Jenni Attila

Group manager
+358 29 525 1078

Duties

Group manager, satellite observations, Tarkka service, EO support, renewable environmental monitoring/new monitoring methods, Copernicus User Forum

Education and academic titles

Tekniikan tohtori, Aalto yliopisto

Research and expertise

Leading Researcher and group leader of a group Novel Monitoring.
The group focuses on increasing the use of novel monitoring methods in environmental monitoring programs as part of the implementation of the Environmental Monitoring Strategy (YSS) action plan. Further information and the latest action plan: https://www.syke.fi/fi/projektit/yss2030

• Chair of the YSS sub-working group on new monitoring methods, automation, and quality assurance.
• Responsible for research and development related to satellite monitoring of water bodies at SYKE.
• Product owner of SYKE’s open satellite observation service, Tarkka.syke.fi/en .
• Finland’s national representative in the European Commission’s SPC Copernicus User Forum (CUF).
• Coordinator of the Horizon Europe (HEU) project OASIS: https://oasis-he.eu/

Publications

  1. Attila, J., Varkitzi, I., Alikas, K., Poikane, S., Free, G. et al., Use of Earth observation tools in support of the WFD - State of play for ecological status monitoring and assessment in surface waters of Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/3790150, JRC142686.
  2. Mäyrä J., Virtanen E.A., Jokinen A.-P., Koskikala J., Väkevä S., Attila J. (2025). Mapping recreational marine traffic from Sentinel-2 imagery using YOLO object detection models, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse. 2025.114791
  3. Vilas L.G., Brando V.E., Cicco A.D., Colella S., D'alimonte D., Kajiyama T., Attila J. and Schroeder T. (2024). Assessment of ocean color atmospheric correction methods and development of a regional ocean color operational dataset for the Baltic Sea based on Sentinel-3 OLCI Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science, section Ocean Observation, in press.
  4. Brando, V.E., Sammartino, M., Colella, S., Bracaglia, M., Di Cicco, A., D’Alimonte, D., Kajiyama, T., Kaitala, S., Attila, J. (2021). Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics in the Baltic Sea Using a Consistently Reprocessed Time Series of Multi-Sensor Reflectance and Novel Chlorophyll-a Retrievals. Remote Sens., 13, 3071. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163071linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  5. Neumann, T., Koponen, S., Attila, J., Brockmann, C., Kallio, K., Kervinen, M., Mazeran, C., Müller, D., Philipson, P., Thulin, S., Väkevä, S., and Ylöstalo, P. (2021). Optical model for the Baltic Sea with an explicit CDOM state variable: a case study with Model ERGOM (version 1.2), Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 5049–5062, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5049-2021linkki vie toiselle sivustolle 
  6. Suominen,T., Westerholm, J., Kalliola, R., Attila, J. (2021). Partition of Marine Environment Dynamics According to Remote Sensing Reflectance and Relations of Dynamics to Physical Factors. Remote Sensing. 13(11):2104. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112104linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  7. Mack L., Attila J., Aylagas E., Beermann A., Borja A., Hering D., Kahlert M., Leese F., Lenz R., Lehtiniemi M., Liess A., Lips U., Mattila O P., Meissner K., Pyhälahti T., Setälä O., Strehse J S., Uusitalo L., Willstrand Wranne A .and Birk S. (2020). A Synthesis of Marine Monitoring Methods With the Potential to Enhance the Status Assessment of the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:552047. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.552047linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  8. Attila, J., Kauppila, P., Alasalmi, H., Kallio, K. K., Keto, V., Bruun, E. (2018). Applicability of Earth Observation chlorophyll a data in assessment of water status via MERIS with implications for the use of OLCI sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment, 212, 273 287.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.043linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  9. Anttila, S., Fleming Lehtinen, V., Attila, J., Junttila S., Alasalmi, H., Hällfors, H., Kervinen, M., Koponen, S., (2018). A novel cyanobacterial surface accumulation indicator for the Balti c Sea. A novel earth observation based ecological indicator for cyanobacterial blooms. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 64:145 155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.09.007linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  10. Ligi, M., Kutser T., Kallio K., Attila J., Koponen S., Paavel B., Soomets T., Reinart A., (2017). Testing the performance of empirical remote sensing algorithms in the Baltic Sea waters with modelled and in situ reflectance data. Oceanologia, 59, 57 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2016.08.002linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  11. Kallio K., Koponen S., Ylöstalo P., Kervinen M., Pyhälahti T., Attila J., (2015). Validation of MERIS spectral inversion processors using reflectance, IOP and water quality measurements in boreal lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment 157 (2015) 147–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.06.016linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  12. Attila J., Koponen S., Kallio K., Lindfors A., Kaitala, S., Ylöstalo, P. (2013). MERIS Case II water processor comparison on coastal sites of the northern Baltic Sea, Remote Sensing of Environment, 128, 138–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.07.009linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  13. Kallio, K., Attila, J., Härmä, P., Koponen, S., Pulliainen, J., Hyytiäinen, U.-M. & Pyhälahti, T. (2008). Landsat ETM+ Images in the Estimation of Seasonal Lake Water Quality in Boreal River Basins, Environmental Management 42: 511-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-008-9146-ylinkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  14. Attila, J., Pyhälahti, T., Hannonen, T., Kallio, K., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., Härmä, P., & Eloheimo, K. (2008). Analysis of turbid water quality using airborne spectrometer data with a numerical weather prediction model-aided atmospheric correction, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74, 3, 363–374.  https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.74.3.363linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  15. Koponen, S., Attila J., Pulliainen J., Kallio K., Pyhälahti T., Lindfors A., Rasmus K., Hallikainen M., (2007). A case study of airborne and satellite remote sensing of a spring bloom event in the Gulf of Finland, Continental Shelf Research, 27,2, 228-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2006.10.006linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  16. Vepsäläinen, J., Pyhälahti, T., Rantajärvi, E., Kallio, K., Pertola, S., Stipa, T., Kiirikki, M., Pulliainen, J. (2005). The combined use of optical remote sensing data and unattended flow-through fluorometer measurements in the Baltic Sea, International Journal of Remote Sensing, VOL 26 (2) 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160410001723718linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  17. Pulliainen J., Vepsäläinen J., Kaitala S., Hallikainen M., Kallio K., Fleming V., Maunula P. (2004). Regional Water Quality Mapping through the Assimilation of Space-Borne Remote Sensing Data to Ship-Based Transect Observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. C12, C12009, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JC002167linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  18. Metsämäki S., Anttila S., Huttunen M., Vepsäläinen J., (2005). A feasible method for fractional snow cover mapping in boreal zone based on a reflectnce model, Remote Sensing of Environment 95, 77–95. 10.1016/j.rse.2004.11.013linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  19. Koponen S., Kallio K., Pulliainen J., Vepsäläinen J., Pyhälahti T., Hallikainen M. (2004). Water Quality Classification of Lakes Using 250-m MODIS Data, IEEE Geoscience and remote sensing letters 1(4): 287-291. 10.1109/LGRS.2004.836786linkki vie toiselle sivustolle 
  20. Metsämäki, S., Vepsäläinen, J., Pulliainen, J., Sucksdorff, Y., (2002).  Improved linear interpolation method for the estimation of snow-covered area from optical data. Remote Sensing of Environment 82(1): 64-78. ISSN 0034-4257. 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00025-1linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  21. Stipa, T., Vepsäläinen, J., (2002).  The fragile climatological niche of the Baltic Sea. Boreal Environment Research 7(4): 335-342. ISSN 1239-6095.
  22. Härmä P., Vepsäläinen J., Hannonen T., Pyhälahti T., Kämäri J., Kallio, K., Eloheimo K., Koponen S. (2001). Detection of water quality using simulated satellite data and semi empirical algorithms in Finland. The Science of Total Environment, 268 (1-3), 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00688-4linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  23. Kallio K., Kutser T., Hannonen T., Koponen S., Pulliainen J., Vepsäläinen J., Pyhälahti T. (2001). Retrieval of water quality from airborne imaging spectrometry of various lake types in different seasons. The Science of Total Environment, 268 (1–3), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00685-9linkki vie toiselle sivustolle
  24. Koponen S., Pulliainen J., Servomaa H., Zhang Y., Hallikainen M., Kallio K., Vepsäläinen J., Pyhälahti T., Hannonen T. (2001).  Analysis on the feasibility of multi source remote sensing observations for chl a monitoring, The Science of the Total Environment, 263(1-3), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00689-6

 

 

Published 30.1.2025 / Updated 7.8.2026