Kjersti Daae specializes in polar processes, with expertise in analyzing both observational datasets and numerical models. Recently, her focus has been on regional numerical models with idealized forcing and/or topography. Combined with observational data, these models are crucial tools for enhancing our understanding of various polar processes, such as frontal dynamics along continental shelf breaks. The Antarctic slope front regulates the water exchange between the continental shelf and the deep ocean. In West Antarctica (Bellingshausen and Amundsen Sea), the absence of strong fronts allows warm water to flow onto the continental slope and beneath the floating ice shelves, increasing melt rates. This increased melting accelerates ice transport from the ice sheet to the ocean, contributing to sea level rise. In the Weddell Sea, the stronger slope front impedes the inflow of warm water for most of the year. Warm inflow is controlled by seasonal forcing and does not necessarily reach far south every year. Kjersti Daae uses idealized models to improve our understanding of how frontal dynamics respond to factors such as large-scale wind patterns and how they may change in a warmer future.

 

Kjersti Daae is the Head of Education at the Geophysical Institute and teaching chair for IEarth Center for Excellent Education (SFU). She is also leading the project CoCreatingGFI (funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills) which focuses on letting students influence their own study time and include more active learning and co-cration in the classroom.

Kjersti Daae was awarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner in 2023 for her work with teaching development and publishing of teaching-realated articles.

Kjersti Daae teaches GEOF211 - Numerical modelling. This is a course for BSc and MSc students, where we explore the numerical solutions to typical geophysical equations such as advection, diffusion, inertial oscillations and waves.

Conference lecture

• Sondre Sæther Bolland; Emili Rønning; Tiril Try et al. (2023). What challenges do students face in introductory STEM courses, and how can instructors help?. (external link)
• Kjersti Birkeland Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2016). Dynamics and variability of warm circumpolar deep water exchange with the Antarctic shelf and a deep coastal trough- an idealized model study. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae et al. (2022). Hydrography and circulation in the vicinity of the central Getz Ice Shelf: two years of mooring observations. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae; Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas et al. (2023). Observational evidence for On-shelf transport of Warm Deep Water driven by local dense water export in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer; Keith W. Nicholls et al. (2015). Observations of warm water at the Filchner Ice Shelf front. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer et al. (2018). Variability and mixing of the Filchner overflow plume on the continental slope, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2020). Necessary Conditions for Warm Inflow Towards the Filchner​ Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Birkeland Daae; K. Makinson et al. (2014). Circulation in the Filchner Depression and the seasonality of the Filchner outflow, Antarctica. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2022). What does it take to change from a cold to a warm regime in the southern Weddell Sea?. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Anne Digranes Årvik; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2023). Student guides: supporting learning from laboratory experiments through across-course collaboration. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Nadine Steiger; Anna K. Wåhlin et al. (2021). Warm water and melting ice shelves in Antarctica – from the continental slope to the ice shelf front. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Keith Makinson; Kjersti Birkeland Daae et al. (2014). Circulation and hydrography in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea Antarctica. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Keith Makinson,; Kjersti Birkeland Daae et al. (2014). Hydrography and circulation in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Kjersti Daae; Eirun Marie Lindelid Gandrud et al. (2024). Teaching Analysis Poll in iEarth: Student feedback for co-creation in the Geosciences. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Elin Maria Kristina Darelius Chiche; Kjersti Birkeland Daae (2023). Idealized storm-forced heat transport in the Filchner Trough throughout the seasons. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Catherine Bovill; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (2024). Exploring inclusive co-creation through a novel teaching approach. (external link)

Academic article

• H.A. Urke; K. Daae; H. Viljugrein et al. (2021). Improvement of aquaculture management practice by integration of hydrodynamic modelling. (external link)
• Ilker Fer; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Birkeland Daae (2016). Observations of energetic turbulence on the Weddell Sea continental slope. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Anne Digranes Årvik et al. (2023). Student guides: supporting learning from laboratory experiments through across-course collaboration. (external link)
• Kjersti Lundmark Daae; Ilker Fer; Einar Povl Abrahamsen (2009). Mixing on the continental slope of the southern Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Kjersti Daae; Oddfrid T. Kårstad Førland et al. (2025). Developing a Scholarly Approach and Contributing to Conversations About Teaching and Learning. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Kjersti Daae; Mahaut de Vareilles et al. (2025). Student views on active learning in the Geoscience curriculum. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae; Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas et al. (2023). Observational evidence for on-shelf heat transport driven by dense water export in the Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer et al. (2018). Wind stress mediated variability of the Filchner Trough overflow, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2020). Necessary Conditions for Warm Inflow Toward the Filchner Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2017). On the effect of topography and wind on warm water inflow— An idealized study of the southern Weddell Sea continental shelf system. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae et al. (2022). Hydrography, circulation, and response to atmospheric forcing in the vicinity of the central Getz Ice Shelf, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer; Markus A. Janout et al. (2024). Observations of the Antarctic Slope Current in the Southeastern Weddell Sea: A Bottom-Enhanced Current and Its Seasonal Variability. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Linda Latuta; Francesco Saltalamacchia et al. (2023). THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Activity Bingo: Nudging Students to Make the Most Out of Fieldwork. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Keith Makinson; Kjersti Birkeland Daae et al. (2014). Hydrography and circulation in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. (external link)
• Thorbjørn Østenby Moe; Kjersti Daae; Kjetil Våge et al. (2025). An Idealized Model for the Emergence of the North Icelandic Jet. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Catherine Bovill; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (2025). How academic developers can use modelling to promote active learning and co-creation. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Kjersti Birkeland Daae; Elin Maria Kristina Darelius Chiche et al. (2025). The effect of storms on the Antarctic Slope Current and the warm inflow onto the southeastern Weddell Sea continental shelf. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Mahaut de Vareilles; Kjersti Daae et al. (2025). TAP. Teaching Analysis Poll for student feedback.. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Ilker Fer; Elin Maria K. Darelius (2019). Variability and Mixing of the Filchner Overflow Plume on the Continental Slope, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius (2024). Storm-Driven Warm Inflow Toward Ice Shelf Cavities—An Idealized Study of the Southern Weddell Sea Continental Shelf System. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Kjersti Daae; Ilker Fer; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2018). Exchange of water masses between the southern Weddell Sea continental shelf and the deep ocean. (external link)

Conference poster

• Kjersti Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2019). Seasonality of the water mass characteristics and circulation in the Filchner Trough region, Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Birkeland Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2015). Interaction of the Weddell Sea continental shelf, with the Antarctic coastal current and the Antarctic slope front. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer et al. (2017). Wind-driven control of monthly scale circulation in the southern Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Kjersti Birkeland Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer (2014). Oscillation of the ice shelf water plume on the continental shelf of the southern Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Ilker Fer; K. W. Nicholls et al. (2015). Observations of Modified Warm Water at the Filchner Ice Shelf Front. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Mahaut de Vareilles et al. (2024). #CoCreatingGFI: How co-creating changes learning. (external link)
• Anders Mattias Lundmark; Kirsty Dunnett; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer et al. (2023). Turning teaching questions into research questions. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer et al. (2023). Active Learning in the Geoscience Curriculum (ALIGC) – iEarth Seed Project status report.. (external link)
• Kjersti Birkeland Daae; Tore Hattermann; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2015). Interaction of the Weddell Sea continental shelf, with the Antarctic coastal current and the Antarctic slope front - an idealized model study. (external link)
• Kirsty Dunnett; Mirjam Glessmer; Anders Mattias Lundmark et al. (2025). “It’s only talk” - how talking about teaching can support professional development for university teachers. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae; Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas et al. (2023). Observational evidence for On-shelf transport of Warm Deep Water driven by local dense water export in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. (external link)
• Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas; Kjersti Daae; Elin Maria K. Darelius (2022). How much does a storm change the heat flux toward the Filchner Ice Shelf?. (external link)
• Francesco Saltalamacchia; E. H. Taraneh Westergerling; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer et al. (2024). Bingo boosts: Enhancing fieldwork engagement through playful learning. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer et al. (2024). Active Learning in the Geoscience Curriculum (ALIGC) – iEarth Seed Project report.. (external link)

Lecture

• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Kjersti Daae; Vår Iren Hjorth Dundas et al. (2022). Warm water on the continental slope north of the Filchner Trough, Southern Weddell Sea. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Svein Østerhus; Ilker Fer et al. (2015). The worlds longest time series in Antarctic Waters - and still no News?. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Elin Maria K. Darelius et al. (2021). Learning together (in a community of practice) across courses. (external link)

Professional article

• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Kjersti Daae (2021). THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Co-Creating Learning in Oceanography. (external link)
• Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (2022). Collaborative Sketching to Support Sensemaking: If You Can Sketch It, You Can Explain It. (external link)

Media feature article

• Kjersti Daae; Stefanie Semper; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (2024). Supporting Sensemaking by Introducing a Connecting Thread Throughout a Course. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Catherine Bovill; Kjersti Daae (2024). Adapting a teaching method to fit purpose and context. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Katrine Hiorth; Ilker Fer; Kjersti Daae (2018). Late winter response to atmospheric and tidal forcing in the Førdefjord, inferred from mooring observations. (external link)

Research report

• Torbjørn M. Johnsen; Kjersti Lundmark Daae; Evy Rigmor Lømsland (2016). Sammenstilling av miljø- og algedata og modellering av brakkvannets tykkelse fra utvalgte lokaliteter i ulike fjordområder i Sogn og Fjordane. (external link)
• John Birger Ulvund; Henning Andre Urke; Kjersti Birkeland Daae et al. (2014). Sjøauren i Lærdalselvi; opphaldstid og djupnepreferansar i sjø 2008-2010. (external link)
• Robert Kordts; Kjersti Daae; Mirjam Sophia Glessmer et al. (2024). Engagement and metacognition: Student views on active learning in a Geoscienceccourse. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Active projects:

CoCreatingGFI: Co-creation to promote active learning and communities of practice (funded by HKdir), led by K. Daae (read more here, or visit the project website)

iEarth Center for Excellent Education

Former projects:

TOBACO: Topographic Barriers Controlling Warm Water Inflow and Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting (NFR), led by E. Darelius

WARM: Inflow of Warm Deep Water onto the Antarctic Continental Shelves (NFR), led by E. Darelius