Pallas-Sammaltunturi, GAW Station, Finland [PAL]

Location

  • Country: Finland Country Flag
  • Latitude: 67.9733° North
  • Longitude: 24.1157° East
  • Elevation: 565.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Standard Time + -2.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

Most of the stations at Pallas that are part of the global station Pallas-Sodankylä are located within the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, inside the northern boreal forest zone. The Pallas area is free of large local and regional pollution sources with the nearest town, Muonio with some 2500 inhabitants, being 19 km to the west. The second-nearest town, Kittilä, with 6000 inhabitants, is 46 km to the south-east. The main station, Sammaltunturi (67°58'N 24°07'E, 560 m a.s.l.) is on top of a fjeld (a subarctic hill), ca. 300 m above the surrounding area and some 100 m above the tree line. The vegetation on the fjeld top consists mainly of low vascular plants, moss, and lichen. The region is hilly with the highest elevations of 600-800 m within 3-6 km from the station. The sectors 180°-330° and 100-130° are very open. Also part of this global station is the observatory Sodankylä (67°22'N 26°38'E, 178 m a.s.l.).

GML Projects at Pallas-Sammaltunturi, GAW Station

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Methane CH4 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Carbon Monoxide CO 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Molecular Hydrogen H2 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Nitrous Oxide N2O 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 2001-12-21 Ongoing
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Benzene C6H6 2006-12-22 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Methylbenzene C7H8 2006-12-22 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Ethane C2H6 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Ethylene C2H4 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Propane C3H8 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Propylene C3H6 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Isobutane i-C4H10 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
n-Butane n-C4H10 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
isopentane i-C5H12 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
n-Pentane n-C5H12 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
n-Hexane n-C6H14 2006-01-20 Terminated - 2018-03-14
isoprene C5H8 2006-12-22 Terminated - 2018-03-14
Acetylene C2H2 2007-09-14 Terminated - 2018-03-14