The coast of Northern Norway has for the first time been modeled using an unstructured grid. The modeling is done using two separate grids of different resolution, and the model data is compared to measurements done along the coast to verify its performance for both the fine and coarse grid. The model is a 2-D depth integrated model of tidal circulation with bottom friction. The data have been ...

Polar lows are mesoscale cyclones of high intensity, frequently occurring in the Nordic Seas during the winter season. They usually form in baroclinic zones, for instance in regions near ice edges, and they are often maintained by organized convection. Polar lows are characterized by severe weather conditions like heavy snowfall, strong winds, icing and large sea waves. In addition to forecasting ...

One of the methods to cope with the increase of emitted greenhouse gases has been to capture CO2 gas from a point source and storing it within the Earths subsurface; “Carbon Capture and Storage” (CCS). Since 1996, Statoil and its partners have injected CO2 into a saline aquifer called the Utsira formation located in the North Sea. About 0.9Mt of CO2 is injected into the formation yearly, with a ...

This thesis presents the possibilities for using shallow geothermal energy for heating purposes in Ny-Ålesund. The current energy supply in Ny-Ålesund is a diesel generator, which does not comply with the Norwegian government and Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee’s common goal to maintain the natural environment in Ny-Ålesund. Ny-Ålesund has a potential for replacing the heat from the current ...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been proposed as one of the alternatives for climate mitigation. CCS is a process where CO2 is trapped from large point sources, transported to a storage location and injected into storage reservoirs. One of the alternatives for CO2-storage is underground geological storage. Characterizing such an underground reservoir is crucial for safe storage, where leakage ...

This thesis presents the results of the comparative analysis of surface temperature series from paleoproxy reconstructions and climate simu- lations. The proxy to model comparison is done using the results from 12 simulations produced by 5 different climate models covering the pe- riod of the late Holocene. Agreement between the model results and the paleoproxy reonstrcuctions is analyzed both on ...

Stengte veger på grunn av snøskred eller fare for snøskred utgjør ca. 55% av all registrert vegstengning langs norske veger. En økende sammenknytning av landsdelene stiller stadig større krav til framkommelighet og fleksibilitet. Tidligere har det vært opp til hvert enkelt vegprosjekt å bestemme en akseptabel risiko for skredhendelser på veg. Statens Vegvesen ønsker å utvikle en modell for risikoaksept ...

Icing on wind turbines are known to lower their performance, but the exact relationship between wind, ice and power production is not known. In this thesis power loss due to icing on turbine blades at Aapua wind park is investigated for the winter season 2009-2010. The total loss is found to be 30%, whereof 25% is concluded being due to icing. Three different methods are presented to estimate ...

In this thesis, marine targets in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery are studied. The appearance of different marine targets in different polarization channels, their scattering behaviour, and their contrast measures and geometric properties are investigated. RADARSAT-2 data containing ships, oil rigs and icebergs in ocean and/or sea ice background are evaluated. To be able to detect a target ...

The Fugløy area is located on the south-western Barents Sea shelf, in northern Norway. Multibeam echosounder bathymetry data, backscatter data and high-resolution seismic profiles were used to identify cold-water coral reefs. Together 12 cold-water coral reefs were mapped. Coral reefs have the highest density of up to 1.39 reefs per km² on top of ridges of morainic origin and they occur in areas ...