2026 Øystein Hov: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	45	6370	6114	75	73	131	8278

Overview

Øystein Hov is affiliated with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Norway. Their research focuses on environmental science, with specific contributions across several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics, including:

Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Air Quality and Health Impacts

Øystein Hov has contributed to several recent papers, among them:

The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Citizen Observations for Weather Forecasts, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
All Kinds of Integration: WMO's Strategy for Seamless Prediction, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy, 2025, AMBIO

Their frequent co-authors include Anton Eliassen, Peringe Grennfelt, Christoph Heinze, Thorsten Blenckner, and Helena Martins.

Øystein Hov has published books with the Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks, including Future Nordic Collaboration on Air Pollution in 2020.

Their frequent publication venues reflect their research interests and include:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
AMBIO

Best Publications

Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006

A. Stohl;T. Berg;T. Berg;J. F. Burkhart;J. F. Burkhart;A. M. Fjǽraa

530
Citations
Quasi‐steady‐state approximations in air pollution modeling: Comparison of two numerical schemes for oxidant prediction

Eigil Hesstvedt;Öystein Hov;Ivar S. A. Isaksen

437
Citations
Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications

David Fowler;Markus Amann;Ross Anderson;Mike Ashmore

396
Citations
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources

Z.W. Kundzewicz;Z.W. Kundzewicz;V. Krysanova;R.E. Benestad;Ø. Hov

388
Citations
Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy

Peringe Grennfelt;Anna Engleryd;Martin Forsius;Øystein Hov

370
Citations
General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

362
Citations
A Lagrangian Long Range Transport Model with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Chemistry

Anton Eliassen;Jørgen Saltbones;Frode Stordal;Frode Stordal;Øystein Hov;Øystein Hov

339
Citations
Test of two numerical schemes for use in atmospheric transport-chemistry models

Ole Hertel;Ruwim Berkowicz;Jesper Christensen;Øystein Hov

288
Citations
Calculation of trends in the tropospheric concentration of O3, OH, CO, CH4 and NOx

Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Øystein Hov

287
Citations
European surface ozone in the extreme summer 2003

S. Solberg;Ø. Hov;A. Søvde;I. S. A. Isaksen

242
Citations
Boundary-Layer Ozone Depletion as Seen in the Norwegian Arctic in Spring

Sverre Solberg;Norbert Schmidbauer;Arne Semb;Frode Stordal

209
Citations
Development and testing of a new variable scale air pollution model—ACDEP

Ole Hertel;Jesper Christensen;Erik H. Runge;Willem A.H. Asman

174
Citations
The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points

Christoph Heinze;Christoph Heinze;Thorsten Blenckner;Helena Martins;Dagmara Rusiecka;Dagmara Rusiecka

166
Citations
Intercomparison of the gas-phase chemistry in several chemistry and transport models

M. Kuhn;P.J.H. Builtjes;D. Poppe;D. Simpson

159
Citations
Pollution from aircraft emissions in the North Atlantic flight corridor: Overview on the POLINAT projects

Ulrich Schumann;Hans Schlager;F. Arnold;J. Ovarlez

121
Citations
Comparison of numerical techniques for use in air pollution models with non-linear chemical reactions

Øystein Hov;Zahari Zlatev;Ruwim Berkowicz;Anton Eliassen

119
Citations
Ozone in the United Kingdom - Fourth Report of the Photochemical Oxidants Review Group - 1997

D Fowler;M Coyle;R Anderson;Ashmore

112
Citations
An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century

Melvyn Shapiro;Jagadish Shukla;Gilbert Brunet;Carlos Nobre

108
Citations
A Eulerian air pollution model for Europe with nonlinear chemistry

Z. Zlatev;J. Christensen;Ø. Hov

106
Citations
Contribution of forest fire emissions to atmospheric pollution in Greece

M. Lazaridis;M. Latos;V. Aleksandropoulou;Ø. Hov

93
Citations
Measurement and modeling of the concentrations of terpenes in coniferous forest air

Øystein Hov;Jørgen Schjoldager;Bente M. Wathne

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo

Frode Stordal University of Oslo

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Jesper H. Christensen Aarhus University

David Simpson Chalmers University of Technology

Stuart A. Penkett University of East Anglia

Mihalis Lazaridis Technical University of Crete

Ruwim Berkowicz Aarhus University

Ole Hertel Aarhus University

Rasmus E. Benestad Norwegian Meteorological Institute

External Links

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