SMHI comprises expertise within the research
fields of meteorology, climatology, hydrology and oceanography. The total staff includes
some 55 scientists, 45 at the Research unit and 10 at the Rossby Centre. The Research unit is divided into four groups: Meteorological
analysis and forcasting, Atmospheric research, Oceanography and Hydrology. Environmental
research spans over all the disciplines. There is also a project leader for SMHI´s
contributions to the HIRLAM project and SMHI´s library. The main goal of the Research
unit is to support the institute with research and development, but there is also
involvement in many national and international research projects.
A separate research unit for regional climate modelling,
the Rossby Centre, was established at SMHI in the autumn of 1997. |