CV Sami Niemelä
Title Director, Meteorological and Marine Research Programme
Contact sami.niemela@fmi.fi
Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Meteorological Research, P.O.Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki
Street address Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
Phone number +358 29 539 4172
Fax +358 29 539 4103
Fields of expertise
High resolution numerical weather prediction models
Convection processes and parameterization schemes
Radiation processes and parameterization schemes
Microphysics processes and parametrization schemes
Forecast verification
University and other degrees
2000: M.Sc. (Meteorology), University of Helsinki, Finland
2007: PhD (Meteorology), University of Helsinki, Finland
Previous professional appointments
University of Helsinki, Research Assistant and Assistant: 1998-2004
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Researcher: 2004-2009
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Head of the Numerical Weather Prediction Group: 2009-2015
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Head of the Meteorological Research Unit: 2015-2017