Freshwater Competence Centre
The Freshwater Competence Centre is a consortium formed by the University of Turku, University of Oulu, the Finnish Environment Institute, Aalto University, University of Easter Finland, and Finnish Geospatial Research Institute besides several private companies. The Freshwater Competence Centre gathers the highest competence in hydrological and geospatial research, development, and infrastructure in Finland. Currently, it is funded by the Academy of Finland through three projects: The Hydro-RDI Network, Hydro-RI Platform, and the Green-Digi-Basin. Education, Infrastructure, Research, Development, and Innovation within Freshwater Competence Centre is shared among all partners.
We have currently three supersites in different parts of Finland, ranging from North to South. We conduct research, take regular monitoring measurements and perform equipment and sensor tests in these sites, using our Hydro Research Infrastructure. We are also aiming to build digital twins of these supersites. Read more about our work with digital twins of river basins in this article.
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Currently ongoing projects
News
August 25, 2024
Tua Nylén does research on coastal changes in the Artic – after seeing these field work photos you will also want to become a geomorphologist!
Tua Nylén seems to feel at home well above the Arctic Circle. She has just returned from a field trip...
August 25, 2024
New publication from Freshwater Competence Centre: warm and rainy winters double the turbidity of water, suggesting major erosion and nutrient loading
Gypsum treatment of agricultural fields has shown promising results in reducing phosphorus and suspended sediment loads, and therefore also eutrophication...
August 25, 2024
Sopitta Thurachen found a way to combine her interests and educational background in the DIWA PhD pilot
Freshwater Competence Centre and Digital Waters flagship are not only about hydrology and physical or natural sciences research on our...
About Freshwater Competence Centre
About
Hydro-RDI-Network aims to serve as the first Finnish competence center of the water sector. Hydro-RDI-Network is a consortium of research...
Partners
Coordinating partners are University of Turku/Department of Geography and Geology, Finnish Environment Institute, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) in...
Contact
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any collaboration ideas or questions related to research, development, and innovation in hydrology!...
Events
We have both online and in-person events coming up in 2023! Come back to see more information later, or subscribe...
Consortium partners
