Tuija I. Pulkkinen

Tuija Pulkkinen, Research professor
Earth Observation, Head
Finnish Meteorological Institute
POBox 503, FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland

Street address:
Erik Palmenin aukio 1
FI-00560 Helsinki
Rm 3D22A

Contact :
Phone : +358-9-1929 4654
Fax : +358-9-1929 4603
E-mail : tuija.pulkkinen 'at' fmi.fi
Home page at the FMI site

Professional:

Research interests

Sun-Earth connection physics (see space plasma physics at FMI)
Large-scale magnetospheric modeling: MHD simulations and empirical modeling
Geomagnetic storms and substorms: Especially ILWS
Auroral electrodynamics: The MIRACLE network consists of
an All-sky camera network,
the IMAGE magnetometer chain, and
the CUTLASS / SuperDARN radars

Research Career

MSc, University of Helsinki, 1987
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 1992
Scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute 1988 - 2000
Visiting scientist at the Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center during 1990, 1991, 1992
Visiting research associate (Fulbright scholar) at the Laboratory for
Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, 1996-1997
Visiting professor and IGPP Scholar at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2005-2006
Research Professor at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, 2000-
Head of the Space Research Unit, 2004-2007
Head of the Earth Observation Unit, 2008-

Links

Home address: Urheilukatu 46 A 6, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland

Married with Pentti Pulkkinen, son Artturi born in 1994