Sodankyla
FI-Sod
FI
1
2023-05-23
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The Sodankyla station (ICOS code FI-Sod) is situated at the Arctic Research Centre of the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Northern Finland, 7 km south of the town of Sodankyla and 100 km north of the Arctic Circle. The area within a 1.5 km radius around the FI-Sod tower is flat, the elevation is 180 m above sea level. The measurements are conducted in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest which has been naturally regenerated after forest fires; the trees are typically 60-100 years old with individual older trees. The sparse ground vegetation consists of lichens (73%), mosses (12%) and ericaceous shrubs (15%), the ground is normally covered by snow from October to mid-May, and the uppermost soil layers are frozen during the wintertime.
0.5 °C
2424.3 mm
Current staff
| Name | Role (ICOS vocabulary) | Start date |
|---|---|---|
| Hermanni Aaltonen | Researcher | 2023-10-02 |
| Mika Aurela | Principal Investigator | 2017-05-30 |
| Juha Hatakka | Data Manager | 2017-05-30 |
| Annalea Lohila | Researcher | 2017-09-07 |
| Milja Männikkö | Researcher | 2022-01-01 |
| Jaakko Oivukkamäki | Data Manager | 2026-03-01 |
| Juuso Rainne | Engineer | 2017-05-30 |
| Erkka Rinne | Researcher | 2026-01-01 |
| Sami Suopajärvi | Engineer | 2022-01-01 |
| Samu Varjonen | Data Manager | 2023-02-01 |
Former staff
| Name | Role (ICOS vocabulary) | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuomas Laurila | Researcher | 2017-05-30 | 2023-10-01 |
| Timo Mäkelä | Engineer | 2017-05-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| Juha-Pekka Tuovinen | Researcher | 2017-05-30 | 2025-06-30 |
Location
67.36239, 26.63859
187 m
