Ilmaston lämpeneminen kiihdyttää Suomen metsien kasvua, mutta lämpimämpi ilmasto suosii myös monia metsien tuhohyönteisiä. Suomen metsät kasvavat tällä hetkellä ennätysvauhtia, yli 100 miljoonaa kuutiometriä vuosittain. Metsien kasvua on vauhdittanut etenkin…
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In this study, 13 bias corrected GCMs are divided into groups of high and low climate sensitivity and both groups’ projected precipitation changes are studied separately. It is shown that…
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A novel freezing rain impact indicator tailored for the European energy infrastructure was developed within the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) CLIM4ENERGY project. The indicator is available for the users…
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Novel services to support growth of bioeconomy and management of risks to forestry are crucially needed. Within the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) project Clim4Energy, a proof of concept for…
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A climate service is useful if a user can identify benefits that can be appropriated, and which are expected to be larger than the costs of acquisition and use of…
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Climate service development faces an interesting paradox: User orientation is a fundamental aspect of climate services, yet the concept of climate services did not originate from the users and remains…
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An assessment of hydro-meteorological and climatic risks was prepared for several sectors in Finland based on literature review and expert judgment. A governance model for organising future assessment of weather…
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Finnish Meteorological Institute experts conducted a survey about the thermal perception of children during their participation in a summer camp week in 2018. The study showed that children could express…
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In addition to high temperatures, the thermal growing season of 2018 in Finland was characterized by low precipitation, particularly in May and early June. Accompanied with warm and sunny weather,…
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The summer of 2018 saw exceptionally high temperatures leading to record-breaking effective temperature sum in large parts of Finland. Years with a similarly warm thermal growing season are expected to…
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The beginning and ending of the prolonged heat wave in mid-summer 2018 was predicted by the ECMWF ensemble forecasts 12-18 days in advance. NATALIA KORHONEN, OTTO HYVÄRINEN, REIJA RUUHELA, ANNA…
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