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Birkenes (Birkenes, Norway)

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View of the photometer on top of the container.
Location of the container on top of a ridge (view from the North), near the old air pollution monitoring site.
Image 1 - View of the photometer on top of the container.
Image 2 - Location of the container on top of a ridge (view from the North), near the old air pollution monitoring site.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 58.38845° North
  • Longitude: 8.25231° East
  • Elevation: 230.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • The Birkenes atmospheric research station (58 23N, 8 15E, 230 m asl.) is run by the Norwegian Institute for Air research (NILU). Birkenes is a joint supersite for EMEP and GAW and situated in the southern part of Norway. The site is located in an undulating terrain in a clearing (original site) and on an elevation (new). Birkenes has been in operation since 1971 and has been one of the keystone sites in Europe to study long-range transported air pollution. The long-term monitoring programme at Birkenes consists of meteorology, main inorganic components, heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, VOC and particles. In 2009 the site has been expanded with a measurement container for aerosol and climate gas measurements.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Kerstin Stebel
  • E-mail: kst@nilu.no
    • Kerstin Stebel
    Atmosphere and Climate Change Department
    The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU
    PO Box 100, 2027 Kjeller
    Norway
    Phone: +47 63 89 81 75
    E-mail: kst@nilu.no
Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Wenche Aas
  • Email: waa@nilu.no
  • Wenche Aas
    Atmosphere and Climate Change Department
    Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
    P.box 100, 2027 Kjeller
    Norway
    Phone: +47 63 89 81 60
    E-mail: waa@nilu.no
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Image 3 - Location of the container on top of a ridge (view from the South). Location of the container on top of a ridge (view from the South).

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