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Satellite event at the UN Ocean Decade, full set of presentations. Noel Keenlyside (UIB/NERSC), Opening & setting the broader picture Marilena Oltmanns (NOC), What can ocean observations tell us about our climate? Anne O’Carroll (EUMETSAT), Remote sensing and the importance of sea surface temperature in the climate modelling Pablo Ortega (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), Exploiting satellite observations to improve the predictive capacity in the Arctic, including its climate impacts Mark Payne (Danish Meteorological institute), From climate predictions to climate services and link to fishery Bee Berx (Marine Scotland Science), From climate/ocean science to policy and decision-making: Scotland and the global climate change Wrap up and closure: Mark Payne (Danish Meteorological Institute)

Presentation at theWebinar on sustainable nature tourism in the Barents Region, organised by the International Barents Secretariat

An information slide on our SnowApp climate service for winter tourism industry in Northern Finland, presented during the Lapland Tourism Parliament 2020 (29.-30.10.2020 Olos, Finland).&nbsp

Presentation at the PROSNOW (H2020)"Climate services relevant to ski tourism" webinar on September 28, 2020 14h-17h CEST. Abstract:Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and Ruka Ski Resort have co-designed a climate service for winter tourism in Northern Finland within the within the Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate project (2016-2021) (EU Horizon 2020). The climate service prototype offers a seasonal forecast on snowmaking conditions. The climate service called SnowApp provides a reliable forecast on the conditions for 4 weeks and is hence a decision-support tool for the ski resort management. SnowApp is particularly useful in the critical condititions in the early skiing season and for anticipating exceptionally warm periods exceeding 3-4 days weather forecast. The prototype designed with a real end-user will be made available also for new uptakers within the ski industry in Finland and abroad.

"SnowApp-ilmastopalvelu lumetuksen ennakoinnin tukena hiihtokeskuksille ja muille talvimatkailutoimijoille" webinar 2.10.2020was organized by Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (EU Horizon2020) project's winter tourism case study (WP5 CS1). This file contains the program of the webinar and presentations by Ilona Mettiäinen and Martin Coath (AC UoL). The webinar was Blue-Action project's D5.6 Regional Dissemination Seminar. "SnowApp-ilmastopalvelu lumetuksen ennakoinnin tukena hiihtokeskuksille ja muille talvimatkailutoimijoille" -webinaarin (2.10.2020) järjesti Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (EU Horizon2020) -hankkeen talvimatkailuaiheinen tapaustutkimus (WP5 CS1). Tiedosto sisältää webinaarin ohjelman sekä Ilona Mettiäisen ja Martin Coathin (AC UoL) esitykset. Webinaari on Blue-Action-hankkeen D5.6 Regional Dissemination Seminar.

Presentation to the PROSNOW (EU Horizon 2020) project on 20.3.2020 in a clustering and collaboration meeting between the Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (EU Horizon 2020) WP5 CS1 and PROSNOW.

This presentation wasgiven at the Colloquium of the The Finnish Society for Environmental Social Science(YHYS) 2018in Rovaniemi, Finland, in a session on climate services. The presentation is based on the WP5 CS1 team's work so far on co-designing a climate service for winter tourism industry in Northern Finland within the Blue-Action project (2016-2021). The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.

Presentation in the Blue-Action Annual Meeting in Bologna on 18-19 January 2018 on the progress of the WP5 case study 1,co-designing a climate service for winter tourism business in Northern Finland.&nbsp

About this document Deliverable: D5.3 Case Study Nr. 1 Assessment Methodology Report Work package in charge: WP5 Developing and Valuing Climate Services Actual delivery date for this deliverable: Project-month 11 Dissemination level: Public (PU) Lead authors Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (AC UoL): Ilona Mettiäinen Other contributing authors Rukakeskus Ltd (Ruka): Jusu Toivonen Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (AC UoL): Martin Coath, Roxana Contreras Reviewer Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI): Chiara Bearzotti Summary for publication The end-product of this case study will be a climate service for winter tourism centre Ruka in Northern Finland, with possibilities to replicate this service for other users. Snow security is of significant importance for winter tourism in North Finland and other comparable destinations in North Scandinavia and other snowy countries. The climate service for winter tourism centres aims to minimize energy consumption and other costs of snowmaking, while ensuring earliest possible skiing-season start. Additional costs caused by increased dependence on snowmaking for early season start will influence winter tourism centres’ profitability, as climate change causes delay of the arrival of winter, as well as the environmental impacts of snowmaking as an adaptation strategy. The main result of this deliverable is an assessment and evaluation scheme consisting of qualitative and quantitative (econometric) tools. A stated in the project plan, focus in the economic evaluation is on the value of the information for the end-user, particularly in terms of competitiveness and the willingness to pay for the service. Read more in the text ...

About this document Deliverable: D5.2 Case Study Nr. 1 Model Information Utilization Report Work package in charge: WP5 Developing and Valuing Climate Services Actual delivery date for this deliverable: Project-month 11 Dissemination level: Public Lead authors Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (AC UoL): Roxana Contreras, Ilona Mettiäinen Rukakeskus Ltd (Ruka): Jusu Toivonen Other contributing author Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (AC UoL): Martin Coath Reviewer Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI): Chiara Bearzotti Summary for publication Northern Finland is one of the fastest warming regions in Europe with the greatest increases in temperature being seen in November, December and January. For the winter tourism sector, proper winter conditions are key to commercial success: information on future climate and specific local weather conditions is fundamental for preparing and adapting to future change. Long-term business planning for Northern Finnish winter tourism industry therefore needs to account for the increased likelihood of the October-December season being too warm and plan for alternatives to winter sports. Forecast data is required to plan for the next season, especially at the beginning of the season with the need for snow making and snow storage and plan mid-term operations and investments that allow their businesses to adapt to the changing and variable climate (semi-decadal scale). Furthermore, weather and climate information is required to assess the competitive position of Northern Finland relative to other major European Ski Centres. The task of this case study in Blue-Action WP5 is to “assess the value of improved weather and climate predictions for short-term and mid-term planning of operations for ski centres in Northern Finland”. In this deliverable D5.2, Model Information Utilization Report, a general procedure for generating and delivering data and associated uncertainties in a format useful for the Rukakeskus Ltd (Ruka). company, the end-user of this case study, is presented. This procedure has been developed in collaboration between the case study (CS1) participants: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (AC UoL) and Rukakeskus Ltd (Ruka). Read more in the text... &nbsp

About this document Deliverable: D5.1 End User Needs Report Work package in charge: WP5 Developing and Valuing Climate Services Actual delivery date for this deliverable: 1 July 2017 Dissemination level: CO Lead authors: Arctic Centre University of Lapland: Pamela Lesser Rukakeskus Corporation Ltd: Jusu Toivonen Other contributing authors: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Roxana Contreras and Martin Coath Reviewer: Danish Meteorological Institute: Chiara Bearzotti

Presentation at the Arctic Smartness Research Seminar on 24th January 2020, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

Presentation on the SnowApp climate service co-designed within theBlue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (EU Horizon2020) project in 2017-2020 at a networking webinar with the United States, organized by the ACAF (Arctic Network for Climate Adaptation and Food Security) project, Natural Resources Institute Finland on June 16th, 2021.

Presentation at the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference Arktikum, Rovaniemi, FI 12.-13.11.2019. Panel / session: Climate change as a challenge for organisations in the Arctic.

Presentation on the SnowApp climate service co-designed within the Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate (EU Horizon2020) project in 2017-2020 at a networking webinar with the United States, organized by the ACAF (Arctic Network for Climate Adaptation and Food Security) project, Natural Resources Institute Finland on June 16th, 2021.

About this document Deliverable: D5.1 End User Needs Report Work package in charge: WP5 Developing and Valuing Climate Services Actual delivery date for this deliverable: 1 July 2017 Dissemination level: CO Lead authors: Arctic Centre University of Lapland: Pamela Lesser Rukakeskus Corporation: Jusu Toivonen Other contributing authors: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Roxana Contreras and Martin Coath Reviewer: Danish Meteorological Institute: Chiara Bearzotti Summary Research on the effects of climate change on the tourism industry is relatively new. Currently, this field has approached a transition phase, from observing climate change effects on a system to assessing and understanding its vulnerable points and studying adaptation measures, which is what is needed for future development strategies. Tourism in Finnish Lapland, and in particular the ski industry, is highly dependent on climate and weather conditions as these have a direct impact on the timing and availability of snow, snow making, and snow storage conditions. While the effects of climate change are typically described in negative terms, the potential impacts during the winter are generally seen as positive. For example, milder winters in the north can be a positive phenomenon since tourists usually cannot participate in outdoor activities during extremely cold days. On the other hand, studies also suggest that Northern Fennoscandia is one of the fastest warming regions in Europe, and Finland is a country that has one of the fastest warming rates over the last half century, with the highest increases in temperature in November, December and January. For the skiing industry, proper winter conditions are key to commercial success. The client for this case study, Rukakeskus Corporation, is a family business in charge of the ski resorts of Ruka and Pyhä, in Northern Finland. Rukakeskus is one of the leading tourism companies in Finland employing around 200 people and responsible for nearly 20 per cent of annual ski pass sales with approximately 26 million euros in revenue. One of their primary business objectives is to continue to be the most snow‐sure ski resort in Europe as Ruka already provides more than 200 ski days a year, more than any other ski resort in the world apart from those located on glaciers. Ruka focuses on the early and late seasons since that is when very few other ski resorts have snow, and as a result, many training groups currently favor Ruka during those periods. Given the changes in climate that are already visible, it is a distinct possibility that even more race teams will gravitate to Ruka not only for the early and late seasons but for the entire ski season. Ruka has successfully operated their ski resort for decades based on a combination of weather forecasts, planning and experience. However, Ruka has always prided itself on an extremely progressive energy efficient and green business, and they realize that with the Arctic warming at twice the rate, they have already seen changes in the duration of the ski season and know their operations will inevitably be further affected. Ruka has identified data they feel would help them in their decision‐making and benefit their business. This includes long‐term winter forecasts for temperature, wind, cloud cover, snow fall amounts, changes in the length of the winter season, estimates of when winter starts (“permanent” snow falls) and ends (snow melts) and global climate and weather trends such as El Niño and their affects in the ski resort area are of particular interest. For the summer season, forecasts that include more detailed information about temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and humidity would also be helpful. While Ruka has identified information they think would be useful, this deliverable is not intended as an analysis based on modelling data, but rather, Ruka’s first pass at providing their needs themselves. As the project continues, there will be an iterative process between modellers, the UoL and Ruka to determine what kind of data is not only useful for Ruka but feasible for the modelers to provide. As this deliverable is due Month 7, it has been too early to start this process. Thus, Deliverable 5.1 is supposed to be a first pass at identifying Ruka’s needs and will be subsequently revised as the project goes on., We support the Blue Growth! Visit us on: www.blue‐action.eu Follow us on Twitter: @BG10Blueaction The Blue‐Action project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.

Presentation at the Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate Annual Meeting 2020

We have recently demonstrated the emergence of dynamic feature sensitivity through exposure to formative stimuli in a real-time neuromorphic system implementing a hybrid analog/digital network of spiking neurons. This network, inspired by models of auditory processing in mammals, includes several mutually connected layers with distance-dependent transmission delays and learning in the form of spike timing dependent plasticity, which effects stimulus-driven changes in the network connectivity. Here we present results that demonstrate that the network is robust to a range of variations in the stimulus pattern, such as are found in naturalistic stimuli and neural responses. This robustness is a property critical to the development of realistic, electronic neuromorphic systems. We analyze the variability of the response of the network to “noisy” stimuli which allows us to characterize the acuity in information-theoretic terms. This provides an objective basis for the quantitative comparison of networks, their connectivity patterns, and learning strategies, which can inform future design decisions. We also show, using stimuli derived from speech samples, that the principles are robust to other challenges, such as variable presentation rate, that would have to be met by systems deployed in the real world. Finally we demonstrate the potential applicability of the approach to real sounds., Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7, ISSN:1662-453X, ISSN:1662-4548

A presentation on the Blue-Action project, with a focus on the Case study 1 on co-designing a climate service for winter tourism business in Northern Finland. "The EU’s Arctic Research and Arctic scientific cooperation" event on March 19, 2018.Levi Summit conference centre, Kittilä, Finland.&nbsp

Presentation at the bilateral networking meeting on Arctic climate change adaptation between Finland and Alaska, USA on June 16th, 2021. Organizer: Arctic Network for Climate Adaptation and Food Security project, Natural Resources Institute Finland. More information: https://www.acaf.fi/networking/international-arctic-adaptation-network/webinar-with-the-united-states-16-6-2021/

Presentation at the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference Arktikum, Rovaniemi, FI 12.-13.11.2019. Panel / session: Climate change as a challenge for organisations in the Arctic.

Presentation at the Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate Annual Meeting 2020

In this Green Tease event, Creative Carbon Scotland worked in partnership with Blue-Action. The aim of the event was to bring together climate research scientists with arts practitioners, to discuss and explore the role of the arts for developing understanding of complex science for the public. These presentations by Hannah Grist, Iuliia Polkova and Martin Coath explore experiences of scientists engaging with stakeholder audiences around complex climate science. A summary report of the event can also be found at: https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/green-tease-reflections-understanding-climate-complexity

Presentation given at the UArctic Congress in Oulu, Finland on 5 September 2018 in a session on Arctic tourism and global change. The presentation is based on the WP5 CS1 team's work on co-designing a climate service for winter tourism industry in Northern Finland within the Blue-Action project (2016-2021). The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.

A presentation on the Blue-Action project, with a focus on the Case study 1 on co-designing a climate service for winter tourism business in Northern Finland. "The EU’s Arctic Research and Arctic scientific cooperation" event on March 19, 2018. Levi Summit conference centre, Kittilä, Finland.

Presentation given at the UArctic Congress in Oulu, Finland on 5 September 2018 in a session on Arctic tourism and global change. The presentation is based on the WP5 CS1 team's work on co-designing a climate service for winter tourism industry in Northern Finland within the Blue-Action project (2016-2021).The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.

Presentation at the bilateral networking meeting on Arctic climate change adaptation between Finland and Alaska, USA on June 16th, 2021. Organizer: Arctic Network for Climate Adaptation and Food Security project, Natural Resources Institute Finland. More information:https://www.acaf.fi/networking/international-arctic-adaptation-network/webinar-with-the-united-states-16-6-2021/&nbsp