Posts Tagged ‘lake’
Introducing Arctic PASSION’s Lake Ice Service
Kirsikka Heinilä , Senior research scientist at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is developing Arctic PASSION’s Lake Ice Service, a web map service for Arctic climate and safety. The service is for everyone who needs information about lake ice conditions. For example, there are many people in Finland who need this information for safety reasons. They…
Read MoreIntegrating local environmental observations and remote sensing for researching permafrost landscape changes
The formation and drainage of lakes in the Arctic represent dominant landscape change processes in permafrost regions. Better understanding these processes and documenting drainage events is of importance to climate change research, wildlife and habitat studies, access to subsistence resources, and the wellbeing of northern socioecological systems. During an AWI Perma-X ground expedition in northwestern…
Read MoreGet Introduced To The Lake Ice Service And Give Us Feedback!
On November 10th, 2022 speakers Kirsikka Heinilä (Senior research scientist at the Finnish Environment Institute/Arctic PASSION) and Timo Pyhälahti (Senior expert at the Finish Environment Institute/Arctic PASSION ) beautifully presented the newly developed Lake Ice Service at the Arctic PASSION coordinated webinar. The speakers gave valuable information on the Lake Ice Service; what it is,…
Read MoreLake Ice Information In Your Pocket
Get to know the Lake Ice Service tool, listen to the current status of its development as well as our future steps towards the expanded service. © Flyer designed by GRID-Arendal /AWI Media , photo by Copernicus EU /SYKE The Lake Ice Service collects lake ice information from multiple sources and visualizes the information in an easily accessible and understandable…
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