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Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of nitrogen_dioxide at Utö (FI0009R) using continuous_colorimetric. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: nitrogen_dioxide in air (mass_concentration_of_nitrogen_dioxide_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of bulk_sampler at Kotinen (FI0093R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: arsenic in precip (mass_concentration_of_arsenic_in_precipitation), cadmium in precip (mass_concentration_of_cadmium_in_precipitation), chromium in precip (mass_concentration_of_chromium_in_precipitation), copper in precip (mass_concentration_of_copper_in_precipitation), iron in precip (mass_concentration_of_iron_in_precipitation), lead in precip (mass_concentration_of_lead_in_precipitation), manganese in precip (mass_concentration_of_manganese_in_precipitation), nickel in precip (mass_concentration_of_nickel_in_precipitation), vanadium in precip (mass_concentration_of_vanadium_in_precipitation), zinc in precip (mass_concentration_of_zinc_in_precipitation)
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of steel_canister at Pallas (Sammaltunturi) (FI0096G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: 1-3-butadiene in air (mass_fraction_of_13_butadiene_in_air), cis-2-pentene in air (mass_fraction_of_cis_2_pentene_in_air), cyclo-hexane in air (mass_fraction_of_cyclo_hexane_in_air), propyne in air (mass_fraction_of_propyne_in_air), trans-2-pentene in air (mass_fraction_of_trans_2_pentene_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of cpc at Pallas (Sammaltunturi) (FI0096G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects ACTRIS, EMEP, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_concentration in aerosol (number_concentration_of_particles_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), particle_number_concentration in aerosol (number_concentration_of_particles_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), particle_number_concentration in aerosol (number_concentration_of_particles_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
License : ACTRIS: http://actris.nilu.no/Content/Documents/DataPolicy.pdf, EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA:
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of low_vol_sampler at Virolahti II (FI0017R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, CAMPAIGN and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: ammonium in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_in_pm1_in_air), ammonium in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_in_pm10_in_air), ammonium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_in_pm2p5_in_air), calcium in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_pm1_in_air), calcium in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_pm10_in_air), calcium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_pm2p5_in_air), chloride in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_pm1_in_air), chloride in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_pm10_in_air), chloride in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_pm2p5_in_air), magnesium in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_pm1_in_air), magnesium in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_pm10_in_air), magnesium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_pm2p5_in_air), nitrate in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_pm1_in_air), nitrate in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_pm10_in_air), nitrate in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_pm2p5_in_air), pm10_mass in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air), pm1_mass in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_pm1_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air), pm25_mass in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air), potassium in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_pm1_in_air), potassium in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_pm10_in_air), potassium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_pm2p5_in_air), sodium in pm1 (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_pm1_in_air), sodium in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_pm10_in_air), sodium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_pm2p5_in_air), sulphate_total in pm1, sulphate_total in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_total_in_pm10_in_air), sulphate_total in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_total_in_pm2p5_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., CAMPAIGN: For scientific purposes, access to the data is limited. Data will be given access to after approval from the data producer or owner.
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of sulphate_corrected at Utö (FI0009R) using filter_3pack. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, HELCOM and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: sulphate_corrected in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_expressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphate_corrected in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of sulphate_corrected at Kotinen (FI0093R) using bulk_sampler. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, HELCOM and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: sulphate_corrected in precip (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_expressed_as_sulphur_in_precipitation), sulphate_corrected in precip (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_in_precipitation)
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-06-08T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of nitrogen_dioxide at Oulanka (FI0022R) using chemiluminescence_photolytic. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects AMAP, EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: nitrogen_dioxide in air (mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_air), nitrogen_dioxide in air (mass_concentration_of_nitrogen_dioxide_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air)
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of nitrate at Ähtäri (FI0004R) using bulk_sampler. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: nitrate in precip (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_precipitation)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of precipitation_amount at Kotinen (FI0093R) using bulk_sampler. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are:
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of filter_3pack at Ähtäri II (FI0037R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: ammonia in air (mass_concentration_of_ammonia_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air), ammonium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), calcium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), chloride in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), magnesium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), nitrate in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), nitric_acid in air (mass_concentration_of_nitric_acid_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air), potassium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), sodium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), sulphate_corrected in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_expressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphate_total in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_total_sulphateexpressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphur_dioxide in air (mass_concentration_of_sulphur_dioxide_expressed_as_sulphur_in_air), sum_ammonia_and_ammonium in air+aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sum_ammonia_and_ammonium_in_aerosol), sum_nitric_acid_and_nitrate in air+aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sum_nitric_acid_and_nitrate_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_aerosol)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of filter_absorption_photometer at Pallas (Sammaltunturi) (FI0096G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects ACTRIS, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: aerosol_absorption_coefficient in pm25, aerosol_absorption_coefficient in pm25, aerosol_absorption_coefficient in pm25
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of mercury_TGM at Virolahti III (FI0018R) using Hg_mon. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: mercury_TGM in air (mass_concentration_of_total_gaseous_mercury_in_air)
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of steel_canister at Pallas (Sammaltunturi) (FI0096G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects AMAP, EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: 2-methylbutane in air (mass_fraction_of_2_methylbutane_in_air), 2-methylpentane in air (mass_fraction_of_2_methylpentane_in_air), 2-methylpropane in air (mass_fraction_of_2_methylpropane_in_air), 3-methylpentane in air (mass_fraction_of_3_methylpentane_in_air), benzene in air (mass_fraction_of_benzene_in_air), ethane in air (mass_fraction_of_ethane_in_air), ethene in air (mass_fraction_of_ethene_in_air), ethyne in air (mass_fraction_of_ethyne_in_air), isoprene in air (mass_fraction_of_isoprene_in_air), n-butane in air (mass_fraction_of_butane_in_air), n-hexane in air (mass_fraction_of_hexane_in_air), n-pentane in air (mass_fraction_of_pentane_in_air), propane in air (mass_fraction_of_propane_in_air), propene in air (mass_fraction_of_propene_in_air)
License : AMAP: For scientific purposes, access to the AMAP data is unlimited but by their use you accept that an offer of co-authorship will be made through personal contact with the data producer or owner., EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland, FI01L, Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Atmospheric Composition Unit, Erik Palménin aukio, FI-00560, Helsinki, Finland
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of bulk_sampler at Oulanka (FI0022R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects AMAP, EMEP and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: aluminium in precip (mass_concentration_of_aluminium_in_precipitation), arsenic in precip (mass_concentration_of_arsenic_in_precipitation), cadmium in precip (mass_concentration_of_cadmium_in_precipitation), chromium in precip (mass_concentration_of_chromium_in_precipitation), cobalt in precip (mass_concentration_of_cobalt_in_precipitation), copper in precip (mass_concentration_of_copper_in_precipitation), iron in precip (mass_concentration_of_iron_in_precipitation), lead in precip (mass_concentration_of_lead_in_precipitation), manganese in precip (mass_concentration_of_manganese_in_precipitation), nickel in precip (mass_concentration_of_nickel_in_precipitation), vanadium in precip (mass_concentration_of_vanadium_in_precipitation), zinc in precip (mass_concentration_of_zinc_in_precipitation)
License : AMAP: For scientific purposes, access to the AMAP data is unlimited but by their use you accept that an offer of co-authorship will be made through personal contact with the data producer or owner., EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).