Asgeir Sorteberg
Professor
Geophysical Institute
Meteorology
Climate Dynamics
Homepage: http://folk.uib.no/gbsag
Title: Professor
Phone: +47 55 58 26 93
E-mail: Asgeir.Sorteberg@gfi.uib.no
Visiting address: Allegt. 70
Atmospheric scientist with focus on dynamic meteorology and the hydrological cycle.
Main focus on the synoptic scale circulation and possible changes in the hydrological cycle due to changes is radiaive forcings
Full publication list (with PDFs)
Peer review
Present and future offshore wind power potential in northern Europe based on downscaled global climate runs with adjusted SST and sea ice cover (2012)
Barstad I., Sorteberg A. and dos-Santos Mesquita M.
Renewable Energy, 44, 398–405
Sensitivity of SWAT simulated streamflow to climatic changes within the Eastern Nile River basin (2012)
Mengistu D. T. and Sorteberg A.
Hydrolgy and Earth System Sciences, 16, 391–407
Characteristics of autumn-winter extreme precipitation on the Norwegian west coast identified by cluster analysis (2012)
Heikkila U. and Sorteberg A.
Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1277-9
Moisture transport into the Ethiopian highlands (2011)
Viste E. and Sorteberg A.
International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.3409
Recent wind driven high sea ice area export in the Fram Strait contributes to Arctic sea ice decline (2011)
Smedsrud L. H., Sirevaag A., Kloster K., Sorteberg A. and Sandven S..
The Cryosphere, 5, 821–829
Dynamical downscaling of ERA-40 in complex terrain using the WRF regional climate model (2010)
Heikkila U., Sandvik A., Sorteberg A.
Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0928-6.
Modelled Mass Balance of a Tibetan Plateau Glacier - Sensitivity to Climate Change (2010)
Caidong C. and Sorteberg A.
Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 56, No. 196, pp. 235-248.
Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias-corrected GCM scenarios (2009)
Elshamy M. E., Seierstad I. A., and Sorteberg A.
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., Vol. 13, pp.551-565.
A diagnosis of warm-core and cold-core extratropical cyclone development using the Zwack–Okossi equation (2009)
Azad R. and Sorteberg A.
Atmospheric Science Letters. Vol. 10, p 220-225
A Projected changes in Arctic summer cyclones under global warming in the Bergen climate model (2009)
Orsolini Y. J. and Sorteberg A.
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. Vol. 2, No 1, pp. 62-67.
Recent Radical Shifts of Atmospheric Circulations and Rapid Changes in Arctic Climate System (2008)
Zhang X., Sorteberg A., Zhang J., Gerdes R. and Comiso J. C.
Geophysical Res. Letter , Vol. 35, L22701, doi:10.1029/2008GL035607.
Recent and future changes of the Arctic sea-ice cover (2008)
Smedsrud L. H, Sorteberg A. and Kloster K.
Geophysical Res. Letter , Vol. 35, L20503, doi:10.1029/2008GL034813.
Temperature and Wind in Norway - dynamical downscaling of ERA40 (2008)
Barstad I., Sorteberg A., Flatøy F. and Deque M.
Climate Dynamics , DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0476-5.
Seasonal Cyclone Variability at 70N and its Impact on Moisture transport into the Arctic (2008)
Sorteberg A. and Walsh J.
Tellus A, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pages 570-586.
Clustering of cyclones in the ARPEGE general circulation model (2008)
Kvamstø N. G., Song Y., Seierstad I. A., Sorteberg A. and Stephenson D. B.
Tellus A, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pages 547-556.
Climatological properties of summertime extra-tropical storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere (2008)
Mesquita dos Santos M., Kvamstø N. G., Sorteberg A. and Atkinson D. E.
Tellus A, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pages 557-569.
Spatial and temporal variations of Norwegian geohazards in a changing climate, the GeoExtreme Project (2008)
C. Jaedicke, A. Solheim, L. H. Blikra, K. Stalsberg, A. Sorteberg, A. Aaheim, K. Kronholm, D. Vikhamar-Schuler, K. Isaksen, K. Sletten, K. Kristensen, I. Barstad, C. Melchiorre, Ø. A. Høydal, and H. Mestl
Nat. Hazards Earth System Sci., 8, 893-904
The Arctic Surface Energy Budget as Simulated with the IPCC AR4 AOGCMs (2007)
Sorteberg A., Katsov V., Walsh J. and Palova T.
Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0222-9
The Effect of Internal Variability om Antropoghenic Climate Projections (2006)
Sorteberg, A. and Kvamstø, N. G.
Tellus A, Vol 58, Issue 5 p. 565-574.
Atmospheric forcing on Barents Sea Ice (2006)
Sorteberg, A. and Kvingedal B.
Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 19. p. 4772-4784.
Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability: A multi-Perfect-model-Ensemble Study (2006)
Collins M., Botzet M., Carril A., Drange H., Jouzeau A., Latif M., Otterå O. H., Pohlmann H., Sorteberg A., Sutton R. and Terray L.
Journal of Climate, Vol 19, No. 8 p. 1195-1203.
Effects of simulated natural variability on Arctic temperature projections (2005)
Sorteberg, A., Furevik T., Drange H. and Kvamstø, N.G.
Geophysical Research Letter, Vol. 32, L18708, doi:10.1029/2005GL023404.
Wintertime Nordic Seas cyclone variability and its impact on oceanic volume transport into the Nordic Seas (2005)
Sorteberg, A., Kvamstø, N.G. and Byrkjedal Ø.
The Nordic Seas: An integrated Perspective. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 158. Editor: Drange H.
Description and Validation of the Bergen Climate Model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM (2003)
Furevik, T ., Bentsen, M., Drange, H., Kindem, I.K.T., Kvamstø, N.G. and Sorteberg, A.
Climate Dynamics Vol. 21, p.27-51.
A real-time operational forecast model for meteorology and air quality during peak air pollution episodes in Oslo, Norway (2001)
Berge E., Walker S-E, Sorteberg A., Lenkopane M., Eastwood S., Jablonska H. and Ødegaard M.
J. of Water Air and Soil Pollution Vol 2, No 5-6, p. 745-757.
Gaseous and particulate oxidized and reduced nitrogen species in the atmospheric boundary layer in Scandinavia in spring (1998)
Sorteberg A., Hov Ø., Solberg S., Tørseth K., Areskoug H., Ferm M., Granby K., Lattila H., Persson K. and Simpson D.
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry Vol 30, pp.241-271.
European VOC emission estimates evaluated by measurements and model calculations. (1997)
Hov Ø., Sorteberg A., Schmidbauer N., Solberg S., Stordal F., Simpson D., Lindskog H., Areskoug H., Oyola P., Lattila H. and Heidam Z.
J. of Atmospheric Chemistry Vol 28, pp. 173-193.
Two parametrizations of the dry deposition exchange for SO2 and NH3 in a numerical model. (1996)
Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø.
Atmospheric Environment Vol. 30, No. 10-11, pp. 1823-1840.
GEOF212: Physical Climatology
GEOF327: The General Circulation of the Atmosphere
GEOF120: Meteorology
GDC10-01: Research Methods in Climate and Health