Stock Photo - Lompolojõnkkõ station, interior Agilent 6890N gas chromatograph for analyzing carbon dioxide and methane samples The gas cylinders on the left contain reference, standard and target gases used for calibration and comparison purposes This is a subarctic aapa mire a specific type of northern peat wetland area inside the northern boreal forest zone and measurements at the station include carbon dioxide CO2 and methane CH4 concentrations at two heights and fluxes using the eddy covariance technique Absence of large local and regional pollution sources are main reason for this location Part of a global programme for monitoring and assessing chemical composition and related physical characteristics of the global background atmosphere The station is maintained by the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI and the Finnish Forest Research Institute METLA Finland