Atmosphere and biosphere
SMEAR station at Järvselja
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Renting of measurement mast of SMEAR research station for installation of lightweight instrumentation and communication equipment. Air temperature and humidity sensors.
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Offering environmental measurements of SMEAR research station and data analysis for conducting environmental.
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Offering the results and data analysis of atmospheric aerosol and air ion size distribution, radon concentration and gamma radiation intensity measurements for conducting environmental studies.
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Training for the use and maintenance of measuring equipment of the SMEAR research station at Järvselja.
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In addition to the measurement data, a more complex data analysis of environmental parameters is also offered for investigation of the interaction between the forest ecosystem and the atmosphere.
Equipment
- Analyzers of atmospheric trace gases CO/CO2/CH4/H2O concentrations
- Analyzers of atmospheric greenhouse gases CO2/H2O concentrations
- Analyzers of atmospheric polluting gases NO/NO2/NOx concentrations
- Laser absorption gas analyzer
- 3D ultrasonic anemometers Usonic3 Class A
- Measurement system of solar irradiation spectrum
- Infra-red light measurement system
- Air temperature, humidity and air pressure sensors
- Soil gas-exchange measuring system
- Soil moisture measurement system
- Automatic system of air sampling
- Shoot chamber system
- Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer NAIS
- Aerosol particle spectrometer SMPS (Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer)
- Aerosol particle aerodynamic spectrometer APS (Aerodynamic Particle Sizer)
- Wide range aerosol particle spectrometer (FMPS + OPS)
- Nanoparticle spectrometer A11 nCNC
Data
Rõka Experimental Station
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Offering of the infrastructure of Rõka Station for carrying out research.
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Performing scientific experiments at the FAHM site.
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Possibilities to use in co-operation experimental ecosystems, scientific equipment, and lab facilities for climate experiments; also measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes with mobile Eddy-covariance systems at other experimental sites.
Equipment
- quantum sensors (LI-190SZ-50 Quantum sensor)
- pyranometers
- anemometers (electromechanical and ultrasonic)
- portable radiometer
- tipping bucket rain gauges
- soil temperature sensors
- equitensiometers for soil water potential measurements
- dataloggers for saving environmental data
- equipment for soil respiration measurements
- leaf wetness sensors
- leaf temperature probes
- Scholander-type pressure chambers
- automatic dendrometers
- sap flow systems
- shoot chambers
- portable instruments for measuring leaf optical properties
- porometers for measurement of stomatal conductance
- chlorophyll fluorometers
- portable photosynthesis systems
- analyser of greenhouse gases
- NOx measurement system
- CO2/H2O analyser with water vapour calibration
Valgjärve TV-mast
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Providing the measured environmental parameters and data analysis based on them for environmental investigations and assessment.
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Enabling the sub-mast experiments.
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The equipment facilitates the precise monitoring of physical properties of the atmospheric boundary layer, for validating the short- and middle-range weather forecast models.