CURRICULUM VITAE

Personalia

Name: Jan Even Øie Nilsen.

Born: Stavanger, Norway, 1969.

Marital status: Unmarried, 2 children.

Citizenship: Norwegian.

 

Education

2003

Dr.Scient. (PhD) in physical oceanography at the Geophysical Institute (GFI), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Mat.Nat.Fak.), University of Bergen (UiB).

1997

Cand.Scient. (Masters) in physical oceanography at GFI, Mat.Nat.Fak., UiB.

1994

Cand. mag. in physics, mathematics and geophysics at Mat.Nat.Fak., UiB

1990

Sergeant of the Norwegian Army.

1988

Eksamen artium (high school), Mathematics and Natural Sciences at St. Svithun vid.g. skole, Stavanger.

Employment history

 

2017 - 2018

Senior Scientist at the Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing group at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NERSC).

2010 - 2016

Research Scientist at Mohn-Sverdrup Center at NERSC.

2007 - 2010

Research Scientist at GCR Climate Institute (GCRCI) at NERSC.

2005 - 2006

Post. Doc. at GCRCI at NERSC, responsible for model and data integration on large scale in WP4 "Integration and Synthesis" of the ProClim-project.

2002 - 2003 (50%) and 2004

Research Scientist at GCRCI at NERSC, on the  RegClim-project. Evaluation and analysis of the Bergen Climate Model (BCM).

2003 - present

Active member of Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), a national Centre of Excellence.

2001 - present

Regular short-term (1-5 weeks) assignments as guest lecturer and field instructor at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). Theme: Accoustic measurements and time series analysis of currents and turbulence under sea ice.

1997 - 2002

Doctoral scholarship at the Geophysical institute, UiB. 

1997 (May)

Short-term engagement for the Norwegian Polar Institute. Collection and organization of meteorological data and sea-ice observations from Antarctica, and adaption of relevant software.

1996 (July - August)

Short-term engagement for the Geophysical institute. Scientific cruise and data analysis on the Norwegian Research Council (NFR)-project "The dynamics of the oceanic mixed layer".

1995 (April 28th - June 2nd) and 1996 (April 22nd - May 20th)

Short-term engagements for the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) on the NFR-project "Næringsbetingelser for fiskelarver i områder med høy tidevannsenergi". Co-responsible for turbulence measurements and instrumentation on cruises to Lofoten and Vesterålen, with planning, processing of data and publication.

1994 - 1995

Part time engagement at the Geophysical institute. Scientific cruise and data processing on the project "Bølgeeffekter i strandsonen", Directorate for Nature Management.

Certificates are provided on request. 

Publications

2023

Tobias Wolf, Stephen Outten, Fabio Mangini, Linling Chen, J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2023). Analysis of storm surge events along the Norwegian coast. Frontiers in Earth Science 11, doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1037826.

2022

Horwath, M., B.D. Gutknecht, A. Cazenave, H.K. Palanisamy, F. Marti, B. Marzeion, F. Paul, R. Le Bris, A.E. Hogg, I. Otosaka, A. Shepherd, P. Döll, D. Caceres, H. Müller Schmied, J.A. Johannessen, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, R.P. Raj, R. Forsberg, L. Sandberg Sørensen, V.R. Barletta, S.B. Simonsen, P. Knudsen, O.B Andersen, H. Ranndal, S.K. Rose, C.J. Merchant, C.R. Macintosh, K. von Schuckmann, K. Novotny, A. Groh, M. Restano, J. Benveniste (2022). Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with a focus on advanced data products and uncertainty characterisation. Earth System Science Data 14 p. 411-447, doi:10.5194/essd-14-411-2022.

Mangini, F., L.M. Chafik, A. Bonaduce, L. Bertino, J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2022). Sea-level variability and change along the Norwegian coast between 2003 and 2018 from satellite altimetry, tide gauges, and hydrography. Ocean Science 18, doi:10.5194/os-18-331-2022.

2021

von Schuckmann, K., et al. (2021). Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5. 14, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2021.1946240.

Nhantumbo, B.J. , B. Backeberg, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, C.J.C. Reason (2021). Atmospheric and climatic drivers of tide gauge sea level variability along the east and south coast of South Africa. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, doi:10.3390/jmse9090924.

International Altimetry Team (2021). Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress. Advances in Space Research 68 p. 319-363, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022.

Mangini, F., L. Chafik, E. Madonna, C. Li, L. Bertino, J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2021). The relationship between the eddy-driven jet stream and northern European sea level variability. Tellus. Series A, Dynamic meteorology and oceanography 73 p. 1-15, doi:10.1080/16000870.2021.1886419.

2020

Nhantumbo, B.J., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, B. Backeberg, C.J.C. Reason (2020). The relationship between coastal sea level variability in South Africa and the Agulhas Current. Journal of Marine Systems 211 p. 1-13, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103422.

Raj, R.P., O.B. Andersen, J.A. Johannessen, B. Gutknech, S. Chatterjee, S. Rose, A. Bonaduce, M. Horwath, H. Ranndal, K. Richter, H. Palanisamy, C. Ludwigsen, L. Bertino, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, P. Knudsen, A.E. Hogg, A. Cazenave, J. Benveniste (2020). Arctic sea level budget assessment during the GRACE/Argo time period. Remote Sensing 12 p. 1-21, doi:10.3390/rs12172837.

2019

Hoke. W., T. Swierczynski, P. Braesicke, K. Lochte, L. Shaffrey, M. Drews, H. Gregow, R. Ludwig, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, Elisa Palazzi, Gianmaria Sannino, Lars H. Smedsrud (2019). The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA): Collaboration from bottom-up. Advances in Geosciences 46 p. 1-10, doi:10.5194/adgeo-46-1-2019.

Chafik, L.M., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, S. Dangendorf, G. Reverdin, T. Frederikse (2019). North Atlantic ocean circulation and decadal sea level change during the Altimetry era. Scientific Reports 9:1041 p. 1-9, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37603-6.

2018

Roshin. P. Raj, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, J.A. Johannessen, T. Furevik, O.B. Andersen, L. Bertino (2018). Quantifying Atlantic Water transport to the Nordic Seas by remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 216, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.055.

2017

Richter, K., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, R.P. Raj, I. Bethke, J.A. Johannessen, A.B.A. Slangen, B. Marzeion (2017). Northern North Atlantic sea level in CMIP5 climate models - evaluation of mean state, variability and trends against altimetric observations. Journal of Climate, 30, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0310.1.

Chafik, L., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, S. Dangendorf (2017). Impact of North Atlantic teleconnection patterns on Northern European sea level. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 5, 43, doi:10.3390/jmse5030043.

Simpson, M.J.R., Ravndal, O.R., Sande, H., Nilsen, J.E.Ø., Kierulf, H.P., Vestøl, O., Steffen, H. (2017). Projected 21st Century Sea-Level Changes, Observed Sea Level Extremes, and Sea Level Allowances for Norway. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 5, 36, doi:10.3390/jmse5030036.

Breili, K., Simpson, M.J.R., Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2017). Observed Sea-Level Changes along the Norwegian Coast. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. , 5, 29,  doi:10.3390/jmse5030029.

2016

Raj, R. P., J. A. Johannessen, T. Eldevik, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, I. Halo (2016). Quantifying mesoscale eddies in the Lofoten Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(7), doi:10.1002/2016JC011637.

2015

Vasskog, K., P. M. Langebroek, J. T. Andrews, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, A. Nesje (2015). The Greenland Ice Sheet during the last glacial cycle: Current ice loss and contribution to sea-level rise from a palaeoclimatic perspective. Earth-Science Reviews 150, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.07.006.

Raj, R.P., L. Chafik, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, T. Eldevik and I. Halo (2015). The Lofoten Vortex of the Nordic Seas. Deep Sea Research Part I, 96, p. 1-14, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.10.011.

2014

Eldevik, T., B. Risebrobakken, A.E. Bjune, C. Andersson, H.J.B. Birks, T.M. Dokken, H. Drange, M.S. Glessmer, C. Li, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, O.H. Otterå, K. Richter and Ø. Skagseth (2014). A brief history of climate - the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. Quaternary Science Reviews,  doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.028.

Glessmer, M.S., T. Eldevik, K. Våge, J.E.Ø. Nilsen and E. Behrens (2014). Atlantic origin of observed and modelled freshwater anomalies in the Nordic Seas. Nature Geoscience, 7, doi:10.1038/ngeo2259. (highlighted in News and Views)

Johannessen, J.A., R.P. Raj, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, T. Pripp, P. Knudsen, F. Counillon, D. Stammer, L. Bertino and N. Serra (2014). Toward Improved Estimation of the Dynamic Topography and Ocean Circulation in the High Latitude and Arctic Ocean: the Importance og GOCE. Surveys in Geophysics, 35(3),  doi:10.1007/s10712-013-9270-y.

2013

Eldevik, T. and J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2013). The Arctic-Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. Journal of Climate, 26(21), 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00305.1.

Våge, K., R.S. Pickart, M.A. Spall, G.W. Kent Moore, H. Valdimarsson, D.J. Torres, S.Y. Erofeeva, J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2013). Revised circulation scheme north of the Denmark Strait. Deep Sea Research Part I, 79, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.007.

2012

Sandø, A.B., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, T. Eldevik , M. Bentsen (2012). Mechanisms for variable North Atlantic-Nordic Seas exchanges. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C07013, doi:10.1029/2012JC008177.

Richter, K., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, H. Drange (2012). Contributions to sea level variability along the Norwegian coast for 1960-2010. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C05038,  doi:10.1029/2009JC007826.

2011

Jeansson, E., A. Olsen, T. Eldevik, I. Skjelvan, A.M. Omar, S. Lauvset, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, R.G.J. Bellerby, T. Johannessen and E. Falck (2011). The Nordic Seas carbon budget: Sources, sinks and uncertainties. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 25, GB4010,  doi:10.1029/2010GB003961.

2010

Sandø, A.B., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, Y. Gao and K. Lohmann (2010). Importance of heat transport and local air-sea heat fluxes for Barents Sea climate variability. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C07013, doi:10.1029/2009JC005884.

Smedsrud, L. H., R. Ingvaldsen, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, and Ø. Skagseth (2010). Heat in the Barents Sea: Transport, storage, and surface fluxes. Ocean Science, 6(1), 219-234, doi:10.5194/os-6-219-2010.

2009

Eldevik, T., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, D. Iovino, K.A. Olsson, A.B. Sandø and H. Drange (2009). Observed sources and variability of Nordic Seas overflow. Nature Geoscience, 2 (6), p 371-446, doi:10.1038/ngeo518.

2007

Orre, S., Y. Gao, H. Drange, J.E.Ø. Nilsen. (2007). A Reassessment of the Dispersion Properties of ⁹⁹Tc in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 68, 1-2, p 24-38, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.10.009.

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and F. Nilsen (2007). The Atlantic Water Flow along the Vøring Plateau: Detecting Frontal Structures in Oceanic Station Time Series. Deep Sea Research Part I, 54(3), p 297-319, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.12.012. (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Scientific Highlight)

2006

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and E. Falck (2006). Variations of Mixed Layer Depth and Water Properties in the Norwegian Sea for the period 1949-1999. Progress in Oceanography, 70(1), p 58-90, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.014.

2005

Furevik, T. and J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2005). Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Variability and its Impacts on the Nordic Seas Ocean Climate - a Review. The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 158. p 105-136, doi:10.1029/158GM09.

Stiansen, J.E., S. Sundby, A. Jenkins and J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2005). Swell as a turbulence source in shallow water. ICES CM 2005/O:26. (PDF)

2004

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. , H. Hátún, A.B. Sandø, I. Bethke, O. Laurantin, Y. Gao, H. Drange and T. Furevik (2004). On the recent time history and forcing of the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Arctic Mediterranean. In The ACIA International Scientific Symposium on Climate Change in the Arctic, AMAP Report 2004:4. (Extended Abstract)

2003

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2003). Variability at Ocean Station M in the Norwegian Sea. ICES Marine Science Symposia volume 219: Hydrobiological Variability in the ICES Area, 1990-1999. p 371-374. (PDF)

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. , Y. Gao, H. Drange, T. Furevik and M. Bentsen (2003). Simulated North Atlantic-Nordic Seas Water Mass Exchanges in an Isopycnic Coordinate OGCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(10), 1536, doi:10.1029/2002GL016597.

1996

Gytre, T., Nilsen, J.E.Ø., Stiansen, J.E. and Sundby, S. (1996). Resolving Small Scale Turbulence with Acoustic Doppler and Acoustic Travel Time Difference Current Meters from an Underwater Tower. Proc. Oceans-96, IEEE. p 442-450. (PDF)

Andersen, K.H., Mork, M. and Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (1996). Measurement of the Velocity Profile in and above a Forest of Laminaria hyperborea. Sarsia 81(3). p 193-96, doi:10.1080/00364827.1996.10413621

Reports and grey literature

2018

Wahl, T., Brown, S.; Haigh, I.D., J.E.Ø. Nilsen (2018). Coastal Sea Levels, Impacts, and Adaptation. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 6(1), 19,  doi:10.3390/jmse6010019.

2017

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 (lead authors) et al. (2017). Climate in Norway 2100 - a knowledge base for climate adaptation. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services report 1/2017, ISSN 2387-3027, Oslo, Norway. 48 pp. (PDF) 

2016

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., G. Sannino, M. Bordbar, A.R. Carrasco, S. Dangendorf, I.D. Haigh, J. Hinkel, H. Haarstad, J.A. Johannessen, K.S. Madsen, R.E.M. Riva, T. Schmith, M.J.R. Simpson, A. Slangen, T. Wahl, K. Woth (2016). Sea level related adaptation needs in Europe. ECRA Collaborative Programme on Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts white paper. (PDF) 

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2016). The North Atlantic and Nordic Seas hydrography collection. NERSC Technical Report no. 372, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre Thormøhlensgate 47, N-5006, Bergen, Norway. 20 pp. (PDF) 

Gomis, D., S. Monprapussorn, E.A. Fanjul, G. Chust, S. Dangendorf, S. Darmaraki, V. Gracia, M. Marcos, H.Q. Nguyen, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, W. Pantanahiran, N. Stelljes, C. Stocker, T. Swierczynski, P. Suttinon, T. Titseesang, M.R.T. Gutierrez, T. Utarasakul (2016). Impact of hydrological and marine extreme events on coastal systems - adaptation strategies and community resilience. Future Earth E3S science plan, Berlin, Germany. (PDF) 

2015

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 (lead authors) et al. (2015). Klima i Norge 2100. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services report 2/2015, ISSN 2387-3027, Oslo, Norway. 203 pp. (PDF) 

Simpson, M.J.R., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, O.R. Ravndal, K. Breili, H. Sande, H.P. Kierulf, H. Steffen, E. Jansen, M. Carson and O. Vestøl (2015). Sea Level Change for Norway: Past and Present Observations and Projections to 2100. Norwegian Centre for Climate Services report 1/2015, ISSN 2387-3027, Oslo, Norway. 155 pp. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2224.9440. (PDF) 

2013

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., K. Larsen, K. Harvold, V. Martens, T. Rauken and J. Taylor. (2013). Kulturminner og havnivåstigning (Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise). CIENS-rapport 1-2013, Oslo, Norway. 52 pp. (PDF, including a short synopsis in english.) 

2012

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., H. Drange, K. Richter, E. Jansen, A. Nesje (2012). Endringer i fortidens, dagens og framtidens havnivå med spesielt fokus på vestlandskysten ("Changes in the past, present, and future sea level on the coast of Norway"). NERSC Special Report 89, Bergen, Norway. 48 pp. (In english and norwegian.) 

2008

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., H. Hátún, K. A. Mork and H. Valdimarsson (2008). The NISE Dataset. Tech. Rep. 08-01. Faroese Fisheries Laboratory, Box 3051, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. 17 pp. (PDF)

2003

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2003). Aspects of the Atlantic Flow through the Norwegian Sea. Dr. Scient. Thesis in Physical Oceanography, Reports in Meteorology and Oceanography, University of Bergen, Report No. 3-2003. ISBN 82-90569-99-8. (PDF)

1997

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (1997). Bølgedempning i tareskog. Masters Thesis at the Geophysical Institute, Bergen. (PDF)

Popular science & media

2017

Høeg, E. (2017). Hundreårsflommen. Morgenbladet, 29.09.2017 (national newspaper interview; PDF-facsimile).

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., O.R. Ravndal, K. Breili (2017). Stormflo kan bli vanlig. Bergens Tidende, 20.01.2017.

Media outreach in connection to the storm surge in Bergen in January 2017: 

Ekstrem flo, BT-TV, 12.01.2017 (live TV interview).

Flere oversvømmelser i vente. NRK Hordaland i Dag, 12.01.2017 (radio interview).

Stormflo på Vestlandet. NRK Vestlandsrevyen, 12.01.2017 (TV news interview).

Valland, G., Åkernes, H.L., Edvardsen, A (2017). ... og havet steg. Bergens Tidende, 13.01.2017 (newspaper interview).

2016

Mæland, K. (2016). Havnivået i Norge kan øke med 1,8 meter innen 2100. Nettavisen, 19.11.2016 (web magazine interview).

2015

Todal, P.A. (2015). Bergen må heve seg over tvil, Dag og Tid, 02.10.2015 (newspaper interview).

Media outreach in connection to the release of our Norwegian sea level projections: 

Andersson, A., Hirth, M. (2015). Høyere stormflo og verre oversvømmelser. Bergens Tidende (front page), 09.09.2015 (newspaper interview).

Havnivået stiger. NRK TV Dagsrevyen & Dagsrevyen 21 & Vestlandsrevyen, 09.09.2015 (TV news interview).

Havnivået vil øke. TV2 Nyhetene, 09.09.2015 (TV news interview).

Havstigningstal for kvar kommune. NRK Hordaland morgen, 09.09.2015 (radio interview).

Kan oppleve stor havnivåøkning. P5 radio, 09.09.2015 (phone interview).

Astrid Rommetveit (2015). Ny rapport: Så mye kan havet langs norskekysten stige. nrk.no/yr.no, 09.09.2015 (online news interview).

As well as several national newspaper and web articles picked up from BT, NRK, and NTB that week.

Hope, T. (2015). Klimaforskarar på djupt vatn. framtida.no, 20.07.2015 (web magazine interview).

Hope, T. (2015). Dårleg debattklima om klima. framtida.no, 24.06.2015 (web magazine interview).

Nilsen, J.E.Ø (2015). Om havnivå i verden og stillehavsøyer. NRK P1 Her og nå!, 29.05.2015 (radio interview).

2014

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., K.H. Nisancioglu, T. Furevik (2014). Arven fra polene. Dagens Næringsliv, 13.11.2014.

Hvorfor stiger havet? EKKO, NRK Radio, 01.10.2014 (radio interview). 

2013

Havet truer norsk kystkultur. TV2-nyhetene, 24.10.2013 (TV news interview).

Grønli, K.S. (2013). Havnivået kan krype nedover. Teknisk Ukeblad, 16.05.2013 (magazine interview).

2012

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., H. Drange, K. Richter, A. Nesje , E. Jansen (2012). Nytt fra havstigningsfronten. Klima, 6-2012, Norway, p 11-12.

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., H. Drange, K. Richter (2012). Havnivået stiger. In 2°C - Status fra klimavitenskapen, No 1, November 2012, Norway, p 20-21. (PDF) 

Supervision and mentoring

Fabio Mangini (2022). Natural variability and model uncertainty in the steric dynamic component of sea level projections for Europe. PhD, GFI/NERSC, Norway. Main supervisor.

Eli Anne Ersdal (2020). Remote sensing of the ocean circulation and environmental mass change. PhD, GFI/UNIS, Norway. Co-supervisor.

Franck E. K. Ghomsi. Sea level variability on interannual, decadal and longer time scales along the tropical Atlantic. Master, Department of Physics, University of Yaounde, Cameroon. Co-supervisor.

Bernardino J. Nhantumbo (2014). Sea level variability and coastally trapped waves around southern Africa. Master, Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Co-supervisor.

Roshin P. Raj (2014). The circulation of the Norwegian Sea - An investigation from space and ocean. PhD, GFI, Norway. Main supervisor.

Note that teaching is not a primary task of NERSC or IMR employees.

Teaching

2012 - 2018

Guest lecturer at UiB, Department of Earth Science. Course: GEOV223 Quarternary sea-level changes. On present day sea level change from an oceanographic perspective. 

2001 - present

Guest lecturer and field instructor at UNIS. Courses: AGF211 Air-Ice-Sea Interaction, AGF213 Polar Meteorology and Climate and AGF214 Polar Ocean Climate. Statistical analysis and presentation of geophysical data. 

1997 - 2002

Instructor for exercises and laboratory assignments, as well as cruise leader for student-cruises, at GFI, UiB. Courses: GFO210 Dynamical Oceanography and GFO110 Oceanography. Co-authored laboratory handbook for these courses.

Certificates are provided on request. 

Field experience

2001 - 2004

Van Mijen Fjord, Spitsbergen. Land/ice-based field instruction, Air/Ice/Sea Interaction. Two weeks of March/April every year. UNIS.

2003

Billefjord, Spitsbergen. Helicopter based expedition, March 24th.

2001

Storfjord, Svalbard. Helicopter based expedition, April 6th. NOClim.

2000

Barents Sea and Storfjord. R/V Håkon Mosby, September 21st - October 5th. NOClim.

1996

Vestresund (Mosterøy), Norway. R/V Hans Brattström, July 1st - 5th. NFR, "Blandingslagets dynamikk" (The dynamics of the mixed layer).

Lofoten and Vesterålen, Norway. R/V Johan Hjort, April 26th - May 4th. Project as in 1995.

1997 - 2002

Fjords around Bergen, Norway. R/V Håkon Mosby. Cruise leader for annual student-cruises at GFI, UiB.

1995

Hustadvika, Norway. R/V Hans Brattström, 14. - 21. august. Project as in 1994.

Lofoten and Vesterålen. G.O. Sars, April 28th - May 11th. NFR, "Næringsbetingelser for fiskelarver i områder med høy tidevannsenergi" (Feeding conditions for fish larvae in areas of high tidal energy).

1994

Hustadvika, Norway. Land based expedition, August 15th - 24th. Directorate for Nature Management, "Bølgeeffekter i strandsonen" (Wave effects in the shore zone).

1993

Balsfjord and Malangen, Norway. R/V Johan Ruud, October 5th - 7th. Mare Nor, "Det nordnorske kystøkologiprogrammet."

Professional services

Reviews for journals

Deep-Sea Research, Geophysical Research Letters, The Holocene, Journal of Marine Systems, Surveys in Geophysics, Tellus, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Geophysical Journal International.

Reviews for funding institutions

European Research Council (ERC).

Editor

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering special issue "Coastal Sea Levels, Impacts and Adaptation".

Organiser

ECRA/BCCR Workshop "Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts - Towards adaptation", Bergen, June 2016.

Annual symposia of the Norwegian Geophysical Society (NGF) during 2011-2014.

Convener

ECRA General Assembly 2015, Brussels, March 2015.

Community contributions

Future Earth cross community workshop on Extreme Events and Environments from Climate to Society (E3S), Berlin, February 2016.

Some Presentations

 

2018

Leijala, U., J.E.Ø Nilsen, O. Ravndal, H. Sande, L. Chafik (2018). The effect of decadal variability on extreme sea levels on the west coast of Norway. Sea Level Futures Conference, Liverpool, UK, 04.07.2018 (poster). (PDF) 

2017

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., C. Sørensen, S. Dangendorf, H. Andersson, A. Arns, J. Jensen, A. Jönsson, P. Knudsen, U. Leijala, K.S. Madsen, S. Nerheim, H. Pellikka, O. Ravndal, H. Sande, M.J.R. Simpson, P. Sørensen (2017). Towards a Regional Assessment of Coastal Flood Risk - A review of Methods Applied in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Germany. International WCRP/IOC conference 2017 - Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts, NYC, USA, 12.07.2017 (poster).

Raj, R.P, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, T. Furevik, M.W. Hansen (2017). The two-branch structure of the Norwegian Atlantic Current - transport variability and atmospheric forcing. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 25.04.2017 (oral).

2016

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., C.S. Sørensen, S. Dangendorf, M.J.R. Simpson, O. Ravndal, H. Sande, P. Knudsen, A. Arns, J. Jensen, P. Sørensen (2016). The legacy of extreme sea levels for the assessment of future coastal flood risk - A review of methods applied in Denmark, Germany and Norway.  4th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, Bergen, Norway, 30.08.2016 (oral).

Simpson, M. J. R., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, O. Ravndal, K. Breili, H.P. Kierulf, H. Steffen, E. Jansen, H. Sande, M. Carson and O. Vestøl (2016). Sea level change for Norway: Past and present observations and projections for 2100. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 20.04.2016 (poster).

2015

Simpson, M. J. R., Nilsen, J.E.Ø., O. Ravndal, K. Breili, H.P. Kierulf, H. Steffen, E. Jansen, H. Sande, M. Carson and O. Vestøl (2015). Projections of 21st Century Sea Level Changes for Norway. Global and Regional Sea Level Variability and Change, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 11.06.2015 (poster).

2014

Eldevik, T. and Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2014). The Arctic-Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 27.02.2014 (oral).

2013

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2013). Regional sea level rise - a multitude of contributions, effects, and interactions. INDO-MARECLIM Winter School, Cochin, India, 06.11.2013 (oral).

2012

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. et al. (2012). Ventilation, Pathways, and Overfows of the Nordic Seas. Swedish Marine Science Conference, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, 21.11.2012 (invited keynote). 

2011

Nilsen, J.E.Ø., K. Richter and H. Drange (2011). Changes in past, present and future sea level, focusing on the Norwegian west coast. Lecture for Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Bergen, 26.06.2011 (oral).

2010

Nilsen, J.E.Ø, T. Eldevik, D. Iovino, K.A. Olsson, A.B. Sandø, H. Drange (2010). Observed Sources and Variability of Nordic Seas overflow.  IPY Oslo Science Conference, 09.06.10. (oral).

2008

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. et al. (2008). Ventilation, Pathways, and Overflows of the Nordic Seas. Physical Oceanography Special Seminar, WHOI, USA, 14.03.08. (oral).

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. et al. (2008). Ventilation, Pathways, and Overflows of the Nordic Seas. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, USA. (oral).

2007

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2007). Klimaendring: Hva skjer? Foredrag for 5. klasse på Nattland Skole, Bergen, 31.10.07 (oral).

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. (2007). Klima og helse. Norsk Forening for Medisinsk Fysikk, MedFys2007, 19.03.07 (oral).

2006

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. et al. (2006). Ventilation, Pathways, and Overflows of the Nordic Seas. Rapid Climate Change, Int. Sci. Conf. Brimingham 2006 (poster).

2004

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. et al. (2004). On the recent time history and forcing of the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Arctic Mediterranean. ACIA, Int. Sci. Symp. Reykjavik 2004 (oral).

Gao, Y., Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and Drange, H. (2004). The role of the wind for North Atlantic - Nordic Seas exchanges. EGU Gen. Assembly, Nice 2004. (oral).

Nilsen, J.E.Ø and Nilsen, F. (2004). Detecting Frontal Structures in Oceanic Station Time Series. EGU Gen. Assembly, Nice 2004 (poster).

1998

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and S. Østerhus (1998). Trends and long time variability of ocean properties at Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea. EGU Gen. Assembly, Nice 1998. Annales Geophysicae, vol 16, suppl.2 p.C549 (poster)

1997

Gytre,T., Nilsen, J.E.Ø., Stiansen, J.E. and Sundby, S (1997). Resolving Small Scale Turbulence from an Underwater Tower. 48. NHF årsmøte 1997, Bergen. (poster).

1996

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and Mork, M. (1996). Bølgedempning i tareskog. 47. NHF årsmøte 1996, Tromsø. (poster, abstract)

1995

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and Mork. M. (1995). The effect of kelp stands on wave attenuation. 1st Nordic Marine Sciences Meeting 1995 Gøteborg (poster).

Underlined name indicates who presented the work.

Appointments

2017 - 2018

Co-leader of the BCCR thematic research group on Climate Hazards.

2017 - 2018

Member of the Scientific Research Advisory Board of Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI).

2017 - 2018

Member of the action group Next Generation Climate Science in Europe of JPI Climate.

2015 - 2018

Co-chair of the Collaborative Programme on Sea Level and Climate Change in the European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA).

2015 - 2018

Main union representative and board leader for The Norwegian Association of Researchers (NAR) at NERSC. Courses: Tariff and negotiation; conflict management; and restructuring. 

2015 - 2016

Member of the board of the Nansen Center (substitute).

2010 - 2014

Board member and treasurer of the Norwegian Geophysical Society (NGF).

2011 - 2012

Chairman of Bergen Geophysical Society (BGF).

1997 - 2003

Diving Officer of the Geophysical Institute, UiB.

1999

President of the Geosupen at the Geophysical Institute, UiB.

1992 - 1997

Member of the board of the University Scuba Diver Club (Studentenes Undervannsklubb Bergen, SUB-BSI), including 2 years as co-chairman, and 2 years as editor of the members' journal.

1991

Treasurer of the students' welcoming committee at Mat.Nat.Fak., UiB (faddergruppen).

Memberships of Scientific Societies

Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU). 

Member, Norwegian Geophysical Society (NGF).

Member, Bergen Geophysical Society (BGF).

Languages

Fluent English.

Some German.

Other work experience

(of longer duration)

1989 (March 14th - June 1st) and 1991 (June 24th - July 26th)

Longshoreman for Aker Base A/S avd. Norsea, oil industry.

1986 - 1989

Two summer- and a one year position as workshop mechanic and maintenance worker for Schlumberger Norge A/S, oil industry.

Interests and activities

2012 - present

Japanese archery in Bergen Kyudo.

2012 - present

Host at the Nattjazz (Nightjazz) in Bergen, one of the major jazz festivals in Northern Europe.

2009 - 2011

Chairman of the board of Nattland basketballklubb, Bergen.

2007 - 2008

Swimming instructor in Delfana swim club, Bergen.

1992 - 2001

Under water rugby in BSI-Boblen UVR, Bergen.

1991 - 2000

CMAS*** Nordic Scuba Diver, in SUB-BSI; CMAS Scientific Diver and Class S certified diver (professional). 

1984 - 1988

Badminton player in Stavanger Badminton Klubb (SBK) (coaching experience).

Various Information

Software: Author of evenmat, eveneof, m_namebox, and DMQC-fun open source libraries of Matlab functions for the analysis of data, consisting of roughly 170 functions spanning 12,000 lines; available at https://github.com/evenrev1. Expert level skills in Matlab, beginner in Python.

 

Has experience in scientific diving, both in connection to the above mentioned expeditions (prior to 2000), and with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA). Operated as both dive leader and diving officer at the Geophysical Institute, UiB.

 

Has completed the Arctic Survival and Safety Course at UNIS.

References

Relevant references are provided upon request.