Aims
Green-Digi-Basin project is targeted to find the most effective green solutions for the boreal-subarctic river basins and improve existing calculations for river connectivity, i.e. nutrient and carbon loads to surface water systems from different land uses.
Project is developing a concept called Green-Digi-Basin
Green= Aiming to study the effects of climate and land-use changes to the river basins, nutrients, suspended matter and carbon loads, and study the greener, ecosystem-based solutions for managing the upcoming challenges.
Digi= aiming to create a digital twin of river basins, in particular three supersites (Vantaanjoki river, Oulanka River and Tana river), to develop next generation modeling research for fluvial environments in the context of water amount and quality.
Basin= Wide-ranging expertise from peatland & ground water hydrology to fluvial dynamics & state-of-the-art 3D mapping and modeling of the river basin and the catchment area.
Connection to Freshwater Competence Centre
Green-Digi-Basin project is closely connected to the Freshwater Competence Centre which has two other projects as well:
- Hydrological RDI partnership network (Hydro-RDI-Network)
- Hydrological research infrastructure (HYDRO-RI-Platform)
Scientific publications of the project
Pal, D., Marttila, H., Ala-Aho, P., Lotsari, E., Ronkanen, A.-K., Gonzales-Inca, C., Croghan, D., Korppoo, M., Kämäri, M., Rooijen, E. van, Blåfield, L., Silander, J., Baubekova, A., Bhattacharjee, J., Haghighi, A. T., Uvo, C. B., Kaartinen, H., Rasti, M., Klöve, B., & Alho, P. (2025). Blueprint conceptualization for a river basin’s digital twin. Hydrology Research (doi.org).
Blåfield, L., Gonzales-Inca, C., Alho, P., & Kasvi, E. (2025). Morphological Response to Climate-Induced Flood Event Variability in a Sub-Arctic River (doi.org).
Takala, T., Lotsari, E., & Polvi, L. E. (2025). Surface flow and ice rafting velocities during freezing and thawing periods in Nordic Rivers. Journal of Hydrology, 649, 132447 (doi.org).
Kotamäki, N., Arhonditsis, G., Hjerppe, T., Hyytiäinen, K., Malve, O., Ovaskainen, O., Paloniitty, T., Similä, J., Soininen, N., Weigel, B., & Heiskanen, A.-S. (2024a). Strategies for integrating scientific evidence in water policy and law in the face. of uncertainty. Science of The Total Environment, 931, 172855 (doi.org).
Yiheng Du, Jonas Olsson, Kristina Isberg, Johan Strömqvist, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Benedito Cláudio da Silva, Sameh Adib Abou Rafee, Carlos Ruberto Fragoso Jr, Stein Beldring, Anna Hansen, Cintia Bertacchi Uvo, Johanna Sörensen. (2024). Application-based evaluation of multi-basin hydrological models. Journal of Hydrology, volume 641. (doi.org).
Lintunen Karoliina, Kasvi Elina, Uvo Cintia, Alho Petteri. (2024). Changes in the discharge regime of Finnish rivers. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Volume 53 (doi.org)
Johanna Lykke Sörensen, Cintia B. Uvo , Stephanie Eisner, Jonas Olsson, Stein Beldring, Vanessa S.B. Carvalho, Maria Elenius, Carlos Ruberto Fragoso Jr, Anna Hansen, Trine Jahr Hegdahl, Benedito C. Silva, Michelle S. Reboita, Daniela R.T. Riondet-Costa, Nívea A.D. Pons. (2024). Decision Support Indicators (DSIs) and their role in hydrological planning. Environmental Science & Policy. Volume 157. (doi.org)
Luz Adriana Cuartas, Thais Fujita, Juliana Andrade Campos, Cintia Bertacchi Uvo, Gholamreza Nikravesh, Jonas Olsson, Johanna Sörensen, José Antonio Marengo, Diogo Amore, Elisangela Broedel, Jerusa Peixoto. (2024). Hydrometeorological drought analysis through Two-variate Standardized Index for the Paraná River Basin, Brazil. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Volume 54. (doi.org)
Kämäri M., Ekholm P., Kahiluoto J., Saarinen P. (2024). Vedenlaadun jatkuvatoimisen mittauksen haasteet ja mahdollisuudet. Vesitalous. (lehtiluukku.fi).
Anna Autio, Pertti Ala-Aho, Pekka M. Rossi, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Mika Aurela. (2023). Groundwater exfiltration pattern determination in the sub-arctic catchment using thermal imaging, stable water isotopes and fully-integrated groundwater-surface water modelling. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 626, Part B. (doi.org).
Anders Wörman, Ilias Pechlivanidis, Daniela Mewes, Joakim Riml & Cintia Bertacchi Uvo. (2023). Spatiotemporal management of solar, wind and hydropower across continental Europe. Communications engineering, volume 3. (doi.org).
Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda SRIA (2023) (water4all-partnership.eu)
Kallio, K., Malve, O., Siivola, E., Kervinen, M., Koponen, S., Lepistö, A., Lindfors, A., & Laine, M. (2023). Spatiotemporal analysis of Lake Chlorophyll-a with combined in situ and satellite data. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(4) (doi.org).
Skarbøvik, Eva; Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Sofie; Lannergård, Emma E.; Wenng, Hannah; Stutter, Marc; Bieroza, Magdalena; Atcheson, Kevin; Jordan, Philip; Fölster, Jens; Mellander, Per-Erik; Kronvang, Brian; Marttila, Hannu; Kaste, Øyvind; Lepistö, Ahti; Kämäri, Maria. (2023). Comparing in situ turbidity sensor measurements as a proxy for suspended sediments in North-Western European streams. CATENA.
Silander, J., Schantz, A., & Hölttä, V. (2023). When ice breaks – Freshwater Competence Centre (whenicebreaks.com).
Jari Silander, Anton Von Schantz, Vesa Hölttä, Xiaoli Liu and Ella Rauth. (2022).
Neuroverkot vesiriskien hallinnassa. Vesitalous.
Petteri Alho, Hannu Marttila, Eliisa Lotsari, Harri Kaartinen, Cintia Uvo, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Jari Silander. (2022). Uusi vesistötutkimuksen osaamiskeskus ottaa digiloikan suoraan syvään päähän. Vesitalous.
Lauri Ikkala, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Jari Ilmonen, Maarit Similä, Sakari Rehell, Timo Kumpula, Lassi Päkkilä, Björn Klöve, Hannu Marttila. (2022). Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Structure-From-Motion (SfM) for Monitoring the Changed Flow Paths and Wetness in Minerotrophic Peatland Restoration. Remote sensing.
Marttila, H., Laudon, H., Tallaksen, L. M., Jaramillo, F., Alfredsen, K., Ronkanen, A.-K., Kronvang, B., Lotsari, E., Kämäri, M., Ala-Aho, P., Nousu, J., Silander, J., Koivusalo, H., Kløve, B. (2022). Nordic hydrological frontier in the 21st century. Hydrology research.
Gonzales-Inca, Carlos, Calle, Mikel, Croghan, Danny, Torabi Haghighi, Ali, Marttila, Hannu, Silander, Jari, Alho, Petteri. (2022). Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in the Integrated Hydrological and Fluvial Systems Modeling: Review of Current Applications and Trends. Water.
Lotsari, E., Lintunen, K., Kasvi, E., Alho, P., & Blåfield, L. (2022). The impacts of near-bed flow characteristics on river bed sediment transport under ice-covered conditions in 2016–2021. Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128610.
K. Heikkinen, M. Saari, J. Heino, A.-K. Ronkanen, P. Kortelainen, S. Joensuu, A. Vilmi, S.-M. Karjalainen, S. Hellsten, M. Visuri, H. Marttila. (2022). Iron in boreal river catchments: biochemical, ecological and management implications. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 805. (doi.org).
Marttila H, Laudon H, Tallaksen LM, Jaramillo F, Alfredsen K, Ronkanen A-K, Kronvang B, Lotsari E, Kämäri M, Ala-Aho P, Nousu J, Silander J, Koivusalo H, Kløve B. 2022. The Nordic Hydrological Frontier in the 21st Century. Hydrology Research, 53(5), 700–715.
Rigon, R., Formetta, G., Bancheri, M., Tubini, N., D'Amato, C., David, O., and Massari, C. 2022: HESS Opinions: Participatory Digital eARth Twin Hydrology systems (DARTHs) for everyone – a blueprint for hydrologists, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4773–4800 (copernicus.org).
More information
Development manager Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), firstname.surname@syke.fi