Ari Leskinen (UEF/FMI), Kari Lehtinen (UEF), Mika Komppula (FMI), Juha Hatakka (FMI), Timo Mäkelä (FMI)
75 m high observation and radio transmittance tower. Inlet on top of a 10 m mast on the roof of the tower. Measurements of aerosol and cloud properties and weather parameters.
University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
The tower can be reached by car. Instruments can be taken by elevator from the ground level to the observation deck level but must be carried up to the measurement room (the two upmost floors) via a staircase.
Reliable 4 Mbps broadband connection to the FMI Intranet.
Nearby sources:
Puijo tower (restaurant and sewerage ventilation, ~10 m below the inlet)
A district heating plant 3.5 km in the direction of 162 degrees, release height 120 m (~114 m below the inlet)
A paper mill 5 km in the direction of 36 degrees, release height 70 m (~164 m below the inlet)
Highway in the direction of 6-192 degrees, ~230 m below the inlet
Waste disposal site 10.5 km in the direction of 218 degrees.
Closest cities:
Kuopio, 112 000 inhabitants, 0 km (~230 m below the inlet)
Siilinjärvi, 21 000 inhabitants, 18 km to the north
Varkaus, 22 000 inhabitants, 67 km to the south
Pieksämäki, 19 000 inhabitants, 73 km to the southwest
Iisalmi, 22 000 inhabitants, 76 km to the north
Yliopistonranta 1 F
FI-70210 Kuopio
Finland
The station is located in the town of Kuopio, on top of a 75 m observation and radio transmittance tower. The tower stands on a hill and its base is 149 m above the surrounding lake level, which is 82 m above sea level. The sampling inlet is on top of a 10 m mast on the roof of the tower. The measurement site is located at the southern boreal climatic zone, which is characterized by forests with conifer (mostly pine and spruce) and deciduous (mostly birch) trees, an undulating terrain with rocky soil and moderate height hills, and lots of long lakes in the northwest-southeast direction.
SMEAR (Station for Monitoring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations)
