S. ZILITINKEVICH: CURRICULUM VITAE
Name Sergej S. Zilitinkevich
Born 13.04.1936, Leningrad / St Petersburg, Russia
Citizenship Russian and Swedish
Address Finnish Meteorol. Inst. (FMI), Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland, sergej.zilitinkevich@fmi.fi
Education/grades Graduated from Leningrad State Univ., USSR (1959); PhD (1962); Dr Sci (1970);
Prof. Geophysics, Presidium Acad. Sci. USSR (1972); Prof. Meteorology, Uppsala Univ., SE (1997)
Current affiliations
Since 2008 Research Professor, FMI; Research Director, Division Atmos. Sci., Univ. Helsinki, Finland
Since 2011 Mega-Grant Holder, N.I. Lobachevski State University of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Since 2013 Professor, Moscow State University; Lead Scientist, Institute of Geography RAS, Russia
Prior affiliations
2004-2007 Marie Curie Chair, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
1998-2003 Professor and Chair of Meteorology, Uppsala University (since 2003 Prof. Emeritus), Sweden
Publications: 9 books, 180 peer-reviewed papers; member of editorial boards of 5 scientific journals
Supervised dissertations and lecturing
 Supervised 25 PhD / Dr Sci dissertations in atmospheric sciences, oceanography and space research
 Developed 7 courses in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics and science management
 Presented a dozen short courses on turbulence and boundary layers at international summer schools
Bibliometric information after Harzing Publish or Perish v. 3.8: total number of citations: 3200;
cited papers: 312; h-index: 31 (1st or single author in all h-index papers)
Basic research and educational projects coordinated in the last decade
EU Commission: Marie Curie Chair “Planetary boundary layers: theory, modelling and role in Earth
System” (~500 kEUR), 2004-2007
EU Commission: TEMPUS JEP 26005 “Development of competency-based two-level curricula in
meteorology” (~500 kEUR), 2007-2010
EU Commission: ERC-Ideas 227915 “Atmospheric planetary boundary layers: physics, modelling and
role in Earth system” (2.4 million EUR), 2009-2013
EU Commission: TEMPUS 159352-FI-JPHES “Development of qualification framework in
meteorology” (~1 million EUR), 2010-2013
Russian Government: Mega-Grant 11.G34.31.0048 “Air-sea/land interaction: physics and observation
of planetary boundary layers and quality of environment” (4.75 million EUR), 2011-2015
Honours and awards
 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal 2000 (European Geosciences Union)
 Member of Academia Europaea (Earth & Cosmic Sciences, since 2002)
 Member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Geosciences, since 2009)
 Member of Societas Scientiarum Fennica (Mathematical & Physical Sciences, since 2012)
 Member of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (since 2012)
 Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (UK, since 2004)
 Professor Emeritus, Uppsala University (Sweden, since 2003)
01.02.2014
Zilitinkevich, CV
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Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., Rogachevskii, I., and Zilitinkevich, S., 2002: Formation of large-scale semiorganised structures in turbulent convection. Phys. Rev. E. 66, 066305, 1-15.
Zilitinkevich S.S., and Esau, I.N., 2002: On integral measures of the neutral, barotropic planetary boundary
layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 104, 371-379.
Zilitinkevich S.S. and Esau I.N., 2003: The effect of baroclinicity on the depth of neutral and stable
planetary boundary layers. Quart, J. Roy. Met. Soc. 129, 3339-3356.
Zilitinkevich S.S., and Esau I.N., 2005: Resistance and heat/mass transfer laws for neutral and stable
planetary boundary layers: old theory advanced and re-evaluated. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 131, 18631892.
Elperin T., Kleeorin N., Rogachevskii I. and Zilitinkevich S., 2006: Turbulence and coherent structures in
geophysical convection. Boundary-layer Meteorol. 119, 449-472.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Hunt, J.C.R., Grachev, A.A., Esau, I.N., Lalas, D.P., Akylas, E., Tombrou, M., Fairall,
C.W., Fernando, H.J.S., Baklanov, and A., Joffre, S.M., 2006: The influence of large convective
eddies on the surface layer turbulence. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 132, 1423-1456.
Zilitinkevich, S., Esau, I. and Baklanov, A., 2007: Further comments on the equilibrium height of neutral
and stable planetary boundary layers. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 133, 265-271.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., and Rogachevskii, I., 2007: Energy- and flux-budget (EFB)
turbulence closure model for the stably stratified flows. Part I: Steady-state, homogeneous regimes.
Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 125, 167-192.
Zilitinkevich, S., and Esau, I., 2007: Similarity theory and calculation of turbulent fluxes at the surface for
the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 125, 193-205.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., Rogachevskii, I., Esau, I., Mauritsen, T., and Miles, M. W.,
2008: Turbulence energetics in stably stratified geophysical flows: strong and weak mixing regimes.
Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 134, 793-799.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Mammarella, I., Baklanov, A.A., and Joffre, S.M., 2008: The effect of stratification on
the aerodynamic roughness length and displacement height. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 129, 179-190.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., and Esau, I.N., 2009: Planetary boundary layer feedbacks in climate system and
triggering global warming in the night, in winter and at high latitudes. Geography, Environment and
Sustainability 1, No. 2, 20-34.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., L'vov, V., and Rogachevskii, I., 2009: Energy- and fluxbudget (EFB) turbulence closure model for stably stratified flows. Part II: The role of internal gravity
waves. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 133, 139-164. DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9424-0
Esau, I., and Zilitinkevich, S., 2010: On the role of the planetary boundary layer depth in climate system.
Adv. Sci. Res. 4, 63-69.
Zilitinkevich S.S., Tyuryakov S.A., Troitskaya Yu. I., Mareev E., 2012: Theoretical models of the height of
the atmospheric planetary boundary layer and turbulent entrainment at its upper boundary. Izvestija
RAN, FAO, 48, No.1, 150-160.
Zilitinkevich, S.S., Elperin, T., Kleeorin, N., Rogachevskii, I., Esau, I.N., 2013: A hierarchy of energy- and
flux-budget (EFB) turbulence closure models for stably stratified geophysical flows. Boundary-Layer
Meteorol. 146, 341-373 (DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9768-8).
Hellsten A., Zilitinkevich S., 2013: Role of convective structures and background turbulence in the dry
convective boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 149, 323-353 (DOI 10.1007/s10546-0139854-6)
Troitskaya Yu.I., Ezhova E.V., Zilitinkevich S.S., 2013: Momentum and buoyancy exchange in a turbulent
air boundary layer over a wavy water surface. Part 1. A harmonic wave. Non-linear Proc. in
Geophysi., 20, 825-839 (DOI:10.5194/npg-20-825-2013).
Troitskaya Yu.I., Ezhova E.V., Sergeev D.A., Kandaurov A.A., Vaidakov G.A., Vdovin M.I., Zilitinkevich
S.S., 2013: Momentum and buoyancy exchange in a turbulent air boundary layer over a wavy water
surface. Part 2. Wind wave spectra. Non-linear Proc. in Geophs., 20, 841-856 (DOI: 10.5194/npg-20841-2013).
Esau, I., Davy, R., Outten, S., Tyuryakov, S., Zilitinkevich, S., 2013: Structuring of turbulence and its
impact on basic features of Ekman boundary layers, Non-linear Proc. in Geophys., 20, 589-604
(doi:10.5194/npg-20-589-2013).
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