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. |