CV Petteri Taalas

Title Director General

E-mail petteri.taalas@fmi.fi

Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O.Box 503, FI-00101 HELSINKI

Street address Erik Palménin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki

Phone number +358 9 1929 2200

Fields of expertise

• Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute 2007-
• Director of WMO Development and Regional Activities Dept, 2005-2007
• Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute 2002-2005
• Research professor 2001-2002, Remote sensing (satellites)
• Head of research, Meteorological Res. Dept 1996-2001, leader of ozone research unit
• Docent Univ. Kuopio 1997
• Senior scientist at Weather Dept 1989-1996, stratospheric ozone and UV research
• Scientist 1986-1989, Air Quality Dept: dispersion modelling, tropospheric chemistry
• Weather technician 1983-86 at several airports
• Chairman of EUMETSAT Council 2010-
• Delegate and Chairman of national committee to IPCC 2007-
• Vice-chairman of EUMETSAT Council 2007-2009
• Chairman of EUMETNET Council 2003-2005
• Member of ECMWF Council 2002-
• Member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2009-
• Vice-chairman of European Commission Committee for Atmospheric Sciences 1995-2003

University and other degrees

• PhD in Meteorology, Univ. Helsinki 1993
• Management training: Helsinki Univ. Economics, Leonardo da Vinci Univ., Paris
• Naval Academy 1981, National Defense Course 2003

List of publications

Author of ~50 peer-reviewed papers on satellite technology, global change, climate & atmospheric chemistry, dozens of other publications & presentations.