2026 Asgeir Sorteberg: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	34	9382	8985	120	117	100	8420

Overview

Asgeir Sorteberg is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in Sorteberg's research include:

Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
Wind Energy Research and Development
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Recent publications by Sorteberg feature research on topics such as atmospheric circulation drivers, offshore wind resources, precipitation nowcasting, and offshore wind power intermittency. Examples of recent papers include:

Identifying major drivers of daily streamflow from large-scale atmospheric circulation with machine learning, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
The 3 km Norwegian reanalysis (NORA3) - a validation of offshore wind resources in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, 2021, Wind Energy Science
Improving Radar-Based Precipitation Nowcasts with Machine Learning Using an Approach Based on Random Forest, 2020, Weather and Forecasting
Mitigation of offshore wind power intermittency by interconnection of production sites, 2020, Wind Energy Science
Characterization of the atmospheric environment during extreme precipitation events associated with atmospheric rivers in Norway - Seasonal and regional aspects, 2021, Weather and Climate Extremes

Sorteberg has frequently published in venues such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Wind Energy Science, Weather and Climate Extremes, Journal of Hydrology, and Weather and Forecasting.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Clio Michel, Ida Marie Solbrekke, Thomas Spengler, Kjersti Konstali, and Clemens Spensberger. These coauthors have contributed to a range of studies alongside Sorteberg, reflecting a collaborative research approach.

Best Publications

Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

2734
Citations
Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report

S. I. Seneviratne;N. Nicholls;D. Easterling;C. M. Goodess

1024
Citations
Recent drought and precipitation tendencies in Ethiopia

Ellen Marie Viste;Diriba Korecha;Asgeir Sorteberg

513
Citations
Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system

Xiangdong Zhang;Asgeir Sorteberg;Jing Zhang;Riidiger Gerdes

362
Citations
Description and evaluation of the bergen climate model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM

Tore Furevik;Tore Furevik;Mats Bentsen;Mats Bentsen;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;I. K. T. Kindem;I. K. T. Kindem

329
Citations
Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias-corrected GCM scenarios

Mohamed Elshamy;Mohamed Elshamy;Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad;Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad;Asgeir Sorteberg;Asgeir Sorteberg

311
Citations
Dynamical downscaling of ERA-40 in complex terrain using the WRF regional climate model

Ulla Elina Heikkilä;Anne Dagrun Sandvik;Asgeir Sorteberg

261
Citations
Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability in the North Atlantic: A Multimodel-Ensemble Study

Matthew Collins;M. Botzet;A. F. Carril;H. Drange

215
Citations
Seasonal cyclone variability at 70°N and its impact on moisture transport into the Arctic

Asgeir Sorteberg;John E. Walsh

191
Citations
Moisture transport into the Ethiopian highlands

Ellen Marie Viste;Asgeir Sorteberg;Asgeir Sorteberg

177
Citations
Atmospheric Forcing on the Barents Sea Winter Ice Extent

Asgeir Sorteberg;Børge Kvingedal

177
Citations
Sensitivity of SWAT simulated streamflow to climatic changes within the Eastern Nile River basin

D. T. Mengistu;D. T. Mengistu;A. Sorteberg;A. Sorteberg

123
Citations
Recent wind driven high sea ice area export in the Fram Strait contributes to Arctic sea ice decline

Lars Henrik Smedsrud;Anders Sirevaag;Anders Sirevaag;Kjell Kloster;Asgeir Sorteberg;Asgeir Sorteberg

109
Citations
The Arctic surface energy budget as simulated with the IPCC AR4 AOGCMs

Asgeir Sorteberg;Vladimir Kattsov;John E. Walsh;Tatyana Pavlova

99
Citations
Validation of operational seasonal rainfall forecast in Ethiopia

Diriba Korecha;Asgeir Sorteberg

99
Citations
Recent and future changes of the Arctic sea-ice cover

Lars Henrik Smedsrud;Asgeir Sorteberg;Kjell Kloster

92
Citations
Climate development in North Norway and the Svalbard region during 1900–2100

Eirik J. Førland;Frode Flatøy;Inger Hanssen-Bauer;Jan Erik Haugen

89
Citations
Spatial and temporal variations of Norwegian geohazards in a changing climate, the GeoExtreme Project

C. Jaedicke;A. Solheim;L. H. Blikra;K. Stalsberg

87
Citations
Present and future offshore wind power potential in northern Europe based on downscaled global climate runs with adjusted SST and sea ice cover

Idar Barstad;Asgeir Sorteberg;Asgeir Sorteberg;Michel dos-Santos Mesquita

79
Citations
Synoptic Conditions and Moisture Sources Actuating Extreme Precipitation in Nepal

Patrik Bohlinger;Patrik Bohlinger;Asgeir Sorteberg;Asgeir Sorteberg;Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann

70
Citations
Snowfall in the Himalayas: an uncertain future from a little-known past

Ellen Viste;Asgeir Sorteberg

60
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Drange University of Bergen

Tore Furevik University of Bergen

Ketil Isaksen Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Mats Bentsen NORCE Research

Roy Rasmussen National Center for Atmospheric Research

John Walsh University of Alaska Fairbanks

Øystein Hov Norwegian Meteorological Institute

James P. Kossin University of Wisconsin–Madison

Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich

External Links

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