▁to ▁develop ▁new ▁services , ▁applications ▁and ▁products . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁research ers ▁from ▁V TT ▁published ▁a ▁study ▁assess ing ▁the ▁benefits ▁generated ▁by ▁the ▁services ▁offered ▁by ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁Meteor ological ▁ ▁Institute . ▁They ▁concluded ▁in ▁sum ▁in ▁range ▁of ▁ 2 6 0 - 2 9 0 ▁million ▁eu ros , ▁while ▁the ▁annual ▁budget ▁of ▁the ▁inst itute ▁was ▁around ▁ 5 0 ▁– ▁ 6 0 ▁million ▁Eu ros . ▁This ▁leads ▁to ▁estimate ▁for ▁annual ▁benefit - cost ▁ratio ▁for ▁the ▁services ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁least ▁ 5 : 1 . ▁ ▁Observ ations ▁ ▁Finn ish ▁Meteor ological ▁Institute ▁makes ▁observations ▁of ▁the ▁atmosphere , ▁sea ▁and ▁space ▁at ▁over ▁ 4 0 0 ▁stations ▁around ▁Finland . ▁Its ▁weather ▁rad ar ▁network ▁consists ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁C - band ▁Do pp ler ▁rad ars . ▁ ▁Research ▁ ▁The ▁research ▁areas ▁of ▁F MI ▁include ▁meteor ology , ▁air ▁quality , ▁climate ▁change , ▁earth ▁observation , ▁marine ▁and ▁ar ctic ▁research . ▁Scient ific ▁research ▁at ▁F MI ▁is ▁mainly ▁organized ▁around ▁three ▁cent ers ; ▁" We ather , ▁Sea ▁and ▁Cl imate ▁Service ▁Center ", ▁" Ob ser ving ▁and ▁Information ▁Service ▁Systems ▁Center ", ▁" Space ▁and ▁Earth ▁Observ ation ▁Center ", ▁and ▁two ▁programs ; ▁" M eteor ological ▁and ▁Marine ▁Research ▁Program ", ▁" C lim ate ▁Research ▁Program ". ▁▁ ▁Every ▁year ▁F MI ' s ▁research ers ▁publish