 m.
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Received for 2010-2013
Provisional financial plan in discussion with funding ministries and science funding agency; feedback expected during spring 2013