Geophysical Institute
Recent Submissions
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Observed change and the extent of coherence in the Gulf Stream system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)By transporting warm and salty water poleward, the Gulf Stream system maintains a mild climate in northwestern Europe while also facilitating the dense water formation that feeds the deep ocean. The sensitivity of North ... -
Assessing the tropical Atlantic biogeochemical processes in the Norwegian Earth System Model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)State-of-the-art Earth system models exhibit large biases in their representation of the tropical Atlantic hydrography, with potential large impacts on both climate and ocean biogeochemistry projections. This study ... -
Climate change impacts on small pelagic fish distribution in Northwest Africa: trends, shifts, and risk for food security
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Climate change is recognised to lead to spatial shifts in the distribution of small pelagic fish, likely by altering their environmental optima. Fish supply along the Northwest African coast is significant at both ... -
Rotary-wing drone-induced flow - Comparison of simulations with lidar measurements
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Ultrasonic anemometers mounted on rotary-wing drones have the potential to provide a cost-efficient alternative to the classical meteorological mast-mounted counterpart for atmospheric boundary layer research. However, the ... -
Ocean heat transport across Antarctic continental shelves in response to atmospheric forcing
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-12-17)Kontinentalsokkelen rundt Antarktis beskytter de enorme isbremmene i sør fra det varme (dvs., varmere enn havets frysepunkt ved overflaten) dyphavet i nord som omkranser kontinentet. Likevel har det skjedd store endringer ... -
Circulation and Hydrography in the Northwestern Barents Sea: Insights From Recent Observations and Historical Data (1950–2022)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Barents Sea is one of the main pathways for warm and saline Atlantic Water (AW) entering the Arctic Ocean. It is an important region where water mass transformation and dense-water production contribute to the Atlantic ... -
Sea state contributions to thermosteric sea-level in high-resolution ocean-wave coupled simulations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study examines the impact of wave-induced processes (WIPs) in modulating thermosteric sea-level changes, highlighting the need to include these processes in future sea-level rise assessments and climate projections. ... -
The Crucial Role of the Subpolar North Atlantic for Skillful Decadal Climate Predictions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)We investigate the role of the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) for downstream predictability, using two decadal climate prediction systems. We use the subpolar extreme cold and fresh anomaly event developing in winter ... -
WCD Ideas: Teleconnections through weather rather than stationary waves
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Conventionally, teleconnections in the atmosphere are described by correlations between monthly mean fields. These correlations are supposedly caused by stationary Rossby waves. The main hypothesis explored in this idea ... -
Dynamical reconstruction of the upper-ocean state in the central Arctic during the winter period of the MOSAiC expedition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper presents a methodological tool for dynamic reconstruction of the state of the ocean, based, as an example, on observations from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) ... -
Long-term climatological trends driving the recent warming along the Angolan and Namibian coasts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The coastal regions off Angola and Namibia are renowned for their highly productive marine ecosystems in the southeast Atlantic. In recent decades, these regions have undergone significant long-term changes. In this study, ... -
Evaluating TROPOMI δD Column Retrievals With In Situ Airborne Field Campaign Measurements Using Expanded Collocation Criterion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Satellite observations of column-averaged water isotopes are relatively new retrieval products that are in need of further in situ evaluation. Such evaluation studies are generally difficult to perform due to the wide ... -
Impact of sea spray-mediated heat fluxes on polar low development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sea spray, originating from wave breaking under high wind conditions, can significantly affect turbulent heat fluxes at the air–sea interface. Even though polar lows (PLs) can become extreme weather features with gale-force ... -
Spatial and temporal stable water isotope data from the upper snowpack at the EastGRIP camp site, NE Greenland, sampled in summer 2018
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Stable water isotopes stored in snow, firn and ice are used to reconstruct climatic parameters. The imprint of these parameters at the snow surface and their preservation in the upper snowpack are determined by a number ... -
Validation of the coupled physical-biogeochemical ocean model NEMO-SCOBI for the North Sea-Baltic Sea system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The North Sea and the Baltic Sea still experience eutrophication and deoxygenation despite large international efforts to mitigate such environmental problems. Due to the highly different oceanographic frameworks of the ... -
CALOTRITON: a convective boundary layer height estimation algorithm from ultra-high-frequency (UHF) wind profiler data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Long time series of observations of atmospheric dynamics and composition are collected at the French Pyrenean Platform for Observation of the Atmosphere (P2OA). Planetary boundary layer depth is a key variable of the climate ... -
Nonstationarity in the NAO–Gulf Stream SST Front Interaction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The interaction between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the latitudinal shifts of the Gulf Stream sea surface temperature front (GSF) has been the subject of extensive investigations. There are indications of ... -
Expanding Influence of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Heat Transport on Winter Sea-Ice Variability in a Warming Arctic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The gradual anthropogenic-driven retreat of Arctic sea ice is overlaid by large natural (internal) year-to-year variability. In winter, sea-ice loss and variability are currently most pronounced in the Barents Sea. As the ... -
Global Attribution of Precipitation to Weather Features
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Weather features, such as extratropical cyclones (ETCs), atmospheric rivers (ARs), and fronts, contribute to substantial amounts of precipitation globally. However, previous estimates of how much these individual features ... -
Midlatitude Oceanic Fronts Strengthen the Hydrological Cycle Between Cyclones and Anticyclones
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension and Gulf Stream oceanic frontal zones are characterized by enhanced activity of synoptic-scale cyclones and anticyclones and vigorous air-sea heat and moisture exchange in the cold season. ...