Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI) was created in February 1950, by the order of the Head of the chief office of Vladivostok hydrometeorological service and united its subdivisions.

FERHRI began its activities from July 1, 1950. That time it consisted of 10 departments and laboratories.

In 1960s FERHRI got two research ocean-going vessels "A.I. Voyejkov" and "Yu.M. Shokalsky", and later in 1970-80s - "Academic Korolyev", "Academic Shirshov", "Professor Khromov", "Priboj", "Priliv", "Ocean", "Pavel Gordienko" and others.

Today FERHRI carries out comprehensive scientific researches on hydrometeorology of the Far East and adjacent seas of the Pacific within the federal programs "World Ocean" and "Hydrometeorology in national economy".

Geographically, FERHRI carries out hydrometeorological researches in Primorsky and Khabarovsky krai, Kamchatskaya, Magadanskaya, Chitinskaya and Amurskaya oblast, Republic of Sakha, and the Far Eastern seas (the Japan sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea).

Today FERHRI performs the following activities:

• carrying out fundamental and applied investigations in the field of hydrometeorology and ecology, as well as studying regularities of physical processes I atmosphere and hydrosphere;
• implementing engineering hydrometeorological and ecological design works;
• organizing and carrying out continental and marine expeditions;
• working out and introducing forecasting methods in the field of meteorology, hydrology and agrometeorology, including the forecasts of typhoon, tsunami and heavy shower;
• creating data bases of hydrometeorological observations and carrying out calculations'
• scientific and methodical management over the regional offices of hydrometeorology;
• providing national economic organizations with manuals and specialized editions.

• Department of mathematical automation of measurements carries out works on the collection and generalization of meteorological data and its analysis, creates and manages operative and historic data bases and hydrometeorological GIS.



• Department of long-term weather forecasts and climate studies works out and develops techniques of forecasting hydrometeorological elements for various periods of time for Siberia, Far East and the Pacific ocean. It also distributes some kinds of operative long-term forecasts of water temperature in the northwestern Pacific and air temperature and precipitation in the Russian Far East.



• Department of meteorology and tropical cyclones carries out works on the collection and generalization of hydrometeorological data and its analysis foe better understanding the interaction between the typhoon and cyclone structure and atmosphere and ocean. It carries out operative forecasts of typhoon formation, development and movement and provides consultations to the Far Eastern offices of hydrometeorological service.



• Department of Oceanography and Marine Ecology conducts researches in the field of:
  • hydrology of the Far Eastern seas;
  • hydrochemical and ecological monitoring of the Pacific ocean and adjacent seas.
  
  Department carries out hydrobiological and hydrochemical investigations, observations of the chemical pollution in sea water and bottom sediments in the Pacific ocean and adjacent seas, as well as:
  • experimental investigations of the hydrometeorological regime of the sea;
  • scientific investigations of the heat, hydrodynamic and hydrochemical water state and its variability in different spatial-temporal conditions;
  • working out manuals, atlases, charts and recommendations on various characteristics of hydrometeorological parameters;
  • analysis of the average state and intra- and interannual course of hydrometeorological processes;
  • working out forecasting methods of temperature conditions in surface water for average period of time (decade, month, season).


• Department of engineering oceanology and ecological designing carries out R&D works in the following directions:
  • providing methodical help and consultations to the far Eastern offices of hydrometeorological service in the field of tsunami regional planning, modelling of sea circulation and pollutants transport, as well as testing and introducing calculating methods and software programs;
  • investigation and development of new methods calculating hydrophysical ocean fields and atmosphere physical state, preparation and implementation of laboratory, testing and expeditionary works in order to verify and specify techniques and recommendations developed, as well, as working out models, methods and automated computer techniques foe assistance in works on shelf;
  • working out ecological and hydrological issues and designing documents;
  • participation in international projects and scientific programs on hydrometeorology and ecology, including projects on the development of oil-gas fields on the northeastern shelf of Sakhalin Island.


• Regional Oceanographic Data Center is the branch of the National Data Center and it is authorized by the State Fund for the collection and storage of oceanographic data of the Far Eastern seas. RODC was created in order to increase the efficiency of collection, accumulation, account, classification and use of oceanographic dated, as well as supply the State Hydrometeorological Data Band and the State Data Band with information on the environmental pollution in the Far Eastern seas.