Regional Hydroclimate Project:
-
BALTEX (Baltic Sea Experiment)
-
Sodankylä
-
Observatory Site B
-
Name: Bengt Tammelin, Reijo Hyvönen
Affiliation:
-
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Meteorological Research
-
P.O. BOX 503 (Street address: Vuorikatu 24)
FIN-00101 Helsinki
FINLAND
Telephone: 358-9-1929 4160 (BT), +358-9-1929 4161 (RH)
Fax: None provided
-
Data are measured at Sodankylä Arctic Research Centre's Observatory at micrometeorological mast (Sodankylä Site B):
Coordinates (WGS-84) lat: 67 21'42,7" lon: 26 38'16,2", 179,3 m a.s.l.
The radiosonde data are from Sodankylä, Finland (WMO code: 02836; latitude: 67 22' 00,0" longitude: 26 37' 44,6" elevation: 179,2 m a.s.l).
BALTEX Regional Map (click for full resolution):
Google Earth .kmz file of BALTEX Sodankylä Reference Site station and radiosonde locations
Station Description:
-
General Description:
No information.
Aerial view of site (click for full resolution):
Station Operator: Finnish Meteorological Institute
Vegetation and Land Use:
Dominant land cover at the measurement location: No information.
Canopy height: No information.
Land cover within 50 m of site: No information.
Land cover within 500 m of site: No information.
Land cover within 12 km of site: No information.
Seasonal land cover changes: No information.
Major changes in land cover at site from October 2002 to December 2004: No information.
Slope at the site: No information.
Other notes: None.
Soil Type and Characterization:
Surface soil type: No information.
Soil type in deeper layers: No information.
Surface soil porosity: No information.
Soil porosity in deeper layers: No information.
Soil infiltration rate: No information.
Bulk Dry Density: No information.
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: No information.
The Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources): No information.
Climate:
Temperature and precipitation annual cycles (click for full resolution):
-
SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
No Surface data are available at this station.
- Station pressure Not measured.
- Air Temperature (Pentronic PT100 element, 48m)
- Dew point (derived)
- Relative humidity (Vaisala HMP45, 48m)
- Specific humidity Not measured.
- Wind speed (Vaisala WAA251, 47m)
- Wind direction Not measured.
- U wind component Not measured.
- V wind component Not measured.
- Sensible Heat Flux
- Metek USA-1, 25m
Metek USA-1 (10.6.2003 onwards), 23.5m - Latent Heat Flux
-
Applied Technologies M-300 and Metek USA-1, 25m
Licor 7000 and Metek USA-1 (10.6.2003 onwards), 23.5m - CO2 Flux (NOT MEASURED)
- Soil Heat Flux (NOT MEASURED)
- Soil temperature (thermocouple, 0.05m depth)
- Soil moisture (NOT MEASURED)
METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: Radiosondes are launched in principle two times a day (12 and 24 h UTC).
-
Web:
-
None provided.
Literature:
-
None provided.
- BALTEX: The Baltic Sea Experimen t (13 March 2007; Washington, DC, USA)
- A Status Report from the European (BALTEX) Reference Sites in CEOP (2 7 February 2006; Paris, France)
- BALTEX Reference Sites for the CEOP (10 March 2004; Irvine, California, USA)
- BALTEX Sodanklyä (31 March 2003; Berlin, Germany)
- BALTEX Reference Sites for the GEWEX CEOP (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)
- EOP-3/4 and beyond Data Sets and Documentation
- Surface Meteorological Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Soil Temperature and Moisture Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Flux Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Meteorological Tower Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- EOP-1 Converted Format Data Sets and Documentation
- EOP-1 Native Format Data Sets and Documentation