Helsinki Testbed Baseline Network partners 2007-

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Ubicasting project partners 2007-2008

Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation


Finnish Meteorological Institute



Helsinki University, Division of Atmospheric Sciences


Insta DefSec

Soilweather project partners 2007-2008

MTT Agrifood Research Finland
Finnish Environment Inistitute (SYKE)
Finnish Meteorological Institute
University of Aarhus
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
a Lab Oy
Biota BD Oy
Kemira GrowHow Oyj
Luode Consulting Oy
Lounais-Suomen vesi- ja ympäristötutkimus Oy
Länsi-Uudenmaan vesi- ja ympäristö ry
Pohjoisen Kantaperuna Oy
ProAgria Maaseutukeskusten Liitto ry
Salaojakeskus ry
TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
WM-data Oy

Helsinki Testbed project partners 2005-2007

Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation


Finnish Meteorological Institute




Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland








Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council

Projects, organizations and other links

• COST 715 - Meteorology Applied to Urban Air Pollution Problems
• COST 717 - Use of Radar Observations in Hydrological and NWP Models
• COST 720 - Integrated Ground-Based Remote-Sensing Stations for Atmospheric Profiling
• COST 722 - Short Range Forecasting Methods of Fog, Visibility and Low Clouds
• COST European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research
• The GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment (GURME) programme
• Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, 5-9 September 2005
• HIRLAM project
  Develops and maintains a numerical short-range weather forecasting system for operational use.
• WWRP/WGNE Joint Working Group on Verification
• NORDKLIM Nordic co-operation in climate activities
• NORDRAD Nordic Weather Radar Network
• The Baltic sea experiment (BALTEX)
• Regional climate analysis and scenarios for Europe
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• EUMETNET Network of European meteorological services
• EUMETSAT European organization for the exploitation of meteorological satellites
• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs)
  Application areas: Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, Ocean and Sea Ice, Climate Monitoring, Numerical Weather Prediction, Land Surface Analysis, Ozone Monitoring, GRAS Meteorology.
• Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
• European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• Global monitoring for environment and security (GMES)
• European Cooperation for Lightning Detection (EUCLID)
• Copernicus Group
  E.g. organizing meteorological conferences.
• European Environment Agency
• EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• The National Technology Agency of Finland
• European Research Area (ERA). Its Sixth Framework Programme, and Seventh Framework Programme.
• The Academy of Finland
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• US National Center for Atmospheric Research & UCAR Office Programs
• University of Helsinki - Division of Atmospheric Sciences
• University of Helsinki - Department of Geophysics
• University of Helsinki - Department of Geography
• University of Helsinki - Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
• Helsinki University of Technology - Control Engineering Laboratory, and DADA/Testbed project
• Helsinki University of Technology - Department of Surveying
• Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT)
• Finnish Defence Forces Artillery Brigade, Weather Department (in Finnish)
• Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland
• Ministry of Environment Finland
• National Land Survey of Finland
• Finnish Geodetic Institute
• Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA)
• MTT Agrifood Research Finland
• City of Helsinki - Real Estate Department
  City Survey Division is in charge of geographical information system of the city and maps. Geotechnical Division maintains geotechnical database.
• Fontus Ltd, and Virtual Helsinki
  3D maps and city models.
• Sito Oy (in Finnish)
  E.g. laser scanning surveys of environment in Finland.
• AMS Committee on Measurements
• EUMETNET short-range numerical weather prediction programme
• Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology (JCMM)
• NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
• MesoWest
  Cooperative project between researchers at the University of Utah, forecasters at the Salt Lake City National Weather Service Office, the NWS Western Region Headquarters, and personnel of participating agencies, universities, and commercial firms.
• Oklahoma mesonet
• MURI Research Project
  Integration and Visualization of Multi-source Information for Mesoscale Meteorology: Statistical and Cognitive Approaches to Visualizing Uncertainty.
• US Developmental Testbed Center (DTC)
• Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
• Mediterranean School on Mesoscale Meteorology
  Includes related lecture materials.
• Joint Hurricane Testbed
• Hydrometeorology Testbed
• NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center
• NOAA's aviation weather testbed
• Cloudnet - European pilot network of stations for observing cloud profiles.
• Working Group for Cooperation between European Forecasters
• European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology
• International Association for Urban Climate
• Scientific reference list on mesoscale meteorology by Ming Xue at the School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma.
• Digital Media Service Innovations
  Open innovation environment for the Finnish ICT Cluster.
• The Geophysical Society of Finland
• European Meteorological Society
• The Royal Meteorological Society
• American Meteorological Society
• Finnish Hydrological Association
• The Finnish Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing