The extent of the Master's thesis is 30 credits (ECTS) and it aims to demonstrate your:
You will need to agree upon the topic of your thesis in consultation with a professor of the programme. The topic is usually related to research problems of one of the research groups within the Programme; commonly the group is part of the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR).
Below is a list of recent MSc theses of the degree programme. You can find them in the University of Helsinki's
Turunen, Tarja: Quantifying environmental thresholds for increased Norway spruce mortality in Finland. Supervisor: Samuli Junttila
Maalampi, Panu: Studying the effect of a new aerosol option on HARMONIE-AROME sea fog forecasts. Supervisors: Laura Rontu, Victoria Sinclair, Ekaterina Kurzeneva
Kiema, Sarai: Kansalaisten Netatmo-kesäsadehavaintojen laatuanalyysi. Supervisors: Kaisa Ylinen, Jouni Räisänen, Marja Bister
Kaltiainen, Aino: The effect of large-scale circulation pattern variability in the northern Atlantic-European region on the boundary layer characteristics in Helsinki, Finland. Supervisor: Sasu Karttunen
Lohtander, Aleksi: Changes in diurnal temperature range in Finland between 1961–1990 and 1991–2020. Supervisor: Jouni Räisänen
Pekkala, Minttu: Comparison of Surface Albedo and Top of Atmosphere Albedo in the Arctic. Supervisors: Aku Riihelä, Petteri Uotila
Forsbacka, Amy: Analyzing Volatile Organic Compounds from the Baltic Sea using Vocus PTR-TOF-MS. Supervisors: Mikael Ehn, Roseline Thakur, Maija Peltola, Yuanyuan Luo
Leskinen, Juha: Effect of forest management on carbon and energy budgets on mineral soil, in pine forests in Finland. Supervisors: Leif Backman, Tiina Markkanen
van den Broek, Daan: Proximity Sounding Analysis of Supercell Environments in Finland. Supervisors: Jenni Rauhala, Marja Bister
Djupsjöbacka, Jemina: Oribatid mite and testate amoeba communities as environmental and carbon flux proxies on two subarctic peatlands. Supervisor:Minna Väliranta
Li, Delun: Decades of Light-Absorbing Aerosol Particles: Analysis of Equivalent Black Carbon Concentrations in Joensuu. Supervisors: Tuukka Petäjä, Ari Virkkula
Toropainen, Antti: Lorenz energy cycle of a baroclinic wave simulation. Supervisor: Victoria Sinclair
Vinkvist, Netta: Influence of temperature on gas-phase oxidation of cyclohexene and limonene. Supervisors: Matti Rissanen, Mikael Ehn, Theo Kurten
Yu, Ping: Validation of XCO2 retrieval in high latitudes from OCO-2 version 10 product using ground-based TCCON measurements: Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Dmitri Moisseev
Landon, Kaisa: Suomen lumivyöryennusteiden tila ja tulevaisuus osana eurooppalaista lumivyöryvaroituspalvelua (EAWS). Supervisors: Jouni Räisänen, Alberto Blanco Sequeiros
Huynh, Vinh Loc: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) in Solid-State Weather Radars. Supervisors: Dmitri Moisseev, Juha Salmivaara
Tahvonen, Sara: Impact of warming sea surface temperature on anticyclonic Rossby wave breaking during Northern Hemisphere winter and summer. Supervisor: Victoria Sinclair
Lindroos, Hanna: Maaperän jään mallinnus routajäristysten ennakoinnissa. Supervisors: Ekaterina Ezhova, Jarkko Okkonen
Salminen, Jenna: Pilvet eksoplaneettojen kaasukehässä: vaikutukset elinkelpoisuuteen ja transmissiospektriin. Supervisors: Mikko Tuomi, Jouni Räisänen
Hu, Yiling: Reproducing Large-Eddy Simulation of Pollutant Concentration Using Machine Learning. Supervisors: Martha Zaidan, Leena Järvi
Widenius, Jyrki: Description and characterization of a novel Coughing Head Aerosol Generator. Supervisors: Topi Rönkkö, Paavo Heikkilä
Bengs, Anna: Resolving oxygenated organic molecules in a boreal forest using a MION-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. Supervisors: Runlong Vai, Juha Kangasluoma