During summer 2019, the EU Horizon-2020 iCUPE (Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments) project will provide a series of datasets (and their descriptions) publicly available to wider communities of research, stakeholders, decision-makers, and ends-users. These will include ground-based measurements for particle number, black carbon and ozone concentration; occurrence, transport and exchange fluxes of emerging … Continue reading iCUPE datasets
11th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC) 2019
The 11th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC) 2019 was held in Hong Kong from 27–30 May 2019. This bi-annual event, while smaller in size than the European (EAC) and American (AAAC), is the forefront for Asian researchers and Asian-focused research in aerosol science and engineering. With over 500 participants, the sessions and special symposia covered an … Continue reading 11th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC) 2019
Student training with the METEO+TRANS model
Marwan Al-Kloub - Ph.D. student at the University of Jordan (School of Science, Department of Physics, Amman, Jordan) - attended extensive research training during two periods November 5 – December 9, 2018 and April 8 – May 5 May, 2019 at the University of Helsinki (Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Helsinki, Finland). … Continue reading Student training with the METEO+TRANS model
Student training visit at INAR
During 2–28 Apr 2019 the research training visit was carried out for two MSc students - Margarita Sedeeva and Georgy Nerobelov - from the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU, St. Petersburg) to the University of Helsinki (UHEL) and the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) (Helsinki, Finland). This training is a part of … Continue reading Student training visit at INAR
PEEX at EGU 2019
During EGU-2019 General Assembly (7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria), a special session on “Coupled modelling and data assimilation of dynamics and chemistry of the atmosphere” was arranged on 12 April in cooperation with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) and the PEEX Programmes. A series of oral … Continue reading PEEX at EGU 2019
PEEX Academic Challenge project
The Pan-Eurasian EXperiment - Academic Challenge (PEEX-AC, 2019-2020) project starts 1 Jun 2019. It is linked to the FIRST+ Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange Programme; and it has been approved by the Finnish National Agency for Education. The PEEX-AC main goal is to strength international added value and prestige of the Finnish Universities educational system. … Continue reading PEEX Academic Challenge project
Multiple satellites observation of extreme events
The Satellite and in-situ observations of extreme climate and disasters over One Belt & One Road region (funded by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) project team aims at satellite and in-situ observations of some extreme disasters, such as dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, drought, and snow, to evaluate … Continue reading Multiple satellites observation of extreme events
Adaptive learning environment for competence in economic and societal impacts of local weather, air quality and climate (ECOIMPACT, 2015-2019)
Meteorology is one of the fields where the Internet of Things (IoT) and the related technologies of big data and artificial intelligence are being widely applied already today. Practical use of these technologies requires rapid training and retraining of meteorologists, as well as of entrepreneurs and public officials engaged in weather-sensitive activities. Rapidly changing technological … Continue reading Adaptive learning environment for competence in economic and societal impacts of local weather, air quality and climate (ECOIMPACT, 2015-2019)
European Centre of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS-EUROPE)
The IEAS-EUROPE Centre, hosted by University of Helsinki aims at resolving the major uncertainties in Earth-system sciences and global sustainability questions in the Arctic and boreal Pan-Eurasian regions, and maintains close collaboration with PEEX . The Center involves 69 actual members and goes on growing. The IEAS membership comprises citizens of different countries whose research … Continue reading European Centre of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS-EUROPE)
The Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security
The Thematic Network (TN) on Geopolitics and Security is a joint network by the University of the Arctic and the Northern Research Forum (NRF), and was established and approved in 2009. The TN consists of an international group of members with diverse backgrounds and expertise. The Networks main aim is to combine the two focus … Continue reading The Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security
Calotte Academy
Calotte Academy session at the University of Lapland, 2018. Credit: Marko Junttila/University of Lapland The Calotte Academy (CA) is an annual traveling symposium and an international scientific forum in the North Calotte region of Europe. It is designed to promote interdisciplinary discourse as well as academic and policy-oriented dialogue between senior researchers, early career scientists … Continue reading Calotte Academy
Calotte Academy 2019: call for papers
Theme: ‘Future Arctic Societies: Scenarios, Innovations, Best Practices & Actors’ The Calotte Academy 2019 is planned to be organized in November 12/13-18/19, 2019 in the European Arctic — Rovaniemi, Inari and Enontekiö, Finland; Kautokeino, Norway; Apatity, Russia (tbc). This travelling symposium will discuss Arctic issues and discourses in the context of the regional and globalized … Continue reading Calotte Academy 2019: call for papers
Arctic Super Week in May 2019: from Rovaniemi to Shanghai
Prof. Lassi Heininen (INAR) at the Arctic Circle China Forum Professor (emeritus) Lassi Heininen, INAR at University of Helsinki & UArctic TN on Geopolitics and Security I name it a super week on Arctic affairs (or the Arctic Super Week) due the intensity of several international meetings and gatherings on the Arctic in Finland and … Continue reading Arctic Super Week in May 2019: from Rovaniemi to Shanghai
Call-for-Contributions: Northern Eurasia/ Arctic Ocean/ China research overview
Call-for-Contributions Northern Eurasia/ Arctic Ocean/China research results. We are collecting information on PEEX research to make an overview of the research results achieved during the last five years, for 2015-2019. We will analyze the main results and findings for Northern Eurasia, Arctic Ocean and China, and how well we have covered the PEEX Science Plan … Continue reading Call-for-Contributions: Northern Eurasia/ Arctic Ocean/ China research overview
PEEX Implementation Meeting 2019
A two-day PEEX Implementation Meeting was held in April in Helsinki, Finland. The aim of the meeting was to have general overview of the PEEX activities in 2012-2019 and to discuss future upcoming activities together with the PEEX offices at the Moscow State University (MSU) and Institute of Digital Earth and Remote Sensing (RADI), Chinese … Continue reading PEEX Implementation Meeting 2019
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