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CURRICULUM VITAE Samuli Launiainen

1. Personal details

2. Education and degrees completed

  • 01.05.2014 Title of Docent (Forest Meteorology and Hydrology), University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • 07.01.2011 Ph.D. (Meteorology), University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 24.02.2006 M.Sc. (Meteorology), University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 29.03.2022 Specialist vocational qualification in leadership and business management, Luksia, Finland

3. Current position

  • 01.09.2021– Principal Scientist, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)

4. Previous work experience

  • 01.01.2016– 31.8.2021 Academy Research Fellow, LUKE
  • 01.01.2015 – 31.08.2016 Senior researcher, LUKE
  • 01.08.2010 – 31.12.2014 Senior researcher, Finnish Forest Research Institute
  • 01.04.2006 – 30.06.2010 Doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics
  • 01.01.2004 – 28.02.2006 Research assistant, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics
  • 15.5.2002 - 15.09.2002 Research assistant, Finnish Marine Research Institute

5. Research funding and grants

Research grants as the main applicant or consortium PI (> 2.5 M€)

  • 01.09.2025-31.8.2029 Research Counsil of Finland (371514): Transformed drained peatlands - Terrae Incognitae, 496 720€. With Annamari Laurén (Univ. Helsinki), total 996 698€
  • 01.09.2023-31.8.2027 Research Counsil of Finland (356138): LS-HYDRO: From forest structure to hydrological function – merging dense Earth Observation data and process-models (LS-HYDRO), 495 926€. With Eetu Puttonen (FGI), total 995 926€
  • 01.09.2022-31.8.2026 Academy of Finland (348102): Precision nutrient management - a tool for mitigation of climate change and environmental loading in boreal forestry (PREFER), 299 942€. With Heli Peltola (UEF) and Marjo Palviainen (Univ. Helsinki), total 999 942€
  • 01.01.2020-31.12.2023 FORMAS, Sweden: Innovative modelling approaches for the identification of boreal forest management strategies under a changing climate (ForClimStress). With Giulia Vico,(SLU, Sweden), total 542 000€
  • 1.4.2021-31.12.2022 LUKE strategic funding, Hydrology of tropical anb boreal peatlands (HYDROPE) 180 000€
  • 1.9.2016-31.8.2021 Academy of Finland Academy Research Fellow (296116, 307192,327180): Climate impacts of boreal bryophytes – from functional traits to global models (CLIMOSS), Academy of Finland (296116), 909 069€
  • 01.01.2008-30.6.2010 Academy of Finland Centre Excellence program, Finnish Doctoral School full-time PhD-funding

Significant role as co-applicant (>1.6 M€)

  • 9/2025 - 9/2026 Valtioneuvosto / Government of Finland: Hiilinielujen ja -varastojen tutkimuksen ja havainnointijärjestelmän kehittämishanke (HIKET) / Development of research and monitoring tools for land-use sector carbon sinks and stocks (HIKET), Luke 1 800 000€, Tot consortium 8 000 000€. Role: WP leader.
  • 9/2021-8/2024 Academy of Finland: Novel intra-molecular isotopic approach to infer past climate and plant responses from tree-ring archives (MoleO, no. 343059) to Katja Rinne-Garmston, LUKE 500 000€. Role: ecological modeling
  • 9/2020 – 8/2024 Academy of Finland (332172): Trafficability Prediction and Route Planning for Forest Machines (TRAM) to Jukka Heikkonen (Univ. Turku) and Leena Finér (Luke). 400 127 €, tot. consortium: 794 000€ Role: Concept, methodology, Luke PI 1/2021 –
  • 2016-2017 Academy of Finland Advanced computational methodologies on open big data for forest terrain trafficability monitoring and forecasting (FOTETRAF) to Leena Finér (Luke) 297 632€. Role: Design of hydrological modeling
  • 2010-2013 Finnish Bioeconomy cluster FIBIC, Value through Intensive and Efficient Fibre Supply (EFFIBRE); PI Jari Hynynen, 320 000€. Role: Forest hydrology and water footprints

6. Leadership and supervision experience

Post-doc supervision

  • Aura Salmivaara, 3/2016-4/2020 (now Researcher at Luke); forest machine trafficability and spatial analysis
  • Antti-Jussi Kieloaho, 5/2017 – 5/2019 (now Senior Specialist at Luke), ecohydrological and physiological modeling and programming
  • Mingfu Guan, 6/2017-6/2018 (Luke, currently Ass. Prof. at University of HongKong); spatial hydrological modeling
  • Kersti Leppä, 12/2017-8/2020 (now Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at Luke); ecohydrology of drained peatland forests; ecosystem modeling
  • Pavel Alekseychik, 9/2018-8/2022 (now Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at Luke), drone-based thermal and multispectral imaging for micrometeorological and ecological research

PhD-supervision

  • Toprak Aslan, 2/2019-1/2025, Biophysical and biogeochemical impacts of boreal forest thinning. University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Jari-Pekka Nousu, 8/2020-11/2024, Modeling spatiotemporal hydrology at high-latitudes, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Parsa Parvizi, 9/2024-, Spatial ecohydrology at high latitudes, University of Oulu, Finland

Project leadership

  • PI Luke’s Ecosystem Modeling Lab and Academy Research Fellow Project CLIMOSS (2016-2021)
  • PI Trafficability Prediction and Route Planning for Forest Machines (TRAM, Academy of Finland 2021-) & ForClimStress (2020-)
  • PI Precision nutrient management - a tool for mitigation of climate change and environmental loading in boreal forestry (PREFER, 9/2022-)
  • PI LS-HYDRO: From forest structure to hydrological function – merging dense Earth Observation data and process-models, 9/2023-
  • Coordinator of Luke’s Eddy-Covariance and greenhouse gas infrastructure development (2021-)

7. Teaching experience and pedagogical competence

  • University pedagogics (10ETC, University of Helsinki, 2009)

  • Specialist vocational qualification in leadership and business management, Luksia, Finland, 2022.

  • Lectured courses: Forest-Atmosphere Interactions (2008, University of Helsinki); Forest Soil Hydrology (2013, University of Eastern Finland)

  • Assistant / guest lecturer: Forest-Atmosphere Interactions (2006); Boundary-layer physics I (2006, 2009); Boundary-layer physics II (2007); Principles in Environmental Physics I (2009); Impacts of silviculture on greenhouse gas emissions and biogeochemical cycles (2010)

8. Research outputs

9. Other key scientific or academic merits

  • Pre-examiner of doctoral theses: Pekka Rantala, 2016 (Univ. Helsinki); Yao Gao, 2016 (Univ. Helsinki); Xin Jia, 2017 (Univ. Eastern Finland); Tom Kokkonen, 2019 (Univ. Helsinki)
  • Reviewer in peer-reviewed journals (2006--): Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Atmospheric Environment, Biogeosciences, Canadian Journal of Forest Research Ecological Modeling, Environmental Modeling and Software, Forest Ecology and Management, Frontiers of Plant Science, Hydrological and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Royal Society Interfaces, Nature Communications, Tellus, series B, Plant and Soil, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Water Resources Research

10. Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies

  • Member of European Geoscientific Union 2017-
  • Member of Finnish Water Association 2023-

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Feb 18th, 2026.

Samuli Launiainen

Date of birth: Nov 10, 1978

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-6573

WoS Researcher ID: AAS-9180-2021

Principal Researcher

Natural Resources Institute Finland,

Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki

samuli.launiainen@luke.fi

+358 40 8672426

Articles in Review (6)

  1. Holmström, E., Virjonen, P., Nevalainen, P., Salmivaara, A., Kulju, S., Ala-Ilomäki, J., Häkli, P., Heikkonen, J. and Launiainen, S.. 2026. Predicting deep rutting in forest operations using open spatial and forest machine data. Eur. J. For. Res. (submitted)
  2. Alekseychik, P. K., Peltoniemi, M., Mäkipää, R., Tuominen, V., Laurila, T., Jones, H., Müller, M., Lopatin, E., Rautakoski, H., Vesala, T., and Launiainen, S.: Drought responses of a Norway spruce forest on drained peat soil: combining sap-flow sensors, eddy-covariance, soil and UAV data, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-568, 2026.
  3. Zelnik, Y., Launiainen, S., and Vico, G. 2026. Balancing Productivity and Reliability in Fire-Prone Boreal Forests. J. Environ. Manag. (in review)
  4. Peltola, O., Tikkasalo, O.-P., Nousu, J.-P., Rinne, J., Launiainen, S. 2026. Impact of atmospheric and soil droughts on northern European boreal coniferous forests carbon balance: evidence from long-term flux data. Global Change Biol. (submitted)
  5. Tang, H., Launiainen, S., Vira, J., Kulmala, L., Palosuo, T., Aaltonen, H., Nevalainen, O., Fer, I., Vekuri, H., Nousu, J.-P., Korkiakoski, M. Liski, J. 2025. Hydraulic traits regulate productivity and drought resistance in boreal crops. Biogeosciences, egusphere-2025-5972
  6. Männistö, E., et al. Short-term impacts of nitrogen fertilization on the cover of vascular plant and moss species in boreal Scots pine and Norway spruce stands. Silva Fennica, submitted (13.10.2025)

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles (total 99)

  1. Korrensalo, A., Mäkiranta, P., Laiho, R., Anttila, J., Launiainen, S., Minkkinen, K., Mehtätalo, L., Mäkipää, R., Penttilä, T., Saarinen, M.a, Sarkkola, S., and Ojanen, P. 2026: Effect of tree harvesting on heterotrophic soil respiration in boreal drained peatland forests. For. Ecol. Manag. (accepted)
  2. Leppä, K., Szejner, P., Angove, C., Young, G., Blokhina, O., Fagerstedt, K., Kahmen, A., Launiainen, S., Mo, L., Nelson, D., Richter, A., Sahlstedt, E., Schiestl-Aalto, P. Tang, Y. and Rinne-Garmston, K. 2025. Interpreting inter- and intra-annual environmental signals in tree-ring δ18O. Tree Phys. (accepted Feb 18, 2026)
  3. Juola J., Rautiainen M., Peltola H., Launiainen S., Hovi A. 2025. Nitrogen fertilization has a small but a detectable effect on the spectral properties of needles in Norway spruce. For. Ecol. Manag. (accepted 10.09.2025)
  4. Launiainen S., Ahtikoski A., Rinne J., Ojanen P., Hökkä H. 2025. Rewetting drained boreal peatland forests does not mitigate climate warming in the twenty-first century. Ambio 54, 2107–2117 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02225-6
  5. Shurpali N., Peltola O., Li Y., Manninen P., Semberg S., Launiainen S., Louhisuo A., Rinne J., Järvinen M., Virkajärvi P., Martikainen P. GHG balance, its seasonality and response to soil type and management of northern agricultural grasslands: Eddy-covariance flux measurements from three adjacent fields in Finland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 393, 2025, 109841, ISSN 0167-8809, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109841.
  6. Zelnik Y., Launiainen S., Vico G. 2025. Managing for heterogeneity reduces fire risk in boreal forest landscapes - a model analysis. Ecol. Mod. , 509, p.111222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111222
  7. Muhonen O., Peltola H., Lauren A., Ikonen V.-P., Nevalainen J., Pikkarainen L., Kilpeläinen A., Launiainen S., Palviainen M. 2025. Spatial evenness of fertilization and short-term volume growth responses of Scots pine and Norway spruce to fertilization intensity. Silva Fennica vol. 59 no. 1 article id 24026. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.24026
  8. Tikkasalo O.-P., Peltola O., Alekseychik P., Heikkinen J., Launiainen S., Lehtonen A., Qian L., Martinez-García E., Peltoniemi M., Salovaara P., Tuominen V., & Mäkipää R. 2025. Eddy covariance fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O on a drained peatland forest after clearcutting. Biogeosciences, 22, 1277–1300, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1277-2025
  9. Jetsonen J., Laurén A., Peltola H., Laurén K., Launiainen S., Palviainen M. 2025. Volume growth responses of Scots pine and Norway spruce to nitrogen fertilization: quantitative synthesis of fertilization experiments in Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 59 no. 1 article id 24041. 17 p. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.24041
  10. Palosuo T., Heikkinen J., Hilasvuori E., Kulmala L., Launiainen S., Lehtilä A., Leinonen I., Liimatainen M., Salminen M., Shurpali N., Silfver T., Soinne H., Vira J., Liski J. 2025. Demands and possibilities for field-scale estimation of agricultural greenhouse gas balances. Catena 249 (2025): 108649, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108649
  11. Nousu, J.-P., Leppä, K., Marttila, H., Ala-Aho, P., Mazzotti, G., Manninen, T., Aurela, M., Korkiakoski, M., Lohila, A., Launiainen, S. 2024. Multi-scale soil moisture data and process-based modeling reveal the importance of lateral groundwater flow in a subarctic catchment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 4643–4666, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4643-2024
  12. Pulliainen J., Aurela M., Aalto T., Böttcher K., Cohen J., Derksen C., Heimann M., Helbig M., Kolari P., Kontu A., Krasnova A., Launiainen S., Lemmetyinen J., Lindqvist H., Lindroth A., Lohila A., Luojus K., Mammarella I., Markkanen T., Nevala E., Noe S., Peichl M., Pumpanen J., Rautiainen K., Salminen M., Sonnentag O., Takala M., Thum T., Vesala T., Vestin P. 2024. Increase in gross primary production of boreal forests balanced out by increase in ecosystem respiration. Remote Sensing of Environment, 313, 114376, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114376.
  13. Palviainen M., Pumpanen J., Mosquera V., Hasselquist E.M., Laudon H., Ostonen I., Kull A., Renou Wilson F., Peltomaa E., Könönen M., Launiainen S., Peltola H., Ojala A. and Laurén A. 2024. Extending the SUSI peatland simulator to include dissolved organic carbon formation, transport and biodegradation-Proper water management reduces lateral carbon fluxes and improves carbon balance. Science of the Total Environment, 950, p.175173.
  14. Salmivaara A., Holmström E., Kulju S., Ala-Ilomäki J., Virjonen P., Nevalainen P., Heikkonen J. and Launiainen S. 2024. High-resolution harvester data for estimating rolling resistance and forest trafficability. Eur. J. Forest Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-024-01717-6
  15. Aslan T., Launiainen S., Kolari P., Peltola O., Aalto J., Back J., Vesala T., Mammarella I. 2024. Thinning turned boreal forest to a carbon source - short term effects of partial harvest on carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes. Agric. For. Met. 356, 110069, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110061
  16. Tupek B., Lehtonen A., Yurova A., Abramoff R., Manzoni S., Guenet B., Bruni E., Launiainen S., Peltoniemi M., Hashimoto S., Tian X., Heikkinen J., Minkkinen K., and Mäkipää R. 2024. Modeling boreal forest’s mineral soil and peat C stock dynamics with Yasso07 model coupled with updated moisture modifier. Geo. Sci. Model. Dev. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5349-2024
  17. Voigt C., Dubbert M., Launiainen S., Porada P., Oestmann J., and Piayda A. 2024. Impact of vegetation composition and seasonality on sensitivity of modelled CO2 exchange in temperate raised bogs. Sci Rep 14, 11023 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61229-6
  18. Metzler H., Launiainen S., Vico G. 2024. Amount of carbon fixed, transit time and fate of harvested wood products define the climate change mitigation potential of boreal forest management - A model analysis. Ecol. Mod., 491, May 2024, 110694, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110694
  19. Nousu, J.-P., Lafaysse, M., Mazzotti, G., Ala-aho, P., Marttila, H., Cluzet, B., Aurela, M., Lohila, A., Kolari, P., Boone, A., Fructus, M., and Launiainen, S. 2024. Modelling snowpack dynamics and surface energy budget in boreal and subarctic peatlands and forests. Cryosphere https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-231-2024
  20. Tikkasalo O.-P., Leppä K., Launiainen S., Peltoniemi M., Mäkipää R., Rinne-Garmston K., Sahlstedt E., Young G. H.F., Bokareva A., Lohila A., Korkiakoski M., Schiestl-Aalto P., Lehtonen A. 2023. Modelling the response of Norway spruce tree ring carbon and oxygen isotopes to selection harvest on a drained peatland forest. Tree Phys. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad119
  21. Lehtonen A., Eyvindson K., Härkönen K., Leppä K., Salmivaara A., Peltoniemi M., Salminen O., Sarkkola S., Launiainen S., Ojanen P., Räty M., Mäkipää R. 2023. Could continuous cover forestry on drained peatlands increase the carbon sink of Finnish forests? Sci Rep 13, 15510 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42315-7
  22. Anttila J., Tikkasalo O.-P, Hölttä T., Lintunen A., Vainio E., Leppä K., Haikarainen I.P., Koivula H., Ghasemi Falk H., Kohl L., Launiainen S., Pihlatie M. 2023. Model of methane transport in tree stems: case study of sap flow and radial diffusion. Plant Cell Environ. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14718
  23. Eyvindson K., Launiainen S., Leppä K., Repo A., Salmivaara A., Lehtonen, A. 2023. Quantifying forest management impacts on GHG emissions from drained peatland forests: Balancing production and climate goals. Can. J. For. Res 17 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0101
  24. Salmivaara A., Leinonen A., Palviaine M., Korhonen N., Launiainen S., Tuomenvirta H., Ukonmaanaho L, Finér L., Laurén A. 2023. Exploring the Role of Weather and Forest Management on Nutrient Export in Boreal Forested Catchments using Spatially Distributed Model. Forests, 14, 89, https://doi.org/10.3390/f14010089
  25. Porada P., Bader M.Y., Berdugo M.B., Colesie C., Ellis C.J., Giordani P., Herzschuh U., Ma Y., Launiainen S., Nascimbene J., Petersen I., Raggio Quílez J., Rodríguez-Caballero E., Rousk K., Sancho L.G., Scheidegger C., Seitz S., Van Stan II J.T., Veste M., Weber B., Weston D.J. 2022. A research agenda for non-vascular vegetation under climate change. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18631
  26. Launiainen S., Kieloaho A.-J., Lindroos A.-J., Salmivaara A., Ilvesniemi H., Heiskanen J. 2022. Water retention characteristics of mineral forest soils in Finland: impacts for modeling soil moisture. Forests 13(11):1797. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111797
  27. Peltola O., Aurela M., Launiainen S., Katul G.G. 2022. Probing the eddy size and its effective mixing length in stably stratified roughness sublayer flows. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4386
  28. Stenberg L., Leppä K., Launiainen S., Laurén A., Hökkä H., Sarkkola S., Saarinen M. and Nieminen M. 2022. Measuring and modeling the effect of strip cuttings on water table in drained peatland forests. Forests. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13071134
  29. Leppä K., Tang Y., Ogee J., Launiainen S., Khamen A., Kolari P., Sahlstedt E., Saurer M., Schiestl-Aalto P., Rinne-Garmston K. 2022. Explicitly accounting for needle sugar pool size crucial for predicting intra-seasonal dynamics of needle carbohydrates d18O and d13C. New Phytol. https://doi:10.1111/nph.18227
  30. Launiainen S., Katul G., Leppä K., Kolari P., Aslan T., Grönholm T., Korhonen L., Mammarella I., Vesala T. 2021. Does growing atmospheric CO2 explain increasing carbon sink in a boreal coniferous forest? Global Change Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16117
  31. Pang X., Gu X.,Launiainen S., Guan M. 2021. Urban hydrological responses to climate change and urbanization in cold climates. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153066
  32. Tyystjärvi V., Kemppinen J., Luoto M., Aalto T., Markkanen T., Launiainen S., Kieloaho A-J, Aalto J. 2021. Modelling spatio-temporal soil moisture dynamics in mountain tundra. Hydrological Processes.2022;36:e14450 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14450
  33. Aaltonen H., Tuukkanen T., Palviainen M., Laurén A., Tattari S., Piirainen S., Mattsson T., Ojala A.,Launiainen S., Finér L. 2021. Controls of organic carbon and nutrient export from pristine and managed boreal forested catchments. Water, 13(17), 2363; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13172363
  34. Alekseychik P., Korrensalo A., Mammarella I., Launiainen S., Tuittila E.-S., Korpela I., Vesala T. 2021. Carbon balance of a Finnish bog: temporal variability and limiting factors. Biogeosciences 18, 4681–4704, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4681-2021
  35. Laurén A., Guan M., Salmivaara A., Leinonen A., Palviainen M., Launiainen S. 2021. NutSpaFHy - A Distributed Nutrient Balance Model To Predict Nutrient Export From Managed Boreal Headwater Catchments. Forests 2021, 12, 808. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060808
  36. Hökkä H., Laurén A., Stenberg L., Launiainen S., Leppä K., Nieminen M. 2021. Defining guidelines for ditch depth in drained peatland forests. Silva Fennica, 55 (3), https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10494
  37. Deb Burman P. K., Launiainen S., et al. 2021. Ecosystem-atmosphere carbon and water exchanges of subtropical evergreen and deciduous forests in India. For. Ecol. Manag., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119371
  38. Alekseychik, P., Katul, G. Korpela, I. and Launiainen S.: Eddies in motion: visualizing boundary-layer turbulence above an open boreal peatland using UAS thermal videos. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3501–3521, 2021; https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3501-2021
  39. Bhattacharjee J., Marttila H., Launiainen S., Lepistö A., Kløve B. 2021. Combining Landsat image analysis, land-use statistics and land-use-specific export coefficient to predict river water quality after large scale peatland drainage. Science of the Total Environment, 779 146419, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146419
  40. Lauren A., Palviainen M., Launiainen S., Leppä K., Stenberg L., Urzainki I., Nieminen M., Laiho R., Hökkä H. 2021. Drainage and stand growth response in peatland forests. Description, testing, and application of mechanistic Peatland simulator SUSI. Forests 2021, 12, 293, https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030293
  41. Leppä, K., Korkiakoski, M., Nieminen, M., Laiho, R., Hotanen, J.-P., Kieloaho, A.-J., Korpela, L., Laurila, T., Lohila, A., Minkkinen, K., Mäkipää, R., Ojanen, P., Pearson, M., Penttilä, T., Tuovinen, J.-P., and Launiainen S. 2020. Vegetation controls of water and energy balance of a drained peatland forest: responses to alternative harvesting practices. Agric. For. Meteorol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108198
  42. Leppä, K., Sarkkola, S., Peltoniemi, M., Hökkä, H., Saarinen, M., Lehtonen, A., Laiho, R., Mäkipää, R., Launiainen S., Nieminen, M. 2020. Selection cuttings as a tool to control water table level in boreal drained peatland forests. Front. Earth Sci., 09 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.576510
  43. Pastorello, G., Trotta, C., Canfora, E. et al. The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Sci Data 7, 225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3
  44. Kozii, N., Haahti, K., Tor-ngern, P., Chi, J., Hasselquist, E. M., Laudon, H., Launiainen S., Oren, R., Peichl, M., Wallerman, J., and Hasselquist, N. J. 2020. Partitioning the forest water balance within a boreal catchment using sapflux, eddy covariance and process-based model, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 24, 2999–3014, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2999-2020
  45. Ala-Ilomäki J., Salmivaara A., Siren M., Launiainen S., Finer L., Heikkonen J., Uusitalo J. 2020. Assessing extraction trail trafficability by forest harvester CAN-bus data, International Journal of Forest Engineering, 31:2, 138-145, DOI: 10.1080/14942119.2020.1748958
  46. Salmivaara, A., Launiainen S., et al. 2020. Towards dynamic Forest Trafficability Prediction using Open Spatial Data, Hydrological Modelling and Sensor Technology, Forestry 2020; 1–13, doi:10.1093/forestry/cpaa010
  47. Launiainen S., Guan M., Salmivaara A., and Kieloaho A.-J. 2019. Modeling boreal forest evapotranspiration and water balance at stand and catchment scales: a spatial approach, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 3457–3480, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3457-2019, 2019.
  48. Ruiz-Perez G., Launiainen S., and Vico G. 2019. Role of plant traits on CO2 assimilation and thermal damage avoidance under warmer and drier climates in boreal forests, Forests 2019, 10, 398; doi:10.3390/f10050398
  49. Tupek B., Launiainen S., Peltoniemi M., Sievänen R., Perttunen J., Kulmala L., Penttilä T., Hashimoto S. and Lehtonen A. 2019. Evaluating CENTURY, Yasso07, and Yasso15 soil carbon models against boreal forest soil CO2 emissions and organic carbon stocks. European Journal of Soil Science, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12805
  50. Siren M., Salmivaara A., Ala-Ilomaki J., Launiainen S., Lindeman H., Uusitalo J., Sutinen R. and Hänninen P. 2018. Predictive factors for forwarding rut formation on fine-grained soils. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 34:2, 145-154, DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2018.1562567
  51. Stenberg L., Haahti K., Hökkä H., Launiainen S., Nieminen M., Laurén A. and Koivusalo H. 2018. Hydrology of drained peatland forest: numerical experiment on the role of tree stand heterogeneity and management. Forests 2018, 9, 645; doi:10.3390/f9100645
  52. Park H., Launiainen S., Konstantinov P., Iijima Y. and Fedorov A.N. 2018. Modeling moss affected soil temperature and carbon fluxes at a tundra site of northeastern Siberia. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 123(9), 3028-3044
  53. Katul G., Peltola O., Grönholm T., Launiainen S., Mammarella I. and Vesala T. 2018. Ejective and sweeping motions above a peatland ant their role in relaxed eddy accumulation measurements and turbulent transport modeling. Boundary Layer Meteorology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-018-0372-4.
  54. Lappalainen M., Palviainen M., Kukkonen J., Setälä H., Piirainen D., Sarjala T., Koivusalo H., Finér L., Launiainen S., Laurén A. 2018. Release of carbon in different molecule size fractions from decomposing boreal mor and peat as affected by Enchytraeid worms. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 229: 240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3871-5
  55. Nieminen M., Hökkä H., Laiho R., Juutinen A., Ahtikoski A., Pearson M., Kojola S., Sarkkola S., Launiainen S., Valkonen S., Penttilä T., Lohila A., Saarinen M., Haahti K., Mäkipää R., Miettinen J. and Ollikainen M. 2018. Could continuous cover forestry be an economically and environmentally feasible management option on drained boreal peatlands? Forest Ecology and Management 424, 78-84.
  56. Salmivaara, A., Miettinen, M. Finér, L., Launiainen S., Korpunen, H., Tuominen, S., Heikkonen, J., Nevalainen, P., Sirén, M., Ala-Ilomäki, J., Uusitalo, J. 2018. Wheel rut measurements by forest machine mounted LiDAR sensor - Accuracy and potential for operational applications? International Journal of Forest Engineering; https://doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2018.1419677
  57. Nevalainen, P., Salmivaara, A., Ala-Ilomäki, J., Launiainen S., Hiedanpää, J., Finér, L., Pahikkala, T., Heikkonen, J. 2017. Estimating the Rut Depth by UAV Photogrammetry. Remote Sensing 9 12: 1279-1304.
  58. Kieloaho, A.-J., Pihlatie, M., Launiainen S., Kulmala, M., Riekkola, M.-L., Parshintsev, J., Mammarella, I., Vesala, T., and Heinonsalo, J. 2017. Soil concentrations and soil-atmosphere exchange of alkylamines in a boreal Scots pine forest, Biogeosciences, 14(5), 1075-1091.
  59. Launiainen S., Katul, G.G., Kolari, P., Lindroth, A., Lohila, A., Aurela, M., Varlagin, A., Grelle A., and Vesala, T. 2016. Do the energy fluxes and surface conductance of boreal coniferous forests in Europe scale with leaf area? Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13497
  60. Minunno, F., Peltoniemi, M., Launiainen S., Aurela, M., Lindroth, A., Lohila, A., Mammarella, I., Minkkinen, K., and Mäkelä, A. 2016. Calibration and validation of a semi-empirical flux ecosystem model for coniferous forests in the Boreal region. Ecological Modelling, 341, 37–52.
  61. Hökkä, H., Salminen, H., Ahtikoski, A., Kojola, S., Launiainen S. and Lehtonen, M. 2016. Long-term impact of ditch network maintenance on timber production, profitability and environmental loads at regional level - a simulation study. Forestry, 90(2), 234–246.
  62. Chen, Y., Ryder, Y., Bastriko, V., McGrath, M.J, Naudts, K., Otto, J., Ottlé, C., Peylin, P., Polcher, J., Valade, A., Black, A., Elbers, J.A., Moors, E., Foken, T., van Gorsel, E., Haverd, V., Heinesch, B., Tiedemann, F., Knohl, A., Launiainen S., Loustau, D., Ogée, J., Vesala, T., Luyssaert, S. 2016. Evaluating the performance of the land surface model ORCHIDEE-CAN (revision 2754) on water and energy fluxes estimation with a single- and an implicit multi-layer energy budget scheme. Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 2951–2972, 2016, www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/2951/2016/ doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2951-2016
  63. Palviainen, M., Laurén, A., Launiainen S. and Piirainen, S. 2016. Predicting the export and concentrations of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in boreal lakes by catchment characteristics and land use: a practical approach. Ambio (2016), doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0789-2
  64. Repo, T., Launiainen S., Lehto, T., Sutinen, S., Ruhanen, H., Heiskanen, J., Laurén, A., Silvennoinen, R., Vapaavuori, E., and Finér, L. 2016. The responses of Scots pine seedlings to waterlogging during growing season. Can. J. For. Res., 46.999, 1-12.
  65. Launiainen S., Katul, G.G., Kolari, P., and Lauren, A. 2015. Coupling boreal forest CO2, H2O and energy flows by a vertically structured forest canopy – soil model with separate bryophyte layer, Ecol. Mod., 312, 385–405, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.007.
  66. Palviainen M., Finér L., Laurén A., Launiainen S., Piirainen S., Mattsson T. and Starr M. 2014. Nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon and suspended solids loads from forest clearcutting and site preparation: long-term paired catchment studies from Eastern Finland. Ambio, 43(2), 218-233, 2014
  67. Laine-Kaulio H., Koivusalo H., Komarov A.S., Lappalainen M., Launiainen S. and Laurén A. 2014. Extending of the ROMUL model to simulate the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen compounds during decomposition succession of boreal mor. Ecological Modeling, 272, 277– 292, 2014.
  68. Launiainen S., Futter M., Ellison D., Clarke N., Finér L., Högbom L., Lauren A. and Ring E. 2013. Is the Water Footprint an appropriate tool for forestry and forest products – the Fennoscandian case. Ambio, 10.1007/s13280-013-0380-z, 2013.
  69. Ide J., Finér L., Laurén A., Piirainen S. and Launiainen S. 2013. Effects of clear-cutting on annual and seasonal runoff from a boreal forested catchment in Eastern Finland. Forest Ecology and Management , 304, 482 – 491, 2013.
  70. Sarkkola S., Nieminen M., Koivusalo H., Laurén A., Ahti E., Launiainen S., Nikinmaa E., Marttila H., Laine J. and Hökkä H. 2013. Domination of growing-season evapotranspiration over runoff makes ditch network maintenance in mature peatland forests questionable. Mires and Peat, 11, 2013, http://www.mires-and-peat.net/, ISSN 1819-754X.
  71. Launiainen S., Katul, G.G., Grönholm T. and Vesala T. 2013. Partitioning of ozone fluxes between canopy and forest floor by measurements and a multi-layer model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 173, 85 – 99, 2013.
  72. Alekseychik P., Mammarella I., Launiainen S., Rannik Ü. and Vesala T. 2013. Evolution of the nocturnal decoupled layer in the pine forest canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 174–175: 15–27, 2013.
  73. Laurén A., Lappalainen M, Saari P, Kukkonen J.V.K., Koivusalo H., Piirainen S., Setälä H., Sarjala T., Bylund D., Heinonen J., Nieminen M., Palviainen M., Launiainen S. and Finér L. 2012. Nitrogen and carbon dynamics and the role of Enchytraeid worms in decomposition of L, F and H layers of boreal mor. Water, Air and Soil pollution, DOI 10.1007/s11270-012-1142-4, 2012.
  74. Petäjä T., Laakso L., Grönholm T., Launiainen S., Evele-Peltoniemi I., Virkkula A., Backman J., Manninen H.E., Sipilä M., Haapanala S., Hämeri K., Vanhala E., Tuomi T., Paatero J., Aurela M., Hakola H., Makkonen U., Hellén H., Hillamo R., Vira J., Prank M., Sofiev M., Siitari-Kauppi M., Laaksonen A., Lehtinen K.E.J., Kulmala M., Viisanen Y. and Kerminen V.M. 2011. In-situ observations of Eyjafjallajökull ash particles by hot air balloon. Atmospheric Environment, 48, 104 – 112, 2012.
  75. Launiainen S., Katul G.G., Kolari P., Vesala T. and Hari P. 2011. Empirical and optimal stomatal controls on leaf and ecosystem level CO2 and H2O exchange rates. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151: 1672-1689, 2011.
  76. Huang C.-W., Launiainen S., Grönholm T. and Katul G.G. 2014. Particle deposition to forests: An alternative to K-theory. Atmospheric Environment, 94, 593 – 605, 2014.
  77. Katul G.G., Grönholm T., Launiainen S. and Vesala T. 2011. The effects of the canopy medium on dry deposition velocities of aerosol particles in the canopy sub-layer above forested ecosystems. Atmospheric Environment, 45 (5): 1203-1212, 2011.
  78. Nordbo A., Launiainen S., Mammarella I., Leppäranta M., Huotari J., Ojala A. and Vesala T. 2011. Long-term energy flux measurements and energy balance over a small boreal lake using eddy covariance technique. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 166: Art. No. DO2110 Jan 27 2011.
  79. Huotari J., Ojala A., Peltomaa E.,Nordbo A., Launiainen S., Pumpanen J., Rasilo T., Hari P. and Vesala T. Long-term direct CO2 flux measurements over a boreal lake: Five years of eddy-covariance data. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L18401, doi:10.1029/2011GL048753, 2011.
  80. Katul G.G., Grönholm T., Launiainen S. and Vesala T. 2010. Predicting the dry deposition of aerosol-sized particles using layer-resolved canopy and pipe flow analogy models: Role of turbophoresis. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 115: Art. No. D12202 Jun 17 2010.
  81. Launiainen S. 2010. Seasonal and inter-annual variability of energy exchange above a boreal Scots pine forest. Biogeosciences, 7 (12): 3921-3940, 2010.
  82. Vesala T., Launiainen S., Kolari P., Pumpanen J., Sevanto S., Hari P., Nikinmaa E., Kaski P., Mannila H., Ukkonen E., Piao S. and Ciais P. 2010. Autumn temperature and carbon balance of a boreal Scots pine forest in Southern Finland. Biogeosciences, 7 (1): 163-176, 2010.
  83. Ilvesniemi H., Levula J., Ojansuu R., Kolari P., Kulmala L., Pumpanen J., Launiainen S., Vesala T. and Nikinmaa E. 2009. Long-term measurements of the carbon balance of a boreal Scots Pine dominated forest Ecosystem. Boreal Environment Research, 14 (4): 731-753, 2009.
  84. Katul G.G., Cava D., Launiainen S. and Vesala T. 2009. An Analytical Model for the Two-Scalar Covariance Budget Inside a Uniform Dense Canopy, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 131 (2): 173-192, 2009.
  85. Kolari P., Kulmala L., Pumpanen J., Launiainen S., Ilvesniemi H., Hari P., Nikinmaa E. 2009. CO2 exchange and component CO2 fluxes of a boreal Scots pine forest, Boreal Environment Research, 14 (4): 761-783, 2009.
  86. Grönholm T., Launiainen S., Ahlm L., Mårtensson E.M., Kulmala M., Vesala T. and Nilsson E.D. 2009. Aerosol particle dry deposition to canopy and forest floor measured by two-layer eddy covariance system. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 114, D04202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010663, 2009.
  87. Mammarella I., Launiainen S., Grönholm T., Keronen P., Pumpanen J., Rannik Ü. and Vesala T. 2009. Relative humidity effect on high-frequency attenuation of water vapor flux measured by a closed-path eddy-covariance system. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26 (9): 1856-1866, 2009.
  88. Grönholm T., Haapanala S., Launiainen S., Rinne J., Vesala T. and Rannik Ü. 2007. The dependence of the beta coefficient of REA system with dynamic deadband on atmospheric conditions, Environmental Pollution, 152 (3): 597-603, 2009.
  89. Kulmala L., Launiainen S., Pumpanen J., Lankreijer H., Lindroth A., Hari P. and Vesala T. 2008. H2O and CO2 fluxes at the floor of a boreal pine forest, Tellus, 60B (2): 167-178, 2008.
  90. Lindroth A., Lagergren F., Aurela M., Bjarnadottir B., Christensen T., Dellwik E., Grelle A., Ibrom A., Johansson T., Lankreijer H., Launiainen S., Laurila T., Mölder M., Nikinmaa E., Pilegaard K., Sigurdsson B.D. and Vesala T. 2008. Leaf area index is the principal scaling parameter for both gross photosynthesis and ecosystem respiration of Northern deciduous and coniferous forests, Tellus, 60B (2): 129-142, 2008.
  91. Lagergren F., Lindroth A., Dellwik E., Ibrom A., Lankreijer H., Launiainen S., Mölder M., Kolari P., Pilegaard K. and Vesala T. 2008. Biophysical controls on CO2 fluxes of three Northern forests based on long-term eddy covariance data, Tellus, 60B (2), 143-152, 2008.
  92. Launiainen S., Vesala T., Mölder M., Mammarella I., Smolander S., Rannik Ü., Kolari P., Hari P., Lindroth A., and Katul, G.G. 2007. Vertical variability and effect of stability on turbulence characteristics down to the floor of a pine forest, Tellus, 59B (5): 919–936, 2007.
  93. Misson L., Baldocci D.D., Black T.A., Blanken P.D., Brunet Y., Curiel Yuste J., Dorsey J.R., Falk M., Granier A., Irvine M.R., Jarosz N., Lamaud E., Launiainen S., Law B.E., Longdoz B., Loustau D., McKay M., Paw U K.T., Vesala T., Vickers D., Wilson K.B. and Goldstein A.H. 2006. Partitioning Forest Carbon Fluxes with Overstory and Understory Eddy-Covariance Measurements: a Synthesis Based on FLUXNET Data, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 144 (1-2): 14-31, 2007.
  94. Pryor S.C., Larsen S.E., Sorensen L.-L., Barthelmie R.J., Grönholm T., Kulmala M., Launiainen S., Rannik Ü. and Vesala T. 2007. Particle Fluxes over Forests: Analyses on Flux Methods and Functional Dependencies, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 112 (D7): Art No D07205, doi:10.1029/2006JD008066, 2007.
  95. Vesala T., Järvi L., Launiainen S., Sogachev A., Rannik Ü., Mammarella I., Siivola E., Keronen P., Rinne J., Riikonen A. and Nikinmaa E. 2007. Surface-atmosphere interactions over complex urban terrain in Helsinki, Finland. Tellus, 60B (2): 188 -199, 2008.
  96. Vesala T., Huotari J., Rannik Ü., Suni T., Smolander S., Sogachev A., Launiainen S., Ojala A. 2006. Eddy Covariance measurements of carbon exchange and latent and sensible heat fluxes over a boreal lake for a full open-water period, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 111 (D11): Art No. D11101, doi:10.1029/2005JD006365, 2006.
  97. Pihlatie M., Rinne J., Ambus P., Pilegaard K., Dorsey J.R., Rannik Ü., Markkanen T., Launiainen S. and Vesala T. 2005. Nitrous oxide emissions from a beech forest floor measured by eddy covariance and soil enclosure techniques, Biogeosciences, 2 (4): 377-387, 2005.
  98. Launiainen S., Rinne J., Pumpanen J., Kulmala L., Kolari P., Keronen P., Siivola E., Pohja T., Hari P. and Vesala T. 2005. Eddy covariance measurements of CO2 and sensible and latent heat fluxes during a full year in a boreal pine forest trunk-space, Boreal Environment Research, 10 (6): 569-588, 2005.
  99. Hyvönen S., Junninen H., Laakso L., Dal Maso M., Grönholm T., Bonn B., Keronen P., Aalto P., Hiltunen V., Pohja T., Launiainen S., Hari P., Mannila H. and Kulmala M. 2005. A look at aerosol formation using data mining techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5: 3345-3356, 2005.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

  1. Launiainen S., Lehtonen, A., and Laurén, A. 2015. Boreaalisten metsien hiilivirrat ja varastot, in Salo, K. (ed.): Metsä – Monikäyttö ja ekosysteemipalvelut, pp. 305 – 309. Luonnonvarakeskus, Helsinki, 2015. 328 p., http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-326-123-5
  2. Rannik Ü., Launiainen S., Pumpanen J., et al. 2013. Environmental factors, in Hari P., Heliövaara K. and Kulmala L. (eds.): Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology, pp. 27 – 42. Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. 534 p.
  3. Hölttä T., Hari P., Heliövaara K., Nikinmaa E., Pumpanen J., Vesala T., Kolari P., Launiainen S., et al. 2013. Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Nutrients , in Hari P., Heliövaara K. and Kulmala L. (eds.): Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology, pp. 225 – 328. Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. 534 p.
  4. Rannik Ü., Kolari P. and Launiainen S. 2008. Environmental factors in the canopy, in Hari P. and Kulmala L. (eds.): “Boreal forest and climate change”, Advances in Global Change Research, Vol. 34, pp. 298-306, Springer, Dordrecht, 2008.

D Publications intended for professional communities

  1. Laurén A., Palviainen M., Launiainen S., Hökkä H. 2025. Turvekankaat - mainettaan parempia metsämaita. Vesitalous 1/2025: 8 - 11.
  2. Nieminen, M., Launiainen S., Sarkkola, S. and Laurén, A. 2020. Metsätalouden vesistökuormitus: nykykäsitys ja tulevaisuuden menetelmäkehitys. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 2020-10336. Katsaus. 9 s. https://doi.org/10.14214/ma.10336
  3. Laurén, A., Hökkä, H., Urzainki, I., Palviainen, M., Haahti, K., Stenberg, L., Launiainen S., Nieminen, M., and Leinonen, A. 2020. Vesiensuojelua tiedon avulla – suosimulaattori kertoo, missä kunnostusojitusta ei kannata tehdä. Vesitalous 2/2020: 25 – 27.
  4. Finér, L., Tattari, S., Launiainen S., Laurén, A., Linjama, J., Mattsson, T. ja Piirainen, S. 2015. Ajantasaista tietoa metsätalouden vesistökuormituksesta. Vesitalous 1/2016.
  5. Launiainen S., Sarkkola, S., Laurén, A., Puustinen, M., Tattari, S., Mattsson, T., Piirainen, S., Heinonen, J., Alakukku, L. ja Finér, L. 2015. KUSTAA-työkalu valuma-alueen vesistökuormituksen laskentaan. Suomen Ympäristökeskuksen Raportteja 33, 55p., ISBN 978-952-11-4374-8 (PDF)
  6. Launiainen S., Laurén A., Jaakkola E., Tattari S., Saarelainen J., Kauppila M., Joensuu S., Piirainen S. and Finér L. 2012. Maatalouden ja metsätalouden kuormituksen erottaminen Savijoen valuma-alueella. Vesitalous 4/2012: 15 – 21.

E Publications intended for the general public

  1. Launiainen S. and Laurén A. 2012. Vihreää vettä ja jalanjälkeä – onko mitään järkeä? Metsätieteen Aikakausikirja 2 / 2012: 133 – 138.
  2. Laakso, L., Petäjä, T., Grönholm, T., Launiainen S. 2012. Palloilua pilvessä, Ilmansuojelu, 1: 2012.
  3. Vesala T., Launiainen S., Hari P. and Suni T. 2006. Metsät hiilidioksidin sitojina. Ilmansuojelu 3: 2006.

G Theses

  1. Launiainen S. 2011. Canopy processes, fluxes and microclimate in a pine forest. 55 p. Doctoral dissertation, ECL, (article-based, 7 articles included), Report Series in Aerosol Science, 117, 2011. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-5822-32-8
  2. Launiainen S. 2005. Mäntymetsän latvuston alaisesta turbulenssista ja turbulenttisista pintavoista. Turbulence structure and turbulent surface fluxes below a Scots pine canopy. 76 p. M.Sc. thesis, Laudatur, (in Finnish), University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Finland 07.02.2005.

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