Harvester Seasons, developed by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, is a web application supporting the Finnish forestry sector by offering high-resolution soil trafficability, seasonal forecast, forest fire index and carbon emission information system. Harvester Seasons has been co-designed with the stakeholders from the Finnish forestry sector and tailored especially to their needs. The trafficability service combines ALS Airborne Laser Scanning data by Finnish Forest Centre with FMI’s weather forecast as well as seasonal forecast and climatological conditions from Copernicus. The service provides information on forest fire risks. Giving guidelines to the forestry sector about the impacts of deforestation, clear-cutting and optimized forest management with respect to the forest’s carbon cycle helps additionally for sustainable operation planning. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) provides detailed information to support in more efficient hydropower operations through reduction of hydrological model uncertainties arising from incomplete information on snowpack states over large areas through increasing observation resolution and through data ingestion to the FMI HOPS model with both probability based and non-probabilistic frameworks. This service aims in reduction of spring snowmelt driven flood risks through more reliable hydrological nowcasts and forecasts. It is increasing forecast end-users' situational awareness and understanding of uncertainties and consequently providing a basis for optimization of hydropower operations. The outcome aims to bridge the gap between forecast providers and forecast end users by seeking solutions to remove barriers for information dissemination, application, and utilization. Image Removed Image Removed |