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Harald Sodemann

Harald Sodemann

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Ecology and Evolution

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50
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9392
World Ranking
3856
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58

Overview

Harald Sodemann is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, and Spectroscopy.

Their main topics of study cover a range of atmospheric and environmental processes, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Several of Harald Sodemann's recent papers illustrate their research focus and contributions. These include:

  • "The residence time of water vapour in the atmosphere" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Correcting the impact of the isotope composition on the mixing ratio dependency of water vapour isotope measurements with cavity ring-down spectrometers" (2020), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Meridional and vertical variations of the water vapour isotopic composition in the marine boundary layer over the Atlantic and Southern Ocean" (2020), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Linking Sub-Tropical Evaporation and Extreme Precipitation Over East Antarctica: An Atmospheric River Case Study" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Non-Equilibrium Fractionation Factors for D/H and 18O/16O During Oceanic Evaporation in the North-West Atlantic Region" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hans Christian Steen-Larsen
  • Iris Thurnherr
  • Andrew Seidl
  • Daniele Zannoni
  • Yongbiao Weng

Harald Sodemann publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Weather and Climate Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Interannual variability of Greenland winter precipitation sources: Lagrangian moisture diagnostic and North Atlantic Oscillation influence

    H. Sodemann;H. Sodemann;C. Schwierz;C. Schwierz;H. Wernli

  • What controls deuterium excess in global precipitation

    Stephan Pfahl;Harald Sodemann

  • Remote sources of water vapor forming precipitation on the Norwegian west coast at 60°N–a tale of hurricanes and an atmospheric river

    Andreas Stohl;Caroline Forster;Harald Sodemann

  • Moisture Origin and Meridional Transport in Atmospheric Rivers and Their Association with Multiple Cyclones

    Harald Sodemann;Andreas Stohl

  • Seasonal and inter-annual variability of the moisture sources for Alpine precipitation during 1995–2002

    Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann;Elias Zubler

  • Continuous monitoring of summer surface water vapor isotopic composition above the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Hans C. Steen-Larsen;Hans C. Steen-Larsen;S.J. Johnsen;Valérie Masson-Delmotte;Barbara Stenni

  • Asymmetries in the moisture origin of Antarctic precipitation

    Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann;Andreas Stohl

  • Deuterium excess as a proxy for continental moisture recycling and plant transpiration

    Franziska Aemisegger;Stephan Pfahl;Harald Sodemann;Irene Lehner;Irene Lehner

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • Diurnal to interannual rainfall δ 18 O variations in northern Borneo driven by regional hydrology

    Jessica W. Moerman;Kim M. Cobb;Jess F. Adkins;Harald Sodemann

  • Interannual variability of Greenland winter precipitation sources: 2. Effects of North Atlantic Oscillation variability on stable isotopes in precipitation

    Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann;Valérie Masson-Delmotte;Conny Schwierz;Conny Schwierz;Bo Møllesøe Vinther

  • The role of upper-level dynamics and surface processes for the Pakistan flood of July 2010

    Olivia Martius;Olivia Martius;H. Sodemann;H. Joos;S. Pfahl

  • A Climatology of Cold Air Outbreaks and Their Impact on Air–Sea Heat Fluxes in the High-Latitude South Pacific

    Lukas Papritz;Stephan Pfahl;Harald Sodemann;Heini Wernli

  • The residence time of water vapour in the atmosphere

    Luis Gimeno;Jorge Eiras-Barca;Jorge Eiras-Barca;Ana María Durán-Quesada;Francina Dominguez

  • Isotope meteorology of cold front passages: A case study combining observations and modeling

    F. Aemisegger;F. Aemisegger;J. K. Spiegel;S. Pfahl;H. Sodemann;H. Sodemann

  • Sources of water vapour contributing to the Elbe flood in August 2002 : A tagging study in a mesoscale model

    H. Sodemann;H. Wernli;C. Schwierz;C. Schwierz

  • The Role of Extratropical Cyclones and Fronts for Southern Ocean Freshwater Fluxes

    Lukas Papritz;Stephan Pfahl;Irina Rudeva;Ian Simmonds

  • The summer 2012 Greenland heat wave: In situ and remote sensing observations of water vapor isotopic composition during an atmospheric river event

    Jean-Louis Bonne;Hans Christian Steen-Larsen;Camille Risi;Martin Werner

  • A new interpretative framework for below-cloud effects on stable water isotopes in vapour and rain

    Pascal Graf;Heini Wernli;Stephan Pfahl;Stephan Pfahl;Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann;Harald Sodemann

  • Deglaciation records of 17 O-excess in East Antarctica: reliable reconstruction of oceanic normalized relative humidity from coastal sites

    R. Winkler;A. Landais;H. Sodemann;L. Dümbgen

  • Temperature signals in tree-ring oxygen isotope series from the northern slope of the Himalaya

    Ru Huang;Haifeng Zhu;Haifeng Zhu;Eryuan Liang;Eryuan Liang;Jussi Grießinger

  • Abrupt Common Era hydroclimate shifts drive west Greenland ice cap change

    Matthew B. Osman;Matthew B. Osman;Benjamin E. Smith;Luke D. Trusel;Sarah B. Das

  • Lagrangian matches between observations from aircraft, lidar and radar in an orographic warm conveyor belt

    Maxi Boettcher;Andreas Schäfler;Michael Sprenger;Harald Sodemann

  • Aircraft measurements within a warm conveyor belt during the T-NAWDEX-FALCON campaign

    Andreas Schäfler;Maxi Boettcher;Stephan Borrmann;Reinhold Busen

  • Moist air in flow and heavy precipitation over Italy during IOP12a : a Lagrangian analysis of data from multiple aircraft

    Harald Sodemann;M. Böttcher;C. Grams;Franziska Aemisegger

  • Modelling of stable water isotopes during frontal passages with COSMOiso

    Marina Duetsch;Stephan Pfahl;Franziska Aemisegger;Harald Sodemann

  • Characterization of water vapor isotope signals during rain events in northeastern Switzerland

    Pascal Graf;Franziska Aemisegger;Stephan Pfahl;Harald Sodemann

  • COMBLE-Isotopic Links to Atmospheric Water’s Sources (ISLAS) Snow Sampling 2020 Field Campaign Report

    Harald Sodemann;Alena Dekhtyareva;Andrew Seidl

  • Global source identification of Arctic air pollution using statistical analysis of particle dispersion model output and measurement data

    D. A. Hirdman;J. F. Burkhart;S. Eckhardt;H. Sodemann

  • Fire and Ice – Aerosol Properties of Forest Fire Plumes over Greenland during POLARCAT-GRACE 2008

    Bernadett Weinzierl;Yvonne Gattermann;A. Minikin;Hans Schlager

  • Linking Lagrangian model simulations with stable water isotope measurements in Arctic weather systems.

    Aina Johannessen;Alena Dekhtyareva;Andrew Seidl;Harald Sodemann

  • Investigating high-frequency variations in stable isotope composition of atmospheric water vapour

    Franziska Aemisegger;Harald Sodemann;Stephan Pfahl;Patrick Sturm

Frequent Co-Authors

Heini Wernli
Heini Wernli ETH Zurich
Stephan Pfahl
Stephan Pfahl Freie Universität Berlin
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
John F. Burkhart
John F. Burkhart University of Oslo
Christiane Voigt
Christiane Voigt German Aerospace Center
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna
Ulrich Corsmeier
Ulrich Corsmeier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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