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Ari Venäläinen is a researcher affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Finland. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change.

Their research spans several specialized subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • General Health Professions
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Philosophy

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Ari Venäläinen has an active publication record with research appearing in various scientific journals. They have contributed papers to venues such as:

  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Biogeosciences
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Climate change induces multiple risks to boreal forests and forestry in Finland: A literature review, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Reviews and syntheses: Arctic fire regimes and emissions in the 21st century, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • The relationship between fire activity and fire weather indices at different stages of the growing season in Finland, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • The projected 21st century forest-fire risk in Finland under different greenhouse gas scenarios, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Spatio-temporal divergence in the responses of Finland's boreal forests to climate variables, 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Heli Peltola
  • Mikko Laapas
  • Kimmo Ruosteenoja
  • Ilari Lehtonen
  • Veli-Pekka Ikonen

Best Publications

  • Climate change induces multiple risks to boreal forests and forestry in Finland: A literature review

    Ari Venäläinen;Ilari Lehtonen;Mikko Laapas;Kimmo Ruosteenoja

  • Spatial interpolation of monthly climate data for Finland: comparing the performance of kriging and generalized additive models

    Juha Aalto;Pentti Pirinen;Juha Heikkinen;Ari Venäläinen

  • Seasonal soil moisture and drought occurrence in Europe in CMIP5 projections for the 21st century

    Kimmo Ruosteenoja;Tiina Markkanen;Ari Venäläinen;Petri Räisänen

  • Annual and seasonal mean temperatures in Finland during the last 160 years based on gridded temperature data

    Hanna Tietäväinen;Heikki Tuomenvirta;Ari Venäläinen

  • Impact of climate change on soil frost under snow cover in a forested landscape

    Ari Venäläinen;Heikki Tuomenvirta;Martti Heikinheimo;Seppo Kellomäki

  • Reviews and syntheses: Arctic fire regimes and emissions in the 21st century

    Jessica L. McCarty;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Ville-Veikko Paunu;Steve R. Arnold

  • Impacts of climate change on timber production and regional risks of wind-induced damage to forests in Finland

    H. Peltola;V.-P. Ikonen;H. Gregow;H. Strandman

  • Climate Change Promotes the Emergence of Serious Disease Outbreaks of Filarioid Nematodes

    Sauli Laaksonen;Jyrki Pusenius;Jouko Kumpula;Ari Venäläinen

  • Scavenging of ultrafine particles by rainfall at a boreal site: observations and model estimations

    C. Andronache;T. Gronholm;L. Laakso;Vaughan Phillips

  • Impact of stand structure on surface fire ignition potential in Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris forests in southern Finland

    Heidi Tanskanen;Ari Venäläinen;Pasi Puttonen;Anders Granström

  • Arvioita Suomen muuttuvasta ilmastosta sopeutumistutkimuksia varten. ACCLIM-hankkeen raportti 2009

    Kirsti Jylhä;Kimmo Ruosteenoja;Jouni Räisänen;Ari Venäläinen

  • Production of the Finnish Wind Atlas

    Bengt Tammelin;Timo Vihma;Evgeny Atlaskin;Jake Badger

  • Influence of clear-cutting on the risk of wind damage at forest edges

    Hongcheng Zeng;Heli Peltola;Ari Talkkari;Ari Venäläinen

  • Trends in phenology of Betula pubescens across the boreal zone in Finland.

    Eeva Pudas;Mirva Leppälä;Anne Tolvanen;Jarmo Poikolainen

  • Effect of mild winter events on soil water content beneath snowpack

    Raimo Sutinen;Pekka Hänninen;Ari Venäläinen

  • Meteorological data for agricultural applications

    Ari Venäläinen;Martti Heikinheimo

  • Projections for the duration and degree days of the thermal growing season in Europe derived from CMIP5 model output

    Kimmo Ruosteenoja;Jouni Räisänen;Ari Venäläinen;Matti Kämäräinen

  • Climate impact on suicide rates in Finland from 1971 to 2003.

    Reija Ruuhela;Laura Hiltunen;Ari Venäläinen;Pentti Pirinen

  • Temporal variations and change in forest fire danger in Europe for 1960–2012

    A. Venäläinen;N. Korhonen;O. Hyvärinen;N. Koutsias

  • Momentum and heat fluxes over lakes Tämnaren and Råksjö determined by the bulk-aerodynamic and eddy-correlation methods

    M. Heikinheimo;M. Kangas;T. Tourula;A. Venäläinen

  • Integrating the risk of wind damage into forest planning

    T. Heinonen;T. Pukkala;V.-P. Ikonen;H. Peltola

  • Growing season precipitation in Finland under recent and projected climate

    J. S. Ylhäisi;H. Tietäväinen;Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;A. Venäläinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Heli Peltola
Heli Peltola University of Eastern Finland
Heikki Tuomenvirta
Heikki Tuomenvirta Finnish Meteorological Institute
Seppo Kellomäki
Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki
Jouni Räisänen
Jouni Räisänen University of Helsinki
Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio
Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio Natural Resources Institute Finland
Timo Pukkala
Timo Pukkala University of Eastern Finland
Kai-Yun Wang
Kai-Yun Wang East China Normal University
Erik Kjellström
Erik Kjellström Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Timo Kuuluvainen
Timo Kuuluvainen University of Helsinki

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