Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Name |
Finnish Meteorological Institute
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URL |
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi , and ISES/space weather website: https://rwc-finland.fmi.fi/
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Established |
1838 |
ISES Member |
2021 |
Organization |
Ministry of Transport and Communications -> Finnish Meteorological Institute -> Space and Earth Observation Centre -> Space Research and Observation Technologies
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Staff |
700 (of whom 17 in space weather research and services)
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Person in charge |
Ari-Matti Harri, Head of Space Research and Observation Technologies
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Address |
Erik Palménin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki
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Contact |
Tiera Laitinen
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Additional Info |
RWC Finland at FMI operates a 24/7 space weather centre providing alerts and advice to national authorities, auroral forecasts to general public, and advisories to aviation as part of the PECASUS consortium.
FMI operates magnetometers, auroral cameras and ionospheric measurements in collaboration with the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. Derived near-real-time products include geomagnetically induced currents, auroral probabilityand ionospheric tomography.
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