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The journal Poromies, a professional journal for reindeer herders published by the Reindeer Herders’ Association in Finland, mentioned climate change explicitly for the first time in 2004. Since then, the…
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Based on Earth Observation and modelling data, climate indicators for urban regions can support sustainable urban planning, risk management and environmental protection. The current study demonstrates the development of climate…
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute has recently developed a web-service that provides detailed hydrometeorological information to support more efficient hydropower production operations in Northern Finland. This service aims to reduce uncertainties…
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The Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service, DWD) provides operational seasonal climate predictions that are statistically downscaled for selected German cities. The new climate service, based on the German Climate Forecast…
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute has developed Harvester Seasons, a web-based service for the forestry sector aiming to pave the way for climate smart operations. This service is supporting the forestry…
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Sub-seasonal and seasonal climate outlooks for winter street maintenance were developed and piloted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute in co-operation with the City of Helsinki. OTTO HYVÄRINEN, ANDREA VAJDA, MIKA…
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We present the methodological development steps as well as first results of the e-shape service CRITERION. The service is based on Copernicus ERA5 data for climatological information, the Copernicus C3S…
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In winter, driving safety is strongly weather dependent. Timely installation of winter tyres is essential when temperature falls to near 0 °C and the surface of the roads becomes slippery…
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FMI’s Climate Bulletin Research Letters spring issue provides 7 peer-reviewed short papers. Short papers in this issue: Record mild winter of 2019/2020 in most of Finland The exceptional Nordic forest…
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Climate change is caused not only by higher greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, but a variety of natural and anthropogenic driving forces affecting the global energy balance, including e.g., land use…
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A number of large forest fires made headlines in Sweden during the exceptionally warm and dry summer of 2018. Also, in Finland, fire departments were busy with numerous wildfires. It…
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