CV Ari Venäläinen

Fields of expertise
Applied climatological research
Agricultural and forest meteorology
Development cooperation
Climate change impact studies
Soil moisture, drought, forest fire danger estimation
University and other degrees
2004: Docent (Meteorology), University of Helsinki
1998: PhD (Meteorology), University of Helsinki
Previous professional appointments
2009 December – 2010 December, Project Manager, SADC Meteorology Project Inception Base (based in Pretoria, South Africa)
2008 January – 2009 November, Head of "Climate research and applications" group, Finnish Meteorological Institute
2004 February – 2007 December, Head of "Climate Service" group, Finnish Meteorological Institute
1991 August - 2004 February, Senior researcher, Finnish Meteorological Institute
1988 June – 1991 May, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) regional data processing expert in SADCC-countries (based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
1984–1988 May, Researcher, Finnish Meteorological Institute
List of publications
Most publications can be found: