CV Anders Lindfors
Title Research Professor (tenure track) and Head of Group (Meteorological Research Applications)
Contact Anders.Lindfors@fmi.fi
Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Street address Erik Palménin aukio 1, FI-00560 Helsinki
Phone number +358 29 539 2112
Fax +358 29 539 3503
Fields of expertise
- Solar Radiation and Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Atmospheric Radiation
- Earth Observation
- Clouds and Aerosol
Projects
- BC-DC: Cloud Computing as an Enabler of Large Scale Variable Distributed Energy Solutions: Bright Clouds – Dark Clouds (Strategic Research Council, 2015-2020)
- Sentinel 5 Level 2 Prototype Prosessor satellite UV algorithm development (European Space Agency, 2016-2017)
- Influence of Clouds and Atmospheric Aerosols on Solar Energy in India and Finland (Academy of Finland, 2015-2017)
- TROPOMI (S5-P) UV Product (2013-2017)
- Evaluation of Solar Energy Potential in Östersundom, Helsinki (LADEC Oy, 2013-2014)
- Pyranometer-Based Assessment of the Effect of Clouds and Aerosols on Atmospheric Radiation (Academy of Finland, 2010-2012)
- Using Earth Observations to Test Climate Model Feedbacks (UK National Centre for Earth Observation, 2009-2011)
- PROMOTE UV Record (ESA, 2008-2009)
- SCOUT-O3 (European Commission, 2004-2009)
University and other degrees
- Adjunct Professor (Docent), Atmospheric Radiation Research, University of Eastern Finland, Sep 2012
- Ph. D., Meteorology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2008: "Reconstruction of past UV radiation"
- M. Sc., Meteorology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Dec 2002
Previous professional appointments
- 2016/Mar–, Research Professor (tenure track), Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2011/Jul–2016/Feb, Senior Research Scientist, Kuopio Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
- 2009/Jun–2011/Jun, Post Doctoral Research Associate, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, and Research Scientist, Climate Change Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2008/Jan–2009/May Head of Research Cell, UV Radiation and Aerosol Optical Properties, Climate Change Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2001/Aug–2007/Dec Research Scientist, UV Radiation Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2000/May–2001/May Meteorologist and TV Meteorologist, Central Forecasting, Finnish Meteorological Institute