
Jukka
Käyhkö
Professor, Geography
Professor, PhD
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Areas of expertise
Climatology
Urban climates
Geomorphology, Fluvial systems
Aeolian sedimentology
Wind erosion
Global change
Environmental change
Remote sensing
Socio-ecological systems. Regional expertise: Lapland, Iceland, Zanzibar, Namibia
Biography
- Professor 2004-, Department of Geography, University of Turku - Professor (substitute) 2003, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki
- Programme manager, Finnish Global Change Research Programme FIGARE 1998-2002, University of Turku- Junior lecturer (assistant) 1996-98, Department of Geography, University of Turku
- PhD: Sedimentology 1997 Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology (PRIS), The University of Reading, UK (Thesis: “Aeolian activity in subarctic Fennoscandia – distribution, history and modern processes”)- Licentiate in Philosophy: Geography 1994, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki- MSc, Geography, Certificate of Education in Geography & Biology 1991, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki.- Matriculation examination 1983, Sibelius-lukio, Helsinki
- Programme manager, Finnish Global Change Research Programme FIGARE 1998-2002, University of Turku- Junior lecturer (assistant) 1996-98, Department of Geography, University of Turku
- PhD: Sedimentology 1997 Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology (PRIS), The University of Reading, UK (Thesis: “Aeolian activity in subarctic Fennoscandia – distribution, history and modern processes”)- Licentiate in Philosophy: Geography 1994, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki- MSc, Geography, Certificate of Education in Geography & Biology 1991, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki.- Matriculation examination 1983, Sibelius-lukio, Helsinki
Teaching
My typical teaching year consists of the following courses taught either by myself or jointly with other teachers:MAAN6091 Basics of Geography (jointly), (lecture course)MAAN6151 Geomorphology (lecture course)MAAN6153 Climatology (lecture course)MAAN6570 Climate.now – Basics of climate change (online course; responsible teacher)
MAAN7052 Geography colloquium (responsible teacher)MAAN7141 Geography research course (responsible teacher) (lectures, field class, laboratory work)MAAN7354 Global change (lectures, literature, group work, field excursion)
MAAN7741 Systemschange.now – Systems thinking in Global change research (online course; responsible teacher)
Course language:Bachelor level courses (code 6XXX) in FinnishMaster level courses (code 7XXX) English/Finnish depending on the audience
MAAN7052 Geography colloquium (responsible teacher)MAAN7141 Geography research course (responsible teacher) (lectures, field class, laboratory work)MAAN7354 Global change (lectures, literature, group work, field excursion)
MAAN7741 Systemschange.now – Systems thinking in Global change research (online course; responsible teacher)
Course language:Bachelor level courses (code 6XXX) in FinnishMaster level courses (code 7XXX) English/Finnish depending on the audience
Research
My areas of interest and expertise include broadly topics related to climatology, geomorphology, sedimentology and transdisciplinary human-environment processes (global change). In climatology, I am particularly interested in understanding the regional dynamics and general implications of climate change. Connections to geomorphology include aeolian processes (esp. sand dunes, wind erosion, and their climate connections) and hydrological-fluvial processes (esp. denudation, flooding). Most of my geomorphological studies take place in Lapland and Iceland. Regarding anthropogenic systems, urban climates are of particular interest, specifically spatio-temporal variations of climate and their implications to e.g., human comfort, health, road management and urban planning. My research areas span from Northern Fennoscandia to East- and South-West Africa.
Publications
Ilmastonmuutoskokous Rossbyn aalloilla (2010)
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))National scale assessment of climate change impacts on flooding in Finland (2010)
Journal of Hydrology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Preface (2010)
Fennia : International Journal of Geography
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Kirja-arvostelu: Jari Lyytimäki: Jälkeemme vedenpaisumus? Ilmastonmuutoksen ja merien suojelun ekologiset kynnysarvot. 271 s. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 2009 (2010)
Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Energian käyttö (2010)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FUTURE DISCHARGES AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TANA RIVER, SUB-ARCTIC NORTHERN FENNOSCANDIA (2010)
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Editorial: The last printed issue (2009)
Fennia : International Journal of Geography
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Sediment budgets and rates of sediment transfer across cold environments in Europe: Introduction and background to the European Science Foundation Network 'Sedimentary Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Cold Environments' (SEDIFLUX) (2007)
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Estimating the inundation area of a massive, hypothetical jökulhlaup from northwest Vatnajökull, Iceland (2007)
Natural Hazards
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Reconstruction of the largest Holocene jökulhlaup within Jökulsá á Fjöllum, NE Iceland (2005)
Quaternary Science Reviews
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))