Ilmatieteen laitoksen palveluiden vaikuttavuus. Hyotyjen arviointi ja arvottaminen eri hyodyntajatoimialoilla (Effectiveness of Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Services).

摘要

This research outlines the benefits of meteorological information services provided by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The services provided either publicly or on a commercial basis are analysed from the viewpoints of transport, logistics, construction and facilities management, energy production and distribution and agricultural production. The main emphasis is on transport. This research is a part of the EVASERVE project, which develops more efficient tools for the evaluation of information services. The socio-economic benefits of information services provided by the FMI generate annual benefits of around 260.290 M., to the extent that the benefits could be given a monetary value in this research. In other words, each Euro put into the services produces a benefit of a minimum of 5 Euros to society each year. This is a minimum estimate since many significant sectors, such as defense and public safety, were not included in the analysis. For instance, authority activities and services based on utilizing meteorological information increase the efficiency of major accident management and natural disaster preparedness, thus diminishing the damages caused by them. The importance and need of met-information services will most probably increase in the future due to global warming and the exceptional weather phenomena resulting from it.