Meteorological observation network of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) (FMI weather station network)

Updated 2016-09-01

Distributed network (about 180 sites over Finland). Coverage over Finland mainly according to WMO recommendations including all Finnish polar regions. Some of the stations also include automatic daily snow depth observations and soil moisture monitoring instrumentation. Network type: Automatic operational weather station observations

http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: not specified
Data collection: not specified
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person

Juhana Hyrkkänen

Address

Erik Palménin aukio 1

00560 Helsinki

Phone

+358 50 340 7389

Email

if.imf@nenakkryh.anahuj

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Geography

Regions studied: Finland

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.: Automatic operational weather station observations. Some of the stations also include automatic daily snow depth observations and soil moisture monitoring instrumentation.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: No