Sea ice, snow and snow ice thickness at Finnish ice observation stations
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| Country | Finland  |
| Project | Finnish Ice Service regular data |
| Time period | First data series start 1880s and mostly in 1920s. |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Gulf of Bothnia, Archipelago Sea, Gulf of Finland |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Snow and ice mass, thickness and extent |
| Instruments | Observers; snow and ice samplers |
| Description | |
| Summary | Distributed along the Finnish coast, the ice and snow thickness measurements at the 20-100 observation stations have been done on daily or weekly basis. Today reported parameters are black ice thickness, snow ice thickness, and snow thickness from about 20 stations. The data series start partly in 1880s and mostly in 1920s. |
| Originators | Finnish Institute of Marine Research Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| Availability | Unknown |
| Contact | Ari Seinä (head of group) |
| Address | Finnish Meteorological Institute |
| Telephone | +358 9 19296440 |
| Facsimile | +3589179581 |
| ari.seina@fmi.fi | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Finnish Institute of Marine Research |
| Local identifier | 19001048 |
| Global identifier | 2073 |
| Last revised | 2009-11-23 |
