PEEX Special Session at EGU2020, welcome!

Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) – Observation, Modelling and Assessment in the Arctic-Boreal Domain Convener: Markku Kulmala | Co-conveners: Alexander Baklanov, Hanna Lappalainen, Sergej Zilitinkevich The Pan-Eurasian Experiment is hosting an inter and trans-disciplinary session during the upcoming EGU-2020 General Assembly (Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2020). The PEEX Programme aims to resolve major uncertainties in Earth system … Continue reading PEEX Special Session at EGU2020, welcome!

Enviro-PEEX on ECMWF

The Enviro-PEEX on ECMWF (PEEX Modelling Platform research and development for online coupled integrated meteorology-chemistry-aerosols feedbacks and interactions in weather, climate and atmospheric composition multi-scale modelling) project is actively realized through international collaboration with PEEX partners and involvement of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) supercomputing infrastructure, resources, and data archives. The development … Continue reading Enviro-PEEX on ECMWF

FIRST+ PEEX-AC Russian-Finnish intensive training course at RSHU

FIRST+ intensive course on “Multi-Scales and -Processes Modelling and Assessment for Environmental Applications” will be hosted by the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU) during 20-25 April 2020 (St.Petersburg, Russia). This research training intensive course will introduce young generation of researchers to special topics in atmospheric and environmental sciences, Earth system modelling approaches and applications. During … Continue reading FIRST+ PEEX-AC Russian-Finnish intensive training course at RSHU

Bringing together Selenga-Baikal Research 2020

BaSeNet - PEEX subprogram - will organize VI international workshop Bringing Together Selenga-Baikal Research 2020 on the shore of Lake Baikal from 8 to 13 August, 2020. The workshop will be in line with international UNESCO World Large River (WLR 2020) conference and is co-organized by PEEX. International participants of WLR 2020 will receive assistance … Continue reading Bringing together Selenga-Baikal Research 2020

Data mining and machine learning to enhance data analysis for atmospheric science research

by: Martha Arbayani Zaidan The scientific media is brimming with Artificial Intelligence related buzzwords such as data mining and machine learning. But what do these terms really mean? And can we put these techniques to work in our own research? Data mining can be defined as the process of analysing hidden patterns of data to … Continue reading Data mining and machine learning to enhance data analysis for atmospheric science research

Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Polar Climate Change Scientists visit Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science

On October 15th, 2019 Prof. Timo Vihma of the Polar Meteorology and Climatology  group and Director of the Meteorological Research unit at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI, Helsinki, Finland), led a delegation to visit the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science (AIR-CAS) to conduct academic and cooperative exchanges on Arctic space observation and … Continue reading Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Polar Climate Change Scientists visit Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science

Lectures on climate models & change, the Arctic and Finland’s policies for US Student Group

A US Student Group, focusing on climate modelling and ecosystem impacts of climate change, visited Finland – Helsinki and Lapland - in September 2019. Among other interests of the group were sustainability & resilience, human dimensions of climate change and the Arctic, as well as Finland’s climate and environmental policies. The student excursion, led by … Continue reading Lectures on climate models & change, the Arctic and Finland’s policies for US Student Group

Arctic Policies and Strategies – Analysis, Synthesis and Trends

Forth-coming The scientific report “Arctic Policies and Strategies – Analysis, Synthesis and Trends”, with new and/or emerging trends of Arctic governance and geopolitics at the early-21st century, is forth-coming. It will be launched in late autumn 2019. By using quantitative and qualitative methods the study delivers a systematic and holistic analysis and synthesis of existing … Continue reading Arctic Policies and Strategies – Analysis, Synthesis and Trends

3MUGIS-2019 summer school

In connection with Moscow PEEX-office 3MUGIS-2019 summer school has been successfully held in Russia. In July-August 2019 five days of focused on-campus training in skills relevant to the sites visited occured at RUDN University in Moscow city. They was followed by an expanded two-week field tour from the White Sea (Kandalaksha town, 67N; 32E) to … Continue reading 3MUGIS-2019 summer school

Finnish-Russian workshop and young scientists school on black carbon

Young scientists school “Chemistry of microparticles in the atmosphere, road dust, snow and surface waters and related health impacts”  and the Finnish-Russian workshop on “Black carbon in the atmosphere and significance compared to dust sources” was held at Moscow State University 17-18 September 2019. The event was organized by the Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow … Continue reading Finnish-Russian workshop and young scientists school on black carbon

Community-driven work towards more harmonized and FAIR environmental observation landscape in Europe

This blog post was reproduced from the ENVRI-FAIR newsletter with permission from the authors. The Earth is a highly complex system, formed by a large variety of sub-systems such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere. These sub-systems are interacting by the exchange of energy and mass which makes the Earth system highly interlinked. Our … Continue reading Community-driven work towards more harmonized and FAIR environmental observation landscape in Europe

City of Moscow and City of Helsinki visit SMEAR II, Hyytiälä

The City of Moscow and City Helsinki visited Station Measuring Ecosystem Atmosphere Relations (SMEAR II) Station in Hyytiälä in June. The Government of Moscow was represented by Polina Zakharova, Director of "Moscow monitoring" and her colleagues of City of Helsinki Esa Nikunen, Director General of the Environment Centre of Helsinki City; Alpo Tani (Land use … Continue reading City of Moscow and City of Helsinki visit SMEAR II, Hyytiälä

Expedition to Turgen-Aksu glacier, Kyrgyzstan

Two INAR scientists David Brus and Jonas Svensson (both from FMI) together with ex-INARian Magdalena Brus (ICOS HO) have recently participated in a scientific expedition to Turgen-Aksu glacier in Kyrgyzstan. The main mission of the expedition was building a capacity of the Kyrgyz Hydromet to monitor the glaciers in Kyrgyzstan, since their knowledge, experience and … Continue reading Expedition to Turgen-Aksu glacier, Kyrgyzstan

Siberian aerosol measurements at Fonovaya station

Not so long time ago, the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, started a new measurement campaign in the boreal forest of Siberia. The measurements are taking place at station Fonovaya, Tomsk region. I've worked at this station for two weeks, and that is why I want to tell you … Continue reading Siberian aerosol measurements at Fonovaya station

High-quality greenhouse gas data published from 22 stations in Europe

ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) has released an update of its top-quality data on greenhouse gas concentrations and meteorological observations for 22 stations in Europe. Two of these stations, Pallas and Zeppelin Observatory, are located in the Arctic region. The published data, so called ICOS Level 2 data, is the final, quality checked ICOS data … Continue reading High-quality greenhouse gas data published from 22 stations in Europe