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In-situ Metadata survey on snow and sea ice in Polar Regions

Finnish Meteorological Institute is conducting two surveys to collect information (i.e. metadata) on in-situ data related to sea ice and snow, in order to pr...

Thu, Sep 26, 2024

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Registration is open for National Seminar on Snow 2024

The 12th National Seminar on Snow on the name day of Pyry (blizzard in Finnish) will be held the first time in Rovaniemi on October 31 - November 1, 2024.

Thu, Sep 26, 2024

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Dark volcanic dust in the most northern Iceland

To capture windblown dust, passive dust traps were installed in the RIF Field Station in the northernmost part of Iceland, 3 km south from the Arctic Circle....

Mon, Sep 16, 2024

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Dust campaign in west Greenland during 2024

Passive dust traps have been installed in the Gobbefjord field station in west Greenland (64°08’ N, 51°23’ W) to capture local and long-range tranported dust.

Mon, Sep 16, 2024

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Dust campaign in the Austrian Alps during 2024

To capture long-range tranported dust, several dust traps for wet and dry deposition and vertical flow have been installed in May 2024 at 3106 m asl, at the...

Fri, Jun 14, 2024

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UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks

UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks which were approved by the UArctic Assembly in their meeting held on 2-3 June, 2024 in Bodø, Norway.

Wed, Jun 05, 2024

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Join the 8th Workshop on High Latitude Dust 2024 with CAMS User Engagement session

The 8th High Latitude Dust (HLD) Workshop will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 13-14 February 2024.

Mon, Feb 05, 2024

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Publication: African dust transport and deposition modelling was verified through a successful citizen science campaign in Finland

A citizen science campaign was set up to collect contaminated snow samples prepared according to the scientists’ instructions. The campaign gained wide natio...

Wed, Dec 13, 2023

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Presentation on Saharan dust in the Finnish atmosphere and on the ground by Outi Meinander

Outi Meinander, Vice-lead of the Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust, gave a presentation entitled: "Saharan dust in the Finnish atmosphere and on the gro...

Thu, Nov 30, 2023

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Outi Meinander, Vice-Lead of the Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust, gave a presentation on Citizen Science at the 11th National Pyry Snow Seminar

Outi Meinander, Vice-Lead of the Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust gave a talk "Saharan dust on snow and atmosphere in Finland? Citizen observations hel...

Tue, Nov 28, 2023

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Webinar Announcement: Arctic Fires 2023 Season and Future Pathways

The European Union-funded Arctic Black Carbon impacting Climate and Air Pollution (ABC-iCAP) project is organizing a third online research collaboration with...

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

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Kick-off meeting of the UArctic TN on High Latitude Dust

Kick-off meeting of the UArctic Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust (UArctic TN HLD) was organized online on June 19, 2023 to plan the network´s activitie...

Tue, Sep 19, 2023

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