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The SMHI international development cooperation team comprises of seasoned experts from various departments and is coordinated by Jafet Andersson.

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SMHI's expertise

SMHI is uniquely positioned to contribute to increased resilience and sustainable development around the world. Working together with fellow National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and other partner organisations, we build capacity for more effective provision of weather, water …

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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 15-16, 2023

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The Skagerrak, the Kattegat, The Sounds and the Baltic Proper was visited during the cruise, as a part of the National Marine Monitoring Programme of Sweden.

Sea surface temperature was within normal range for the season at all visited stations. 

Concentrations of phosphate and dissolved …

 
Type: Report
Author: Anna-Kerstin Thell
Published: May, 2023
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Algae report number 4, 2023

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At Å17 in open Skagerrak, the phytoplankton diversity was high with the potentially fish toxic genus Pseudochattonella*, the diatom Guinardia delicatula and cryptomonadales as the most numerous organisms. At Släggö, the diversity was very low and cryptomonadales and ciliates was found with the …

 
Type: Report
Author: Ann-Turi Skjevik, Maria Karlberg
Published: Apr, 2023
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SMHI's research at EGU 2023

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SMHI will participate in the annual research conference European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna. This year SMHI's researchers will participate in various events within our disciplines of meteorology, hydrology, oceanography and climate.

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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 10-11, 2023

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During the cruise, which is part of the Swedish pelagic monitoring program, the Skagerrak, Kattegat, the Sound, and the Baltic Proper were visited. In addition to SMHI's regular sampling, during the cruise, a monitoring buoy was deployed at Huvudskär, and Uppsala University's measuring instruments …

 
Type: Report
Author: Martin Hansson
Published: Apr, 2023
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 4-6, 2023

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The expedition was included within SLU:s International Bottom Trawl Survey and covered the Skagerrak and the Kattegat.

Mapping of winter nutrient conditions was performed in the Skagerrak at 13 stations where complete hydrography were sampled, and 12 stations with only CTD. In the Kattegat area 11 …

 
Type: Report
Author: Johan Kronsell
Published: Apr, 2023
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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites – EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, monitors the weather and climate from space. Sweden is one of EUMETSAT’s member states and the SMHI uses data supplied by its fleet of Earth observation satellites.

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Algae report number 3, 2023

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In the Skagerrak, the diversity of phytoplankton was low, especially at the outermost station, Å17. In the Kattegat however, the number of species and the total cell numbers were higher than in the Skagerrak area. Among the diatoms, Guinardia delicatula was the most numerous species, while …

 
Type: Report
Author: Ann-Turi Skjevik, Maria Karlberg
Published: Mar, 2023
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