• Satellite-Based National Intertidal-Zone Mapping of Continental Norway with Sentinel-1&2 

  Haarpaintner, Jörg; Davids, Corine; Hindberg, Heidi; Arntzen, Ingar M; Borch, Njål Trygve (Research report, 2021)

  The report describes updated methods that were originally developed in Haarpaintner & Davids (2020) to map the intertidal zone, in terms of atmospheric exposure, type and areal extent, based on radar and optical high ...

• The 11 year solar cycle UV irradiance effect and its dependency on the Pacific Decadal Oscillation 

  Guttu, Sigmund; Orsolini, Yvan J.; Stordal, Frode; Otterå, Odd Helge; Omrani, Nour-Eddine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The stratospheric, tropospheric and surface impacts from the 11 year ultraviolet solar spectral irradiance (SSI) variability have been extensively studied using climate models and observations. Here, we demonstrate using ...

• The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Project (ISOBAR) — Unique fine-scale observations under stable and very stable conditions 

  Kral, Stephan; Reuder, Joachim; Vihma, Timo Pekka; Suomi, Irene; Haualand, Kristine Flacké; Urbancic, Gabin; Greene, Brian R.; Steeneveld, Gert Jan; Lorenz, Torge; Maronga, Bjørn; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Ajosenpää, Hada; Båserud, Line; Chilson, Phillip B.; Holtslag, Albert A. M.; Jenkins, Alastair David; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Mayer, Stephanie; Pillar-Little, Elizabeth A.; Rautenberg, Alexander; Schwenkel, Johannes; Seidl, Andrew; Wrenger, Burkhard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Program (ISOBAR) is a research project investigating stable atmospheric boundary layer (SBL) processes, whose representation still poses ...

• Tephra horizons identified in the western North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the Last Glacial Period: Extending the marine tephra framework 

  Rutledal, Sunniva; Berben, Sarah Miche Patricia; Dokken, Trond Martin; Bilt, Willem van der; Cederstrøm, Jan Magne; Jansen, Eystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Geochemically distinct volcanic ash (tephra) deposits are increasingly acknowledged as a key geochronological tool to synchronize independent paleoclimate archives. Recent advances in the detection of invisible (crypto) ...

• Rapid development and persistence of efficient subglacial drainage under 900 m-thick ice in Greenland 

  Chandler, David Matthew; Wadham, Jemma Louise; Nienow, Peter W.; Doyle, Samuel H.; Tedstone, Andrew J.; Telling, Jon; Hawkings, Jonathan R.; Alcock, Jonathan; Linhoff, Benjamin; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Intensive study of the Greenland Ice Sheet's (GrIS) subglacial drainage has been motivated by its importance for ice dynamics and for nutrient/sediment export to coastal ecosystems. This has revealed consistent seasonal ...

• A continuous tephrostratigraphic record from the Labrador Sea spanning the last 65 ka 

  Rutledal, Sunniva; Haflidason, Haflidi; Berben, Sarah Miche Patricia; Griem, Lisa; Jansen, Eystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Volcanic ash preserved in marine sediment sequences is key for independent synchronization of palaeoclimate records within and across different climate archives. Here we present a continuous tephrostratigraphic record from ...

• Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) 

  Otto-Bliesner, Bette; Brady, Esther C.; Zhao, Anni; Brierley, Chris; Guo, Chuncheng; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Zhang, Zhongshi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The modeling of paleoclimate, using physically based tools, is increasingly seen as a strong out-of-sample test of the models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. New to the Coupled Model Intercomparison ...

• Clumped isotope thermometry in bivalve shells: a tool for reconstructing seasonal upwelling 

  Caldarescu, Diana Elena; Sadatzki, Henrik; Dahl, Carin Andersson; Schäfer, Priska; Fortunato, Helena; Meckler, Anna Nele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Carbonate clumped isotope thermometry is a powerful tool for reconstructing paleotemperature and paleosalinity. Despite its broad application in biotic and abiotic materials, its use in paleoclimate studies has been limited ...

• A multi-decadal record of oceanographic changes of the past ~165 years (1850-2015 AD) from Northwest of Iceland 

  Simon, Margit Hildegard; Muschitiello, Francesco; Tisserand, Amandine Aline; Olsen, Are; Moros, Matthias; Perner, Kerstin; Bårdsnes, Siv Tone; Dokken, Trond Martin; Jansen, Eystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Extending oceanographic data beyond the instrumental period is highly needed to better characterize and understand multi-decadal to centennial natural ocean variability. Here, a stable isotope record at unprecedented ...

• A Last Glacial Maximum forcing dataset for ocean modelling 

  Morée, Anne; Schwinger, Jörg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Model simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ∼ 21 000 years before present) can aid the interpretation of proxy records, can help to gain an improved mechanistic understanding of the LGM climate system, and are ...

• Sequential extraction procedure to obtain the composition of terrigenous detritus in marine sediments 

  Simon, Margit Hildegard; Babin, Daniel P.; Goldstein, Steven L.; Cai, Merry Yue; Liu, Tanzhuo; Han, Xibin; Haws, Anne A.; Johns, Matthew; Lear, Caroline H.; Hemming, Sidney R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The geochemical and isotopic composition of terrigenous clays from marine sediments can provide important information on the sources and pathways of sediments. In order to extract the detrital signal from bulk marine ...

• SIOS’s Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and operational activities in response to COVID-19 

  Jawak, Shridhar D.; Andersen, Bo N.; Pohjola, Veijo; Godøy, Øystein; Hübner, Christiane E.; Jennings, Inger; Ignatiuk, Dariusz; Holmen, Kim; Sivertsen, Agnar; Hann, Richard; Tømmervik, Hans; Kääb, Andreas; Błaszczyk, Małgorzata; Salzano, Roberto; Luks, Bartłomiej; Høgda, Kjell Arild; Storvold, Rune; Nilsen, Lennart; Salvatori, Rosamaria; Krishnan, Kottekkatu Padinchati; Chatterjee, Sourav; Lorentzen, Dag Arne; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Lauknes, Tom Rune; Malnes, Eirik; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Enomoto, Hiroyuki; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Zhang, Jie; Marty, Sabine; Nygård, Knut Ove; Lihavainen, Heikki (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is an international partnership of research institutions studying the environment and climate in and around Svalbard. SIOS is developing an efficient observing system, ...

• Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and δ13C Variability During the Last Interglacial 

  Kessler, Augustin; Bouttes, Nathaelle; Roche, Didier M.; Ninnemann, Ulysses S; Galaasen, Eirik Vinje; Tjiputra, Jerry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is thought to be relatively vigorous and stable during Interglacial periods on multimillennial (equilibrium) timescales. However, recent proxy (δ13C benthic) reconstructions ...

• Dynamics of spontaneous (multi) centennial‐scale variations of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation strength during the last interglacial 

  Kessler, Augustin; Bouttes, Nathaelle; Roche, Didier M.; Ninnemann, Ulysses S; Tjiputra, Jerry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Recent reconstructions of bottom water δ13C during the last interglacial (LIG) suggest short‐lived variability in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Spontaneous (multi) centennial‐scale variability of ...

• Extreme Precipitation Changes in Europe from the Last Millennium to the End of the Twenty-First Century 

  Huo, Ran; Li, Lu; Chen, Hua; Xu, Chong-Yu; Chen, Jie; Guo, Shenglian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  In this study, we aim to better understand the current and future projections of precipitation extremes in Europe in the context of climatic variability over a long-term period from the last millennium to the end of the ...

• Processes Driving Global Interior Ocean pH Distribution 

  Lauvset, Siv Kari; Carter, B.R.; Pérez, Fiz F.; Jiang, L.-Q.; Feely, Richard A.; Velo, Antón; Olsen, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Ocean acidification evolves on the background of a natural ocean pH gradient that is the result of the interplay between ocean mixing, biological production and remineralization, calcium carbonate cycling, and temperature ...

• Independent tephrochronological evidence for rapid and synchronous oceanic and atmospheric temperature rises over the Greenland stadial-interstadial transitions between ca. 32 and 40 ka b2k 

  Berben, Sarah M.P.; Dokken, Trond Martin; Abbott, Peter M.; Cook, Eliza; Sadatzki, Henrik; Simon, Margit Hildegard; Jansen, Eystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Understanding the dynamics that drove past abrupt climate changes, such as the Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events, depends on combined proxy evidence from disparate archives. To identify leads, lags and synchronicity between ...

• New flood frequency estimates for the largest river in Norway based on the combination of short and long time series 

  Engeland, Kolbjørn; Aano, Anna; Steffensen, Ida Grøndahl; Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel; Paasche, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The Glomma River is the largest in Norway, with a catchment area of 154 450 km2. People living near the shores of this river are frequently exposed to destructive floods that impair local cities and communities. Unfortunately, ...

• A 20-Year MODIS-Based Snow Cover Dataset for Svalbard and Its Link to Phenological Timing and Sea Ice Variability 

  Vickers, Hannah; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Malnes, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The climate in Svalbard has been warming dramatically compared with the global average for the last few decades. Seasonal snow cover, which is sensitive to temperature and precipitation changes, is therefore expected to ...

• Evaluation of Multi-Satellite Precipitation Datasets and Their Error Propagation in Hydrological Modeling in a Monsoon-Prone Region 

  Chen, Jie; Li, ZiYi; Li, Lu; Wang, Jialing; Qi, Wenyan; Xu, Chong-Yu; Kim, Jong-Suk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  This study comprehensively evaluates eight satellite-based precipitation datasets in streamflow simulations on a monsoon-climate watershed in China. Two mutually independent datasets—one dense-gauge and one gauge-interpolated ...

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