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Svein Østerhus publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Svein Østerhus sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 142 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Svein Østerhus D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Svein Østerhus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Svein Østerhus is affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Norway and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics central to understanding polar and marine environments. These include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Østerhus has published peer-reviewed papers in several scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Ocean Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean over the period 1993-2016" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes" (2023), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "FRIS Revisited in 2018: On the Circulation and Water Masses at the Filchner and Ronne Ice Shelves in the Southern Weddell Sea" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Observed interannual changes beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf linked to large-scale atmospheric circulation" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean" (2023), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors contributing to Østerhus's research include Markus Janout, Jean-Baptiste Sallée, Karin Margretha Húsgarð Larsen, Keith W. Nicholls, and Elin Darelius. Collaboration within this network spans multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • North Atlantic–Nordic Seas exchanges

    B Hansen;S Østerhus

  • Arctic warming through the Fram Strait: Oceanic heat transport from 3 years of measurements

    Ursula Schauer;Ursula Schauer;Eberhard Fahrbach;Svein Osterhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • Ice-ocean processes over the continental shelf of the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: a review

    Keith W. Nicholls;Svein Østerhus;Keith Makinson;Tor Gammelsrød;Tor Gammelsrød

  • Decreasing overflow from the Nordic seas into the Atlantic Ocean through the Faroe Bank channel since 1950

    Bogi Hansen;William R. Turrell;Svein Østerhus

  • Reversal of the 1960s to 1990s freshening trend in the northeast North Atlantic and Nordic Seas

    N. Penny Holliday;S. L. Hughes;S. Bacon;A. Beszczynska-Möller

  • Ice shelf water overflow and bottom water formation in the southern Weddell Sea

    Arne Foldvik;Tor Gammelsrød;Svein Østerhus;E. Fahrbach

  • Upper layer cooling and freshening in the Norwegian Sea in relation to atmospheric forcing

    J. Blindheim;V. Borovkov;B. Hansen;S.-Aa. Malmberg

  • Direct measurements of volume transports through Fram Strait

    Eberhard Fahrbach;Jens Meincke;Svein Østerhus;Gerd Rohardt

  • A review on Northern Hemisphere sea-ice, storminess and the North Atlantic Oscillation: Observations and projected changes

    Jürgen Bader;Michel D. S. Mesquita;Kevin I. Hodges;Noel S. Keenlyside

  • The Nordic seas, main oceanographic features

    Johan Blindheim;Svein Østerhus

  • Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

    B. Rudels;R. Meyer;Eberhard Fahrbach;V. Ivanov

  • Faroe Bank Channel overflow 1995–2005

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus

  • Measured volume, heat, and salt fluxes from the Atlantic to the Arctic Mediterranean

    Svein Østerhus;William R. Turrell;Steingrõ ´ mur Jonsson;Bogi Hansen

  • Significant role of the North Icelandic Jet in the formation of Denmark Strait overflow water

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall;Héðinn Valdimarsson

  • Observed and modelled stability of overflow across the Greenland–Scotland ridge

    Steffen M. Olsen;Bogi Hansen;Detlef Quadfasel;Svein Osterhus

  • Increased ocean heat transport into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean over the period 1993-2016

    Takamasa Tsubouchi;Kjetil Våge;Bogi Hansen;Karin Margretha H. Larsen

  • Greenland-Scotland overflow studied by hydro-chemical multivariate analysis

    E. Fogelqvist;J. Blindheim;T. Tanhua;S. Østerhus

  • The Abyss of the Nordic Seas Is Warming

    Svein Østerhus;Tor Gammelsrød

  • Combining in-situ measurements and altimetry to estimate volume, heat and salt transport variability through the Faroe Shetland Channel

    B. Berx;B. Hansen;S. Østerhus;K. M. Larsen

  • Already the Day After Tomorrow

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus;Detlef Quadfasel;William Turrell

  • Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: a consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations

    Svein Østerhus;Rebecca Woodgate;Hedinn Valdimarsson;Bill Turrell

  • The Iceland-Faroe inflow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas

    Bogi Hansen;Svein Østerhus;Hjalmar Hátún;Regin Kristiansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bogi Hansen
Bogi Hansen University of the Faroe Islands
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Detlef Quadfasel
Detlef Quadfasel Universität Hamburg
Ursula Schauer
Ursula Schauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Eberhard Fahrbach
Eberhard Fahrbach Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
Hartmut Hellmer
Hartmut Hellmer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Tore Hattermann
Tore Hattermann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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