Observing and Information Systems Centre

The branch of activity is responsible for the Meteorological institute's observation services, information and production systems and service development.

Observation services 

The Observation services unit produces observation data of weather, the physical state of the oceans, air quality and the Earth's magnetic activity. The unit maintains and develops the necessary observation stations, station networks, laboratories, quality control methods and data systems in order to fulfill its tasks, and also handles the developing, purchasing and maintaining of necessary observation instruments.

The unit invests heavily in the development of new observation methods and obtains observation materials both from national and international partners. The most important users of the observations besides residents are civil- and military aviation, seafaring, weather services, numerical weather modelling and the research of meteorology, oceans and the climate.

The staff at the Observation services include engineers and other employees with a technical education, employees with a background of various fields of natural sciences, software and system developers and observers at airports.

The Observation services unit is a part of the Observing and Information Systems branch of activity and the unit is divided into five different groups:

• Weather Radars, Air Quality and Space Weather Station Technology

• Measurement Systems

• Surface Observations 

• Aviation Observations

• Marine Observations

ICT and data production

The unit is responsible for maintaining, developing and monitoring centred data repositories. The unit acquires the institutes basic information technology and infrastructure services and is also responsible for the development of the information security.

The unit is divided into six groups:

• FMI Operators and EFHK Observation

• Data Production

• IT Infrastructure

• Networks

• User Support 

• AI Applications

Service development

The Service development unit is responsible for the Finnish Meteorological Institute's non-commercial customer products and for the further processing of meteorological data needed for these products. The unit's tasks include the development of tools and methods for meteorologists on duty and the quality control of weather service products.

Development of Services is divided into five groups:

• Forecaster Tools

• Radar Data Production

• Aviation Security

• Customer Solutions

• Interfaces and Infrastructure

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