| Expert Name | Mrs. Lea Marjatta Leskinen |
| Title | International Relations Coordinator |
| Division | |
| Institution | Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) |
| City | 00101 Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Telephone | 358 9 19292220 |
| Email | lea.leskinen(at)fmi.fi |
| Work Experience | WMO Expert in Sudan as a Chief Technical Advisor in the project "Rehabilitation of the Sudan Meteorological Dept" in 1989-91 (two years).
WMO Expert in SADC Region based in Tanzania, as a Regional Expert in Climatological Data Processing in the project "Rehabilitation of Meteorological Services in SADC Countries", in 1992-93 (14 months).
Coordinator of Agrometeorological Services in Finland, 1993-96 (FMI).
Expert in Air Pollution dispersion with specialisation in traffic and industrial pollutants in FMI; both as participant of different projects and independent studies (1978-1986). |
| Qualifications | BSc (Meteorology), Univ. of Helsinki, 1971 |
| Number of Publications | 10 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | 1. Member of the WMO Commission for Agrometeorology (CAgM) since 1994.
2. Member of the WMO/CAgM Working Group on Data Management in Agrometeorology since
3. Tasks as WMO consultant as an expert on data processing and climatological applications.
4. Secretary of the Finnish party of the Joint Finnish-Russian Working Group on Air Pollution in 1983- |
| Publications | 1. Leskinen, Lea, 1984: The application of a street canyon model to two Helsinki streets. The science Environment, Vol. 33, p. 285-286, Elsevier Science Publisher B.V., Netherlands.
2. Leskinen, Lea, 1985: Meteorological conditions in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers Environmental Report 1985:2. Gothenburg, Sweden.
3. Jokinen, Risto and Leskinen, Lea, 1985: Air pollutants from road traffic: a calculation method and situation in Helsinki, 1985. Publications of the City of Helsinki, LB:9/85; 36 pages (in Finnish).
4. Leskinen, Lea (as the secretary of the Research section of the Advisory Board for Air Pollution Control); 1986: Research Program for Air Pollution Quality Management 1986-1990 (in Finnish with English Summary), Ministry of Environment, Serie A/42, Helsinki.
5. Leskinen, Lea; 1995; Meteorological services to Agriculture in Finland. Proceedings of the Workshop on Weather Information and Plant Protection, Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Scien |
| Discipline | Atmospheric Sciences |
| Last updated | 09/05/2007 11:15:00 |
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