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Overview

Mats A. Granskog is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway and has a substantial publication record in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric science, oceanography, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and ecology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes

Granskog has authored multiple papers across several prominent publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers by Granskog and collaborators include:

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Regime shift in Arctic Ocean sea ice thickness, 2023, Nature
  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Terrestrial Inputs Drive Seasonality in Organic Matter and Nutrient Biogeochemistry in a High Arctic Fjord System (Isfjorden, Svalbard), 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors with whom Granskog has collaborated extensively include:

  • Dmitry Divine
  • Mario Hoppmann
  • Colin A. Stedmon
  • Allison A. Fong
  • Christian Katlein

Best Publications

  • Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity

    Walter N. Meier;Greta K. Hovelsrud;Bob E.H. van Oort;Jeffrey R. Key

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice

    Philipp Assmy;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Pedro Duarte;Amelie Meyer

  • Characteristics of dissolved organic matter in Baltic coastal sea ice: allochthonous or autochthonous origins?

    Colin A. Stedmon;David N. Thomas;Mats Granskog;Hermanni Kaartokallio

  • Comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim near-surface air temperature, snowfall and precipitation over Arctic sea ice: effects on sea ice thermodynamics and evolution

    Caixin Wang;Caixin Wang;Robert M. Graham;Keguang Wang;Sebastian Gerland

  • Increasing frequency and duration of Arctic winter warming events

    Robert M. Graham;Lana Cohen;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Linette N. Boisvert;Linette N. Boisvert

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  • Evaluation of Six Atmospheric Reanalyses over Arctic Sea Ice from Winter to Early Summer

    Robert M. Graham;Lana Cohen;Nicole Ritzhaupt;Benjamin Segger

  • Distribution, characteristics and potential impacts of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay, Canada

    Mats A. Granskog;Mats A. Granskog;Robie W. Macdonald;C.-J. Mundy;David G. Barber

  • Warming of Atlantic Water in two west Spitsbergen fjords over the last century (1912-2009)

    Alexey K. Pavlov;Vigdis Tverberg;Boris V. Ivanov;Frank Nilsen

  • Sea ice in the Baltic Sea - A review

    Mats Granskog;Hermanni Kaartokallio;Harri Kuosa;David N. Thomas

  • Using fluorescence to characterize dissolved organic matter in Antarctic sea ice brines

    Colin A. Stedmon;David N. Thomas;David N. Thomas;Stathys Papadimitriou;Mats A. Granskog

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • Thinning of Arctic sea ice observed in Fram Strait: 1990–2011

    E. Hansen;S. Gerland;M. A. Granskog;O. Pavlova

  • Climate Change and the Cryosphere : Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic - SWIPA

    Henry P. Huntington;Janet F. Pawlak;Sebastian Gerland;Kim Holmén

  • Brief Communication: Ikaite (CaCO 3 ·6H 2 O) discovered in Arctic sea ice

    Gerhard Dieckmann;Gernot Nehrke;Christiane Uhlig;J. Göttlicher

  • Using fluorescent dissolved organic matter to trace and distinguish the origin of Arctic surface waters

    Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo;Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo;Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo;Mats A. Granskog;Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Kumiko Azetsu-Scott

  • Snow contribution to first-year and second-year Arctic sea ice mass balance north of Svalbard

    Mats A. Granskog;Anja Rösel;Paul A. Dodd;Dmitry Divine

  • Arctic Research on Thin Ice: Consequences of Arctic Sea Ice Loss

    Mats A. Granskog;Philipp Assmy;Sebastian Gerland;Gunnar Spreen

  • Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean.

    Robert M. Graham;Polona Itkin;Amelie Meyer;Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord

  • Floating ice-algal aggregates below melting arctic sea ice.

    Philipp Assmy;Jens K. Ehn;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Haakon Hop

  • Tidewater Glaciers and Bedrock Characteristics Control the Phytoplankton Growth Environment in a Fjord in the Arctic

    Laura Halbach;Laura Halbach;Mikko Vihtakari;Pedro Duarte;Alistair Everett

  • Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Arctic outflow in the Fram Strait: Assessing the changes and fate of terrigenous CDOM in the Arctic Ocean

    Mats A. Granskog;Colin A. Stedmon;Paul A. Dodd;Rainer M. W. Amon

  • Characterisation of colored dissolved organic matter in Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait using parallel factor analysis

    C. Guéguen;M.A. Granskog;M.A. Granskog;G. McCullough;D.G. Barber

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Nicolaus
Marcel Nicolaus Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute
David N. Thomas
David N. Thomas University of Helsinki
Colin A. Stedmon
Colin A. Stedmon Technical University of Denmark
Harri Kuosa
Harri Kuosa Finnish Environment Institute
Jens K. Ehn
Jens K. Ehn University of Manitoba
Gerhard Dieckmann
Gerhard Dieckmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gunnar Spreen
Gunnar Spreen University of Bremen
Harald Steen
Harald Steen Oslo University Hospital
David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba

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