The 3rd Chinese-Finnish bilateral workshop on Polar Meteorology, Climate, and Sea Ice: Towards Better Operational Services for the Society

The workshop will start with an introduction on the initiatives and plans of the Chinese COSCO Shipping Group, and on the recent research activities carried out by the participating Chinese Institutions/Universities (National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Polar Research Institute of China, National Satellite Ocean Application Service, Taiyuan University of Technology, Beijing Normal University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and Finnish Institutions/Universities (University of Helsinki, Finnish Meteorological Institute).

Topical sessions on Ice research, Remote sensing research, Observations, Meteorological and oceanographic research and forecasting, Antarctic research, and Research addressing China, Finland, and surrounding areas will follow. The workshop will end with a working group activity on the following themes: In situ observations, Remote sensing observations, Modelling and process studies, Climate research. The conclusions of the workshop will be drawn at the end of the group activity.