CV Leena Leppänen

Title Scientist
Contact leena.leppanen@fmi.fi
Postal address Tähteläntie 62, 99600 Sodankylä
Phone number +358 406707133

Fields of expertise

  • in-situ snow measurements

  • snow microstructure

  • snow physics

  • Arctic and Antarctic snow

  • remote sensing of snow

  • microwave radiometry

  • optical spectrometry

Projects

  • EXceptional Queen mAud Land Ice mass Balance incRease – causes and effects (EXQALIBR) funded by Research Council of Finland

  • Finnish-Kyrgyz Meteorology Project (FINKMET) funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland’s Institutional Co-operation Instrument

  • Polar Research Infrastructure Network (POLARIN) funded by Horizon Europe POLARIN – Polar Research Infrastructure Network

  • INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) Non-Profit Association INPA

  • UArctic Thematic Network on Nordic Snow Network (NordSnowNet) UArctic - University of the Arctic - Nordic Snow Network (NordSnowNet)

University and other degrees

  • 2020: Ph.D. (Doctoral programme in Atmospheric Sciences), University of Helsinki, Finland

  • 2012: B.Sc. (astronomy), University of Oulu, Finland

  • 2012: M.SC. (astronomy), University of Oulu, Finland