Cruise report from R/V Svea week 37-38, 2024

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During the expedition, which is part of the Swedish pelagic monitoring program, the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper were visited.

The surface water temperature in the surveyed areas ranged between 16–18°C, and in the Eastern Gotland Basin, it was above normal, while in …

 
Type: Report
Author: Johan Kronsell
Published: Dec, 2024
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New collaboration to strengthen the preparedness against extreme weather in Moldova

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SMHI has now commenced a collaboration with its sister agency in Moldova to strengthen the country’s meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning systems. The official project launch took place in the capital Chișinău in November, attended by representatives from Sweden, Moldova and …

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Co-development kick-off continues decade-long collaboration in West Africa

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SMHI and AGRHYMET join forces in a new project aimed at co-developing a multi-model platform for operational forecasting of hydro-climatic extremes in West Africa. In October three days of efficient co-development kicked off this next episode of the long collaboration between SMHI and AGRHYMET.

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Co-development of a multi-model platform for operational forecasting of hydro-climatic extremes in West Africa

In this project SMHI and join forces to co-develop a multi-model platform for operational forecasting of hydro-climatic extremes in West Africa. It builds on our decade-long collaboration and achievements in science, technology, capacity development, and societal impact through the FANFAR system.

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Algae report number 11, 2024

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All stations along the Swedish west coast had quite high species diversity when considering the season but most cells were only found in low cell numbers. The order Dictyochales was common at all stations except at Å17. The order was present in both its naked form but also in the forms known as …

 
Type: Report
Author: Ann-Turi Skjevik, Marie Johansen
Published: Nov, 2024
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Mehdi Eshagh

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Professor in Geodesy, Scientific Programmer at SMHI's Meteorological research unit. 

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Algae report number 10, 2024

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All stations along the Swedish west coast had quite high total cell numbers except Å17 that had very low total cell numbers All stations had moderate to high biodiversity. Diatoms were generally the most abundant group across sites, particularly Pseudosolenia calcar-avis and Cerataulina pelagica. …

 
Type: Report
Author: Marie Johansen, Anders Torstensson
Published: Nov, 2024
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 34-35, 2024

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SMHI performed an oxygen and nutrient mapping survey within SLU Aqua’s cruise; International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS Q3), that covers the Skagerrak, the North Sea and the Kattegat. SMHI joins the cruise to perform CTD measurements in connection to each trawl and to take water samples for …

 
Type: Report
Author: Martin Hansson
Published: Oct, 2024
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The oxygen situation in the Baltic Sea 2023

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Report - The oxygen situation in the Baltic Sea 2023

 
Type: Report
Report Series: RO 76
Author: Lena Viktorsson, Martin Hansson
Published: May, 2024
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Algae report number 9, 2024

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High species diversity was found at all of the four stations in the Skagerrak and Kattegat areas. There were however variations in the total cell counts, and the Kattegat stations had the highest abundancies. The species composition was relatively similar at the various stations, Å17 differed by …

 
Type: Report
Author: Ann-Turi Skjevik, Maria Karlberg
Published: Oct, 2024
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