Snow and ice condition are changing rapidly due to the changing climate, which poses challenges to the Northern Finland natural and built environment. Past predictions and governance will need to be adjusted, which requires high-quality monitoring data. The current infrastructure for regional snow and ice monitoring needs to be updated and harmonized to meet these needs. CRYO-RI project addresses this challenge by launching regional snow and ice monitoring networks, developing both low cost and state-of-the-art measurement stations, developing new measurements based on emerging technologies, increasing the regional capability to analyze and monitor geomaterial properties subject to freeze and thaw and providing a data sharing platform to allow fast and easy access to the CRYO-RI data for all users. The CRYO-RI platform is maintained and operated in a regional collaboration between the University of Oulu and three regionally important research institutes (GSF, SYKE, FMI).

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