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Asgeir Sorteberg is professor in atmospheric dynamics working at the  (GFI),   and the  (BCCR) 

His main research focus on the hydrological cycle, extreme weather events, renewable energy resources and climate change.

Asgeir Sorteberg on:

I am currently teaching 

Geophysical Institute

: Introduction to climate, atmosphere and ocean physics 

: Causes and impacts of Climate Change

: Advanced Climate Dynamics

Digital teaching

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on FutureLearn:

Previously taught courses

Geophysical Institute

: Introduction to climate, atmosphere and ocean physics (2015-2026)

: Causes and impacts of Climate Change (2018-2026)

: Advanced Climate Dynamics (2019-2026)

MNF344:  Causes of Climate Change (2017).

GEOF212: Physical Climatology (2008-2011)

GEOF327: The General Circulation of the Atmosphere (2009-2010)

GEOF120: Meteorology (2009-2011, 2014)

Bergen Summer Research School, ���ϳԹ���Դ

GDC08-05/ GDC10-05: Research Methods in Climate change and Health (2008, 2010)

GDC16-05: Climate change and water (2016)

Guest lecturer:

• Department of Geoscience (GEO), Univ. of Bergen: GEOV217: Geohazards (2016-2019)
• School of Economics (NHH): ENE452: Global Aspects of Climate Change and Ethical Challenges (2013-2017)
• Centre for International Health (CIH), Univ. of Bergen: INTH313: Globalisation and Health (2014)
• Department of Physics and Technology (IFT), Univ. of Bergen : PHYS109: Introduction in Astrophysics (2012-2013)
• UNIS - The University centre in Svalbard: AGF-213: Polar Meteorology (2000-2002), AGF-212: Processes in Snow and Ice (2002), AG-204: The Physical Geography of Svalbard (2002-2005). AGF-211: Air/Ice/Sea Interaction (2004-2007).

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Peer reviewed papers

Towards Impact-Based Forecasting of Storm-Damages Using Locally Calibrated Damage Functions (2025): Jaison A., Michel, C., A.,Sorteberg, A. and Breivik Ø. Meteorological Applications. Vol. 32, Issue 4.

Atmospheric Fronts Drive Future Changes in Extratropical Extreme Precipitation (2025). Konstali K., Spengler, T., Spensberger C. and Sorteberg A. Geophysical Research Letters 2025 ;Volum 52.(11).

Projections of windstorms damages under changing climate and demography for Norway (2024): Jaison A., Michel, C., A., Sorteberg, A. and Breivik Ø. Environmental Research: Climate, Vol. 3, No 4.

Linking Future Precipitation Changes to Weather Features in CESM2‐LE (2024): Konstali K., Spensberger C., Spengler T. and Sorteberg A. J. of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, Vol. 129, No.16.

Assessment of wind-damage relations for Norway using 36 years of daily insurance data (2024): Jaison, A.,Sorteberg, A., Michel, C. and Breivik Ø. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 4,  pp. 1341—1355

Norwegian offshore wind power—Spatial planning using multi‐criteria decision analysis (2023): Solbrekke I.M., Sorteberg A. Wind Energy 27 (1), 5-32. 

Global attribution of precipitation to weather features (2023): Konstali K., Spensberger C., Spengler T., Sorteberg A. Journal of Climate.

Reconstructing daily streamflow and floods from large-scale atmospheric variables with feed-forward and recurrent neural networks in high latitude climates (2023): Hagen J. S., Hasibi R., Leblois E.,  Lawrence D., Sorteberg A. Hydrological Sciences Journal 68 (3), 412-431. 

Future Projections of EURO‐CORDEX Raw and Bias‐Corrected Daily Maximum Wind Speeds Over Scandinavia (2023): Michel C. and  Sorteberg A. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 128 (6), e2022JD037953. 

Why has Precipitation Increased in the Last 120 Years in Norway? (2022): Konstali K. and Sorteberg A. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 127, Issue15.  

NORA3-WP: A high-resolution offshore wind power dataset for the Baltic, North, Norwegian, and Barents Seas (2022): Solbrekke I. M.  and Sorteberg A. Scientific Data 9,362.  

The 3 km Norwegian reanalysis (NORA3) – a validation of offshore wind resources in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea (2021): Solbrekke I. M., Sorteberg A. and Haakenstad H.  Wind Energy Sci., 6, 1501–1519  

Characterization of the atmospheric environment during extreme precipitation events associated with atmospheric rivers in Norway - seasonal and regional aspects (2021): Michel C., Sorteberg A., Eckhard S., Weijenborg C., Stohl A, Cassiani M. Weather and Climate Extremes.

Identifying major drivers of daily streamflow from large-scale atmospheric circulation with machine learning (2021): Hagen, J.S., Leblois, E.,  Lawrence, D., Solomatine, D., Sorteberg, A. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 596. Article Number: 126086.

Groundwater fluctuations during a debris flow event in western Norway – triggered by rain and snowmelt (2021): Bondevik, S., Sorteberg, A. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, 4147-4158.

Improving Radar-Based Precipitation Nowcasts with Machine Learning Using an Approach Based on Random Forest, (2020): Mao, Y., and Sorteberg, A., Weather and Forecasting 35(6), 2461-2478. 

Factors affecting extreme rainfall events in the South Pacific, Weather and Climate Extremes (2020): Pariyar S. K., Keenlyside N., Sorteberg A., Spengler T., Bhatt B. C., Ogawa F. Weather and Climate Extremes, Volume 29, ISSN 2212-0947, .

Mitigation of offshore wind power intermittency  by interconnection of production sites (2019): Solbrekke I. M., Kvamstø N. G. and Sorteberg A. (2020) Wind Energy Science, Volume 5, 1663-1678. 

Large‐scale regional model biases in the extratropical North Atlantic storm track and impacts on downstream precipitation (2019). M Pontoppidan M., Kolstad E.W., Sobolowski S.P., Sorteberg A., Liu C. and Rasmussen R. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 145 (723), 2718-2732. 

Multiscale characteristics of an extreme precipitation event over Nepal (2019), Bohlinger P, Sorteberg A., Liu C., Rasmussen R., Sodemann H. and Ogawa F.,  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 145, issue 718, pp. 179-196.

Synoptic Conditions and Moisture Sources Actuating Extreme Precipitation in Nepal (2018), Bohlinger P, Sorteberg A. and Sodemann H.,  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 23, (12,653-12,671). 

A comprehensive view on trends in extreme precipitation in Nepal and their spatial distribution (2017): Bohlinger P. and Sorteberg, A. International Journal of Climatology 38 (4), 1833-1845.  

Sensitivity of historical orographically enhanced extreme precipitation events to idealized temperature perturbations (2017): Sandvik, M.I., Sorteberg, A. and Rasmussen, R. Climate Dynamics pp 1-15. doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3593-1. 

Extreme Daily Precipitation in Coastal Western Norway and the Link to Atmospheric Rivers (2017). Azad R. and Sorteberg A.  Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmosphere, 122, 1-16, 

Precipitation response of monsoon low-pressure systems to an idealized uniform temperature increase (2016). Sørland, S. L., A. Sorteberg, C. Liu, and R. Rasmussen. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 6258–6272, .

Snowfall in the Himalayas: an uncertain future from a little-known past (2015). Viste, E. and Sorteberg A.. The Cryosphere, 9, 1147-1167,

Low-pressure systems and extreme precipitation in central India: sensitivity temperature changes (2015) Sørland S. and Sorteberg A.  Climate Dynamics, p 1-16,

The dynamic and thermodynamic structure of monsoon low-pressure systems during extreme rainfall events (2015). Sørland S. L. and Sorteberg A. Tellus A, Vol 67. doi: .

A Standardized Global Climate Model Study Showing Unique Properties for the Climate Response to Black Carbon Aerosols (2015). M. Sand, T. Iversen, P. Bohlinger, A. Kirkevåg, I. Seierstad, Ø. Seland, and A. Sorteberg, J. Climate, 28, 2512–2526. doi:

The Vorticity Budgets of North Atlantic Winter Extratropical Cyclones life cycle in MERRA Reanalysis, Part I: Development Phase (2014). Azad R. and A. Sorteberg. A. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 9, p. 3109-3128.

The Vorticity Budgets of North Atlantic Winter Extratropical Cyclones life cycle in MERRA Reanalysis, Part II: Decaying Phase (2014). Azad R. and A. Sorteberg. A. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 9, p. 3129-3143.

Validation of operational seasonal rainfall forecasts in Ethiopia (2013) Korecha D. and Sorteberg A. Water Resource Research,

A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. I. Model description and sensitivity analysis (2013). Markussen Lunde T., Korecha D., Loha E., Sorteberg A. and Lindtjørn B. Malaria Journal, Vol 12.

A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. II. Validation of species distribution and seasonal variations (2013). Markussen Lunde T., Meshesha B., Korecha D., Gebre-Michael T, Massebo F., Sorteberg A. and Lindtjørn B. Malaria Journal, Vol 12.

Characteristics of autumn-winter extreme precipitation on the Norwegian west coast identified by cluster analysis (2012). U. Heikkila and A. Sorteberg. Climate Dynamics. Volume 39.(3-4) p. 929-939.

(2012): A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, 582 pp

The effect of moisture transport variability on Ethiopian summer precipitation (2012). Viste E. and Sorteberg A. International Journal of Climatology.  

Recent drought and precipitation tendencies in Ethiopia (2012). Viste E., D. Korecha and Sorteberg A. Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Present and future offshore windpower potential in northern Europe based on downscaled global climate runs with adjusted SST and sea ice cover (2012). Barstad I., Sorteberg A. and dos Santos Mesquita M. Renewable energy. Volume 44. p. 398-405.

Sensitivity of SWAT simulated streamflow to climatic changes within the Eastern Nile River basin (2012). Mengistu D. T. and A. Sorteberg. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences: Volume 16.(2) p. 391- 407.

Moisture transport into the Ethiopian highlands (2011). Viste E. and Sorteberg A. International Journal of Climatology.

Recent wind driven high sea ice export in the Fram Strait contributes to Arctic sea ice decline (2011). Smedsrud L. H., A. Sirevaag A., Kloster K., Sorteberg and Sandven S.. The Cryosphere, 5, 821–829, 2011.

Dynamical downscaling of ERA-40 in complex terrain using the WRF regional climate model – comparison with ENSEMBLE models (2010). Heikkila U, Sandvik A. and Sorteberg A. Climate Dynamics.

Modelled Mass Balance of a Tibetan Plateau Glacier - Sensitivity to Climate Change (2010).  Caidong C. and Sorteberg A.  Journal of Glaciology. Vol. 56, No. 196, pp. 235-248.

A Diagnosis of Cold-core and Warm-core Cyclone Development Using the Zwack-Okossi Development Equation (2009)  Azad R. and Sorteberg A. Atmospheric Science Letters. Vol. 10, p 220-225.

Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias-corrected GCM scenarios (2009). Elshamy M. E., Seierstad I. A., and Sorteberg A.  Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., Vol. 13, pp.551-565.

Projected changes in Arctic summer cyclones under global warming in the Bergen climate model (2009) Orsolini Y. J. and Sorteberg A.  Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. Vol. 2, No 1, pp. 62-67.

Precipitation, Temperature and Wind in Norway - dynamical downscaling of ERA40 (2008).  Barstad I., Sorteberg A., Flatøy F. and Deque M.  Climate Dynamics , DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0476-5

Spatial and temporal variations of geohazards in Norway under a changing climate  (2008). Jaedicke C, , A. Solheim, L.H. Blikra, K. Stalsberg, A. Sorteberg, A. Aaheim, K. Kronholm, D. Vikhamar-Schuler, K. Isaksen, K. Sletten, K. Kristensen, I. Barstad, C. Melchiorre, Ø. A. Høydal, H. Mestl. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 8, 893-904.

Recent Radical Shifts of Atmospheric Circulations and Rapid Changes in Arctic Climate System (2008)  Zhang X., Sorteberg A., Zhang J., Gerdes R. and Comiso J. C.  Geophysical Res. Letter, Vol. 35, L22701, doi:10.1029/2008GL035607, 2008

Recent and future changes of the Arctic sea-ice cover (2008).  Smedsrud L. H, Sorteberg A. and Kloster K. Geophysical Res. Letter, Vol. 35, L20503, doi:10.1029/2008GL034813, 2008

Seasonal Cyclone Variability at 70°N and its Impact on Moisture Transport to the Arctic  (2008). Sorteberg A. and Walsh J. E.  Tellus A, 60 (3), 570-586, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00314.x

Clustering of Cyclones in the ARPEGE General Circulation Model (2008). Kvamstø N. G., Song Y., Seierstad, I. and Sorteberg, A., Stephenson D. Tellus A 60 (3) , 547–556 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00307.x

Climatological Properties of Summertime Extra-Tropical storm Tracks in the Norther Hemisphere (2008).  dos Santos Mesquita M., Kvamstø N. G., Sorteberg A. and Atkinson D. Tellus A, 60, (3),  557-56, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00305.x

The Arctic Surface Energy Budget as Simulated with the IPCC AR4 AOGCMs (2007) . Sorteberg A., Katsov V., Walsh J. and Palova T. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0222-9

The Effect of Internal Variability om Antropoghenic Climate Projections (2006)  Sorteberg, A. and Kvamstø, N. G.  Tellus A, Vol 58, Issue 5 p. 565-574.

Atmospheric forcing on the Barents Sea Ice Extent (2006). Sorteberg, A. and Kvingedal B. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 19. p. 4772-4784

Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability: A multi-Perfect-model-Ensemble Study (2006).Collins M., Botzet M., Carril A., Drange H., Jouzeau A., Latif M., Otterå O. H., Pohlmann H., Sorteberg A., Sutton R. and Terray L.  Journal of Climate 19(7), 1195-1203.

Effects of simulated natural variability on Arctic temperature projections (2005). Sorteberg, A., Furevik T., Drange H. and Kvamstø, N.G. Geophysical Research Letter, Vol. 32, L18708, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023404

Wintertime Nordic Seas cyclone variability and its impact on oceanic volume transport into the Nordic Seas (2005). Sorteberg, A., Kvamstø, N.G. and Byrkjedal Ø. The Nordic Seas: An integrated Perspective. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 158. Editor: Drange H.

Description and Validation of the Bergen Climate Model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM (2003). Furevik, T ., Bentsen, M., Drange, H., Kindem, I.K.T., Kvamstø, N.G., and Sorteberg, A. Climate Dynamics Vol. 21, p27-51

A real-time operational forecast model for meteorology and air quality during peak air pollution episodes in Oslo, Norway (2001)  Berge E., Walker S-E, Sorteberg A., Lenkopane M., Eastwood S., Jablonska H. and Ødegaard M., J. of Water Air and Soil Pollution Vol 2, No 5-6, p. 745-757

Gaseous and particulate oxidized and reduced nitrogen species in the atmospheric boundary layer in Scandinavia in spring (1998)  Sorteberg A., Hov Ø., Solberg S., Tørseth K., Areskoug H., Ferm M., Granby K., Lattila H., Persson K. and Simpson D.  Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry Vol 30, pp.241-271

European VOC emission estimates evaluated by measurements and model calculations. (1997). Hov Ø., Sorteberg A., Schmidbauer N., Solberg S., Stordal F., Simpson D., Lindskog H., Areskoug H., Oyola P., Lattila H. and Heidam Z., 1997  J. of Atmospheric Chemistry Vol 28, pp. 173-193

Two parametrizations of the dry deposition exchange for SO₂ and NH₃ in a numerical model. (1996). Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø. Atmospheric Environment Vol. 30, No. 10-11, pp. 1823-1840

Reports

.  Sorteberg A., Lawrence D., Dyrrdal A. V., Mayer S., Engeland K. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) Report no. 1/2018 pp. 143

 Hanssen-Bauer I., E.J. Førland, I. Haddeland, H. Hisdal, S. Mayer, A. Nesje, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, S. Sandven, A.B. Sandø, A. Sorteberg og B. Ådlandsvik Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) Report no. 2/2015 pp. 204

 Sorteberg A., Haddeland I., Haugen J. E., Sobolowski S., 2 and Wong W. K. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) Report no. 1/2014 pp. 23

 Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, 582 pp.

. See new 2015 version above. Hanssen-Bauer, I., H. Drange, E.J. Førland, L.A. Roald, K.Y. Børsheim, H. Hisdal, D. Lawrence, A. Nesje, S. Sandven, A. Sorteberg, S. Sundby, K. Vasskog og B. Ådlandsvik Norsk klimasenter, pp. 148

 Førland E. J. (ed), Benestad R. E, Flatøy F., Hanssen-Bauer I., Haugen J. E., Isaksen K., Sorteberg A. and, Aadlandsvik B. Norwegian Polar Institute, Report series no. 128 pp. 44

 Sorteberg, A.,In Arctic Ocean Variability - advection and external forcing encounter local processes and constraints. p. 13-30. Compiled by B. Rudels. Workshop held at DAMOCLES General Assembly, 2007

 Sorteberg, A. and Andersen M. S.. Report Series of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. BCCR Report No 28.

 Kronholm K., Vikhamar-Schuler D., Jaedicke C., Isaksen K., Sorteberg, A. and Kristensen K.,Proceedings, International Snow Science Workshop, Telluride, Colorado, 2006.

 Barstad I., Sorteberg, A. and Flatøy F.,GeoExtrem, General technical report, 1/2006.

 Sorteberg, A. and Walsh J.,RegClim, General technical report, 9/2006.

 Sorteberg, A. and Kvamstø, N. G.,RegClim, General technical report, 8/2005.

 Sorteberg A., Drange, H. and Kvamstø, N.G.RegClim, General technical report, 7/2003, p.77-92.

 Sorteberg A., Furevik, T and Kvamstø, N.G., 2002RegClim, General Technical Report, 6/2002.

 Furevik, T., Drange, H. and Sorteberg, A.Fisken og havet, 4/2002, pp 1-13.

 Sorteberg A.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 118. ISSN 0332-9879. pp. 46.

Sorteberg A.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 117. ISSN 0332-9879. pp. 61.

 Berge E., H. Laupsa, M. Ødegaard, A. Sorteberg, D. Tønnesen, S. Eastwood, S.E. Walker, and R. Ødegaard.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 107. ISSN 0332-9879 (in Norwegian). pp. 41.

 Ødegaard M., H. Laupsa, E. Berge,A. Sorteberg, D. Tønnesen, S. Eastwood, T. Bøhler, S.E. Walker, and R. Ødegaard.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 1067. ISSN 0332-9879 (in Norwegian). pp. 40.

 Berge E., S.E. Walker, A. Sorteberg, M. Lenkopane, S. Eastwood, H.J. Jablonska and M. Ødegaard 2000The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 100. ISSN 0332-9879 (in Norwegian). pp. 66.

 Berge E., A. Sorteberg, J. Kristiansen, S. Eastwood, D. Tønnesen and S.E. Walker 2000.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 99. ISSN 0332-9879 (in Norwegian). pp. 45.

 Berge E., A. Sorteberg, J. Kristiansen, S. Eastwood, D. Tønnesen and S.E. Walker.The Norwegian Meteorological Institute Research Report No. 100. ISSN 0332-9879 (in Norwegian). pp. 39.

 Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø.HALOTROP-CYMFO. Final Report to the European commission. Ed. U. Platt pp. 121-185

 Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø.HALOTROP-CYMFO Report

 Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø.Hydrocarbons Across the North Sea Atmosphere (HANSA): Final Report to the European Commission', 1996. Ed. Penkett S. chapter 3, pp. 65

 Sorteberg A. and Hov Ø.Hydrocarbons Across the North Sea Atmosphere (HANSA) Report

 Seland Ø., van Pul A., Sorteberg A., Tuovinen J. P.EMEP/MSC-W Report 3/95

Current Projects

StormRisk (2020-2025): Extreme windstorms and related damage (PI).

Impetus4Change (2022-2026): Near-term climate change

OffShoreWindSize (2025-2029): Sizing and location strategies for offshore wind power in a hybrid hydro-wind generation systems connected by limited capacity transmission lines  (PI).

ER-W2EDF  (2024-2028): Extended-Range Weather-to-Energy Demand Forecasting (PI).

Previous projects last 10 years

KeyCLIM (2019-2023): Key Earth System processes to understand Arctic Climate Warming and Northern Latitude Hydrological Cycle Changes (WP Leader)

CHEX (2018-2022): Climate hazards and extremes (PI)

ExPrecFlood (2015-2018): Climatic changes in short duration extreme precipitation and rapid onset flooding – Implications for design values (PI)

WaCyEx (2015-2018): Water Cycle Extremes across Scales (PI)

NorIndia (2012-2015): Climate Change and its Impacts on Selected Indian Hydrological Systems using Earth System and High-Resolution Modelling (WP Leader)

EarthClim (2011-2014): An Integrated Earth System Approach to Explore Natural Variability and Climate Sensitivity (WP Leader)

SnowHim (2009-2012): “The Influence of Snow and Ice Changes on Water Resources in Himalaya (PI)

EMAPS (2007-2012): Ethiopian Malaria Prediction System. Observations and modelling of the relationship between climatic variability and malaria in Ethiopia. (WP Leader)