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Overview

Arild Sundfjord is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Atmospheric Science and Oceanography.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Sundfjord's publication record includes contributions to journals and report series that focus on polar and marine science. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The Nansen Legacy Report Series
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Progress In Oceanography

They have coauthored papers with several researchers, including:

  • Angelika H. H. Renner
  • Pedro Duarte
  • Mats A. Granskog
  • Øyvind Lundesgaard
  • Ilker Fer

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • "Suggested water mass definitions for the central and northern Barents Sea, and the adjacent Nansen Basin" (2020) published in The Nansen Legacy Report Series
  • "Import of Atlantic Water and sea ice controls the ocean environment in the northern Barents Sea" (2022) published in Ocean Science
  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography" (2022) published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Warm Atlantic Water Explains Observed Sea Ice Melt Rates North of Svalbard" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Still Arctic?-The changing Barents Sea" (2023) published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Best Publications

  • Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

    Igor V. Polyakov;Andrey V. Pnyushkov;Matthew B. Alkire;Igor M. Ashik

  • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice

    Philipp Assmy;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Pedro Duarte;Amelie Meyer

  • The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway

    Christian Lydersen;Philipp Assmy;Stig Falk-Petersen;Jack Kohler

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • Eddy-driven recirculation of Atlantic Water in Fram Strait

    Tore Hattermann;Pål Erik Isachsen;Pål Erik Isachsen;Wilken-Jon von Appen;Jon Albretsen

  • Intrusion and blooming of Atlantic phytoplankton species in the high Arctic

    Else Nøst Hegseth;Arild Sundfjord;Arild Sundfjord

  • Tide-mediated warming of Arctic halocline by Atlantic heat fluxes over rough topography

    Tom P. Rippeth;Ben J. Lincoln;Yueng-Djern Lenn;J. A. Mattias Green

  • Hydrodynamic control of mesozooplankton abundance and biomass in northern Svalbard waters (79–81°N)

    Katarzyna Blachowiak-Samolyk;Janne E. Søreide;Janne E. Søreide;Slawek Kwasniewski;Arild Sundfjord

  • Observations of turbulent mixing and hydrography in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea

    Arild Sundfjord;Arild Sundfjord;Arild Sundfjord;Ilker Fer;Ilker Fer;Yoshie Kasajima;Yoshie Kasajima;Harald Svendsen

  • Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean.

    Robert M. Graham;Polona Itkin;Amelie Meyer;Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord

  • Floating ice-algal aggregates below melting arctic sea ice.

    Philipp Assmy;Jens K. Ehn;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Haakon Hop

  • The Kongsfjorden Transect:: seasonal and inter-annual variability in hydrography

    Vigdis Tverberg;Ragnheid Skogseth;Finlo Cottier;Arild Sundfjord

  • Effects of glacier runoff and wind on surface layer dynamics and Atlantic Water exchange in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard; a model study

    A. Sundfjord;J. Albretsen;Y. Kasajima;R. Skogseth

  • Energy budget of first‐year Arctic sea ice in advanced stages of melt

    Stephen R. Hudson;Mats A. Granskog;Arild Sundfjord;Achim Randelhoff

  • Variability and Redistribution of Heat in the Atlantic Water Boundary Current North of Svalbard

    A. H. H. Renner;A. Sundfjord;M. A. Janout;R. B. Ingvaldsen

  • Seasonal variation in transport of zooplankton into the Arctic Basin through the Atlantic gateway, Fram Strait

    Sünnje Linnéa Basedow;Arild Sundfjord;Wilken-Jon von Appen;Elisabeth Halvorsen

  • Seasonality of the Physical and Biogeochemical Hydrography in the Inflow to the Arctic Ocean Through Fram Strait

    Achim Randelhoff;Achim Randelhoff;Achim Randelhoff;Marit Reigstad;Melissa Chierici;Arild Sundfjord

  • Impact of tidewater glacier retreat on the fjord system: Modeling present and future circulation in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Tomas Torsvik;Jon Albretsen;Arild Sundfjord;Jack Kohler

  • Mixing rates and vertical heat fluxes north of Svalbard from Arctic winter to spring

    Amelie Meyer;Ilker Fer;Arild Sundfjord;Algot Kristoffer Peterson

  • Winter to summer oceanographic observations in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard

    Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord;Ilker Fer;Christine Provost

  • The Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard

    M. D. Pérez-Hernández;R. S. Pickart;V. Pavlov;R. Ingvaldsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilker Fer
Ilker Fer University of Bergen
Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute
Marit Reigstad
Marit Reigstad University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Lars Henrik Smedsrud University of Bergen
Randi Ingvaldsen
Randi Ingvaldsen Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard
Jack Kohler
Jack Kohler Norwegian Polar Institute

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