Welgegund measurement station

 

The Welgegund atmospheric measurement station is located on a grazed grassland-savannah approximately 100 km west of Johannesburg (Gauteng) metropolitan area in South Africa. The site is frequently hit by  pollution plumes from Johannesburg metropolitan area and the western Mpumalanga industrial Highveld, with frequent clean air injections from the west. The site is operated jointly by the North-West University (NWU), the University of Helsinki (UH) and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).
 

                                                                                                                                        

5.8.2021