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Overview

Are Olsen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to the fields of earth and planetary sciences as well as environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography and related subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, and ecology.

The scientist has published studies covering key topics including marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean acidification effects and responses, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, marine biology and ecology research, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Are Olsen's recent significant publications include the following papers:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2023, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2024, 2025, Earth system science data
  • An updated version of the global interior ocean biogeochemical data product, GLODAPv2.2020, 2020, Earth system science data

Key frequent co-authors in their work include Siv K. Lauvset, Toste Tanhua, Judith Hauck, Peter Landschützer, and Rik Wanninkhof.

The main publication venues for Are Olsen's research are:

  • Earth system science data
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2.

    Christopher L. Sabine;Richard A. Feely;Nicolas Gruber;Robert M. Key

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2 from 1994 to 2007

    Nicolas Gruber;Dominic Clement;Brendan Carter;Brendan Carter;Richard A. Feely

  • A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl

  • The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project version 2 (GLODAPv2) – an internally consistent data product for the world ocean

    Are Olsen;Robert M. Key;Steven van Heuven;Siv K. Lauvset;Siv K. Lauvset

  • THE ROLE OF THE BARENTS SEA IN THE ARCTIC CLIMATE SYSTEM

    Lars H. Smedsrud;Igor Esau;Randi B. Ingvaldsen;Tor Eldevik;Tor Eldevik

  • A new global interior ocean mapped climatology: the 1° × 1° GLODAP version 2

    Siv Kari Lauvset;Siv Kari Lauvset;Robert M. Key;Are Olsen;Are Olsen;Steven van Heuven

  • Recommendations for autonomous underway pCO2 measuring systems and data-reduction routines

    Denis Pierrot;Craig Neill;Craig Neill;Kevin Sullivan;Robert Castle

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • Surface ocean pH and buffer capacity: past, present and future.

    Li-qing Jiang;Li-qing Jiang;Brendan R Carter;Brendan R Carter;Richard A Feely;Siv Kari Lauvset;Siv Kari Lauvset

  • Data-based estimates of the ocean carbon sink variability – first results of the Surface Ocean pCO2 Mapping intercomparison (SOCOM)

    Christian Rödenbeck;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicolas Gruber;Yosuke Iida

  • Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577 (DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.009)

    T Takahashi;SC Sutherland;R Wanninkhof;C Sweeney

  • Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" [Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577]

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • Global surface-ocean pCO2 and sea–air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme

    Christian Rödenbeck;Ralph F. Keeling;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicolas Metzl

  • Climatological Mean and Decadal Change in Surface Ocean Pco(2), and Net Sea-Air Co2 Flux Over the Global Oceans (Vol 56, Pg 554, 2009)

    T. Takahashi;S. C. Sutherland;R. Wanninkhof;C. Sweeney

Frequent Co-Authors

Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen
Abdirahman M Omar
Abdirahman M Omar NORCE Research
Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rik Wanninkhof
Rik Wanninkhof Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Nicolas Metzl
Nicolas Metzl Sorbonne University
Dorothee C. E. Bakker
Dorothee C. E. Bakker University of East Anglia
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Ute Schuster
Ute Schuster University of Exeter
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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