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Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
8262
World Ranking
7025
National Ranking
100

Overview

Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with specific contributions spanning subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their scholarly output includes significant work on topics related to Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies," 2020, Water Security
  • "Knowledge gaps and future research needs for assessing the non-market benefits of Nature-Based Solutions and Nature-Based Solution-like strategies," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "An interdisciplinary and catchment approach to enhancing urban flood resilience: a Melbourne case," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "A GIS-Based Hydrological Modeling Approach for Rapid Urban Flood Hazard Assessment," 2021, Water
  • "FloodStroem: A fast dynamic GIS-based urban flood and damage model," 2021, Journal of Hydrology

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Roland Löwe, Hjalte Jomo Danielsen Sørup, Martina Viti, Ursula S. McKnight, and Ida Bülow Gregersen.

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Karsten has contributed to book publications under the University of Glasgow, notably "Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions: A handbook for practitioners" (2021) and "Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: Appendix of Methods" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Climate change impact assessment on urban rainfall extremes and urban drainage: Methods and shortcomings

    Patrick Willems;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Jonas Olsson;V.T.V. Nguyen

  • Framework for economic pluvial flood risk assessment considering climate change effects and adaptation benefits

    Qianqian Zhou;Peter Steen Mikkelsen;Kirsten Halsnæs;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

    B. Merz;J. Aerts;K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen;M. Baldi

  • Impacts of climate change on rainfall extremes and urban drainage systems: a review.

    K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen;P. Willems;J. Olsson;S. Beecham

  • Adaptation to flood risk: Results of international paired flood event studies

    Heidi Kreibich;Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

    Philip J. Ward;Marleen C. de Ruiter;Johanna Mård;Kai Schröter

  • Towards a roadmap for use of radar rainfall data in urban drainage

    Thomas Einfalt;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Claudia Golz;Niels-Einar Jensen

  • Update of regional intensity-duration-frequency curves in Denmark: tendency towards increased storm intensities.

    Henrik Madsen;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Peter Steen Mikkelsen

  • Comparison of the impacts of urban development and climate change on exposing European cities to pluvial flooding

    Per Skougaard Kaspersen;Nanna Høegh Ravn;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Henrik Madsen

  • Weather radar rainfall data in urban hydrology

    Søren Liedtke Thorndahl;Thomas Einfalt;Patrick Willems;Jesper Ellerbæk Nielsen

  • Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systems

    Patrick Willems;Jonas Olsson;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Simon Beecham

  • A rapid urban flood inundation and damage assessment model

    Behzad Jamali;Roland Löwe;Peter M. Bach;Peter M. Bach;Peter M. Bach;Christian Urich

  • Assessment of Urban Pluvial Flood Risk and Efficiency of Adaptation Options Through Simulations – A New Generation of Urban Planning Tools

    Roland Löwe;Christian Urich;Niña Donna Farpale Sto. Domingo;Ole Mark

  • Modelling of green roof hydrological performance for urban drainage applications

    Luca Locatelli;Ole Mark;Peter Steen Mikkelsen;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Quantification of climate change effects on extreme precipitation used for high resolution hydrologic design

    Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Comparing Methods of Calculating Expected Annual Damage in Urban Pluvial Flood Risk Assessments

    Anders Skovgård Olsen;Qianqian Zhou;Jens Jørgen Linde;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • The role of uncertainty in climate change adaptation strategies—A Danish water management example

    J.C. Refsgaard;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen;Martin Drews;Kirsten Halsnæs

  • Hydrologic impact of urbanization with extensive stormwater infiltration

    Luca Locatelli;Ole Mark;Peter Steen Mikkelsen;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • A framework for testing the ability of models to project climate change and its impacts

    J. C. Refsgaard;H. Madsen;V. Andréassian;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection

    Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Heidi Kreibich;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Jeroen Aerts

  • Quantification of anticipated future changes in high resolution design rainfall for urban areas.

    C. Onof;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Madsen
Henrik Madsen Technical University of Denmark
Peter Steen Mikkelsen
Peter Steen Mikkelsen Technical University of Denmark
Dan Rosbjerg
Dan Rosbjerg Technical University of Denmark
Ana Deletic
Ana Deletic Queensland University of Technology
Michael Zwicky Hauschild
Michael Zwicky Hauschild Technical University of Denmark
Ole Bøssing Christensen
Ole Bøssing Christensen Danish Meteorological Institute
Philip John Binning
Philip John Binning Technical University of Denmark
Simon Beecham
Simon Beecham University of South Australia
Peter Bauer-Gottwein
Peter Bauer-Gottwein Technical University of Denmark

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