Leading hydrologist
D.Sci. (Tech.)
© Kai Widell
Contact information
email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel. +358 29 525 1159
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Climate solutions
Hydrological Forecasting
Latokartanonkaari 11
FIN-00790 Helsinki
Finland
Twitter @NooraVei
Present role
I work as a leading hydrologist at Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) in the Climate Solutions Unit in Hydrological Forecasting group. My work includes project management and research related to watershed modelling and climate change impacts on water resources, floods and droughts in Finland.
Expertise
- watershed modelling, hydrological modelling
- Climate change impacts on water resources
- floods, droughts, risk assessment
- climate scenarios in impact assessments
- climate change adaptation measures
- flood forecasts
Background
I have worked in Syke since 2002 in projects related to watershed modelling and climate change impact assessment. I graduated as Master of Science in 2004 from Helsinki University of Technology. In 2012 I defended my doctoral thesis with a title ”Estimation of climate change impacts on hydrology and floods in Finland” at Aalto University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. I also worked as head of unit of the Watershed Modelling Unit in SYKEs Freshwater center between March 2021 and December 2022.
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