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Research | Polar research | Antarctic research
FMI Antarctic Research
The national meteorological institutes in Finland (FMI) and Argentina (SMN) started a joint ozone research programme in 1987, including total ozone measurements over Marambio, Antarctica. In 1988 routine ozone soundings were started at Marambio. Also satellite data, atmospheric chemistry-dynamics models, radiative transfer models and meteorological analysis data have been used in the research programme. In 1999 and 2003 the Marambio activities formed an important part of the international stratospheric ozone research campaign, first in APE-GAIA and then in QUOBI.
In 1999 the Finnish-Argentine scientific collaboration was extended to include also ultraviolet (UV) radiation research. As a joint effort of Argentina, Spain and Finland a network for monitoring the spectral distribution of UV and photosynthetically active radiation was established. The network consists of instruments located at Marambio and Belgrano on Antarctica and at Ushuaia, as well as a calibration system.
During 2003 FMI and SMN will start measurements at Marambio with two new aerosol research instruments.
Antarctic tropospheric aerosols have been studied using measurements conducted at the Finnish Antarctic Station Aboa since 1997.
Since 2000 an ionospheric radar, as a joint effort of France, Italy, Sweden and Finland, has been operational at Kerguelen island.
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