Kiruna, Sweden

Latitude: 67.84° N
Longitude: 20.41° E
Elevation: 419 msl

Status: Active

Website(s):

Station Representative(s):

Dr. Uwe Raffalski
Institute of Space Physics
Kiruna, Sweden

NDACC Measurements at the Kiruna, Sweden Station

Instrument Status Period Parameter Affiliations Data Link Metadata
FTIR SpectrometerBruker 120HR/125 Active
1996
–present
 Column - multiple species, Profile - multiple species IMK-ASF, IRF, STEL AmesHDF Metadata
Summary
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T. Blumenstock (IMK-ASF), U. Raffalski (IRF), and Y. Matsumi (STEL) — Bruker 120HR (0.002 cm 1 resolution) operated since 1996. It is fitted with four detectors for both solar and lunar measurements. Intercompared with the NPL travel instrument in March 1998. Remote control capability exists since 2004. Upgraded to Bruker 125 in 2007.
SondeBackscatter Inactive
1991
–2002
 Aerosol DMI, U. Wyoming Ames Metadata
Summary
x

N. Larsen (DMI) and J. Rosen (U. Wyoming) — Backscatter measurements of aerosol profiles available for the winter from 1991 to 2002.
UV/Visible SpectrometerSAOZ Inactive
1991
–2012
 Multiple Species NIWA Ames Metadata
Summary
x

P. V. Johnston and K. Kreher (NIWA) – Operating for NO2 and ozone since 1991; extended to BrO and OClO in 1997. Operations discontinued in 2012 due to budget cuts.
DMI: Danish Meteorological Institute
KIT: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
IRF: Institut für Rumdfysik (Institute of Space Physics, Sweden)
DOAS: Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
MPIC: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, (Germany)
NIWA: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (New Zealand)
SAOZ: Systeme d’Analyse par Observation Zenithale
STEL: Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University (Japan)
IMK-ASF: Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing, KIT, Germany)