Research interests:

• The role of the northern seas in climate - past, present, future
• The (possible) interannual to decadal predictability of climate
• Structure and variability of ocean circulation
• Arctic sea ice cover, how and why it changes
• Barents Sea ice cover, climate, and ecosystem
• Open ocean convection
• Mesoscale eddies and frontal dynamics, incl. “spiral eddies”

using theory, observations, and models.

 

 

GEOF 210 Data Analysis in Meteorology and Oceanography (autumn 2010, 2011, 2012, spring 2017)

 

Lecture

• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2024). Arven etter Nansen. Om Barentshavet, samarbeid og store mål. (external link)
• Marit Skivenes; Edvard Hviding; Tor Eldevik (2022). How to link your project proposal to current and future challenges. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Siri Margrethe Kalvig; Kjetil Alstadheim (2019). Teknologioptimisme vs tøffe valg. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2018). The Nansen Legacy project. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Oseanografi. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2019). The Nansen Legacy project. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2022). Arven etter Nansen - Orientering for det interdepartementale polarutvalg. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Cecilie von Quillfeldt (2020). Iskanten og iskantsonen - innledning på tema for regjeringspartienes Stortingsgrupper (V, KrF, H) på Stortinget. (external link)
• Malte Müller; Leif Christian Stige; Geir W. Gabrielsen et al. (2020). Arctic Frontiers side event FROM NANSEN LEGACY SCIENCE TO USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIETY. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2018). The Nansen Legacy project. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2018). Arven etter Nansen. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2007). (Ekstrem)vær og klima fram mot 2100. (external link)
• Kenneth Ruud; Tor Eldevik (2018). The Nansen Legacy - An interdisciplinary research project on the climate and ecosystem of the Barents Sea – a gateway to a changing Arctic. (external link)
• Ingrid Kvåle Faleide; Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui; Tor Eldevik (2024). Grønn omstilling - Vitenskapens rolle for en bærekraftig framtid Licence to operate. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). The G.C. Rieber Climate institute. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2007). Vær og klima fram mot 2100. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2018). Arven etter Nansen. Presentasjon for styret i Petromaks. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2010). Klimaforskernes krystallkule. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Cristian Guillermo Gebhardt; Asgeir Sorteberg et al. (2024). Forskning og utdanning rundt havvind. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2019). The Nansen Legacy. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2025). The Nansen Legacy - Research collaboration towards a new Arctic Ocean. (external link)
• Haakon Hop; Tor Eldevik (2020). Bidrag til Arctic Frontiers 2020 “pub-debatt” om «Vekst eller vern» i nord. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). Om global oppvarming og ekstremvær. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Michel Myhre-Nielsen; Ingrid Margrete Lomelde et al. (2019). Det grønne skiftet - hva nå?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2019). Blir det hvit jul neste år?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2020). The Nansen Legacy project - presentation to NFR’s Climate and Polar Portfolio Board. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2019). Arven etter Nansen. (external link)

Media interview

• Tor Eldevik; Anne Britt Sandø; Helge Drange (2006). Golfstrømmen stanset ikke. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Kartlegger klimasvingninger i Norskehavet. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Kjetil Våge; Guri Gunnes Oppegård (2011). Bekrefter ny havstrøm. (external link)
• Oda Viken; Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik (2018). Arven etter Nansen omtalt i Ettermiddagssending fra NRK Troms. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Vi trenger mer naturvitenskaplig klimaforskning. (external link)
• Eystein Jansen; Helge Drange; Tor Eldevik (2010). Klima. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Et skritt mot bedre klimavarsling. (external link)
• Eystein Jansen; Christoph Heinze; Tor Eldevik et al. (2013). Vi har de flinkeste klimaforskerne i landet. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun (2012). Nansen fikk rett. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; Tor Eldevik (2011). Oppdaget havstrøm ved Island. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Oppdaget ny havstrøm. (external link)
• Eystein Jansen; Tor Eldevik; Tore Furevik et al. (2010). Klimaskepsis på tynn is. (external link)
• Helge Drange; Tor Eldevik; Tore Furevik et al. (2010). Klimaskepsis på tynn is. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Helge Drange; Helga Flesche Kleiven; Tor Eldevik (2014). Ufunderte klimapåstander. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Universitetsrangeringer sier lite om UiB. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2007). Grunnløst i klimadebatten. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2016). Stø kurs, men hvor?. (external link)
• Helge Drange; Tor Eldevik; Tore Furevik et al. (2010). Nok eit svar til Kvalheim og Sletten. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). Tar Golfstrømmen pause?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2008). Kampen mot kunnskap. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Lars Henrik Smedsrud (2021). Hundreårs stormflo fra Atlanterhavet årlig eller hvert femte år?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2005). Det må være lov.... (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Forunderlige klimamyter. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). Golfstrømmen tok ikke pause. (external link)
• Helge Drange; Tor Eldevik; Tore Furevik et al. (2010). Økt konsentrasjon av CO2 gir varmere klode. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2007). Dårlig kjemi i klimadebatten. (external link)

Academic article

• Tor Eldevik; Kristian Dysthe (2002). Spiral Eddies. (external link)
• Helene Asbjørnsen; Marius Årthun; Øystein Skagseth et al. (2020). Mechanisms underlying recent Arctic atlantification. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Ellen Viste et al. (2017). Skillful prediction of northern climate provided by the ocean. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; P.B. Rhines; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Water mass transformation and the North Atlantic Current in three multicentury climate model simulations. (external link)
• Anne Britt Sandø; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Mechanisms for variable North Atlantic-Nordic seas exchanges. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik et al. (2021). Mechanisms of regional winter sea-ice variability in a warming arctic. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Mari Fjalstad Jensen; Helene R. Langehaug et al. (2023). Buoyancy forcing: A key driver of northern North Atlantic sea surface temperature variability across multiple timescales. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Lars H. Smedsrud (2019). The Role of Atlantic Heat Transport in Future Arctic Winter Sea Ice Loss. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; David Docquier et al. (2024). Causal Links Between Sea-Ice Variability in the Barents-Kara Seas and Oceanic and Atmospheric Drivers. (external link)
• Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Tor Eldevik; Lars H. Smedsrud et al. (2018). Seasonal and regional manifestation of Arctic sea ice loss. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Ingrid H. Onarheim; Jakob Dörr et al. (2021). The Seasonal and Regional Transition to an Ice-Free Arctic. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; R.S. Pickart; MA Spall et al. (2011). Significant role of the North Icelandic Jet in the formation of Denmark Strait overflow water. (external link)
• Helene Asbjørnsen; Marius Årthun; Øystein Skagseth et al. (2019). Mechanisms of Ocean Heat Anomalies in the Norwegian Sea. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Erik Wilhelm Kolstad; Tor Eldevik et al. (2018). Time Scales and Sources of European Temperature Variability. (external link)
• Florian Geyer; Ilker Fer; Tor Eldevik (2009). Dense overflow from an Arctic fjord: Mean seasonal cycle, variability and wind influence. (external link)
• Roshin Pappukutty Raj; Johnny Andre Johannessen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2016). Quantifying mesoscale eddies in the Lofoten Basin. (external link)
• Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2015). Skillful prediction of Barents Sea ice cover. (external link)
• Johnny Andre Johannessen; Vladimir Kudryavtsev; D Akimov et al. (2005). On radar imaging of current features: 2. Mesoscale eddy and current front detection. (external link)
• Åke Emil Jeansson; Are Olsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2011). The Nordic Seas carbon budget: Sources, sinks, and uncertainties. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2013). The Arctic-Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Daniela Matei; Tor Eldevik et al. (2016). On model differences and skill in predicting sea surface temperature in the Nordic and Barents Seas. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Tor Lien Mjell; Odd Helge Otterå et al. (2016). On the reconstruction of ocean circulation and climate based on the "Gardar Drift". (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Doroteaciro Iovino et al. (2009). Observed sources and variability of Nordic seas overflow. (external link)
• Leilane G. Passos; Helene R. Langehaug; Marius Årthun et al. (2022). Impact of initialization methods on the predictive skill in NorCPM: an Arctic–Atlantic case study. (external link)
• Helene Asbjørnsen; Tor Eldevik; Johanne Skrefsrud et al. (2024). Observed change and the extent of coherence in the Gulf Stream system. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Lars Henrik Smedsrud et al. (2012). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on Barents Sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Marie Eide; Are Olsen; Ulysses S Ninnemann et al. (2017). A global estimate of the full oceanic 13C Suess effect since the preindustrial. (external link)
• Carina Bringedal; Tor Eldevik; Øystein Skagseth et al. (2018). Structure and forcing of observed exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. (external link)
• Øystein Skagseth; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2020). Reduced efficiency of the Barents Sea cooling machine. (external link)
• Evangelia Efstathiou; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2022). Spatial Patterns, Mechanisms, and Predictability of Barents Sea Ice Change. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2002). On frontal dynamics in two model oceans. (external link)
• Anders Olsson; E Jeansson; Leif Gunnar Anderson et al. (2005). Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik (2016). On anomalous ocean heat transport toward the Arctic and associated climate predictability. (external link)
• Øyvind Thiem; Jarle Berntsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2006). Gas exploration beyond the shelf break: An oceanographic challenge. (external link)
• Anders Olsson; E. Jeansson; Leif Gunnar Anderson et al. (2004). Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride. (external link)
• Erwin Lambert; Tor Eldevik; Peter M. Haugan (2016). How northern freshwater input can stabilise thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Bjørg Risebrobakken; Anne Elisabeth Bjune et al. (2014). A brief history of climate e the northern seas from the last Glacial Maximum to global warming. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Arctic/Atlantic exchanges via the Subpolar Gyre. (external link)
• Tor Lien Mjell; Ulysses S Ninnemann; Tor Eldevik et al. (2015). Holocene multidecadal- to millennial-scale variations in Iceland-Scotland overflow and their relationship to climate. (external link)
• Iselin Medhaug; Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Mechanisms for decadal scale variability in a simulated Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Peter M. Haugan (2020). That’s a lot of water. (external link)
• K.I.C. Oliver; Tor Eldevik; D.P. Stevens et al. (2008). A Greenland Sea Perspective on the Dynamics of Postconvective Eddies. (external link)
• Roshin Pappukutty Raj; Leon Chafik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen et al. (2015). The Lofoten Vortex of the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Ingo Bethke; Yiguo Wang; Francois Stephane Counillon et al. (2021). NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP. (external link)
• Erwin Lambert; Tor Eldevik; Michael A. Spall (2018). On the Dynamics and Water Mass Transformation of a Boundary Current Connecting Alpha and Beta Oceans. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik et al. (2024). Expanding Influence of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Heat Transport on Winter Sea-Ice Variability in a Warming Arctic. (external link)

Conference poster

• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Mari Fjalstad Jensen; Helene R. Langehaug et al. (2022). The role of buoyancy forcing for spatial-temporal SST variability across multiple time-scales. (external link)
• Siv Kari Lauvset; Tor Eldevik; Kjetil Våge et al. (2011). Using C* to quantifyentrainment into the Nordic Seas overflow water. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2010). Constraining the Arctic/Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Erin Kunisch; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). The Nansen Legacy - changing Arctic climate and ecosystem responses. (external link)
• Ola M Johannessen; Kjetil Lygre; Tor Eldevik (2004). Convective chimneys and plumes in the northern Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Tor Lien Mjell; Helene R. Langehaug; Odd Helge Otterå et al. (2012). Reconstructing ocean circulation and climate based on the “Gardar Drift”. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Tor Eldevik; Anne Elisabeth Bjune (2013). A brief history of climate - the northern seas from Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen et al. (2012). Sources and propagation of anomalous freshwater content in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Fiammetta Straneo; Anne Britt Sandø et al. (2004). Nordic Seas pathways and export. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Alf Hartvig Øien (1997). Sub- to supersonic streaming of ions towards the cathode in a beam-generated plasma model. (external link)
• Emil Jeansson; Are Olsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2009). Transports, budget and variability of inorganic carbon in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Dorotea Iovino et al. (2007). Greenland Sea does not control the overflows feeding the Atlantic conveyor. (external link)
• Birgitte Friestad Nyland; Tor Eldevik; Trond Martin Dokken et al. (2004). Reconstructing the thermocline in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel from paleo proxies and estimating the associated fluxes. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). POCAHONTAS – Polar Climate and Heat Transport. (external link)
• Dorotea Iovino; Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange (2004). On the structure of the Meridional Overturning Circulation for distinct cases of surface forcing and basin configuration. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Anders Olsson; Fiammetta Straneo et al. (2006). Nordic Seas pathways and overflows of the Nordic Seas as traced out by SF6. (external link)
• Anders Olsson; Toste Tanhua; Tor Eldevik et al. (2006). Export of Ventilated Water From the Nordic Seas to the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Investigated by Released SF6. (external link)
• Jan Even Nilsen; Tor Eldevik; Øystein Skagseth et al. (2006). Ventilation, Pathways, and Overflows of the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; F. Straneo; Tore Furevik et al. (2003). Ventilation and spreading of Greenland Sea water. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Sebastian Gerland; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). The Nansen Legacy project invites you to its upcoming international symposium in November 2023. (external link)
• K.I.C Oliver; Tor Eldevik; D.P. Stevens et al. (2007). A Greenland Sea perspective on convective eddies. (external link)
• Birgitte Friestad Nyland; Tor Eldevik; Trond Martin Dokken et al. (2004). Reconstructing the thermocline in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel from paleo proxies and estimating the associated fluxes. (external link)
• Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik; Øystein Skagseth et al. (2012). Ventilation, pathways, and overflows of the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Erik Wilhelm Kolstad; Tor Eldevik et al. (2018). Time Scales and Sources of European Temperature Variability. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Nilsen; Anders Olsson et al. (2006). Any trace of the Greenland Sea in the Conveyor? Buoyancy loss in the Nordic Seas: A driver of the Atlantic Conveyor?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Nilsen; Anders Olsson et al. (2006). Little trace of the Greenland Sea in the Atlantic Conveyor. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on Barents Sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2010). Northern Water Mass Transformation. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2009). Nordic Recipes. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Constraining the Arctic/North Atlantic Circulation. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2018). The Nansen Legacy: A new project for scientific exploration and sustainable management beyond the ice edge. (external link)
• Anders Olsson; Tor Eldevik (2005). Tracing out mixing, pathways, and export of the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Johanne Skrefsrud; Helen L. Johnson et al. (2023). Observed changes and coherence in the Gulf Stream system. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on sea ice variability and retreat in the Barents Sea. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on Barents Sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Iselin Medhaug; Helene R. Langehaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Mechanisms for decadal scale variability in the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in the Bergen Climate Model (talk). (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Lars Henrik Smedsrud (2019). The role of Atlantic heat transport in future Arctic winter sea ice loss. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; Robert S. Pickart; Michael A. Spall et al. (2011). Formation of Denmark Strait Overflow Water via boundary currents and transformation in the central Iceland Sea. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; M Steel; Lars Henrik Smedsrud et al. (2023). How Atlantic Heat Makes Arctic Sea Ice Retreat. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Peter B. Rhines; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Water mass transformation and the North Atlantic Current in three multi-century climate model simulations. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; P.B. Rhines; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). Water mass transformation and the North Atlantic Current in three multi-century climate model simulations (talk). (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helen L. Johnson (2022). Observed changes and coherence in the Gulf Stream system. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helen L. Johnson; Johanne Skrefsrud et al. (2023). Observed changes and coherence in the Gulf Stream system. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Nilsen; Anders Olsson et al. (2006). Little trace of the Greenland Sea in the Atlantic Conveyor. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Endre Tvinnereim; Troy Saghaug Broderstad et al. (2026). Hva skjer når EU stemmer nei til Norge?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Endre Tvinnereim (2025). Dette er ikke en EU-debatt. (external link)
• Lars H. Smedsrud; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun (2019). How Atlantic heat makes Arctic sea ice retreat. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2019). The role of Atlantic heat in Arctic sea ice retreat. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2020). The new Arctic require new knowledge built on new collaborations. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). Introduction to session on Process and feedbacks. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Nordic recipes: constraining the ocean’s northern overturning. (external link)
• Lars H. Smedsrud; Tor Eldevik; Ingrid Husøy Onarheim (2018). Sea Ice Variability and Predictability in the Nansen Basin. (external link)
• Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Randi Ingvaldsen; Igor Esau et al. (2012). The role of the Barents Sea in the climate system. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Anne Elisabeth Bjune; Tor Eldevik (2012). A brief history of climate - the northern seas from Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. Climate Change at high latitudes. (external link)
• Johanne Skrefsrud; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2022). On the structure and sensitivity of North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik (2014). The Arctic-Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Tor Eldevik; Anne Bjune et al. (2014). A brief history of climate – the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2011). Northern constraints to the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2010). Northern constraints on the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2010). Constraining the Arctic/Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik (2010). Sources and sinks for heat and salt in the Arctic Mediterranean via exchanges at the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange (2010). Northern deep-water formation and relations to the large-scale circulation. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Peter Rhines; Iselin Medhaug et al. (2010). Distribution of the Northern Water Mass Formation completing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2010). On the predictability of Arctic/North Atlantic climate. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on Barents Sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2024). Arven etter Nansen: Hva har vi lært om Barentshavet, samarbeid og store mål?. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik (2022). Present and future influence of ocean heat transport on winter Arctic sea-ice variability. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2007). The Greenland Sea and the Atlantic Conveyor. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Dorotea Iovino et al. (2007). The Greenland Sea does not control the overflows feeding the Atlantic conveyor. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; David Docquier et al. (2024). Causal links between Barents-Kara sea-ice variability and oceanic and atmospheric drivers. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Summary - RG3 in BCCR: high relevance, low impact?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). BIAC working theme 4: Contribution to the Atlantic thermohaline circulation and consequences for climate. (external link)
• Emil Jeansson; Are Olsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2010). The Nordic Seas Carbon Budget: Sources, Sinks And Uncertainties. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2012). Nordic Seas freshwater anomalies tracked back to the Atlantic inflow?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). On the possible predictability of Barents sea ice cover and regional climate. (external link)
• Lars H. Smedsrud; Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Tor Eldevik (2018). Sea Ice Variability and Predictability in the Nansen Basin. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; Robert S. Pickart; Michael A. Spall et al. (2011). formation of Denmark STrait Overflow Water via boundary currents and transformation in the central Iceland Sea. (external link)
• Sebastian Gerland; Randi Brunvær Ingvaldsen; Marit Reigstad et al. (2024). Still Arctic? - The changing Barents Sea. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Northern constraints on the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Predictability of Arctic/North Atlantic climate. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik (2010). Open-ocean Deep Convection in Climate Models. (external link)
• Birgitte Friestad Nyland; Trond Martin Dokken; Tor Eldevik (2004). On reconstructing the thermocline in the Faroe-Shetland Channel from paleo proxies, and estimating the associated fluxes. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Anders Olsson (2004). On linking the internal circulation of the Nordic Seas with the overflows. What can we learn from the 1996 SF6 release in the central Greenland Sea?. (external link)
• Bodil Bluhm; Marit Reigstad; Sebastian Gerland et al. (2018). The Nansen Legacy project. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Lars H. Smedsrud et al. (2020). How Atlantic heat makes Arctic sea ice retreat. (external link)
• Helene Asbjørnsen; Tor Eldevik; Helen L. Johnson (2022). Observed changes and coherence in the Gulf Stream system. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). Present and Future Influence of Ocean Heat Transport on Winter Arctic Sea-Ice Variability. (external link)
• Tor Lien Mjell; Ulysses S Ninnemann; Helga Flesche Kleiven et al. (2010). Decadal-Millennial Scale Variability in the Nordic Seas overflows and their relationship to climate during the Holocene. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Nilsen; D. Iovino et al. (2007). The Greenland Sea does not control the overflows feeding the Atlantic conveyor. (external link)
• Amir Hashemi; Tor Eldevik (2019). Anvendelsen av matematikk i hav- og klimaforskning. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2009). Nordic Recipes. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Anders Olsson; Fiammetta Straneo et al. (2005). Tracing out the export pathways and overflows of the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen et al. (2012). Sources and propagation of anomalous freshwater content in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Øystein Skagseth; Marius Årthun; Helene Asbørnsen et al. (2019). The Barents Sea cooler in a warming ocean. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Tor Eldevik; Anne Elisabeth Bjune (2015). A brief history of climate – the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; P.B. Rhines; Tor Eldevik et al. (2013). Water mass transformation in the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2010). On the persistence and possible prediction of the Arctic/Atlantic THC. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun; Lars Henrik Smedsrud et al. (2011). Quantifying the influence of Atlantic heat on Barents Sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange; Truls Johannessen et al. (2002). Resolved and parameterized convective eddies in the Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Katja Lohmann; Tor Eldevik et al. (2014). Decadal predictability of SST in the North Atlantic sector in three CMIP5 models. (external link)
• Ulysses S Ninnemann; Helga Flesche Kleiven; Tor Lien Mjell et al. (2012). Nordic Seas overflows—the last two millennia. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2025). The Nansen Legacy (2018-2024):Exploring a changing Barents Sea through research collaboration. (external link)
• Johanne Skrefsrud; Helene Asbjørnsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). Structure and sensitivity of the North Atlantic circulation system. (external link)
• E Jeansson; Are Olsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2012). A carbon budget for the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2011). Mechanisms for decadal scale variability in the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in the Bergen Climate Model. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; J.-C. Gascard (2003). On long-lived convective eddies in the Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Hvordan varierer havstrømmene mellom Nordatlanteren og Arktis?. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Nordic recipes: constraining the thermohaline circulation's northern limb. (external link)
• Ulysses S Ninnemann; Tor Lien Mjell; Helga Flesche Kleiven et al. (2016). Natural variability in Nordic Seas overflows: Toward a mechanistic understanding of proxy records. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2023). The Nansen Legacy. Compiling results on the changing Arctic climate and ecosystem responses. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; David Docquier et al. (2024). Quantifying the causal links between sea-ice variability in the Barents-Kara Seas and oceanic and atmospheric drivers. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; Robert S. Pickart; Michael A. Spall et al. (2011). Formation of Denmark Strait Overflow Water via boundary currents and transformation in the central Iceland Sea. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Northern constraints on the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)
• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Øie Nilsen (2012). Sources and propagation of anomalous freshwater content in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik et al. (2021). Atmospheric and oceanic drivers of regional Arctic winter sea-ice variability in present and future climates. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Klimaforskernes krystallkule. (external link)
• Lars H. Smedsrud; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2018). A simple physical model of the Atlantic inflow in the Nansen Basin. (external link)
• Rolf Rudolf Gradinger; Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). The Nansen Legacy. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Bjørg Risebrobakken; Anne Elisabeth Bjune et al. (2015). A brief history of climate – the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. (external link)
• Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik; Doroteaciro Iovino et al. (2014). Smelting og ferskvann svekker ikke nødvendigvis Atlanterhavsstrømmen. (external link)
• Sebastian Gerland; Tor Eldevik; Marit Reigstad (2018). Review on status and changes of the Barents Sea System. (external link)
• Helene Reinertsen Langehaug; Iselin Medhaug; Tor Eldevik et al. (2010). Variability in Northern Deep Water Masses on Decadal scale. (external link)
• Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik; D Iovino et al. (2010). Observed Sources and Variability of Nordic Seas overflow. (external link)
• Kjetil Våge; Robert S. Pickart; Michael A. Spall et al. (2012). A new overturning loop for the formation of Denmark Strait Overflow Water. (external link)
• Evangelia Efstathiou; Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun et al. (2020). The dominant spatial patterns of Barents Sea ice variance. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2012). Atlantic origin of Nordic Seas freshwater anomalies. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange; Truls Johannessen et al. (2002). Convective Submesoscale Coherent Vortices in the Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Marie Eide; Are Olsen; Ulysses S Ninnemann et al. (2017). Global ocean climatology of the 13C suess effect and preindustrial δ13C. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jan Even Nilsen; Anders Olsson et al. (2006). Is the Greenland Sea a major part of the Atlantic Conveyor?. (external link)
• Jakob Simon Dörr; Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik et al. (2023). Arctic sea ice variability and retreat. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Variability and constraints of the Arctic-North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Mirjam Sophia Glessmer; Tor Eldevik; Kjetil Våge et al. (2014). Atlantic origin of observed and modelled freshwater anomalies in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Morven Muilwijk; Tor Eldevik et al. (2022). Nordic Seas Heat Loss, Atlantic Inflow, and Arctic Sea Ice cover over the last century. (external link)
• David Ferreira; Paola Cessi; Helen Coxall et al. (2018). Atlantic-Pacific Asymmetry in Deep Water Formation. (external link)
• Sebastian Gerland; Randi Brunvær Ingvaldsen; Marit Reigstad et al. (2023). Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea. (external link)
• Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Igor Esau; Randi Ingvaldsen et al. (2013). The role of the Barents Sea in the arctic climate system. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Tor Eldevik; Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Camille Li et al. (2020). The Arctic Mediterranean. (external link)
• Ola M Johannessen; Kjetil Lygre; Tor Eldevik (2005). Convective Chimneys and Plumes in the Northern Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Johnny Andre Johannessen; Lasse H Pettersson; Tor Eldevik et al. (2006). Coastal Physical and Biochemical Processes. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Fiamma Straneo; Anne Britt Sandø et al. (2005). Pathways and export of Greenland Sea water. (external link)
• Jin-Yi Yu; Edmo Campos; Yan Du et al. (2020). Variability of the Oceans. (external link)

Research report

• Igor Esau; Richard Davy; Lars H. Smedsrud et al. (2018). BASIC:-Boundary Layers in the Arctic Atmosphere, Seas and Ice Dynamics - SKD Strategic Project January 2015 – December 2017. (external link)
• Øivind Thiem; Tor Eldevik; Jarle Berntsen (2001). Combined effects of thermohaline and atmosphere forcing on the currents at Ormen Lange. (external link)
• Benjamin Planque; Per Arneberg; Mette Skern-Mauritzen et al. (2020). The future Barents Sea, risks, mitigation and adaptation options: Workshop Report. (external link)
• Inge K Eliassen; Tor Eldevik; Jarle Berntsen (2001). The current conditions at Ormen Lange - Storegga. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Inge K Eliassen; Jarle Berntsen et al. (2001). On the influence of the thermohaline circulation at Ormen Lange. Part 1. The basin model. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Jean-Marie Beckers; Bogi Hansen et al. (2021). EASAC policy report 42: A sea of change: Europe’s future in the Atlantic realm. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Marit Reigstad; Eva Falck et al. (2014). Arven efter Nansen. Forskningsplan for det sentrale og nordlige Barentshavet. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2017). I ukjent farvann. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Havstrømmer kan varsle klimaendringer. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2009). Kartlegger klimasvingninger i Norskehavet. (external link)

Popular science article

• Tor Eldevik; Øystein Skagseth; Helge Drange (2003). Viktige klimaprosesser i De Nordiske Hav. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Ingrid Husøy Onarheim (2019). Klimavarsling - en arv etter Nansen. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2011). Smi mens reaktoren er varm- debattinnlegg. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2005). Klimatiske veivalg i Norskehavet. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Marius Årthun; Are Olsen (2019). Hvor går grensen for iskanten. (external link)
• Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Tor Eldevik (2015). Et sted må grensen gå. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Tor Eldevik; Sebastian Gerland (2019). The Nansen Legacy. (external link)
• Marit Reigstad; Lena Seuthe; Sebastian Gerland et al. (2021). Recruitment of a new generation of polar researchers. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Helge Drange; Solfrid Sætre Hjøllo (2002). Dypvannsdannelse i ny form. (external link)
• Helene R. Langehaug; Tor Eldevik (2016). Norskehavets hukommelse gjør klimavarsling mulig. (external link)
• Truls Johannessen; Tor Eldevik; Anders Olsson et al. (2004). Spredning av SF6 i Grønlandshavet. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2014). En kort historie om klima – de nordlige hav fra siste istid til global oppvarming. Nansen Minneforelesning. (external link)

Journal corrigendum

• Roshin Pappukutty Raj; Issufo Halo; Johnny Andre Johannessen et al. (2016). Mesoscale ocean eddy dataset in the Lofoten Basin from Satellite Altimetry. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Lars Henrik Smedsrud (2021). Erratum: The role of Atlantic heat transport in future Arctic winter sea ice loss (J. Climate (2019) 32 (3327–3341) DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0750.1). (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Roshin Pappukutty Raj; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Tor Eldevik et al. (2014). The circulation of the Norwegian Sea- An investigation from space and ocean. (external link)
• Erwin Lambert; Tor Eldevik; Peter M. Haugan (2017). On freshwater and the density-driven circulation in the northern seas. (external link)
• Marius Årthun; Tor Eldevik; Jakob Simon Dörr (2024). Present and future drivers of Arctic sea ice variability. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2000). On spiral eddies in the ocean. (external link)
• Leilane G. Passos; Helene R. Langehaug; Marius Årthun et al. (2023). Arctic-Atlantic Climate Variability and Predictability in Observations and in a Dynamical Prediction System. (external link)
• Ingrid Husøy Onarheim; Tor Eldevik (2017). Regional, seasonal, and predictable Arctic sea ice change. (external link)

Media feature article

• Tor Eldevik (2004). Klimaet og The Day After Tomorrow. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik; Marit Reigstad (2014). Arven etter Nansen. (external link)
• Tor Eldevik (2006). En ny istid truer?. (external link)
• Øyvind Lie; Tor Eldevik (2009). Klima i de lange linjers perspektiv. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Tor Eldevik (1996). Sub- til supersonisk strømning av ioner mot katode i beamgenerert plasma. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Recent publications: 

Asbjørnsen, H., T. Eldevik, J. Skrefsrud, H.L. Johnson, and A. Sanchez-Franks, 2024: Observed change and the extent of coherence in the Gulf Stream system, Ocean Sci., 20, 799–816. 

Dörr, J., M. Årthun, D. Docquier, C. Li, and T. Eldevik, 2024: Causal Links Between Sea-Ice Variability in the Barents-Kara Seas and Oceanic and Atmospheric Drivers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL108195.

Dörr, J., M. Årthun, T. Eldevik, and A.B. Sandø, 2024: Expanding Influence of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Heat Transport on Winter Sea-Ice Variability in a Warming Arctic. J. Geophys. Res., 129, e2023JC019900.

Gerland, S., R.B. Ingvaldsen, M. Reigstad, A. Sundfjord, B. Bogstad, M. Chierici, H. Hop, P.E. Renaud, L.H. Smedsrud, L.C. Stige, M. Årthun, J. Berge, B.A. Bluhm, K. Borgå, G. Bratbak, D.V. Divine, T. Eldevik, E. Eriksen, I. Fer, A. Fransson, R. Gradinger, M.A. Granskog, T. Haug, K. Husum, G. Johnsen, M.O. Jonassen, L.L. Jørgensen, S. Kristiansen, A. Larsen, V.S. Lien, S. Lind, U. Lindstrøm, C. Mauritzen, A. Melsom, S.H. Mernild, M. Müller, F. Nilsen, R. Primicerio, J.E. Søreide, G.I. van der Meeren, and P. Wassmann, 2023: Still Arctic?—The changing Barents Sea. Elementa, 11, 00088.

Passos, L., H.R. Langehaug, M. Årthun, T. Eldevik, I. Bethke, and M. Kimmritz, 2023: Impact of initialization methods on the predictive skill in NorCPM: an Arctic–Atlantic case study. Clim. Dyn., 60, 2061–2080

Risebrobakken, B., M.F. Jensen, H.R. Langehaug, T. Eldevik, A.B. Sandø, C. Li, A. Born, E.L. McClymont, U. Salzmann, and S. De Schepper, 2023: Buoyancy forcing: a key driver of northern North Atlantic sea surface temperature variability across multiple timescales. Clim. Past, 19, 1101–1123.

Efstathiou, E., T. Eldevik, M. Årthun, and S. Lind, 2022: Spatial patterns, mechanisms and predictability of Barents Sea ice change. J. Clim., 35, 2961–2973.

Smedsrud L.H., M. Muilwijk, A. Brakstad, E. Madonna, S.K. Lauvset, C. Spensberger, A. Born, T. Eldevik, H. Drange, E. Jeansson, C. Li, A. Olsen, Ø. Skagseth, D.A. Slater, F. Straneo, K. Våge, and M. Årthun, 2022: Nordic Seas heat loss, Atlantic inflow, and Arctic sea ice cover over the last century. Rev. Geophys., 60, e2020RG000725.

Bethke, I., Y. Wang, F. Counillon, N. Keenlyside, M. Kimmritz, F. Fransner, A. Samuelsen, H. Langehaug, L. Svendsen, P.-G. Chiu, L. Passos, M. Bentsen, C. Guo, A. Gupta, J. Tjiputra, A. Kirkevåg, D. Olivié, Ø. Seland, J. S. Vågane, Y. Fan, and T. Eldevik, 2021: NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP. Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 7073–7116.

Dörr, J., M. Årthun, T. Eldevik, and E. Madonna, 2021: Mechanisms of regional winter sea-ice variability in a warming Arctic. J. Climate, 34, 8635–8653.

Eldevik, T., J.-M. Beckers, B. Hansen, P. Uotila, J.-C. Duplessy, J. Deshayes, M. Visbeck, F. Dias, G. McCarthy, E. van Sebille, L.H. Smedsrud, B. Balino, H. Asbjørnsen, H. Cabral, M. Estrada Miyare, L.G. Anderson, T.N. Palmer, L. Walløe, M. Norton, 2021: A sea of change: Europe’s future in the Atlantic realm. EASAC policy report 42. 

Årthun, M., I.H. Onarheim, J. Dörr, and T. Eldevik, 2021: The seasonal and regional transition to an ice‐free Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL090825.

Asbjørnsen, H., M. Årthun, Ø. Skagseth, and T. Eldevik, 2020: Mechanisms underlying recent Arctic Atlantification. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088036.

Eldevik, T., and P.M. Haugan, 2020: That's a lot of water. Nature Physics, 16, 496–496.

Eldevik, T., L.H. Smedsrud, C. Li, M. Årthun, E. Madonna, and L. Svendsen, 2020: The Arctic Mediterranean. Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts, C.R. Mechoso, Ed., CUP.

Skagseth, Ø., T. Eldevik, M. Årthun, H. Asbjørnsen, V. Lien, and L.H. Smedsrud, 2020: Reduced efficiency of the Barents Sea cooling machine. Nature Clim. Change, 10, 661–666.

Yu, J.-Y., E. Campos, Y. Du, T. Eldevik, S.T. Gille, T. Losada, M.J. McPhaden, and L.H. Smedsrud, 2020: Variability of the oceans. Interacting Climates of Ocean Basins: Observations, Mechanisms, Predictability, and Impacts, C.R. Mechoso, Ed., CUP.

Asbjørnsen, H., M. Årthun, Ø. Skagseth, and T. Eldevik, 2019: Mechanisms of ocean heat anomalies in the Norwegian Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 124, 2908–2923.

Årthun, M., T. Eldevik, and L.H. Smedsrud, 2019: The role of Atlantic heat transport in future Arctic winter sea ice loss. J. Climate, 32, 3327–3341.

Bringedal, C., T. Eldevik, Ø. Skagseth, M. Spall, and S. Østerhus, 2018: Structure and forcing of observed exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. J. Climate, 31, 9881–9901.

Lambert, E., T. Eldevik, and M. Spall, 2018: On the dynamics and water mass transformation of a boundary current connecting alpha- and beta- oceans. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48, 2457–2475.

Onarheim, I.H., T. Eldevik, L.H. Smedsrud, and J.C. Stroeve, 2018: Seasonal and regional manifestation of Arctic sea ice loss. J. Climate, 31, 4917–4932. 

Årthun, M., E.W. Kolstad, T. Eldevik, and N.S. Keenlyside, 2018: Time scales and sources of European temperature variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 3597–3604.

Ferreira, D., P. Cessi, H. Coxhall, A. de Boer, H.A. Dijkstra, S.S. Drijfhout, T. Eldevik, N. Harnik, J.F. McManus, D.P. Marshall, J. Nilsson, F. Roquet, T. Schneider, and R.C. Wills, 2018: Atlantic-Pacific Asymmetry in Deep-Water Formation. Ann. Rev. Earth Pl. Sci., 46:1.

Årthun, M., T. Eldevik, E. Viste, H. Drange, T. Furevik, H.L. Johnson, and N.S. Keenlyside, 2017: Skillful prediction of northern climate provided by the ocean. Nature Communications, 8, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15875.

Eide, M., A. Olsen, U. Ninnemann, and T. Eldevik, 2017: A global estimate of the full oceanic 13C Suess effect since the preindustrial. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 31, DOI 10.1002/2016GB005473.

Langehaug, H.R., D. Matei, T. Eldevik, K. Lohmann, and Y. Gao, 2017: On model differences and skill in predicting sea surface temperature in the Nordic and Barents seas. Clim. Dyn., 48, 913–933.