2026 Sven-Erik Gryning: 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	44	6694	6426	95	94	178	8294

Overview

Sven-Erik Gryning is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialization in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields of study include Oceanography, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their scientific work spans several main topics:

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Climate variability and models
Polar Research and Ecology
Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Sven-Erik Gryning has contributed to a number of scientific papers published in recognized venues. Some of the recent publications include:

Seasonal Variation of the Atmospheric Bacterial Community in the Greenlandic High Arctic Is Influenced by Weather Events and Local and Distant Sources, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
Observed and modelled cloud cover up to 6 km height at Station Nord in the high Arctic, 2020, International Journal of Climatology
Observed aerosol-layer depth at Station Nord in the high Arctic, 2023, International Journal of Climatology
Area averaging of land surface-atmosphere fluxes in NOPEX: challenges, results and perspectives, 2024, Research Portal (King's College London)
Investigating predictability of offshore winds using a mesoscale model driven by forecast and reanalysis data, 2020, Meteorologische Zeitschrift

The main publication venues regularly featuring Gryning's work include:

International Journal of Climatology
Research Portal (King's College London)
Frontiers in Microbiology
Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Helda (University of Helsinki)

The scientist's frequent collaborators encompass:

Ekaterina Batchvarova
Rogier Floors
Christoph Münkel
Henrik Skov
Lise Lotte Sørensen

Best Publications

Review and intercomparison of operational methods for the determination of the mixing height

Petra Seibert;Frank Beyrich;Sven-Erik Gryning;Sylvain Joffre

1334
Citations
BUBBLE - an urban boundary layer meteorology project

Mathias Rotach;Mathias Rotach;Roland Vogt;Christian Bernhofer;E. Batchvarova

516
Citations
On the extension of the wind profile over homogeneous terrain beyond the surface boundary layer

Sven-Erik Gryning;Ekaterina Batchvarova;B. Brümmer;Hans Ejsing Jørgensen

495
Citations
Applied dispersion modelling based on meteorological scaling parameters

S.E. Gryning;A.A.M. Holtslag;J.S. Irwin;B. Sivertsen

457
Citations
Atmospheric Dispersion from Elevated Sources in an Urban Area: Comparison between Tracer Experiments and Model Calculations

Sven-Erik Gryning;Erik Lyck

304
Citations
Applied model for the growth of the daytime mixed layer

Ekaterina Batchvarova;Sven-Erik Gryning

300
Citations
Offshore wind profiling using light detection and ranging measurements

Alfredo Peña;Charlotte Bay Hasager;Sven-Erik Gryning;Michael Courtney

231
Citations
Measurements and Modelling of the Wind Speed Profile in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Alfredo Peña;Alfredo Peña;Sven-Erik Gryning;Charlotte B. Hasager

179
Citations
Air pollution modeling and its application

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173
Citations
Energy, water and carbon exchange in a boreal forest landscape - NOPEX experiences

Sven Halldin;S E Gryning;L Gottschalk;A Jochum

173
Citations
Comparison of the atmospheric stability and wind profiles at two wind farm sites over a long marine fetch in the North Sea

Ameya Sathe;Sven-Erik Gryning;Alfredo Peña

152
Citations
Analytical model for the growth of the coastal internal boundary layer during onshore flow

Sven-Erik Gryning;Ekaterina Batchvarova

142
Citations
Dispersion from a continuous ground‐level source investigated by a K model

Sven-Erik Gryning;P. van Ulden;Ren E. Larsen

136
Citations
A two-dimensional Lagrangian stochastic dispersion model for daytime conditions

Mathias W. Rotach;Sven-Erik Gryning;Caterina Tassone

135
Citations
Ten Years of Boundary-Layer and Wind-Power Meteorology at Høvsøre, Denmark

Alfredo Peña;Rogier Floors;Ameya Sathe;Sven-Erik Gryning

129
Citations
On the length-scale of the wind profile

Alfredo Peña;Sven-Erik Gryning;Jakob Mann

123
Citations
The Wind Profile in the Coastal Boundary Layer: Wind Lidar Measurements and Numerical Modelling

Rogier Floors;Claire Louise Vincent;Sven-Erik Gryning;Alfredo Peña

109
Citations
An applied model for the height of the daytime mixed layer and the entrainment zone

Ekaterina Batchvarova;Sven-Erik Gryning

102
Citations
Comparing mixing-length models of the diabatic wind profile over homogeneous terrain

Alfredo Peña;Alfredo Peña;Sven-Erik Gryning;Charlotte Bay Hasager

100
Citations
Pollutant dispersion close to an urban surface – the BUBBLE tracer experiment

M. W. Rotach;S.-E. Gryning;E. Batchvarova;A. Christen

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfredo Peña Technical University of Denmark

Henrik Skov Aarhus University

Ewan J. O'Connor Finnish Meteorological Institute

Albert A. M. Holtslag Wageningen University & Research

Petra Seibert BOKU University

Timo Vihma Finnish Meteorological Institute

Charlotte Bay Hasager Technical University of Denmark

Sven Halldin Uppsala University

Aki Virkkula Finnish Meteorological Institute

Alexander Baklanov University of Copenhagen

External Links

Personal website of Sven-Erik Gryning

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