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Virolahti
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Virolahti |
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Finland |
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Regional |
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Ground base |
| Location |
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60.53ºN 27.67ºE 4m a.m.s.l.
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| Description |
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EMEP station, 2-5 km from the southern coastline of Finland, 5 km W of the Russian border. The station is set on an open garden in the middle of a low-lying field. The nearest population center is Virolahti, 7 km to NE, with 4000 inhabitants. The other regional pollution sources are the highway E18, 5 km to N and the cities Hamina, 25 km to W, 22 000 inhabitants, and Kotka 40 km W, 55 000 inhabitants, having pulp and
steel industry. In the larger scale the important pollution sources are the city of Vyborg (in Russia, 60 km to NW, 200 000 inhabitants, the metropolis of St. Petersburg (in Russia), 160 km to SE, 4.7 million
inhabitants, the Helsinki metropolitan area, 160 km to W, 1 million inhabitants, and the industry and energy production in Narva (in Estonia), 135 km to S. |
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| submitted by Finnish Meteorological Institute |
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