Lasse H. Pettersson
Job Position:
Director International Cooperation and Marketing Department:
Group:
Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing Group
E-mail:
Phone:
+47 932 23 563 Field of Research:
ecology
oceanography
remote sensing
sea ice
Main Research Area

Lasse Pettersson is leading the marine and coastal optical remote sensing research at the Nansen Center, with main research knowledge within monitoring of harmful algae blooms, waters quality and marine ecosystems. Has been leading the development of the operational research and applications of ocean colour satellite EO data for monitoring of algae blooms and water quality in coastal and marine waters.
He is also Vice-President at the Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NIERSC) in St. Petersburg, Russia and member of the board of Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI) in Cochin, India.
Project leader of the following projects
Project deputy leader of the following projects
Peer Review Publications and Books
18 total publications.
2012
- . 2012 . Monitoring of Harmfull Algal Blooms . 312 . Springer - Praxis . Nansen Center´s Polar series . 6
2011
- . 2011 . Optical monitoring of phytoplankton bloom pigment signatures . 784 . Cambridge University Press . Phytoplankton Pigments: Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography
- . 2011 . The plankton community in Norwegian coastal waters - abundance, composition, spatial distribution and diel variation . 14 . Elsevier . Continental Shelf Research . 31
2010
- . 2010 . A new area-specific bio-optical algorithm for the Bay of Biscay and assessment of its potential for SeaWiFS and MODIS/Aqua data merging . 24 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 31
- . 2010 . Input of organic carbon as determinant of nutrient fluxes, light climate and productivity in the Ob and Yenisey estuaries . 10 . Elsevier . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science . 88
2009
- . 2009 . Remote sensing in the Barents Sea . 139-166 . Tapir Academic Press . Ecosystem Barents Sea
- . 2009 . Sources and pathways of 90Sr in the North Atlantic Arctic region: present day and global warming . Elsevier . Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
- . 2009 . Semi-empirical Algorithm for the Retrieval of Ecology-Relevant Water Constituents in Various Aquatic Environments . 470-497 . Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) . Algorithms . 2
2008
- . 2008 . Arctic climate and shipping . 95-114 . Fagbokforlaget, Oslo . In High North High stakes: Security, energy, transport, environment
- . 2008 . Visible and infrared remote sensing of the White Sea Bio-Geo-Chemistry and Hydrology . 129-140 . Springer Science+Business Media B.V. . Remote Sensing of the European Seas
2007
- . 2007 . Inter-comparison of ocean colour data products during algal blooms in the Skagerrak . 3-4, plus erratum in 18 . 569-592 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 28
2005
- . 2005 . MODIS evidences the river run-off impact on the Kara Sea trophy . 17 . 3641-3648 . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 26
2004
- . 2004 . Arctic climate change: observed and modelled temperature and sea-ice variability . 4 . 328-341 . Blackwell Munksgaard . Tellus, Series A . 56
2003
- . 2003 . SeaWiFS maps of water quality parameters in the White Sea . 21 . 4065-4071 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 24
2002
- . 2002 . Numerical modelling of transspectral processes in natural waters: implications for remote sensing . 8 . 1581-1607 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 23
1998
- . 1998 . Water quality remote sensing in the visible spectrum . 5 . 957-979 . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 19
1997
- . 1997 . ERS-1/2 SAR monitoring of dangerous ice phenomena along the western part of the Northern Sea Route . 12 . 2477-2481 . Taylor & Francis . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 18
1991
- . 1991 . Modeled and observed mesoscale circulation and wave-current refraction during the 1988 Norwegian Continental Shelf experiment . C6 . 10487-10506 . American Geophysical Union . Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans) . 96
Other Publications and Works
2012
- . 2012 . ArcticROOS Ocean Observing System . 81 . Brussels, October 12-14, 2011 . International Polar Foundation/Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation . Arctic Futures Symposium 2011
2011
- . 2011 . ArcticROOS Ocean Observing System . Arctic Futures Symposium 2011 . International Polar Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
- . 2011 . Automated Identification and delineation of Lepidodinium chlorophorum blooms using MODIS-Aqua data . 10 . Earth Observation and Remote Sensing . 2
- . 2011 . Ice-Associated Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Finland and Ladoga Lake in Presence of Anthropogenic Press and Climate Change: Development of Rehabilitation Technology with Using Satellite SAR and GIS . Tuapse, Russia 4-8 October 2011 . The II International Scientifc and Practical Conference ”Geosystems: development factors, rational nature management, administration methods
- . 2011 . Tidspunkt for våroppblomstring . miljøstatus.no
- . 2011 . Marine Mammals of the Eastern Baltic and Ladoga Lake in Presence of Global Change: Development of Rehabilitation Technology with Using Satellite SAR and GIS . St. Petersburg, Russia 22-26 August 2011 . The 8th Baltic Sea Science Congress
2010
- . 2010 . Radioactivity and pollution in the Nordic Seas and Arctic region: Observations, Modelling and Simulations . 408 . Springer Praxis Books . Nansen Center´s Polar Series . 5
- . 2010 . Dangerous Ice Phenomena Investigated by Using Satellite SAR Survey . 14-18 June 2010, Lahti, Finland . 20-th IAHR Ice Symposium
- . 2010 . Detection of Decadal Cimate Change Based on Consistent Satellite Observation of the Nordic Seas Aquatic Ecosystem . Bergen, Norway. 28 June - 2 July 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
- . 2010 . Integrated Monitoring and Forecasting of Harmful Algae Bloom Events in Coastal Waters . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
- . 2010 . MODIS-reveals green dinoflagellate blooms in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay: identification algorithms and spatio-temporal analyses of the phenomenon . 23-26 April 2010, Venice, Italy . Oceans from Space Symposium
- . 2010 . ASAR Catalogue Ice Parameters Valid for Sustainable Development Harp Seals White Sea, Newfoundland, Jan-Mayen Population . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
- . 2010 . ENVISAT ASAR Technology for Monitor of Habitat of Ice-Accociated Marine Mammals as Measure Stability of Living Atric . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
- . 2010 . Observation of Multi-Year Spatial Dynamics of Biogeochemical Variables in the Bay of Biscay from Space . Bergen, June 28 - July 2, 2010 . ESA Living Planet Symposium
2009
- . 2009 . Investigation of a Hysteretic Nature of Lake Ladoga’s Coming Back from a Mesotrophic State . 45-59 . Earth research from Space . 1
- . 2009 . Seasonal dynamics of the phenomenon of massive Emiliania huxleyi blooms across the Bay of Biscay as revealed from space . 4-8 May 2009, Stresa, Italy (on CD) . Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE)
- . 2009 . Integrated remote sensing and in situ monitoring for water risk management. Environmental Risk Management tools for water quality monitoring . Southampton, UK, Mar 09
- . 2009 . Bio-optical algorithms for remote sensing of the Venetian lagoon . NERSC
- . 2009 . Integrated remote sensing and in situ monitoring for water risk management . Stresa, Italy, 4-8 May, 2009 . 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE)
- . 2009 . Spaceborn identification and mapping of Coccolithophorid blooms in the Bay of Biscay (in Russian) . 67-78 . Earth observation and remote sensing


