Johnny A. Johannessen

Job Position: 
Vice-director
 
Department: 
Mohn-Sverdrup Center for Global Ocean Studies and Operational Oceanography
 
Group: 
Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing Group
 
E-mail: 
 
Phone: 
55205836
 

Academic Degree

 
Field of Research: 
oceanography
remote sensing
 

Main Research Area

Arctic and Marine Remote Sensing Studies
Ocean Modelling, Data Assimilation and Forecasting
Johnny Johannessen

Project leader of the following projects

  1. GreenSeas: Development of global plankton data base and model system for eco-climate early warning
  2. NORMAP: Norwegian Satellite Earth Observation Database for Marine and Polar Research
  3. MONARCH-A: MONitoring and Assessing Regional Climate change in High latitudes and the Arctic
  4. DRAGONESS: DRAGON in support of harmonizing European and Chinese marine monitoring for Environment and Security System
  5. MERSEA: Marine Environment and Security for the European Area
  6. MARSAIS: Demonstrating environmental products based on EO data
  7. MONCOZE: MONCOZE

Peer Review Publications and Books

38 total publications.

In Press

  1. Mouche, A, Collard, F, Chapron, B, Dagestad, K-F, Guitton, G, Johannessen, JA, Kerbaol, V, Hansen, MW . In Press . On the use of Doppler shift for sea surface wind retrieval from SAR . IEEE . Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  2. Kozlov, IE, Kudryavtsev, VN, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Dailidienėf, I, Myasoedov, AG . In Press . Envisat ASAR imaging of coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea: case study with modeling . Elsevier . Advances in Space Research
  3. Dagestad, K-F, Hansen, MW, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B . In Press . A method to retrieve temporal averages of 2D ocean surface currents from Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler shift . Springer

2012

  1. Godø, OR, Samuelsen, A, Macaulay, GJ, Patel, R, Hjøllo, SS, Horne, J, Kaartvedt, S, Johannessen, JA . 2012 . Mesoscale Eddies Are Oases for Higher Trophic Marine Life . 1 . e30161 - . Public Library of Science . PLoS ONE . 7
  2. Hansen, MW, Kudryavtsev, V, Chapron, B, Johannessen, JA, Collard, F, Dagestad, K-F, Mouche, A . 2012 . Simulation of radar backscatter and Doppler shifts of wave-current interaction in the presence of strong tidal current . 10 . Elsevier . Remote Sensing of Environment . 120

2011

  1. Hansen, MW, Collard, F, Dagestad, K-F, Johannessen, JA, Fabry, P, Chapron, B . 2011 . Retrieval of Sea Surface Range Doppler Velocities from Envisat ASAR Doppler Centroid Measurements . 10 . 11 . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing . 49
  2. Haines, K, Johannessen, JA, Knudsen, P, Lea, D, Rio, M-H, Bertino, L, Davidson, F, Hernandez, F . 2011 . An ocean modelling and assimilation guide to using GOCE geoid products . Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union . Ocean Science . 7
  3. Hansen, MW, Johannessen, JA, Dagestad, K-F, Collard, F, Chapron, B . 2011 . Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR . 13 . Journal of Geophysical Research . 116
  4. Kozlov, IE, Kudryavtsev, VN, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Dailidienė, I, Myasoedov, AG . 2011 . ASAR imaging for coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea . 13 . Advances in Space Research

2010

  1. Rouault, MJ, Mouche, A, Collard, F, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B . 2010 . Mapping the Agulhas Current from space: an assessment of ASAR surface current velocities . C10026 . 14 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research . 115

2009

  1. Backeberg, B, Bertino, L, Johannessen, JA . 2009 . Evaluating two numerical advection schemes in HYCOM for eddy-resolving modelling of the Agulhas Current . 2 . 173-190 . Copernicus . Ocean Science . 5
  2. Milutinovic, S, Behrenfeld, MJ, Johannessen, JA, Johannessen, T . 2009 . Sensitivity of remote sensing–derived phytoplankton productivity to mixed layer depth: Lessons from the carbon-based productivity model . 4 . 16 . American Geophysical Union . Global Biogeochemical Cycles . 23

2008

  1. Johannessen, JA, Collard, F, Kudryavtsev, VN, Akimov, DD . 2008 . Direct ocean surface velocity measurements from space: Improved quantitative interpretation of Envisat ASAR observations . L22608 . 6 . American Geophysical Union . Geophysical Research Letters . 35
  2. Backeberg, B, Johannessen, JA, Bertino, L, Reason, CJC . 2008 . The greater Agulhas Current system: An integrated study of its mesoscale variability . 1 . 29-44 . The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) . Journal of operational oceanography . 1

2007

  1. Siegismund, FF, Johannessen, JA, Drange, H, Mork, KA, Korablev, A . 2007 . Steric height variability in the Nordic Seas . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 112

2006

  1. Johannessen, JA, Winther, N . 2006 . North Sea circulation: Atlantic inflow and its destination . C12018 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 111

2005

  1. Kudryavtsev, VN, Akimov, DD, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B . 2005 . On radar imaging of current features: 1. model and comparison with observations . C07016 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 110
  2. Johannessen, JA, Kudryavtsev, VN, Akimov, DD, Eldevik, T, Winther, N . 2005 . On radar imaging of current features: 2. Mesoscale eddy and current front detection . C07017 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 110

2003

  1. Bouzinac, C, Font, J, Johannessen, JA . 2003 . Annual cycles of sea level and sea surface temperature in the western Mediterranean Sea . C3 . 4-1-4-20 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans . 108

2002

  1. Berger, M, Camps, A, Font, J, Kerr, Y, Miller, J, Johannessen, JA, Boutin, J, Drinkwater, MR, Skou, N, Floury, N, Rast, M, Rebhan, H, Atterna, A . 2002 . Measuring Ocean Salinity with ESA´s SMOS mission - Advancing the science . 113-121 . European Space Agency . ESA Bulletin . 111

Other Publications and Works

2011

  1. Hansen, MW . 2011 . Sea Surface Range Doppler Retrievals from Synthetic Aperture Radar . University of Bergen, Geophysical institute . Doctoral thesis no. 93
  2. Backeberg, B, Bernard, S, Johannessen, JA, Shillington, F . 2011 . Proceedings of the Joint Nansen-Tutu scientific opening symposium & OceansAfrica Meeting . 75 . Westin Grand Cape Town, Arabella Quays, Cape Town, South Africa, 7-9 December 2010 . Nansen Tutu Center . Nansen-Tutu Centre Scientific Opening Symposium
  3. Kozlov, I, Kudryavtsev, V, Johannessen, JA, Dailidiene, I, Myasoedov, A . 2011 . SAR imaging of the coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea . St. Petersburg, Russia 22-26 August 2011 . The 8th Baltic Sea Science Congress
  4. Kozlov, I, Kudryavtsev, V, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Dailidiene, I, Myasoedov, A . 2011 . All-weather satellite observations of marine thermal fronts in the Baltic and Barents Seas . Vistula Spit, Russia, 05-10 September 2011 . The International Conference of Young Scientists ”Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Changing World
  5. Milutinovic, S . 2011 . The Influence of Input Uncertainties on Remotely Sensed Estimates of Ocean Primary Productivity . University of Bergen, Geophysical institute . Doctoral thesis no. 91
  6. Kozlov, I, Kudryavtsev, V, Johannessen, JA . 2011 . Measuring interior ocean parameters from space: Oceanic internal waves in the Barents Sea . Vistula Spit, Russia, 05-10 September 2011 . The International Conference of Young Scientists ”Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Changing World”,
  7. Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Backeberg, B . 2011 . New gravity field, mean dynamic topography and surface geostrophic current derived from space . Cape Town, South Africa July 2011 . Nansen-Tutu Centre Scientific Opening Symposium

2010

  1. Johannessen, JA . 2010 . Vi tar pulsen på planeten . Bergen . Bergens Tidende
  2. Backeberg, B . 2010 . Modelling the mesoscale variability in the greater Agulhas Current System using a Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model . Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, South Africa . Doctoral Thesis No. 83
  3. Dagestad, K-F, Johannessen, JA, Hansen, MW . 2010 . Wind Retrieval over the Ocean from Combined Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar and Weather Forecast Models . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
  4. Romeiser, R, Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Collard, F, Kudryavtsev, VN, Runge, H, Suchandt, S . 2010 . Direct surface current field imaging from space by along-track InSAR and conventional SAR . 73-91 . Springer Science+Business Media . Oceanography From Space, Revisited
  5. Backeberg, B, Johannessen, JA, Rouault, M, Veitch, J . 2010 . Preliminary inter-model comparison of the Agulhas Current with direct range Doppler velocity estimates from Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . European Space Agency . ESA Living Planet Symposium
  6. Hansen, MW, Dagestad, K-F, Johannessen, JA, Collard, F, Mouche, A . 2010 . Mapping the Kuroshio Current with Synthetic Aperture Radar . Guilin, China, 17-21 May 2010. . Dragon-2 symposium
  7. Dagestad, K-F, Kudryavtsev, VN, Johannessen, JA, Hansen, MW . 2010 . A Radar Modulation Transfer Function for Oceanic Internal Waves . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
  8. Myasoedov, AG, Kudryavtsev, VN, Chapron, B, Johannessen, JA . 2010 . Sunglitter imagery of ocean surface phenomena . 8 . ESA-ESRIN, 25-29 January 2010 . 3rd International Workshop SEASAR 2010
  9. Kudryavtsev, VN, Myasoedov, AG, Chapron, B, Johannessen, JA, Collard, F . 2010 . Synergy of SAR and optical imagery in studies of mesoscale ocean dynamics . ESA-ESRIN, 25-29 January 2010 . 3rd International Workshop SEASAR 2010
  10. Johannessen, JA, Chapron, B, Collard, F, Mouche, A, Rouault, M, Tounadre, J . 2010 . ENVISAT ASAR: A speed-gun in space . ESA-ESRIN, 25-29 January 2010 . 3rd International Workshop SEASAR 2010
  11. Chapron, B, Bingham, A, Collard, F, Donion, C, Johannessen, JA, Piollé, J-F, Reul, N . 2010 . Ocean Remote Sensing Data Integration – Examples and Outlook, Plenary Session Paper . 11 . Venice Italy, 21-25 Sept. 2009 . European Space Agency . OceanObs09
  12. Hansen, MW, Dagestad, K-F, Johannessen, JA, Mouche, A, Collard, F . 2010 . ASAR surface velocity retrievals in the Northeast Atlantic . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
  13. Huang, W, Johannessen, JA, Alpers, W . 2010 . Progress toward Demonstrating SAR Monitoring of Chinese Seas . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium