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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.
Meteorology Hydrology
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The research in the field of oceanography is focusing on development of models and applications of satellite remote sensing.		 hr_rossby.gif (1966 bytes)