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Torben O. Sonnenborg is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with an emphasis on hydrology and watershed management studies.

Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

Frequent topics in their research include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Sonnenborg has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed studies, including recent publications such as:

  • Comparison of evapotranspiration estimates using the water balance and the eddy covariance methods, 2020, Vadose Zone Journal
  • Climate change impacts and uncertainty on spatiotemporal variations of drought indices for an irrigated catchment, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Quantification of climate change sensitivity of shallow and deep groundwater in Denmark, 2022, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Impacts of land use, climate change and hydrological model structure on nitrate fluxes: Magnitudes and uncertainties, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Seasonal dynamics of canopy interception loss within a deciduous and a coniferous forest, 2023, Hydrological Processes

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Karsten H. Jensen
  • Jacob Kidmose
  • Ida Karlsson Seidenfaden
  • Jens Christian Refsgaard
  • Peter B.E. Sandersen

Publication venues favored by Sonnenborg reflect the hydrological and earth system sciences focus of their research and include:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Hydrogeology Journal
  • Water Resources Research

Best Publications

  • Methodology for construction, calibration and validation of a national hydrological model for Denmark

    Hans Jørgen Henriksen;Lars Troldborg;Per Nyegaard;Torben Obel Sonnenborg

  • Review of strategies for handling geological uncertainty in groundwater flow and transport modeling

    Jens Christian Refsgaard;Steen Christensen;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Dorte Seifert

  • Combined effects of climate models, hydrological model structures and land use scenarios on hydrological impacts of climate change

    Ida B. Karlsson;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Jens Christian Refsgaard;Dennis Trolle

  • Impact of climate and land use change on the hydrology of a large‐scale agricultural catchment

    Lieke Petronella G Van Roosmalen;Torben Sonnenborg;Karsten Høgh Jensen

  • Regional Differences in Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater and Stream Discharge in Denmark

    Lieke van Roosmalen;Britt S. B. Christensen;Torben O. Sonnenborg

  • Assessing impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and drainage canals on saltwater intrusion to coastal aquifer

    P. Rasmussen;T. O. Sonnenborg;G. Goncear;K. Hinsby

  • A framework for testing the ability of models to project climate change and its impacts

    J. C. Refsgaard;H. Madsen;V. Andréassian;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Modelling of the shallow water table at high spatial resolution using random forests

    Julian Koch;Helen Berger;Hans Jørgen Henriksen;Torben Obel Sonnenborg

  • Salinity Distribution in Heterogeneous Coastal Aquifers Mapped by Airborne Electromagnetics

    Casper Kirkegaard;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Esben Auken;Flemming Jørgensen

  • Transition probability-based stochastic geological modeling using airborne geophysical data and borehole data

    Xin He;Julian Koch;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Flemming Jørgensen

  • Transboundary geophysical mapping of geological elements and salinity distribution critical for the assessment of future sea water intrusion in response to sea level rise

    F. Jørgensen;W. Scheer;S. Thomsen;T. O. Sonnenborg

  • Origin and Dynamics of Saltwater Intrusion in a Regional Aquifer: Combining 3-D Saltwater Modeling With Geophysical and Geochemical Data

    Rena Meyer;Peter Engesgaard;Torben O. Sonnenborg

  • Assessment of hydrological model predictive ability given multiple conceptual geological models

    Dorte Seifert;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Jens Christian Refsgaard;Anker L. Højberg

  • Transient modeling of regional groundwater flow using parameter estimates from steady-state automatic calibration

    Torben O Sonnenborg;Britt S.B Christensen;Per Nyegaard;Hans Jørgen Henriksen

  • A Two-Stage Procedure for Determining Unsaturated Hydraulic Characteristics using a Syringe Pump and Outflow Observations

    D. Wildenschild;K. Høgh Jensen;K. J. Hollenbeck;T. Sonnenborg

  • Evaluation of Climate Input Biases and Water Balance Issues Using a Coupled Surface–Subsurface Model

    Simon Stisen;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Anker L. Højberg;Lars Troldborg

  • Capture zone, travel time, and solute-transport predictions using inverse modeling and different geological models

    William G. Harrar;Torben Obel Sonnenborg;Hans Jørgen Henriksen

  • Removal of NAPLs from the unsaturated zone using steam: prevention of downward migration by injecting mixtures of steam and air

    R. Schmidt;Jacob Gudbjerg;Torben Obel Sonnenborg;Karsten Høgh Jensen

  • Comparison of Hydrological Simulations of Climate Change Using Perturbation of Observations and Distribution-Based Scaling

    Lieke van Roosmalen;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Karsten H. Jensen;J.H. Christensen

  • Use of alternative conceptual models to assess the impact of a buried valley on groundwater vulnerability

    Dorte Seifert;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Peter Scharling;Klaus Hinsby

  • Moving beyond run‐off calibration—Multivariable optimization of a surface–subsurface–atmosphere model

    Simon Stisen;Julian Koch;Torben O. Sonnenborg;Jens Christian Refsgaard

  • Assessment of robustness and significance of climate change signals for an ensemble of distribution-based scaled climate projections

    L.P. Seaby;L.P. Seaby;J.C. Refsgaard;T.O. Sonnenborg;S. Stisen

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Høgh Jensen
Karsten Høgh Jensen University of Copenhagen
Jens Christian Refsgaard
Jens Christian Refsgaard Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Peter Engesgaard
Peter Engesgaard University of Copenhagen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen University of Copenhagen
Esben Auken
Esben Auken Aarhus University
Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Vazken Andréassian
Vazken Andréassian University of Paris-Saclay
Dennis Trolle
Dennis Trolle Aarhus University
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University

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