Finnish-Peruvian project for increased capacity of SENAMHI to provide climatological and meteorological services (FINAMPO)

Research summary

Technical Assistance, support and training to improve capacity of SENAMHI to provide climatological, meteorological and air quality services for its stakeholders and the whole Peruvian society.

Description

Project components were as follows:
• SENAMHI long-term development roadmap
• Enhanced production process of SENAMHI
• Specification for observation network and data management
• Specification and implementation plan for a real-time observation network
• Climate change research
• Organisational development and strategic planning
Support, technical assistance and training was given to air quality monitoring and its quality and to enhance the dispersion modelling system to assess and forecast air quality in Lima.

Research info

Research title
Finnish-Peruvian project for increased capacity of SENAMHI to provide climatological and meteorological services (FINAMPO)

Research timeline
1.9.2009 - 1.8.2012

Keywords
capacity building Meteorology

Region
Latin America

Countries
Finland, Peru

Institution
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Helsinki, Finland

Funding instrument
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ICI, HEI-ICI, N-S-S), Business Finland

Head of research
Mats Wiljander

Partners
Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Perú SENAMHI

Contact information
Antti Hyvärinen
+358405152004
antti.hyvarinen@fmi.fi

Record last updated
10.8.2016