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Ola M. Johannessen

Ola M. Johannessen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
10488
World Ranking
5182
National Ranking
62

Ola M. Johannessen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ola M. Johannessen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 283 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ola M. Johannessen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ola M. Johannessen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Ola M. Johannessen is a researcher affiliated with the Nansen Scientific Society in Norway, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their primary research fields encompass Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work intersecting Sociology and Political Science as well as Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Recent research contributions include multiple publications from 2021 to 2024, published in well-known scientific journals. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Ola M. Johannessen are:

  • "A possible relation between Arctic sea ice and late season Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall extremes," 2021, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Ten new insights in climate science 2022," 2022, Global Sustainability
  • "Sea level variability in Gulf of Guinea from satellite altimetry," 2024, Scientific Reports
  • "Population increase impacts the climate, using the sensitive Arctic as an example," 2022, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
  • "Sea level rise and coastal flooding risks in the Gulf of Guinea," 2024, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Roshin P. Raj
  • Franck Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi
  • Antonio Bonaduce
  • I. P. Chunchuzov
  • Sourav Chatterjee

Ola M. Johannessen has a publishing record concentrated in key venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
  • Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

In recognition of professional contributions, they hold membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Arctic climate change: observed and modelled temperature and sea-ice variability

    Ola M. Johannessen;Ola M. Johannessen;Lennart Bengtsson;Martin W. Miles;Svetlana I. Kuzmina

  • Satellite Evidence for an Arctic Sea Ice Cover in Transformation.

    Ola M. Johannessen;Elena V. Shalina;Martin W. Miles;Martin W. Miles

  • The Early Twentieth-Century Warming in the Arctic—A Possible Mechanism

    Lennart Bengtsson;Vladimir A. Semenov;O. L. A. M. Johannessen

  • The polar oceans and their role in shaping the global environment

    O.M. Johannessen;R.D. Muench;J.E. Overland

  • Brief Overview of the Physical Oceanography

    Ola M. Johannessen

  • Norwegian Remote Sensing Experiment: Evaluation of the Nimbus 7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer for sea ice research

    E. Svendsen;K. Kloster;B. Farrelly;O. M. Johannessen

  • The Arctic's shrinking sea ice

    Ola M. Johannessen;Martin Miles;Einar Bjørgo

  • Recent ice-sheet growth in the interior of Greenland.

    Ola M. Johannessen;Kirill Khvorostovsky;Martin W. Miles;Leonid P. Bobylev

  • Classification of Sea Ice Types in ENVISAT Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

    Natalia Yu. Zakhvatkina;Vitaly Yu. Alexandrov;Ola M. Johannessen;Stein Sandven

  • Analysis of merged SMMR-SSMI time series of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice parameters 1978–1995

    Einar Bjørgo;Ola M. Johannessen;Martin W. Miles

  • Mesoscale eddies in the Fram Strait marginal ice zone during the 1983 and 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiments

    J. A. Johannessen;O. M. Johannessen;E. Svendsen;R. Shuchman

  • Coastal ocean fronts and eddies imaged with ERS 1 synthetic aperture radar

    Johnny A. Johannessen;Robert A. Shuchman;G. Digranes;D. R. Lyzenga

  • Retrieval of Arctic Sea Ice Parameters by Satellite Passive Microwave Sensors: A Comparison of Eleven Sea Ice Concentration Algorithms

    Natalia Ivanova;Ola M. Johannessen;Leif Toudal Pedersen;Rasmus T. Tonboe

  • The challenge of long-term climate change.

    Klaus F. Hasselmann;Mojib Latif;Georg Hooss;C. Azar

  • Coastal and deep-sea benthic diversities compared

    J. S. Gray;Gary C. B. Poore;K. I. Ugland;Robin S. Wilson

  • The relation between sea ice thickness and freeboard in the Arctic

    V. Alexandrov;S. Sandven;J. Wahlin;O. M. Johannessen

  • Oceanographic conditions in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard in early fall 1979 with an emphasis on mesoscale processes

    O. M. Johannessen;J. A. Johannessen;J. Morison;B. A. Farrelly

  • Detection of oil spills near offshore installations using synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

    H. A. Espedal;O. M. Johannessen

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current

    J. A. Johannessen;S. Sandven;K. Lygre;E. Svendsen

  • Upwelling: Oceanic Structure at the Edge of the Arctic Ice Pack in Winter

    J. R. Buckley;T. Gammelsrød;J. A. Johannessen;O. M. Johannessen

  • The polar oceans and their role in shaping the global environment : the Nansen centennial volume

    Fridtjof Nansen;Ola M. Johannessen;Robin D. Muench;James E. Overland

Frequent Co-Authors

Johnny A. Johannessen
Johnny A. Johannessen Naval Postgraduate School
Lennart Bengtsson
Lennart Bengtsson University of Reading
Helge Drange
Helge Drange University of Bergen
Geir Evensen
Geir Evensen NORCE Research
Yongqi Gao
Yongqi Gao Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Per Gloersen
Per Gloersen Goddard Space Flight Center
Charlotte Bay Hasager
Charlotte Bay Hasager Technical University of Denmark
Klaus Hasselmann
Klaus Hasselmann Max Planck Society
Mats Bentsen
Mats Bentsen NORCE Research
Laurent Bertino
Laurent Bertino Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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