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Gunnar Myhre

Gunnar Myhre

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Environmental Sciences
Norway
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
104
Citations
57416
World Ranking
278
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Gunnar Myhre is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change as subfields.

The main topics covered in Myhre's work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent notable papers by Gunnar Myhre include:

  • "Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Biomass burning aerosols in most climate models are too absorbing" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence" (2024), published in Earth system science data
  • "A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen" (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent co-authors in Gunnar Myhre's collaborations include:

  • Øivind Hodnebrog
  • Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie
  • Toshihiko Takemura
  • Piers Forster
  • B. H. Samset

The breadth of Myhre's research contributions reflects a focus on the atmospheric processes relevant to climate science. This includes studying aerosols, gases, and their interactions with climate systems, as well as assessing the implications of these factors for climate variability and air quality.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. Chapter 2

    P. Forster;V. Ramaswamy;P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing

    Gunnar Myhre;Drew Shindell;Julia Pongratz

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases

    Gunnar Myhre;Eleanor J. Highwood;Keith P. Shine;Frode Stordal

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Radiative forcing of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide: A significant revision of the methane radiative forcing

    M. Etminan;G. Myhre;E. J. Highwood;K. P. Shine

  • Frequency of extreme precipitation increases extensively with event rareness under global warming.

    Gunnar Myhre;Kari Alterskjær;Camilla Weum Stjern;Øivind Hodnebrog

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Radiative forcing by aerosols as derived from the AeroCom present-day and pre-industrial simulations

    M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Kinne;Yves Balkanski

  • Very Strong Atmospheric Methane Growth in the 4 Years 2014–2017:Implications for the Paris Agreement

    E. G. Nisbet;M. R. Manning;E. J. Dlugokencky;R. E. Fisher

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

  • Global warming potentials and radiative efficiencies of halocarbons and related compounds: a comprehensive review

    Ø. Hodnebrog;M. Etminan;J. S. Fuglestvedt;G. Marston

  • Aviation radiative forcing in 2000: an update on IPCC (1999)

    Robert Sausen;Ivar Isaksen;Volker Grewe;Didier Hauglustaine

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)

    D. S. Stevenson;Paul Young;Paul Young;Paul Young;Vaishali Naik;Jean-Francois Lamarque

  • Radiative properties and direct radiative effect of Saharan dust measured by the C-130 aircraft during SHADE: 1. Solar spectrum

    Jim Haywood;Pete Francis;Simon Osborne;Martin Glew

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

  • Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;I. S. A. Isaksen;V. Grewe

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Terje Berntsen
Terje Berntsen University of Oslo
Øivind Hodnebrog
Øivind Hodnebrog Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Piers M. Forster
Piers M. Forster University of Leeds
Olivier Boucher
Olivier Boucher Sorbonne University
Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie
Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Frode Stordal
Frode Stordal University of Oslo
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Alf Kirkevåg
Alf Kirkevåg Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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