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Terje Berntsen

Terje Berntsen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
44171
World Ranking
1161
National Ranking
12

Overview

Terje Berntsen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and focuses on environmental and earth sciences research. Their work spans key areas such as Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a detailed concentration on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their primary research interests cover topics like Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Berntsen include:

  • Frøde Stordal
  • Shobitha Shetty
  • Philipp Schneider
  • Kerstin Stebel
  • Moa K. Sporre

Berntsen's recent papers reflect a focus on atmospheric chemistry, climate dynamics, and environmental monitoring. Selected works include:

  • Large difference in aerosol radiative effects from BVOC-SOA treatment in three Earth system models, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A continued role of short-lived climate forcers under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, 2020, Earth System Dynamics
  • Estimating surface NO2 concentrations over Europe using Sentinel-5P TROPOMI observations and Machine Learning, 2024, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Surface temperature response to regional black carbon emissions: do location and magnitude matter?, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Exploring Impacts of Size-Dependent Evaporation and Entrainment in a Global Model, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The most frequent venues publishing Berntsen's research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Biogeosciences
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Research

Berntsen's research contributes to understanding the interactions of atmospheric components and climate variability through empirical and modeling approaches. Their interdisciplinary work spans multiple aspects of atmospheric science, from aerosol dynamics to the impacts of gas emissions on climate and environmental systems.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. Chapter 2

    P. Forster;V. Ramaswamy;P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Shipping

    Veronika Eyring;Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Terje Berntsen;William J. Collins

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation

    D.S. Lee;G. Pitari;Volker Grewe;Klaus Martin Gierens

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Transport of Asian air pollution to North America

    Dan Jaffe;Theodore Anderson;Dave Covert;Robert Kotchenruther

  • CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy: atmospheric decay and contribution to global warming

    Francesco Cherubini;Glen Philip Peters;Terje Koren Berntsen;Anders Hammer Strømman

  • Radiative forcing by aerosols as derived from the AeroCom present-day and pre-industrial simulations

    M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Kinne;Yves Balkanski

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Metrics

    J. S. Fuglestvedt;K. P. Shine;T. Berntsen;J. Cook

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport

    Elmar Uherek;Thomas Halenka;Jens Borken-Kleefeld;Yves Balkanski

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)

    D. S. Stevenson;Paul Young;Paul Young;Paul Young;Vaishali Naik;Jean-Francois Lamarque

  • Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short-lived pollutants

    Andreas Stohl;Borgar Aamaas;M Amann;LH Baker

  • Metrics of Climate Change: Assessing Radiative Forcing and Emission Indices

    Jan S. Fuglestvedt;Terje K. Berntsen;Odd Godal;Odd Godal;Robert Sausen

  • Climate forcing from the transport sectors

    Jan Fuglestvedt;Terje Berntsen;Gunnar Myhre;Kristin Rypdal

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Myhre
Gunnar Myhre University of Oslo
Jan S. Fuglestvedt
Jan S. Fuglestvedt Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Ivar S. A. Isaksen
Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo
Frode Stordal
Frode Stordal University of Oslo
Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie
Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Keith P. Shine
Keith P. Shine University of Reading
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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