The members of PEER run major research facilities, some of them unique. Please find below an overview of the facilties which are open to interested researchers.

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WENR - Wageningen Environmental Research

Chemical Biological Laboratory for Wageningen UR

Laboratory / high-end instrument

Chemical Biological Laboratory for Wageningen UR

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Research vessel Aranda. Picture: Ilkka Lastumäki

Syke - Finnish Environment Institute

Aranda - research vessel

Research platforms

R/V Aranda is a modern, ice-reinforced, polar capacity multi-disciplinary R/V: marine chemistry, biology, physics and geology of the sea around the year. The well-equipped, FINAS accredited laboratories and advanced computer systems facilitate sample...

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Syke - Finnish Environment Institute

Laboratory for Environmental Analysis and Ecotoxicology

Laboratory / high-end instrument

The Syke laboratories provide key chemical and biological analysis services required for environmental monitoring and research, in Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä and Oulu. Moreover, we provide expert assistance with laboratory functions.

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Syke - Finnish Environment Institute

ENVICAL Syke – Calibration Laboratory

Laboratory / high-end instrument

The Syke calibration laboratory produces calibration results with high precision and traceability and is responsible for developing methods based on primary technologies. The Syke calibration laboratory contributes to the maintenance and development...

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CIENS - Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research

NINA’s Research Station for fish ecology at Ims

Observatory / large-scale experimental field site

The station is located in SW Norway, near Stavanger, on the coast at the outlet of the small river Imsa. Fish dispersal in and out of the river is completely controlled by a continuously operated fish trap. The station also contains two artificial,...

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JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre

European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP)

Laboratory / high-end instrument

The JRC's European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP) contributes to the development and implementation of European Air Quality Directives.

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JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre

EMEP Monitoring Station

Observatory / large-scale experimental field site

The JRC EMEP Monitoring station monitors concentrations of carbon monoxide, ozone, secondary aerosol precursors, and particulate matter in the air.

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JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre

Greenhouse gas monitoring facilities

Observatory / large-scale experimental field site

The JRC's facilities for monitoring greenhouse gases include three installations which are part of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) initiative of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) which is dedicated to the...

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Visualisation of environmental models in the UFZ VisLab. Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ

UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

TESSIN VISLab (Terrestrial Environmental System Simulation & Integration Network)

Simulation & Visualisation lab

TESSIN VISLab is a modelling and visualisation centre.

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