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Several water-related research of networking events coming up in March-April 2024!
27th March 2024 – For anyone interested in remote sensing The series of events begins on with our FWCC webinar...
Amin Sadeqi from University of Turku
Amin Sadeqi studies fluvial modelling in Finland to understand why the rivers have changed back home in Iran
Amin Sadeqi comes from the Azerbaijani side of Iran, the city of Zanjan, which is located in a mountainous region,...
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WOLL water4all, Tulanet Infrastructure day, Geoforum Summit: Last week of October was great networking!
Water4All partnerships funded by the European Union include 79 partners from 31 different countries, bringing together problem owners and solution...
Researcher Joy Bhattacharjee from University of Oulu presenting his work to Jari-Pekka Nousu from LUKE
National Modelling Seminar 2023 gathered together researchers of hydrological and environmental modelling
Finland’s researchers in hydrological and environmental modelling gathered to the cultural centre Sofia in Vuosaari on 20th November, to discuss...
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AI service for optical camera network “When will ice break?” released. 
The new “When will Ice Break?” service uses artificial intelligence to identify the amount and location of snow, water and...
Three scientists in a forest collecting data.
A virtual version of reality, digital twin, makes decision-making and testing easier – come hear all about it at Geoforum Summit
Based on an article from the National Land Survey Of Finland- Read the full article here Text & Image credit:...
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Grand news – New flagship takes the Finnish Freshwater science to another level
Four new Finnish Flagships have been selected to the Research Council of Finland’s Finnish Flagship Programme, one of which is...
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University of Turku leads new doctoral training project focused on green and digital transition with €7.4 million in EU funding
The University of Turku has received €3.3 million in EU funding for a doctoral training project that responds to the...
Elina Kasvi and Linnea Blåfield driving a research boat at a Finnish river
How are the snake-shaped meandering rivers changing? Academy Fellow Elina Kasvi will study the winding rivers of the world for the next four years.
What are meandering rivers, where are they found and how do they form? Most of us recognize the winding, slowly...
Zuosinan Chen from University of Oulu
What happens if the water intake of the billions of Finnish trees would change one day?
This spring we welcomed two new Research Council of Finland fellows in the Freshwater Competence Centre – last week we...
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Real-time data on eroding riverbanks is available now with new type of soil sensors – helping to build models for future river management
The freshwater scientists from Aalto university have recently started a fruitful cooperation with a Finnish company called Soil Scout, manufacturing...
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Call: Water Competence Export – via FWCC project booster – check time in Doodle and join!
Project booster as service released by “Call: Water Competence Export” reply to our Doodle Interested? Please reply to https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/avQgJPne (Teams +...
Pertti Ala-Aho from University of Oulu and Eliisa Lotsari from Aalto University looking happy after a successful seminar
Exploring unknown territories – hydrologists developing new concepts for modelling the Finnish water resources
Long gone are the days when hydrology science was done with waders, manually operated current meters and water sampling kits....
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Research reveals what happens under the seemingly calm surface of river ice
Big news from this week is the joint Journal of Hydrology publication from Eliisa Lotsari (Aalto university) and Karoliina Lintunen,  Elina...
Summer trainee starting a rotating laser scanning device
Developing a rotating laser scanner for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)
When the rest of Finland is on holidays, the summer trainees take over the research institutes! Here is one of...
Graphic about GeoAI and the various components of this concept. Illustration from the scientific publication.
What is GeoAI – and how can it help making exact science from something as inexact and complex as water flow in the environment?
In the opening words of their latest publication, the fluvial and hydrological scientists from University of Turku, University of Oulu...
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Detailed and accurate 3D data with airborne laser scanning – also underwater
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Proficiency tests and interlaboratory comparisons – Proftest SYKE event coming up in Oct 12th 2022!
Proftest SYKE event coming up in Oct 12th 2022, registration open until Sep 14th Read the news in LinkedIn  
Funding for research infrastructure & green and digital transition
Hydrological Research Infrastructure Platform (HYDRO-RI) got its share of Academy of Finland’s funding for research infrastructures. Three-year funding granted to...
Over 20 new research topics in Hydrology for the next 2 years
The information obtained from the various hydrological research is useful, for example, in flow regulation, riverbank construction projects or river...