My present research interests are in climate dynamics and dynamic meteorology. Most of the studies I have been involved in are associated with numerical simulations of the atmosphere. Most of these simulations are so-called sensitivity experiments where we use models to study the impact of certain processes or (sea)surface properties on the climate.

Research topics I have been involved in:

• Parameterisation of cloud processes in numerical models
• Mesoscale atmospheric dynamics
• Climate modeling and climate analysis
• Large-scale atmosphere ocean interaction 
• Large-scale variability and storm-tracks

 

 

Since 1998 I have lectured and the following courses at the Gepopysical Institute:

 

GFF001 - Introduction to Meteorology and Oceanography 

GEOF212 - Physical Climatology 

GEOF310 - Turbulence in the atmospheric- and oceanic mixed/boundary layer

GEOF110 - Introduction to dynamics in Meteorology and Oceanography

GEOF326 - Atmospheric dynamics

GEOF329 - Local and Micro Meteorology

GEOF327 - The Atmospheric General Circulation

 

 

Research report

• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen et al. (2000). Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling in Principle Task 4. (external link)
• Frode Bendiksen Vikebø; Tore Furevik; Gunnar Furnes et al. (2000). Mean Wave height variations in the Northeast Atlantic, 1881-2050. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2000). Technical Coupling of ARPEGE/MICOM. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Tore Furevik (2002). Simulated influence of increased greenhouse gas forcing on the North Atlantic Oscillation. (external link)
• Øystein Hov; Rasmus Benestad; Ulrich Cubasch et al. (2013). Extreme weather events in Europe: Preparing for climate change adaptation. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (1994). Introduction of a prognostic cloud scheme in the ARPEGE/IFS cycle 11 model. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2000). Preliminary results from a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). The Effect of Internal Variability on Antropogenic CLimate Projections. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Øyvind Byrkjedal (2005). Wintertime Nordic Seas Cyclone Variability and Its Impact on Oceanic Volume Transports Into the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Trond Iversen; Rasmus Benestad; Nils G Kvamstø (2013). Extremes of precipitation. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Øyvind Byrkjedal (2004). Wintertime Nordic Seas cyclone variability and its impact on oceanic volume transports into the Nordic Seas. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Ulla Elina Heikkila; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Anne Dagrun Sandvik (2010). Dynamical downscaling of the ERA-40 reanalysis in complex terrain in Norway. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2002). Simulated influence of increased greenhouse gas forcing on the North Atlantic Oscillation. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2003). Bergen climate model: Some results from a 300 years control integration. (external link)
• Tarjei Breiteig; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). The association between a weakening AMOC and the ENSO and NAO interannual variability. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Asgeir Sorteberg; Mats Bentsen et al. (2003). Variability and trends in the Arctic Climate as Simulated with the Bergen Climate model. (external link)
• Svetlana Anatolievna Sorokina; Justin Wettstein; Camille Li et al. (2017). Is the open Barents Sea a hotspot for generating teleconnections?. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Extratropical climate sensitivity to lower boundary forcing. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). THE NAO/AO SIGNAL IN THE BERGEN CLIMATE MODEL: ARPEGE COUPLED TO MICOM. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Øyvind Byrkjedal; Igor Ezau et al. (2006). Arctic climate change – observations and simulations. (external link)
• Svetlana Anatolievna Sorokina; Justin Wettstein; Li Camille et al. (2014). Barents sea – a hotspot for Eurasian teleconnection patterns?. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2013). Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen et al. (2002). NAO/AO variability in the coupled Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Camilla Albertsen; Trond Boge (2002). Simulated atmospheric sensitivity to a perturbed seasonal sea-ice cycle in the Arctic. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Igor Ezau; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2006). On the Importance of the Arctic Boundary Layer in Climate Simulations. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Igor Ezau (2006). On the Importance of the Arctic Boundary Layer in Climate Simulations. (external link)
• Shujie Ma; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2005). The influence of snow conditions on wintertime extratropical atmospheric variability by numerical simulations. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). The influence of reduced sea ice on the north Atlantic atm. Circulation. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2006). Results from scientific activities in RegClim Pricipal Module 3. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø; Lea Svendsen; Noel Keenlyside (2012). Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik et al. (2002). The Bergen Climate Model: Results from a CMIP2 integration - regional aspects. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Noel Keenlyside; Yongqi Gao et al. (2014). The influence of Atlantic multi-decadal variability on the Indian summer monsoon. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2003). The sensitivity of Arctic Climate Projections to the Initial state and fate of the thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils G Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2013). Weakening AMOC connects equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Marius Meland et al. (2005). Simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum with the AGCM ARPEGE. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; J Walsh; Vladimir Kattsov et al. (2005). Climate Projections of the Arctic. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). The NAO/AO signal in the fully coupled Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Shujie Ma; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2005). Impact of autumn Eurasian snow conditions on wintertime NAO. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Matt Collins; Helge Drange et al. (2003). Decadal-scale predictability of the Atlantic-European climate and the role of the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2003). An overview of modeling activities at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Helge Drange; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). Regional uncertainties in climate projections due to sensitivity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Paul Skeie; David Stephenson (2001). On the role of the Labrador Sea in controlling the NAO. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik et al. (2002). The Bergen Climate Model: Results from a CMIP2 integration - regional aspects. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). Arctic climate change - observations and simulations. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Asgeir Sorteberg; Helge Drange et al. (2003). Results from CMIP2 ensemble simulations with the Bergen Climate Model (BCM). (external link)
• Sebastian Schemm; Camille Li; Laura Ciasto et al. (2017). Linkages between Gulf Stream cyclogenesis and El Niño. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (1995). Synoptic conditions for Arctic front Polar Lows. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2008). Clustering of Cyclones and linkage to large scale flow patterns. (external link)
• Svetlana Anatolievna Sorokina; Camille Li; Justin Wettstein et al. (2019). Observed Atmospheric Coupling between Barents Sea Ice and the Warm-Arctic Cold-Siberian Anomaly Pattern. (external link)
• Paul Skeie; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; David Stephenson (2001). AGCM Simulations of Atmospheric Response in the North-Atlantic to Perturbed Sea Ice Conditions in the Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). An overview of the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Paul Skeie; David Stephenson et al. (2003). Simulated response to prescribed changes in the Arctic sea-ice cover. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Kolstad Erik; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2004). Arctic Climate - Downscaling with a Numerical Model. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Kolstad Erik; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2004). Arctic Climate - coupled AOGCM experiments and downscaling. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2002). Highlights from the Bergen Climate model: Results from a 300-years control integration,and from a 80-years integration with 1% increase in CO2. (external link)
• Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2000). Preliminary results from a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils G Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2013). Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2001). Hvorfor var vinterværet så mye bedre før i tiden?. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Paul Skeie; David Stephenson (2001). On the significance of the Labrador Sea in controlling the North Atlantic Oscillation. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Ida Marie Solbrekke (2019). Observationally based estimates of wind power potential on the Norwegian Shelf. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Camilla Albertsen; Trond Boge (2002). Simulated atmospheric response to changed Arctic sea ice conditions. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research - An Overview. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). Trender og intern variabilitet i et cmip2-ensemble simulert med Bergens klimamodell. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2000). Technical Coupling of ARPEGE/MICOM. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Asgeir Sorteberg; Helge Drange et al. (2004). Climate scenarios and uncertainties in high-northern latitudes. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2000). High resolution simulation of the Nordic and Arctic climate with a global variable resolution model. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Shujie Ma (2005). Eurasian snowcover as a predictor for NAO. (external link)
• Michel Mesquita; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg (2005). Extratropical Summer Storms in the North Atlantic: Variability and Relation to the Large Scale Flow. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad; Yongjia Song et al. (2007). TI: Statistical Connections Between Extratropical Storminess Variability And Teleconnection Patterns. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Helge Drange; Tore Furevik et al. (2004). The Sensitivity of Arctic Climate Projections to Natural Variability. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). Variability in a 300 years integration with the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Helge Drange; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). Trender og intern klimavariabilitet i et CMIP2 ensemble simulert med Bergen Climate Model. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Frode Korneliussen; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). Simulert innverknad av tyngdebølgjedrag på storskala atmosfærisk sirkulasjon. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; kristin breivik (2006). Klimaeffektar av redusert arktisk sommarisdekke - Ein modellstudie. (external link)
• Tarjei Breiteig; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). Synoptiske Lavtrykks Rolle i Vekselvirkningen mellom Stratosfære og Troposfære. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Michel dos Santos Mesquita (2006). Tracking Summer Extra-Tropical Storms: A Climatological Overview and Variability in the Northern Hemisphere. (external link)
• Camilla Albertsen; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). Simulert atmosfærisk respons i energibalansen ved reduksjon i sjøisen i Arktis. (external link)

Popular science article

• Justin Wettstein; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Hvilke prosesser styrer klimavariasjonene?. (external link)
• Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). Ingen ny istid i Noreg. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). Den stormfulle klimadebatten. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2008). Hvor mye vil nedbøren øke i et varmere klima?. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2002). Økt CO2 gir forandring i sirkulasjonsmønsteret. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2002). Mer ekstremt vær. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2002). Lovende resultater for nyutviklet klimamodell. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Tore Furevik (2000). Ny modell gir mer realistiske klimaberegninger. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Krogsæter Olav; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (1999). Prosesser ved iskanten i Arktis og klimaendringer. (external link)
• Helge Drange; Mats Bentsen; Frode Flatøy et al. (2005). Omfattende arbeid med bedre klimamodeller. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2002). Skyldes vårt milde vinterklima "Golfstrømmen"?. (external link)

Lecture

• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2017). Klimaendringer - simulerte og observerte.. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2017). Menneskeskapte klimaendringer - hva vet vi?. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2019). Klimaendringar. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (1995). Cloud parametrization in numerical wather prediction models. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2005). Extreme weather in the North Atlantic region. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2019). Klima, ver og havstraumar. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø (2013). Klimaendringer globalt og i Norge - Kan vi fortsette å produsere og lete etter olje og gass?. (external link)
• Svetlana Sorokina; Justin Wettstein; Camille Li et al. (2013). Investigating the link between Barents Sea ice and cold Siberian winters. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2017). Framvekst av den moderne meteorologien - Med vekt på varsling, lavtrykk og teknologiens rolle. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2017). The University of Bergen & Geophysical Institute - A brief presentation. (external link)
• Ole Johannes Kaland; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2019). Klimaforskning med verdens største forurenser: Hvilken effekt har Kinas ambisiøse klimatiltak og restriktive utslippspolitikk?. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). Regional klimautvikling under global oppvarming. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø (2012). Stormbaner og ekstremvær - hva vet vi?. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2019). Climate Science in Bergen. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Stormbaner og ekstremvær. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2016). Regnmålingsprosjektet – En pilot for framtidens værvarsling. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Økt drivhuseffekt og klimaendringer. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Økt drivhuseffekt og klimaendringer. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Stormbaner og ekstremver. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). Ekstremvær i Norge og norske farvann. (external link)

Media interview

• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). NAO'en negativ usedvanlig lenge. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). «Lottokule med blylodd». (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). Værets ansikt. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg (2008). Pengar stoppar sikker tunnel. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; John Arne Riise (2019). Om potensialet for kraftproduksjon ved hjelp av havvindparker på norsk sokkel. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Værvarsling og klimaendring. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). Schrödingers katt. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). Knallvintre med lite Nordpol-is. (external link)
• Anne-Grethe Dahl; Nils G Kvamstø (2014). Huset på haugen. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Fenomenet som ga iskald vinter i fjor er her fortsatt. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø (2012). Verdenskjend vitskapsmann ved Geofysen. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2008). Ekstremnedbør og global oppvarming. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø (2012). TV2-nyhetene: Intervju om ekstremnedbør på Østlandet. (external link)
• Ingunn Viken; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2011). Nå er begeret fullt. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2008). Pengar stoppar sikker tunnel. (external link)
• Nils G Kvamstø (2012). NRK Hordaland distriktsending: Intervju om den tropiske stormen Sandy. (external link)

Media feature article

• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2002). Global oppvarming git mer ekstremt vær. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Ekstremver og global oppvarming. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2017). Forskning på vær og hav i 100 år. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2011). Kuldeparadokset. (external link)

Academic article

• Frode Bendiksen Vikebø; Tore Furevik; Gunnar Furnes et al. (2003). Wave Height Variations in the North Sea and on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 1881 to 1999. (external link)
• Odd Helge Otterå; Mats Bentsen; Ingo Bethke et al. (2009). Simulated pre-industrial climate in Bergen Climate Model (version 2): model description and large-scale circulation features. (external link)
• Yvan Orsolini; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Ina K. Thorstensen Kindem et al. (2008). Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic Low Seesaw and ENSO onto the Stratosphere in Ensemble Winter Hindcasts. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (1998). Simulation of Nordic climate with a global variable resolution model. (external link)
• Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange; Mats Bentsen et al. (2004). Transient response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas-Arctic Ocean in the Bergen climate model. (external link)
• Laura Ciasto; Camille Li; Justin Wettstein et al. (2016). North Atlantic storm-track sensitivity to projected sea surface temperature: Local versus remote influences. (external link)
• Odd-Helge Otterå; Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange et al. (2003). The transient response of the Atlantic meridional Overturning Circulation to enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas/Arctic Ocean in the bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Yongjia Song; Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad et al. (2008). Clustering of cyclones in the ARPEGE general circulation model. (external link)
• Anne Dagrun Sandvik; Marina Biryulina; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2007). Observed and simulated microphysical composition of arctic clouds: Data properties and model validation. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Igor Esau; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2008). Sensitivity of simulated wintertime Arctic atmosphere to vertical resolution in the ARPEGE/IFS model. (external link)
• Yvan Orsolini; Ina K. Thorstensen Kindem; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2011). On the potential impact of the stratosphere upon seasonal dynamical hindcasts of the North Atlantic Oscillation: a pilot study. (external link)
• Jürgen Bader; Martin Flügge; Nils G Kvamstø et al. (2013). Atmospheric winter response to a projected future Antarctic sea-ice reduction: a dynamical analysis. (external link)
• Michel dos Santos Mesquita; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2008). Climatological properties of summertime extra-tropical storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere. (external link)
• Sebastian Schemm; Laura Ciasto; Camille Li et al. (2016). Influence of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature on the genesis of Gulf Stream cyclones. (external link)
• Lei Chen; Benkui Tan; Nils G Kvamstø et al. (2013). Wintertime Cyclone Activity and Its Relation to Precipitation over China. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Tore Furevik; Helge Drange et al. (2005). Effects of simulated natural variability on Arctic temperature projections. (external link)
• Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad; David Stephenson,; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). How useful are teleconnection patterns for explaining variability in extratropical storminess ?. (external link)
• Sebastian Schemm; Aleksi Nummelin; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2017). The ocean version of the Lagrangian analysis tool LAGRANTO. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Marius Meland et al. (2006). Sensitivity of last glacial maximum climate to sea ice conditions in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2006). The effect of internal variability on anthropogenic climate projections. (external link)
• Anne Dagrun Sandvik; Marina Biryulina; Jakob J. Stamnes et al. (2006). Arctic clouds – numerical modeling versus airborne measurements. (external link)
• Dag Johan Steinskog; Dag Bjarne Tjøstheim; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2007). A Cautionary Note on the Use of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test for Normality. (external link)
• Ida Marie Solbrekke; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg (2020). Mitigation of offshore wind power intermittency by interconnection of production sites. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Philippe Dandin (1998). Tests with a new radiation and cloud scheme in the ARPEGE climate model. (external link)
• Yvan Orsolini; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Role of Eurasian snow cover in wintertime circulation: Decadal simulations forced with satellite observations. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils G Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2013). Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2003). Description and Evaluation of the Bergen Climate Model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM. (external link)
• Odd-Helge Otterå; Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange et al. (2003). The sensitivity of the present day Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to anomalous freshwater input. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Dag Johan Steinskog; David Stephenson, et al. (2012). Estimation of trends in extreme melt-season duration at Svalbard. (external link)
• Svetlana Anatolievna Sorokina; Camille Li; Justin Wettstein et al. (2016). Observed atmospheric coupling between Barents Sea ice and the warm-Arctic cold-Siberian anomaly pattern. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Svein Skeie; David Stephenson (2004). Impact of labrador sea-ice extent on the North Atlantic oscillation. (external link)
• Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange; Mats Bentsen et al. (2004). The sensitivity of the present-day Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to freshwater forcing. (external link)
• Lei Chen; Benkui Tan; Nils G Kvamstø et al. (2014). Wintertime cyclone/anticyclone activity over China and its relation to upper tropospheric jets. (external link)

Conference poster

• Ina K. Thorstensen Kindem; Yvan Orsolini; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2004). Seasonal forecast of the North Atlantic Oscillation with stratosphere-troposphere models. (external link)
• Justin Wettstein; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; David Stephen Battisti (2009). Are we missing a positive (dynamic) climate feedback?. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2003). The development of sea ice, NAO and THC in a CO2 increase ensemble with the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; C.G. Albertsen; T. Boge (2003). Simulation of atmospheric response to an ice-free Arctic. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils G Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2012). Simulated response of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation to a weakening Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; C.G. Albertsen; Trond Boge (2003). Simulation of atmospheric response to an ice-free Arctic. (external link)
• Tarjei Breiteig; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). The association between a weakening AMOC and the ENSO and NAO inter-annual variability. (external link)
• Stig-Arild Fagerli; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Jørgen Bader (2008). Atmospheric response to a zonally averaged SST distribution in the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Anne Dagrun Sandvik; Marina Biryulina; Jakob J. Stamnes et al. (2005). Arctic clouds - numerical modelling versus airborn measurements. (external link)
• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Marius Meland; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø et al. (2004). Model Evidence of a new LGM reconstruction in the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). Technical coupling of Arpege/Micom. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Paul Skeie; David Stephenson (2001). On the role of the Labrador Sea in controlling the NAO. (external link)
• Frode Bendiksen Vikebø; Tore Furevik; Gunnar Furnes et al. (2001). Mean Wave Height variations in the Northeast Atlantic 1889 - 2049. (external link)
• Trond Boge; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). The Arctic sea-ice cycle and the NAO. (external link)
• Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). weather regimes in the Euro-Atlantic sector - do they excist?. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). Relationships between the South Asian jet Stream Waveguide and the NAO. (external link)
• Lea Svendsen; Nils G Kvamstø; Noel Keenlyside (2013). Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability. (external link)
• Shujie Ma; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2004). Impact of Eurasian snow conditions on the North Atlantic Oscillation. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Øyvind Byrkjedal; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2004). North Atlantic winter stormtrack variability and NAO/AO. (external link)
• Laura Ciasto; Nils G Kvamstø; Camille Li (2012). Understanding the role of ocean dynamics for changes in the North Atlantic storm track. (external link)
• Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). Weather regimes in the Euro-Atlantic sector - do they exist?. (external link)
• T.N. Boge; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). The Arctic sea-ice cycle and the NAO. (external link)
• Tore Furevik; Mats Bentsen; Helge Drange et al. (2001). The NAO/AO Signal in the Bergen Climate Model: A Twin Experiment With/Without Flux Adjustment. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2000). AGCM simulations of Atmospheric Response in the North Atlantic to Perturbed Sea Ice Conditions in the Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Shujie Ma; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2005). Autumn snow cover and wintertime North Atlantic large scale variability: Observed and simulated analysis. (external link)
• Yongjia Song; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Sigbjørn Grønås (2004). Meridional heat transport in the different resolutions of AGCM. (external link)
• Yvan Orsolini; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg (2008). Impact of snow cover on inter-annual variability of the NH winter circulation in an ensemble GCM simulation forced by satellite observations. (external link)
• Anne Dagrun Sandvik; Marina Biryulina; Jakob J. Stamnes et al. (2006). Arctic clouds numerical modeling versus airborne measurements. (external link)
• Ina K. Thorstensen Kindem; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2001). The North Atlantic Storm Track in the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Asgeir Sorteberg; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2003). Relationships between the South Asian Jet Stream Waveguide and the NAO. (external link)
• Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; David Stephenson (2004). Euro-Atlantic teleconnections and precipitation. (external link)
• Odd Helge Otterå; Helge Drange; Mats Bentsen et al. (2004). The transient response of the Atlantic Meridional overturning circulation to strong high latitude freshwater forcing in a state-of-the-art climate model. (external link)
• Michel dos Santos Mesquita; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Asgeir Sorteberg (2004). Tracking Summer Storms: A Climatological Overview and Variability in the North Atlantic. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Helga Flesche Kleiven; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2009). Ta klimaforskerne med. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2002). Om fjernvirkninger på regionalt klima - resultater fra ny forskning. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2016). Storm troupers - The fight to forecast the weather. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Øyvind Byrkjedal; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2006). Aspects on interactions between mid- to high latitude atmospheric circulation and some surface processes. (external link)
• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (1992). Some aspects of cloud formation and related processes in numerical weather prediction models. (external link)
• Svetlana Sorokina; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø; Ola M Johannessen et al. (2014). Certain aspects of high latitude climate variability. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2014). Klimaargumentet. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Værvarsling og klimaendring. (external link)
• Sigbjørn Grønås; Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (2010). Underlige utalelser om været. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

 

1. Hov, Øystein; Benestad, Rasmus; Cubasch, Ulrich; Fischer, Erich; Höppe, Peter; Iversen, Trond; Kvamstø, Nils G; Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.; Rezacova, Daniela; Rios, David; Duarte Santos, Filipe; Schädler, Bruno; Veisz, Otto; Zerefos, Christos; Murlis, John; Donat, M; Leckebusch, Gregor C.; Ulbrich, Uwe. 
   Extreme weather events in Europe: Preparing for climate change adaptation. PO Box 43 Blindern, Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Meteorological Institute 2013 (ISBN 978-82-7144-100-5) 136 s. 
   UiB UiO
2. Chen, L., Tan, B.K., and Johannessen O.M. (2013) Wintertime cyclone activity and its relation to precipitation over China, Atmospheric and Oceanic Letters, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 5, 387-393
3. Svendsen, L., Kvamstø, N.G. and N. Keenlyside (2013) Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability, Clim Dyn DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1904-8
4. Bader, J., Flügge, M., Kvamstø, N.G., Mesquita, M.D.S. and Voigt, A. (2012) Atmospheric winter response to a projected future Antarctic sea-ice reduction: a dynamical analysis, Clim Dyn, DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1507-9
5. Kvamstø N.G., Steinskog D.J., Stephenson D.B. and D.B. Tjøstheim, (2011) Trends and extremes in the length of the Arctic melt season, Conditionally accepted in Int. J. Climatol.
6. Orsolini, Y. J., Kindem, I.T and N.G. Kvamsto, (2010) On the potential impact of the stratosphere upon seasonal dynamical hindcasts of the North Atlantic Oscillation: a pilot study, Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0705-6.
7. Orsolini, Y. J., and N. G. Kvamsto (2009), Role of Eurasian snow cover in wintertime circulation: Decadal simulations forced with satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D19108, doi:10.1029/2009JD012253.
8. Otterå, O. H., Bentsen, M., Bethke, I., and Kvamstø, N. G.: Simulated pre-industrial climate in Bergen Climate Model (version 2): model description and large-scale circulation features, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 507-549, 2009.
9. Orsolini, Y.J., N. G. Kvamstoe, I. T. Kindem, M. Honda and H. Nakamura (2008). Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw and ENSO onto the stratosphere in ensemble winter hindcasts. J. Met. Soc. Japan, 86(5), 817-825
10. Mesquita, M.D.S., N.G. Kvamstø, A. Sorteberg and D. Atkinson (2008) Climatological Properties of Summertime Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks in the Northern Hemisphere. Tellus, 60A, DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00305.x
11. Kvamstø, N.G., Y. Song, I. Seierstad, A. Sorteberg, D.B. Stephenson (2008). Clustering of cyclones in the ARPEGE general circulation model. Tellus A 60, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00307.x
12. Byrkjedal Ø., I. Esau and N. G. Kvamstø (2007). Sensitivity of simulated wintertime Arctic atmosphere to vertical resolution in the ARPEGE/IFS model. Clim. Dyn., 30(1-2), 687-701, DOI 10.1007/s00382- 007-0316-z
13. I. A. Seierstad, D. B. Stephenson, N. G. Kvamstø (2007). How useful are teleconnection patterns for Page 6 of 8explaining variability in extratropical storminess? Tellus A 59 (2), 170–181. doi:10.1111/j.1600- 0870.2007.00226.x
14. Sandvik, A., M. Biryulina, N. G. Kvamstø, J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes (2007), Observed and simulated microphysical composition of arctic clouds: Data properties and model validation, J Geophys. Res., 112, D05205, doi:10.1029/2006JD007351.
15. Steinskog, D. J., D. Tjøstheim and N. G. Kvamstø (2007). A cautionary note on the use of the Kolmogoroff – Smirnov test. Mon. Wea. Rev. 135, 1151 – 1157.
16. Sorteberg A. and N. G. Kvamstø (2006). The effect of internal variability on anthropogenic climate projections, accepted for publication in Tellus A
17. Byrkjedal Ø., N. G. Kvamstø, M. Meland and E. Jansen (2006). Simulated climate response in last glacial maximum to changed sea-ice conditions in the Nordic Seas, Clim. Dyn , 26, 473-487, doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0096-2.
18. Sorteberg A., T. Furevik, H. Drange, and N. G. Kvamstø (2005). Effects of simulated natural variability on Arctic temperature projections. Geoph. Res. Lett, 32, L18708, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023404, 2005.
19. Sorteberg, A., N. G. Kvamstø and Ø. Byrkjedal (2004). Wintertime Nordic Seas Cyclone Variability and its impact on Oceanic Volume Transports into the Nordic Seas. Climate of the Nordic Seas, AGU Monograph
20. Otterå, O. H., H. Drange, M. Bentsen, N. G. Kvamstø and D. Jiang (2004). Transient response of enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas - Arctic Ocean in the Bergen Climate Model. Tellus 56A, 342-361.
21. Kvamstø, N.G., P. Skeie, D.B. Stephenson, (2004). Large-scale impact of localized Labrador sea-ice changes on the North Atlantic Oscillation. Int. J. Climatol. 24, 603-612.
22. Otterå, O. H., H. Drange, M. Bentsen, N. G. Kvamstø and D. Jiang (2003). The sensitivity of the present day Atlantic meriodinal overturning circulation to anomalous freshwater input, Geophys. Res. Lett.,30(17), 1898 – 1902.
23. Furevik, T., Bentsen, M., Drange, H., Kindem, I.K.T., Kvamstø, N.G., and Sorteberg, A. (2003). Description and Validation of the Bergen Climate Model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM, Clim. Dyn., 21, 27-51.
24. Vikebø, F. T. Furevik, G. Furnes, N.G. Kvamstø, M. Reistad, (2003). Wave Height Variations in the North Sea and the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 1881 - 1999, Cont. Shelf. Res., 23 251-263.
25. Grønås S. & N.G. Kvamstø (1995). Numerical simulation of synoptic condition and development of Arctic Outbreak Polar Lows. Tellus, 47A, 797-814.
26. Grønås, S., N.G. Kvamstø & E. Raustein (1994). Numerical simulations of the Northern German Storm of 27-28 August 1989. Tellus, 46A, 635-650.
27. Kvamstø, N.G. (1993). An Investigation of the Cumulus Cloudiness Parameterization in Northerly flows in the Norwegian Sea. Mon. Wea. Rev. 121. 1434-1449.
28. Kvamstø, N.G. (1990). An investigation of diagnostic relations between stratiform fractional cloud cover and other meteorological parameters in numerical weather prediction models. J. Appl. Meteor. 30. 200-216.