Meteorological Cooperation in the Arctic Perspectives from Finland Improving public safety, better data coverage, enhancing arctic climate science VAWS Webinar Series Fairbanks, Alaska May 10th 2017
Finland s chairmanship in the Arctic Council 2017-2019 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CLIMATE CHANGE PARIS AGREEMENT CONNECTIVITY METEOROLOGICAL COOPERATION SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
EXPLORING COMMON SOLUTIONS FINLAND S CHAIRMANSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE ARCTIC COUNCIL 2017 2019 Priority: METEOROLOGICAL COOPERATION Circumpolar meteorological and oceanographic cooperation will improve public safety, benefit international shipping and air traffic, and enhance Arctic climate science. By further developing meteorological cooperation, it is possible to improve monitoring and observation networks and the management of climate and waterrelated risks. Intensified monitoring on land, at sea, in the atmosphere and in space will provide better data coverage and fill geographical gaps in data collection. This leads to better services and forecasting of meteorological phenomena in the Arctic and contributes to making much-needed climate change scenarios as accurate as possible. Finland proposes to deepen meteorological and oceanographic cooperation among the Arctic States in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization.
Meteorological cooperation WHY? Enhanced situational awareness, forecasts and arctic climate science ensures safety at sea, in the air and on land. Essential for arctic communities, businesses and authorities. Requires intensified monitoring better data coverage improved safety services and forecasting. Improved climate change scenarios that deepen our understanding of its consequences in the Arctic.
Meteorological cooperation HOW? implementation of WMO initiatives Arctic Polar Regional Climate Center (PRCC) and Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Campaign intensifying the work of Sustainable Arctic Observation Network (SAON) and implementation of the EU Horizon2020 project International Arctic Observation System (INTAROS), developing IOC Arctic GOOS programme developing services related to navigation and communication in the Arctic strenghtening the use of satellite based data for research, monitoring and services
Planned demonstrations during the Finnish chairmanship Satellite data transfer demo Oil combatting excercise 3/2018 (as required in the EPPR Agreement) SAR excercise during the Arctic Coast Guard Week 3/2019 Intelligent navigation systems in the Arctic Mobility as a Service (MaaS/AURORA) 2018 Winter navigation demonstration 2018
Satellite data service demonstration for the Arctic Sea in the FIN-YOPP project: An activity related to the Finnish chairmanship period in the Arctic Council A poject coordinated by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Communications solution by KNL NETWORKS Ltd (Oulu, Finland) Aim and central idea: To establish and demonstrate the transfer of Near-Real-Time satellite data-based sea ice information to vessels operating in the Arctic Product chain including (a) satellite data reception at FMI s Sodankylä National Satellite Data Centre (NSDC), (b) sea ice product generation at NSDC and (c) data delivery to vessels by KNL NETWORKS Satellite data reception at Sodankylä Generation of sea ice information Product transmission 7
FMI Science Networking Workshop Venue: FMI headquarters, Helsinki, Finland Suggested dates: Aug 30-Sep 1, 2017 Target group: experts from all Arctic Council member states and WMO arctic PR s Themes: Satellite based services and products, incl. ECV s and UAV s: snow, sea ice, permafrost, floods, forest fires, water overrun on ice, Day-Night Band (DNB) Weather model and application development to meet arctic requirements Observations and monitoring in the Arctic (YOPP campaign) WMO Arctic Regional Climate Center (Arctic RCC) Adaptation and resilience to climate change 27.9.2017 8
FMI Arctic Meteorology Summit 2018 MON 19 March TUE 20 March WED 21 March THU 22 March FRI 23 March ICWED arrivals ICWED Meeting Evening ICWED Dinner ICWED Meeting cont. Arctic Meteorology Summit (* Evening Arctic Met Summit Cocktails & Dinner opening Evening WMO PHORS Dinner Evening 27.9.2017 9 incl closure Departures (* Arctic Meteorology Summit is for the Meteorological Directors of all European and Arctic Council member Countries, high-level WMO and SAO Officials as well as Finnish high-level authorities from Parliament, Ministries and local governance.