Kjetil Lygre

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Researcher
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Academic Degree:

Doctor in Modelling of Global ocean circulation, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1996
Kjetil Lygre
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Kjetil at NERSC

NERSC Principal Investigator of the following projects

  1. IMOS: Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard

Project deputy leader of the following projects

  1. ARCPATH: Arctic Climate Predictions: Pathways to Resilient, Sustainable Societies
  2. GreenSeas: Development of global plankton data base and model system for eco-climate early warning

Peer Review Publications and Books

4 total publications.

2005

  1. Johannessen OM, Lygre K, Eldevik T. Convective chimneys and plumes in the northern Greenland Sea. I: The Nordic Seas: An integrated perspective. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series. 2005. p. 251-272.

1996

  1. Lygre K. A Numerical Modelling Study of the Circulation of the North Antlantic and Arctic Oceans. 1996.

1990

  1. Lygre K. Eddy-current interactions over a topographic slope. 1990.

1989

  1. Ikeda M, Lygre K. Eddy-current interactions using a quasi-geostrophic model. I: Nihoul JCJ, Jamart BM. Mesoscale/ synoptic coherent structures in geophysical turbulence. 1989. p. 277 -291.

Other Publications

2009

  1. Lygre K. Carbon uptake by the ocean, subject to biological feedback. Arctic Science Summit Week. 2009;

2008

  1. Lygre K. Karbonfesten er over. Klassekampen. 2008;

2007

  1. Lygre K. A simple module of dissolved organic matter (C and N) added to an existing simple biogeochemical model. 2007.
  2. Sandven S, Bertino L, Lisæter KA, Sagen H, Lygre K, Babiker M. Review of air-ice-ocean processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of importance for offshore activities in the Barents Sea region. 2007.

2003

  1. Lygre K. AICSEX Task 7.2: A numerical coupled ocean, ecosystem, carbon cycle model for prediction of oceanic uptake of CO2 in the Arctic. 2003;

2002

  1. Lygre K. Application of 3D models in biogeochemical process studies. 2002.
  2. Lygre K, Johannessen OM, Drange H. Numerical process studies of the impact of mesoscale dynamics on primary production in the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone. 2002.

2001

  1. Lygre K, Johannessen OM. Iskanten i Barentshavet. Biologisk produksjon i et omskiftelig miljø. Ottar. 2001;
  2. Lygre K, Schmith TT. Principal Oscillation Patterns in an experiment with the ECHO-G coupled model. 2001.

1999

  1. Simonsen K, Budeus G, Lygre K, Quadfasel D, Rey F, Ronski S, mfl. Hydrographic development in the Greenland Sea Gyre during the ESOP-2 period. Part I: The history of hydrographic parameter distribution. 1999.

1997

  1. Simonsen K, Lygre K, Gao Y, Stette M, Svendsen F. Hydrographic Measurements during the ESOP-2 Cruise with R/V Håkon Mosby in the Greenland Sea, Feb. 18. - March 31. 1997. 1997.
  2. Simonsen K, Myrmehl C, Dalen Ø, Svendsen F, Falck E, Lygre K. Hydrographic Measurements during the ESOP-2 Cruise with R/V Håkon Mosby in the Greenland Sea. 1997.

1996

  1. Lygre K. A Numerical Modelling Study of the Circulation of the North Antlantic and Arctic Oceans. 1996.
  2. Lygre K. A Numerical Modelling Study of the Circulation of the North Antlantic and Arctic Oceans. 1996.

1994

  1. Lygre K. Modelling the general circulation of the North Atlantic and Arctic. 1994.

1990

  1. Lygre K. Eddy-current interactions over a topographic slope. 1990.

1989

  1. Ikeda M, Lygre K. Eddy-current interactions using a quasi-geostrophic model. I: Nihoul JCJ, Jamart BM. Mesoscale/ synoptic coherent structures in geophysical turbulence. 1989. p. 277 -291.

1987

  1. Lygre K, Sandven S, Johannessen J. ADCP data report from the Eddy Tracking Experiment in the Norwegian Coastal Current, February - March 1986: Methods for Processing and Presentation. 1987.
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