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Mats Bentsen

Mats Bentsen

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Earth Science

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44
Citations
9355
World Ranking
4628
National Ranking
55

Overview

Mats Bentsen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several key topics, primarily focusing on climate variability and models, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of subjects, including Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate change and permafrost, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Bentsen has published numerous papers in several prominent scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Geoscientific model development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Nature Climate Change

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Evaluation of global ocean-sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2), 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Ocean biogeochemistry in the Norwegian Earth System Model version 2 (NorESM2), 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP, 2021, Geoscientific model development

Bentsen frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Øyvind Seland
  • Dirk Olivié
  • Chuncheng Guo
  • Aleksi Nummelin
  • Ada Gjermundsen

Best Publications

  • The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation of the physical climate

    M. Bentsen;I. Bethke;J. B. Debernard;T. Iversen;T. Iversen;T. Iversen

  • JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

  • Overview of the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2) and key climate response of CMIP6 DECK, historical, and scenario simulations

    Øyvind Seland;Mats Bentsen;Dirk Jan Leo Oliviè;Thomas Toniazzo;Thomas Toniazzo

  • External forcing as a metronome for Atlantic multidecadal variability

    Odd Helge Otterå;Mats Bentsen;Helge Drange;Lingling Suo

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

  • Description and evaluation of the bergen climate model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM

    Tore Furevik;Tore Furevik;Mats Bentsen;Mats Bentsen;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;I. K. T. Kindem;I. K. T. Kindem

  • The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 2: Climate response and scenario projections

    T. Iversen;T. Iversen;T. Iversen;M. Bentsen;I. Bethke;J. B. Debernard

  • Evaluation of the carbon cycle components in the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM)

    J. F. Tjiputra;J. F. Tjiputra;C. Roelandt;M. Bentsen;D. M. Lawrence

  • Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;L. Shogo Urakawa;Stephen M. Griffies;Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

  • Response of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre to persistent North Atlantic oscillation like forcing

    Katja Lohmann;Helge Drange;Mats Bentsen

  • An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean meridional overturning circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Riccardo Farneti;Stephanie M. Downes;Stephen M. Griffies;Simon J. Marsland

  • Coordinate Transformation on a Sphere Using Conformal Mapping

    M. Bentsen;G. Evensen;H. Drange;A. D. Jenkins

  • Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison

    Harry J. Dowsett;Kevin M. Foley;Danielle K. Stoll;Mark A. Chandler

  • Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change

    Eystein Jansen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Trond Dokken;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Kerim H. Nisancioglu

  • Ocean biogeochemistry in the Norwegian Earth System Model version 2 (NorESM2)

    Jerry Tjiputra;Jörg Schwinger;Mats Bentsen;Anne Morée

  • Simulated variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

    Mats Bentsen;Mats Bentsen;Helge Drange;Tore Furevik;Tore Furevik;Tianjun Zhou

  • The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M - Part 1: Description and basic evaluation

    M. Bentsen;I. Bethke;J.B. Debernard;T. Iversen

  • An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part III: Hydrography and fluxes

    Mehmet Ilıcak;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;Qiang Wang;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • An isopycnic ocean carbon cycle model

    K. M. Assmann;M. Bentsen;J. Segschneider;C. Heinze;C. Heinze

  • An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993-2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Jianjun Yin;Paul J. Durack;Paul Goddard

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Drange
Helge Drange University of Bergen
Christoph Heinze
Christoph Heinze University of Bergen
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Simona Masina
Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Tore Furevik
Tore Furevik University of Bergen
Jerry Tjiputra
Jerry Tjiputra Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Øyvind Seland
Øyvind Seland Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Yongqi Gao
Yongqi Gao Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research
Alf Kirkevåg
Alf Kirkevåg Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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