Popular scientific

(05.02.10) Various articles, posters and lectures. The list will be updated continuously.

The documentary "Chasing the polar storm" was screened on Norwegian national brodacasting NRK four times in December 2008 and January 2009, and more than 723.000 people have seen the film so far. The film is still available on NRK's website: http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/natur/spill/verdi/86148
 

Books, articles and reports:

  • Erik Kolstad og Øyvind Paasche: Hva er klima? Universitetsforlaget 2009: ISBN 9788215013855; Oslo

 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng, D. Carlson og J.E. Kristjansson; Advancing Weather, Ice and Environmental Predictions in The Polar Regions: An IPY Legacy; CAS Vision Paper, 2009 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng; A polar low named Vera, dynamics and model performance; met.no report; 4/2009; ISSN 1503-8025 

Lectures and poster presentations:

  • Thor Erik Nordeng, Gilbert Brunet and Jim Caughey: Lecture: Improvement of weather forecasts in polar regions October 2007

 

 

  • Jón Egill Kristjánsson, S. Thorsteinsson and Erik Kolstad: An unusual polar low development in the lee of Greenland. Poster presentation 7th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society / 8th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, October 2007

 

  • Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Mel Shapiro, Guðrún Nína Petersen, Idar Barstad, Haraldur Ólafsson, I. B. Johannessen, Ivan Føre, K. Moore and Ian Renfrew: Lecture at 7th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society / 8th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, October 2007

 

  • Jón Egill Kristjánsson: A mature phase-locked lee cyclone
    Lecture at Vedurstofa Íslands, March 2007

 

  • Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Mel Shapiro, and Guðrún Nína Petersen:
    THORPEX-IPY: Improved forecasting of adverse weather in the Arctic region - present and future. Lecture San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spania

 

 

  • Jón Egill Kristjánsson, S. Thorsteinsson and Erik Kolstad: An unusual polar low development in the lee of Greenland. Lecture San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng: Lecture, Geneva

 

  • Øyvind Sætra: Results from experiments with the coupled wave-atmosphere system. Lecture Bergen

 

  • Idar Barstad: Measurements of terrain induced flow disturbances during IPY/Thorpex-Norway. Oral presentation 11–15 August: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Whistler, Canada.

 

 

 

  • Inger-Lise Frogner, Trond Iversen and Martin Leutbecher:
    «A new Targeted ensemble prediction system for Europe (TEPS)»
    Oral presentation 3rd SRNWP Workshop on Short Range Ensemble Prediction Systems, University of Rome «Sapienza», Italy, 10–11 December 2007.

 

  • Erik W. Kolstad: Key results from the IPY-THORPEX observational campaign in February-March, 2008. Oral presentation SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

  • Erik W. Kolstad: Marine cold-air outbreaks in the North Atlantic
    Poster presentation SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

 

  • Anne Sandvik, Frode Flatøy and Jón Egill Kristjánsson: Can wetter clouds enhance the warming in the Arctic? Poster presentation Det 26. nordiske meteorologmøde, Reykjavik, Island, 2.–6. Juni 2008

 

 

  • Roger Randriamampianina and Harald Schyberg:
    Preparation to the assimilation of the IASI data in the ALADIN LAM model at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. First IASI conference, Anglet, France 13–16 November 2007

 

 

 

 

  • Roger Randriamampianina and Andrea Storto: Investigating the use of the IASI data in a limited area model. Proceedings of the sixteen's international TOVS study conference, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, 7–13 May 2008

 

 

  • Øyvind Sætra: Overview of the IPY-THORPEX field campaign presented at Oslo Geophysical Society, 2 April 2008. Roger Randriamampianina:
    «Use of IASI data in the IPY-THORPEX/Norway», i Nordic Space
    http://www.nordicspace.net/PDF/NSA209.pdf

 

 

  • Idar Barstad, Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Øystein Hov, Øivind Sætra, Mel Shapiro, Asgeir Sorteberg, Erik Kolstad, Andreas Dörnbrack, Emma Irvine, Vanda Grubisic, Haraldur Olafsson: Observations of a gap flow at 80N – and an overview of IPY-Thorpex-Norway observations
    http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/140951.pdf

 

  • B. Hamre, J.J. Stamnes, W. Li, K. Stamnes og R. Spurr; "Fast and accurate retrieval of aerosol and marine parameters for coastal waters"; Barga, Italia, October 2008

 

  • J.E. Kristjánsson; "The Greenland Flow Distortion experiment (GFDex)"; Oslo, 06.11.2008

 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng;"Presentation at the World Meteorological Organization Commission for atmospheric sciences' International core steering committee for Thorpex – Seventh Session", Geneve, Sveits, November 2008

 

  • J. Koskulics, K. Stamnes, J.J. Stamnes, B. Hamre, P. Lawson, P. Zmarzly og D. O'Connor; "In-Situ Radiometric Measurements of the Radiation Environment in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds from a Tethered Balloon System"; San Francisco, USA, December 2008

 

  • R.P. Lawson, K. Stamnes, J.J. Stamnes, P. Zmarzly, D. O'Connor, J. Koskulics og B. Hamre; "Preliminary Results from the First Deployment of a Tethered-Balloon Cloud Particle Imager Instrument Package in Arctic Stratus Clouds at Ny-Ålesund"; San Francisco, USA, December 2008

 

  • J.E.Kristjánsson,: "IPY-THORPEX Norway: Toward improved forecasts of extreme weather in the Arctic", Tromsø, Januar 2009

 

  • H. McInnes, J.E. Kristjánsson og H. Schyberg: "An assessment of a Greenland lee cyclone during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment (GFDex) – an observational approach"; Wien, Østerrike, April 2009

 

  • F. Hilton, A. Collard, V. Guidard, R. Randriamampianina og M. Schwaercz; "Assimilation of IASI data at European NWP centres"; Reading, Storbritannia, May 2009

 

  • R. Randriamampianina; "Assimilation of the IASI data in HARMONIE data assimilation system", Utrecht, Nederland, May 2009

 

  • R. Randriamampianina og A. Storto; "Improvements on the assimilation of satellite data in the HARMONIE system"; Utrecht, Nederland, May 2009

 

  • R. Randriamampianina, T. Aspelien, O. Vignes, M. Homleid, F.T. Tveter, V. Ødegaard og M. Kølzow; "Plan for the high-resolution HARMONIE assimilation system at met.no"; Utrecht, Nederland, May 2009

 

  • K. Stamnes, B. Hamre, J.J. Stamnes, G. Ryzhikov og M. Biryulina: "Modelling of radiation transport in coupled atmosphere-snow-ice-ocean systems"; Saratoga Springs, USA, May 2009

 

  • S.L. Sørland, J. Kristiansen, M. Køltzow og T. Iversen; "Non-hydrostatic Ensemble Prediction of a Polar Low by Downscaling"; Exeter, Storbritannia, June 2009

 

  • I. Føre, J.E. Kristjánsson, E. Kolstad, T.J. Bracegirdle og Ø. Sætra; "A high-resolution case study of a hurricane – like polar low over the Barents Sea; Montréal, Canada. July 2009

 

  • J.E. Kristjánsson, Ø. Sætra, E. Irvine, I. Føre, A. Dörnbrack, H. Ólafsson m.fl; "Observations and modeling of Polar Lows and Arctic Fronts – Early results from the Norwegian IPY-THORPEX"; Montréal, Canada, July 2009

 

  • J.E. Kristjánsson, S. Thorsteinsson, E. Kolstad og T. Spengler: "The influence of Greenland on cyclone evolution"; Montréal, Canada, July 2009

 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng;"Presentation of IPY-THORPEX cluster activities"; Montreal, Canada, July 2009

 

  • B. Hamre, J.J. Stamnes, W. Li, K. Stamnes og R. Spurr; "Fast and accurate retrieval of atmospheric and marine bio-optical parameters"; Røros, August 2009

 

  • J.E. Kristjánsson, I. Føre, Ø. Sætra, E. Irvine, A. Dörnbrack m.fl: "Kan vi forbedre varslingen av polare lavtrykk og arktiske fronter?"; Oslo, 04.09.2009

 

  • I. Føre, J.E. Kristjánsson, E. Kolstad, T.J. Bracegirdle og Ø. Sætra; "Can latent heat release have a negative effect on polar low intensity?"; Geilo, September 2009

 

  • Thor Erik Nordeng og David Burridge; "Presentation at the Third THORPEX International Science Symposium (TTISS); Monterey, USA, September 2009