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Ketil Isaksen is affiliated with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work engages with several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Transportation.

The main topics of Ketil Isaksen's research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • The changing thermal state of permafrost, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Exceptional warming over the Barents area, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics-the PACE legacy, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Revisiting the extended Svalbard Airport monthly temperature series, and the compiled corresponding daily series 1898-2018, 2020, Polar Research
  • Global Climate, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent coauthors of Ketil Isaksen include:

  • Hanne H. Christiansen
  • Vitali Fioletov
  • Inger Hanssen-Bauer
  • V. E. Romanovsky
  • Bernd Etzelmüller

Ketil Isaksen has published extensively in reputable scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Polar Research
  • The Cryosphere

In addition to journal papers, Ketil Isaksen has contributed to book publications, including a title titled Forskning til samfunnsnytte published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

    Charles Harris;Lukas U. Arenson;Hanne H. Christiansen;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • The changing thermal state of permafrost

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  • The Thermal State of Permafrost in the Nordic Area during the International Polar Year 2007-2009

    H. H. Christiansen;H. H. Christiansen;B. Etzelmüller;K. Isaksen;H. Juliussen

  • Long-term temperature trends and variability on Spitsbergen: the extended Svalbard Airport temperature series, 1898-2012

    Øyvind Nordli;Rajmund Przybylak;Astrid E.J. Ogilvie;Ketil Isaksen

  • Warming permafrost in European mountains

    Charles Harris;Daniel Vonder Mühll;Ketil Isaksen;Wilfried Haeberli

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Warmer and wetter winters: characteristics and implications of an extreme weather event in the High Arctic

    Brage Bremset Hansen;Ketil Isaksen;Rasmus E. Benestad;Jack Kohler

  • Exceptional warming over the Barents area

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  • Recent warming of mountain permafrost in Svalbard and Scandinavia

    Ketil Isaksen;Johan Ludvig Sollid;Per Holmlund;Charles Harris

  • Mountain permafrost: development and challenges of a young research field

    Wilfried Haeberli;Jeannette Noetzli;Lukas Arenson;Reynald Delaloye

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Recent warming on Spitsbergen—Influence of atmospheric circulation and sea ice cover

    K. Isaksen;Ø. Nordli;E. J. Førland;E. Łupikasza

  • Three deep Alpine‐permafrost boreholes in Svalbard and Scandinavia

    Ketil Isaksen;Per Holmlund;Johan Ludvig Sollid;Charles Harris

  • Derivation of a new continuous adjustment function for correcting wind-induced loss of solid precipitation: results of a Norwegian field study

    M. A. Wolff;K. Isaksen;A. Petersen-Øverleir;K. Ødemark

  • Changes in Winter Warming Events in the Nordic Arctic Region

    Dagrun Vikhamar-Schuler;Ketil Isaksen;Jan Erik Haugen;Hans Tømmervik

  • The quantification and correction of wind-induced precipitation measurement errors

    John Kochendorfer;Roy Rasmussen;Mareile Wolff;Bruce Baker

  • Mountain permafrost distribution in Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen, southern Norway, based on BTS and DC resistivity tomography data

    Ketil Isaksen;Christian Hauck;Espen Gudevang;Rune S. Ødegård

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics—the PACE legacy

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Mauro Guglielmin;Christian Hauck;Christin Hilbich

  • Climate in Svalbard 2100 – a knowledge base for climate adaptation.

    Muralidhar Adakudlu;Jess Andersen;Jostein Bakke;Stein Beldring

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Johan Ludvig Sollid
Johan Ludvig Sollid University of Oslo
Hanne H. Christiansen
Hanne H. Christiansen University Centre in Svalbard
Sebastian Westermann
Sebastian Westermann University of Oslo
Charles Harris
Charles Harris Cardiff University
Rasmus E. Benestad
Rasmus E. Benestad Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Christian Hauck
Christian Hauck University of Fribourg
Ole Humlum
Ole Humlum University of Oslo
Owen R. Cooper
Owen R. Cooper Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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