Climate Research and Applications

The main study areas

natural climate variability and extremes in Finland and surrounding areas,
past and projected future anthropogenic climate change,
climate change impacts and adaptation e.g., projects related to agriculture, forestry, energy production and demand, building, traffic, and health
following the potential of the monthly and seasonal forecasts in regional climate service

The objectives

to produce reliable and user-relevant information on the past, present and projected future climate in Finland,
to promote the use of climatic information in various sectors of the society,
to disseminate climate change information among policy-makers and the general public,
and thereby to support national climate policy.

The main research methods

homogenization and analysis of observed climatic time series (+ conversion of historic weather observations to digital format),
analysis of model simulations performed with extended suites of global and regional climate models,
selected climate variability and climate change impact studies.

15.3.2013