Martin Ridal

MeteorologyResearch
PhD Phone 46 11 495 84 68 E-mail firstname.lastname@smhi.se Fields of work Mainly working with data assimilation of remote sensing data such as radar and GNSS (GPS), and with development and production of regional reanalysis. Research Interests Data assimilation Remote sensing observations Re Last updated:

Magnus Lindskog

MeteorologyResearch
-air data assimilation, but also surface data assimilation. I am involved in several national and international research projects and also in the developments of the common Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Estonian operational modelling system, covering a North-European area. The algorithmic developments Last updated:

Ulf Andrae

MeteorologyResearch
Researcher Phone 46 11 495 84 97 E-mail firstname.lastname@smhi.se Fields of work Responsible for development within MetCoOp Research Interests Numerical modelling HPC performance Special competences General HARMONIE system overview Publications Last updated:

Johan Strömqvist

HydrologyResearch
Role in team Scientist Code developer Expertise Surface water quality Swedish HYPE model setup Soil hydrology Last updated:

AfriCultuReS

ClimateResearch
AfriCultuReS aims to design, implement and demonstrate an integrated agricultural monitoring and early warning system that will support decision making in the field of food security. AfriCultuReS delivers a broad range of climatic, production, biophysical and economic information, for various Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 2-3, 2015

ReportsOceanography
The expedition was part of the Swedish regular marine monitoring programme and covered Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper. Mapping of winter nutrients were performed in Kattegat. Skagerrak could not be visited due to the storm Egon. Extra sampling was made to follow up  the inflow from Last updated:

African decision-makers visit SMHI for climate education program

NewsClimateEnvironment
SMHI will be conducting a total of ten climate education programs over a five-year period. Around 300 officials from nine African countries will participate, all in all. The program is nine months long and is conducted in both Sweden and the regions in Africa.   Last updated:

Bilateral collaboration in India

Climate pollutants The Ministry of the Environment and Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, SMHI and the Swedish Embassy in India held two seminars on short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in February 2015 in Delhi, India, in conjunction with the annual ”Delhi Sustainable Development Summit Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Argos week 3, 2008

ReportsOceanography
Surface water temperatures were somewhat above normal in Kattegat and the Baltic Proper. All nutrients, showed normal winter values in the whole area, with the exception of phosphate, that showed elevated concentrations in the Southern Baltic Proper. In no areas, any sign of spring bloom was Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Argos week 3, 2009

ReportsOceanography
increased to 9 – 19 m/s. The Skagerrak Surface water temperatures were normal (3.8 – 5.3oC) in the outer sea and 2.2°C in the entrance of Gullmar fjord. Surface salinities in the central parts varied between 29 and 33 psu and the stratification was weak. Surface nutrient concentrations were normal for the Last updated: