Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)

Country

Denmark/Greenland/Faroe Islands

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Regions studied

Greenland

Keywords

Updated 2012-08-28

DMI operates general weather observation for meteorological and climatological services. DMI operates geomagnetic observatories in Greenland DMI monitores stratospheric ozone and UV radiation DMI operatetes ocean monitoring and operational icecharting

http://www.dmi.dk/en/vejr/

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1950 -
Data collection: 1950 -
Data processing: 1950 -
Data reporting: 1950 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Claus Kern-Hansen
Email: kd.imd@HKC

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Ice/snowpack

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied: Greenland

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Standard meteorological SYNOP parametres Geomagnetic field, measurement of field strength, direction, and variability. Total ozone, vertical ozone profiles, surface UV radiation Temperature, salinity, ocean colour, SST, sea ice, icebergs

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), IAGA network of geomagnetic observatories (IAGA network of geomagnetic observatories)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: No