Accessibility Statement

Accessibility of Hypeweb

This website is run by SMHI. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, and this document describes how Hypeweb complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can fix them.

How accessible is website?

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible.

The links below lead to detailed information about the accessibility problems you may encounter in various usage situations.

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website?

If you need content from this website that is not accessible for you, but is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations as described below, please contact us.

You can also contact us in the following ways:

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or if we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact us and let us know about the problem.

Enforcement procedure

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Agency for Digital Government to lodge a complaint.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

This website is not compliant with the Swedish accessibility regulations. The non-accessible sections are listed below.

Non accessible content

The content described below is, in one way or another, not fully accessible.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Issues with usage without vision

  • In all applications some buttons or images are missing alternative text.
  • For videos on the site only subtitles are provided via youtube, there is no audio description.
  • Incorrect heading structure, order or absence of some H tag in all applications.
  • Choices between Maps and Graphs come in a non-logical order in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast and World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Niger HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Model view global.
  • Some shapes in the maps are used to convey information in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE model performance.
  • Colors are used to convey information in all applications’ maps.
  • Maps cannot be clicked, menus cannot be accessed and features cannot be used only using a keyboard in all applications on the website.
  • Difficult or impossible to navigate in and out of a link opened in new window or a pop up in the following applications: Call 4 water game, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global.
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Title is not descriptive enough in the following apps: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts
  • Order of tabs is not clear. Also not possible to navigate back to the tabs after opening a modal window in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Some links, buttons and images are missing clear descriptions in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Call4Water game, Europe HYPE historical times series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Headings and labels could be improved and are not clear enough to understand the difference between the menu Maps and Graphs in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE Model performance, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE Model performance.
  • Unclear what is in focus is all maps of all applications on the website.
  • Language is not present in the code of all applications except World Wide HYPE climate impacts.
  • The following applications are lacking labels: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Warning and errors are present in all applications except World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impact, World Wide HYPE early warning portal, and model view global. Pages overall on the site also contains a few warnings and errors.
  • Many components are missing names and roles in all applications.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

Issues with usage with limited vision

  • In all applications some buttons or images are missing alternative text.
  • Some shapes in the maps are used to convey information in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE model performance.
  • Submit button is missing a label in the contact form.
  • Colors are used to convey information in all applications’ maps.
  • Contact page has poor contrast on some error messages. Several text on UI elements in the applications’ maps have poor contrast ratio with the background. They include the following applications: World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • When enlarged some elements do not behave appropriately, they become hidden, too big and some text collides with other elements in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • The Call 4 Water game and the Word Wide HYPE forecast overview application contain images with text. Several other pages on the website include diagrams as image with texts, however they all have alternative texts.
  • No applications is currently responsive throughout the site.
  • Some UI elements on the following applications lack contrast: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • When distance is increased between characters, lines, words and paragraphs some elements do not behave appropriately in all applications in the website.
  • Pop up navigation and closing with keyboard not working in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE 1-10 forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE 1-10 forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Maps cannot be clicked, menus cannot be accessed and features cannot be used only using a keyboard in all applications on the website.
  • Difficult or impossible to navigate in and out of a link opened in new window or a pop up in the following applications: Call 4 water game, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global.
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Title is not descriptive enough in the following apps: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts.
  • Order of tabs is not clear. Also not possible to navigate back to the tabs after opening a modal window in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Some links, buttons and images are missing clear descriptions in the following application: World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Call4Water game, Europe HYPE historical times series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Headings and labels could be improved and are not clear enough to understand the difference between the menu Maps and Graphs in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE Model performance, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE Model performance.
  • Unclear what is in focus is all maps of all applications on the website.
  • The following applications are lacking labels: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Many components are missing names and roles in all applications.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

Issues with usage without perception of colour

  • Some shapes in the maps are used in order to convey information in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE model performance.
  • Colors are used to convey information in all applications’ maps.
  • Contact page has poor contrast on some error messages. Several text on UI elements in the application maps have poor contrast ratio with the background. They include the following applications: World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • The Call 4 Water game and the Word wide HYPE forecast overview application contain images with text. Several other pages on the website include diagrams as image with texts, however they all have alternative texts.
  • Some UI elements on the following applications lack contrast: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

Issues with usage with limited manipulation or strength

  • Some elements get hidden or overlap when the screen orientation changes in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global.
  • Maps cannot be clicked, menus cannot be accessed and features cannot be used only using a keyboard in all applications on the website.
  • Difficult or impossible to navigate in and out of a link opened in new window or a pop up in the following applications: Call 4 water game, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global.
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Call 4 Water game, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Order of tabs is not clear. Also not possible to navigate back to the tabs after opening a modal window in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Some links, buttons and images are missing clear descriptions in the following application: World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Call4Water game, Europe HYPE historical times series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Headings and labels could be improved and are not clear enough to understand the difference between the menu Maps and Graphs in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE Model performance, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE Model performance.
  • Unclear what is in focus is all maps of all applications on the website.
  • No finger gesture possible for the maps in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • The info button cannot be read by voice control in all applications.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

Issues with usage with limited reach

  • Some elements get hidden or overlap when the screen orientation changes in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global.
  • No finger gesture possible for the maps in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • The info button cannot be read by voice control in all applications.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

Issues with usage with difficulties in reading or understanding

  • When distance is increased between characters, lines, words and paragraphs some elements do not behave appropriately in all applications in the website.
  • Pop up navigation and closing with keyboard is not working in the following applications: World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE 1-10 forecast, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE 1-10 forecast, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Order of tabs is not clear. Also not possible to navigate back to the tabs after opening a modal window in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Some links, buttons and images are missing clear descriptions in the following application: World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Call4Water game, Europe HYPE historical times series, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE 1-10 day forecasts, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Model view global, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • Headings and labels could be improved and are not clear enough to understand the difference between the menu Maps and Graphs in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal Forecast, World Wide HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE 1-10 days forecast, Europe HYPE Seasonal forecast, Europe HYPE Climate impacts, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE climate impacts, Arctic HYPE Model performance, Niger HYPE climate impacts, Niger HYPE Model performance.
  • Unclear what is in focus is all maps of all applications on the website.
  • No finger gesture possible for the maps in the following applications: World Wide HYPE model performance, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • The following applications are lacking labels: World Wide HYPE Early warning portal, World Wide HYPE model performance, World Wide HYPE Seasonal forecast, World Wide HYPE climate impact, Europe HYPE historical means, Europe HYPE historical time series, Europe HYPE model performance, Arctic HYPE historical means, Arctic HYPE historical time series, Arctic 1-10 day forecast, Arctic HYPE model performance, Niger HYPE historical means, Niger HYPE historical time series, Niger 1-10 day forecast, Niger HYPE model performance, Nutrient inflow to the Baltic sea.
  • In all applications the out of focus information is missing.

How we tested this website

We have performed a self-assessment (internal testing) of Hypeweb.

The last assessment was made on 16 June, 2020.

The statement was last updated on 16 June, 2020.