This EO service provides sub-seasonal and seasonal climate outlooks to support winter street maintenance activities in Helsinki
Sponsor | Project | Solution provider | User |
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employees of the city administration working in the urban planning, environmental protection, green space and public health offices. |
- urban development
- smart cities
- local and regional planning
- assess climate change risk
- forecast threats to human health
Helsinki is the Capital of Finland and the centre of the Helsinki Region, a functional urban region of about 1.44 million inhabitants and 760.000 jobs.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI; www.fmi.fi/en) is a research and service agency under the Ministry of Transport and Communications. FMI performs advanced scientific research and provides a wide variety of information services relating to weather, air quality, sea and climate. FMI has a strong background in meteorological observation, remote sensing, atmospheric modelling, meteorological applications and end-user applications as well as climate research application development.
"Utilizing sub-seasonal and seasonal forecast in the operational workflow is still challenging, but City of Helsinki is interested to continue the co-design. Snow is the most important variable to be forecasted"
City of Helsinki
- Tailored seasonal and sub-seasonal products to planning winter street maintenance
- Quality of seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts
- Including forecast information into the workflow
Sub-seasonal (six weekly) climate outlooks since December 2020
· long periods of freezing and mild weather
· slippery conditions for pedestrians
· snow accumulation
· conditions for street spring cleaning
Seasonal climate outlooks since January 2021
· snow accumulation
Learn more about the service: https://seasonal.fmi.fi/e-shape/helsinki/ http://ilmanet.fi , User ID: eshape-pilot-helsink , Password: eshape2020
Learn more about e-shape: www.e-shape.eu
A question? Contact the Helpdesk: https://helpdesk.e-shape.eu
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