Awarded to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in recognition for their operation of the Upper Air Station at Sodankyla in support of the GCOS Upper Air Network (GUAN), the GCOS Surface Network (GSN) and the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN).
Upper Air Station at Sodankyla
At a recent meeting of the EUMETNET Working Group on Radiosonde (May 2019), the opportunity was taken to present a GCOS Certificate of Recognition to Mr Juhana Hyrkkanen, Head of the Operation Services, Finnish Meteorological Institute, for the ongoing operations of the Sodankyla Upper-Air station in support of the GCOS Networks. Whilst this meeting was primarily focused on the operational activities of European radiosonde stations, it provided an ideal opportunity to highlight the global significance of these stations in support of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) and climate monitoring (GCOS).
Last Update : June 2019
