Longer daylight hours and milder temperatures means optimal snow covered fieldwork time. A number of CHARTER project reseachers are undertaking fieldwork periods this week. Temperatures are mild at this time of year in northern Scandinavia, currently in the -8 to +2 degrees range during the day and -15 to -8 overnight. The melting and refreezing of the snow surface makes a hard surface on which travel and movement for people, machines and animals much easier. However, this week the forecast is for mostly snowy and cloudy weather, which is not ideal for drone operation and photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARTER researcher Leena Lepp\u00e4nen who divides her work time between CHARTER and FMI (the Finnish Meteorological Institute) is this week out on Lake Inarij\u00e4rvi. While this is actually FMI work, Arctic Science Centre staff will be documenting this work for content that will feed into a planned CHARTER science exhibit on the effects of ‘rain on snow’ on plants, animals and people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n