Igor Ezau

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Senior Researcher
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Project leader of the following projects

  1. TRAKT-2018: Transferable Knowledge and Technologies for High-Resolution Environmental Impact Assessment and Management
  2. GCloudl: Arctic clouds (Research Collaboration)
  3. HIARC: Anthropogenic Heat Islands in the Arctic - Windows to the Future of the Regional Climates, Ecosystems and Society

Peer Review Publications and Books

91 total publications.

2021

  1. Wolf T, Pettersson LH, Esau I. Dispersion of particulate matter (PM2.5) from wood combustion for residential heating: Optimisation of mitigation actions based on large-eddy simulations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion (ACPD). 2021;

2020

  1. Wolf T, Pettersson LH, Esau I. A very high-resolution assessment and modelling of urban air quality. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2020;20(2).
  2. Miles V, Esau I. Surface urban heat islands in 57 cities across different climates in northern Fennoscandia. Urban Climate. 2020;31.
  3. Venter ZS, Brousse O, Esau I, Meier F. Hyperlocal mapping of urban air temperature using remote sensing and crowdsourced weather data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2020;242.
  4. Esau I, Varentsov M, Laurelle M, Miles MW, Konstantinov P, Soromotin A, mfl. Warmer Climate of Arctic Cities [Internett]. I: The Arctic: Current Issues and Challenges. 2020. Available from: https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-arctic-current-issues-and-challenges/

2019

  1. Esau I, Miles V, Varentsov M, Konstantinov P, Melnikov VP. Spatial structure and temporal variability of a surface urban heat island in cold continental climate. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 2019;137(3).
  2. Guernaoui OE, Reuder J, Esau I, Wolf T, Maronga B. Scaling the decay of turbulence kinetic energy in the free-convective boundary layer. Boundary-layer Meteorology. 2019;

2018

  1. Esau I, Tolstykh MA, Fadeev RY, Shashkin VV, Makhnorylov S, Miles V, mfl. Systematic errors in northern Eurasian short-term weather forecasts induced by atmospheric boundary layer thickness. Environmental Research Letters. 2018;13:125009(12).
  2. Varentsov M, Konstantinov P, Baklanov A, Esau I, Miles V, Davy R. Anthropogenic and natural drivers of a strong winter urban heat island in a typical Arctic city. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2018;18(23).
  3. Konstantinov P, Varentsov M, Esau I. A high density urban temperature network deployed in several cities of Eurasian Arctic. Environmental Research Letters. 2018;13(7).
  4. Varentsov M, Konstantinov P, Baklanov A, Esau I, Miles V, Davy R. Anthropogenic heating strongly amplifies the urban heat island in Arctic cities. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2018;18.
  5. Esau I, Miles V. Exogenous drivers of surface urban heat islands in Northern West Siberia. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2018;11(3).
  6. Outten S, Esau I, Otterå OH. Bjerknes compensation in the CMIP5 Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 2018;31(21).

2017

  1. Chernokulsky A, Esau I, Bulygina ON, Davy R, Mokhov II, Outten S, mfl. Climatology and interannual variability of cloudiness in the Atlantic Arctic from surface observations since the late nineteenth century. Journal of Climate. 2017;30(6).
  2. Esau I, Miles V. Interaction between Society and Environment Reflected in Urban Climates. I: Urban sustainability in the Arctic: visions, contexts, and challenges. 2017.
  3. Wolf T, Esau I, Reuder J. Sensitivity of local air quality to the interplay between small and large-scale circulations: a large-eddy simulation study. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2017;17(11).
  4. Outten S, Esau I. Bjerknes compensation in the Bergen Climate Model. Climate Dynamics. 2017;49(7-8).
  5. Miles V, Esau I. Seasonal and spatial characteristics of Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) in northern West Siberian cities. Remote Sensing. 2017;9:989(10).
  6. Wolf T, Esau I, Reuder J. The large scale circulation during air quality hazards in Bergen, Norway. Tellus. Series A, Dynamic meteorology and oceanography. 2017;69(1).
  7. Bentamy A, Piolle JF, Grouazel A, Danielson R, Gulev S, Paul F, mfl. Review and assessment of latent and sensible heat flux accuracy over the global oceans. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2017;201.

Other Publications

2016

  1. Spengler T, Renfrew IA, Terpstra A, Tjernström M, Screen J, Brooks IM, mfl. High-Latitude Dynamics of Atmosphere–Ice–Ocean Interactions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2016;97(9):ES179 - ES182.

2012

  1. Esau I, Argentini S, Przybylak R, Repina I, Sjöblom A. Svalbard Meteorology. Advances in Meteorology. 2012;2012:1 - 3.
  2. Esau I, Repina I. Wind Climate in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, and Attribution of Leading Wind Driving Mechanisms through Turbulence-Resolving Simulations. Advances in Meteorology. 2012;2012:1 - 16.
  3. Esau I, Djolov G, Luhunga P, de Rautenbach CJW, Zilitinkevich S. Links between observed micrometeorological variability and land-use patterns in the highveld priority area of South Africa. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 2012;118:16.

2011

  1. Nickola MM, BOTHA RC, Esau I, DJOLOV GD, COMBRINCK WL. SITE CHARACTERISATION: ASTRONOMICAL SEEING FROM A TURBULENCE-RESOLVING MODEL. South African Journal of Geology. 2011;114(3-4):581 - 584.
  2. Esau I. Dårlig luft i Bergen [Internett]. Forskning.no. 2011;:Kronikk. Available from: http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2011/januar/275382
  3. Esau I. Vi kan skaffe mer kunnskap om giftlokket. Bergens Tidende. 2011;
  4. Esau I. A user-defined approach to utilize climate change information in local implementation of national construction standards. [Internett]. 2nd International BaltCICA conference. 2011;Available from: http://www.baltcica.org/meetings/conference11.html
  5. Esau I. Large-Eddy simulation for the central Paris area. 2011;
  6. Esau I, RECON team. A User-defined Approach to Utilize Climate Change Information in Local Implementation of National Construction Standards. 2011;
  7. Epchtein N, Esau I, PLT team. The Polar Large Telescope a Synoptic Survey of the Southern Sky in the infrared [Internett]. 2011;Available from: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/
  8. Esau I. Observations and fine-resolution large-eddy simulations of the katabatic wind over Kongsvegen glacier, Kongsfjorden and Ny Alesund. 2011;
  9. Esau I. Dynamics and climatology of the planetary boundary layer in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic. 2011;
  10. Esau I, Alexeev VA, Repina I, Sorokina S. Decoupling of the Arctic planetary boundary layer. 2011;
  11. Artamonov S, Shokurov M, Esau I. Large eddy simulation of neutrally stratified planetary boundary layer. 2011;
  12. Esau I. Klimaendringer utfordrer ingeniørene [Internett]. Klima. 2011;Available from: http://www.cicero.uio.no/fulltext/index.aspx?id=9016
  13. Esau I. Self-organisation of the Ekman boundary layer turbulence. 2011;
  14. Esau I. Turbulence numerical model as a research tool. 2011;

2010

  1. Esau I. Urbanized Turbulence-Resolving Model and Evaluation for Paris [Internett]. 2010. Available from: http://megapoli.dmi.dk/publ/MEGAPOLI_sr10-06.pdf
  2. Esau I. Analysis of the planetary boundary layer with a database of large-eddy simulation experiments. Arxiv.1011.1815 [Internett]. 2010;Available from: http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.1815
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