SMHISwedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

www.smhi.se

Jan Szaron & Lotta Fyrberg

Third plenary annual meeting25-27 March, 2009, Madrid

SMHI is a government agency under the Ministry of the Environment and the advisory body on meteorology, hydrology and oceanography.

SMHI’s operation is funded in three main ways:–by government subsidy–by assignment from other government agencies–on commercial terms through its Business Services.

Turnover: 530 MSEK (Government 325 MSEK / Business 205 MSEK)

Employees: 550 (30-40 oceanographers & data managers)

Head office in NorrköpingOceanographic Unit & Oceanographic Laboratory in GöteborgRegional met offices in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Sundsvall

SMHI:

• is “Data host” for national and regional marine physical, chemical and biological monitoring data (appointed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)

• runs the BALTEX Oceanographic Data Centre

• runs the Swedish IPY Data Centre

• has started negotiations with the Swedish Research Council to be ”Data host” for climate- and environmental research data

• hosts the EuroGOOS officeThird plenary annual meeting25-27 March, 2009, Madrid

SMHI runs the nationalsea level network

SMHI runs the nationalwave buoy network

SMHI runs the nationalSST network(buoys + SOOP)

• Consultancy and oil spill modeling

• HIROMB: Forecast model for ice, sea level, currents, temperature and salinity

• Wave modeling

• Ecosystem modeling

• Algae monitoring: BAWS

• Marine forecast service:– SST maps– Ice warnings– Ship routing

• Climate research at Rossby Centre

• RCO• RCAO• Changes in wave climate

National & regionalwater bottle- and low resolution CTD-data

Get data on-line or Order data

Data host for marine biological data

Flexible system to handle a variety of marine biological parameters

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Fil-server SHARK

Data screening

Data OK!

Fel i data upptäckt!

Förfrågan om ny dataleverans

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ICES 3.2

Data screening

Data host for marine biological data

Co-operation with Swedish Species Information Centre on taxonomy

IMPORT

SCREENING

EXPORTDATA MODEL

Database

National species list

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ICES-format.zip

Database SSIC

web-presentation

Data host for marine biological data

Data available through WMS

SMHI, as Data host, submits:

•All Swedish national phys/chem/biol data to ICES incl

- Swedish commitment to HELCOM and OSPAR

- Swedish commitment to ICES - IBTS/BITS/BIAS

•Swedish, mostly regional, phys/chem/biol/cont/ data to EEA

•Swedish entries to SDN - EDMO/EDMERP/EDMED/CSR

•Swedish entries to EuroGOOS/SDN – EDIOS (national focal point

•Swedish BTL/CTD data in CDI-files and ODV-format

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Third plenary annual meeting25-27 March, 2009, Madrid