Biography

Prof. Ola M. Johannessen

Geophysical Institute

University of Bergen, Norway

Executive Chairman


Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Nansen Scientific Society

Norway

Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

Executive Chairman of the Board and the Founding Director of the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)

Professor at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen (UoB)

President of the Nansen Scientific Society

President of the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (http://www.polar-academy.com/), Chairman of the Guardian Board of the Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NIERSC) in St. Petersburg, Russia


Publications (Selected)

  1. Johannessen, OM; Bengtsson, L; Cattle, AP; et al., Arctic Climate Change: Observed and Modelled Temperature and Sea-Ice Variability, Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 56 (4), pp.328-341, 2004.
  2. Bengtsson, L; Semenov, VA; Johannessen, OM, The Early Twentieth-Century Warming in the Arctic - A Possible Mechanism, Journal of Climate, 17 (20), pp.4045-4057, 2004.
  3. Johannessen, OM; Shalina, EV; Miles, MW, Satellite Evidence for an Arctic Sea Ice Cover in Transformation, Science, 286 (5446), pp.1937-1939, 1999.
  4. Johannessen, OM; Miles, M; Bjorgo, E, The Arctic’s Shrinking Sea-Ice, Nature, 376 (6536), pp.126-127, 1995.
  5. Bjorgo, E; Johannessen, OM; Miles, MW, Analysis of Merged SMMR-SSMI Time Series of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Parameters 1978-1995, Geophysical Research Letters, 24 (4), pp.413-416, 1997.
  6. Johannessen, JA; Johannessen, OM; Vanleer, J; et al., Mesoscale Eddies in the Fram Strait Marginal Ice-Zone During the 1983 and 1984 Marginal Ice-Zone Experiments, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 92 (C7), pp.6754-&, 1987.
  7. Johannessen, JA; Shuchman, RA; Vachon, PW; et al., Coastal Ocean Fronts and Eddies Imaged With ERS 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 101 (C3), pp.6651-6667, 1996.
  8. Zakhvatkina, NY; Alexandrov, VY; Frolov, IY; et al., Classification of Sea Ice Types in Envisat Synthetic Aperture Radar Images, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51 (5), pp.2587-2600, 2013.
  9. Johannessen, OM; Khvorostovsky, K; Bobylev, LP; et al., Recent Ice-Sheet Growth in the Interior of Greenland, Science, 310 (5750), pp.1013-1016, 2005.
  10. Ivanova, N; Johannessen, OM; Tonboe, RT; et al., Retrieval of Arctic Sea Ice Parameters by Satellite Passive Microwave Sensors: A Comparison of Eleven Sea Ice Concentration Algorithms, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52 (11), pp.7233-7246, 2014.
  11. Alexandrov, V; Sandven, S; Johannessen, OM; et al., The Relation Between Sea Ice Thickness and Freeboard in the Arctic, Cryosphere, 4 (3), pp.373-380, 2010.
  12. Johannessen, OM; Johannessen, JA; Svendsen, EAS; et al., Oceanographic Conditions in the Marginal Ice-Zone North of Svalbard in Early Fall 1979 With an Emphasis on Mesoscale Processes, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 88 (NC5), pp.2755-2769, 1983.
  13. Svendsen, E; Kloster, K; Matzler, C; et al., Norwegian Remote-Sensing Experiment - Evaluation of the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer for Sea Ice Research, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 88 (NC5), pp.2781-2791, 1983.
  14. Johannessen, JA; Svendsen, E; Lygre, K; et al., 3-Dimensional Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19 (1), pp.3-19, 1989.
  15. Guo, D; Gao, YQ; Wang, HJ; et al., Mechanism on How the Spring Arctic Sea Ice Impacts the East Asian Summer Monsoon, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 115 (1-2), pp.107-119, 2014.
  16. Espedal, HA; Johannessen, OM, Detection of Oil Spills Near Offshore Installations Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21 (11), pp.2141-2144, 2000.
  17. Espedal, HA; Johannessen, OM; Knulst, JC; et al., Coastwatch'95: ERS 1/2 SAR Detection of Natural Film on the Ocean Surface, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103 (C11), pp.24969-24982, 1998.
  18. Kuzmina, SI; Bengtsson, L; Miles, MW; et al., The North Atlantic Oscillation and Greenhouse-Gas Forcing, Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (4), 2005.
  19. Hasselmann, K; Latif, M; Wokaun, A; et al., The Challenge of Long-Term Climate Change, Science, 302 (5652), pp.1923-1925, 2003.
  20. Johannessen, OM; Kuzmina, SI; Miles, MW; et al., Surface Air Temperature Variability and Trends in the Arctic: New Amplification Assessment and Regionalisation, Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 68, 2016.


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