ECRA - European Climate Research Alliance

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. Develop links and sustained partnerships with industry to strengthen the interplay between research outcomes and innovation and to foster the early take-up of promising results. Provide advice to policy and public in respect to climate change. The following Collaborative Programmes have been initiated in Last updated:

Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation

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the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The conference will cover a wide range of issues the latest in climate change research, planning for rising sea levels and adapting infrastructure to a changing climate. Other themes include the future of food supply, how the Nordic region is Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 24-25, 2017

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surface waters which is normal for the season, some available phosphate were measured in the south western Baltic Proper. Nutrient concentrations in deeper water were at normal levels, an exception was the bottom water at Fladen were unusually high values of both DIN and DIP were found, together with low Last updated:

Algae report number 1, 2020

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Karenia mikimotoi were common. The integrated chlorophyll concentration (0-20m) was in the lower range of what is normal. The dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi was relatively abundant at Släggö in the Skagerrak. (Photo A-T Skjevik). 3BY2 9th of January The total cell concentration was moderate and the Last updated:

Dialogue creates usable base data for decisions

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studies of users’ needs in order to be able to structure information to make it more useful as decision-making support for climate adaptation. Half way into the project, they have been conducting a user dialogue based on the new material produced by the researchers. The user dialogue is taking place based Last updated:

Erik Kjellström takes up position of SMHI’s Professor of Climatology

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since 2003. “It’s extremely important that society’s knowledge of the climate system and climate change continues to develop. The professorship gives us an opportunity to strengthen SMHI’s contribution to this knowledge and to increase collaboration with universities and research institutes in Sweden Last updated:

ClimeMarine ART CONTEST for students from college, university, and adult education programmes

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ClimeMarine is a research project promoting the integration of climate change predictions in Marine Spatial Planning in Sweden. More information about the research can be found in or . ClimeMarine is organising an art contest for college and university students within its outreach activities. The Last updated:

Return periods for extreme weather

of climate change are already starting to show. The global mean temperature is rising, sea levels are increasing and precipitation patterns are changing. We can add a comment in the report on how global warming is expected to affect return periods in the future. About return periods, probability and Last updated:

Algae report number 1, 2019

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chlorophyll concentrations were high in the surface water, but the integrated (0-10 and 0-30 meters) numbers were normal for January. The phytoplankton community was in its winter rest in the Baltic Sea. Only small cells were present like cryptomonads, pico cyanobacteria colonies and ciliates. The chlorophyll Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 10-11, 2017

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southwest but the wind subsided and weak winds were prevailing from west or south. Back in the southeast Baltic Proper the wind increased to gale force now from west. During the cruise an intercalibration was performed between SMHI and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). The parameters that were Last updated: