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14296
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5136
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61

Overview

Rasmus E. Benestad is affiliated with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Norway and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields, primarily focusing on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, alongside contributions in Ecology, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

Benestad's main research topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

The scientist has authored numerous academic papers with a focus on climate downscaling, hydrological changes, climate modeling, and regional climate phenomena. Notable recent publications include:

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community, 2020, Regional Environmental Change
  • Exceptional warming over the Barents area, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • GCMeval - An interactive tool for evaluation and selection of climate model ensembles, 2020, Climate Services
  • A Hybrid Downscaling Approach for Future Temperature and Precipitation Change, 2020, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Global hydro-climatological indicators and changes in the global hydrological cycle and rainfall patterns, 2022, PLOS Climate

Their work has appeared frequently in publication venues such as:

  • Naturen
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Regional Environmental Change

Benestad has collaborated extensively with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andreas Dobler
  • Kajsa M. Parding
  • Cristian Lussana
  • Abdelkader Mezghani
  • Inger Hanssen-Bauer

Beyond journal articles, Benestad has contributed to book publications, including a 2023 title published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks titled "Forskning til samfunnsnytte."

Best Publications

  • Regional climate projections

    J. H. Christensen;B. Hewitson;A. Busuioc;A. Chen

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • Temperature and Precipitation Development at Svalbard 1900-2100

    Eirik J. Førland;Rasmus Benestad;Inger Hanssen-Bauer;Jan Erik Haugen

  • Empirical-Statistical Downscaling

    Rasmus E Benestad;Inger Hanssen-Bauer;Deliang Chen

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community

    Daniela Jacob;Claas Teichmann;Stefan Sobolowski;Eleni Katragkou

  • IMILAST – a community effort to intercompare extratropical cyclone detection and tracking algorithms: assessing method-related uncertainties

    Urs Neu;Mirseid G. Akperov;Nina Bellenbaum;Rasmus Benestad

  • Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources

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

  • Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

    I.S.A. Isaksen;C. Granier;C. Granier;G. Myhre;T. Berntsen

  • 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

  • An intercomparison of a large ensemble of statistical downscaling methods over Europe: Results from the VALUE perfect predictor cross-validation experiment

    J. M. Gutiérrez;D. Maraun;M. Widmann;R. Huth;R. Huth

  • Statistical downscaling of climate scenarios over Scandinavia

    I. Hanssen-Bauer;C. Achberger;R. E. Benestad;D. Chen

  • A comparison between two empirical downscaling strategies

    Rasmus E. Benestad

  • Solar Activity and Earth's Climate

    Rasmus E. Benestad

  • How often can we expect a record event

    R. E. Benestad

  • Empirical-statistical downscaling in climate modeling

    R. E. Benestad

  • Autumn atmospheric response to the 2007 low Arctic sea ice extent in coupled ocean–atmosphere hindcasts

    Yvan J. Orsolini;Retish Senan;Rasmus E. Benestad;Arne Melsom

  • Modeling the temperature evolution of Svalbard permafrost during the 20th and 21st century

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Thomas Vikhamar Schuler;Ketil Isaksen;Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen;Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen

  • Impact of snow initialization on sub-seasonal forecasts

    Y. J. Orsolini;Y. J. Orsolini;R. Senan;G. Balsamo;F. J. Doblas-Reyes

  • Learning from mistakes in climate research

    Rasmus E. Benestad;Dana Nuccitelli;Stephan Lewandowsky;Stephan Lewandowsky;Katharine Hayhoe

  • Solar trends and global warming

    R. E. Benestad;G. A. Schmidt

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

    Muralidhar Adakudlu;Jess Andersen;Jostein Bakke;Stein Beldring

Frequent Co-Authors

Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen University of Gothenburg
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Ketil Isaksen
Ketil Isaksen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Yvan J. Orsolini
Yvan J. Orsolini Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Douglas Maraun
Douglas Maraun University of Graz
Pedro M. M. Soares
Pedro M. M. Soares University of Lisbon
Øystein Hov
Øystein Hov Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen University of Copenhagen
José M. Gutiérrez
José M. Gutiérrez Spanish National Research Council
Rita M. Cardoso
Rita M. Cardoso University of Lisbon

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