Completed projects

Climate projections for Reisa National Park and Pasvik Nature Reserve

This project is co-developed with national park managers. It diagnoses future climate scenarios for Northern Norway along warm-wet and cold-dry axes. Using regional climate models, it assesses plausible changes in ecosystems and recreational uses — such as winter activities, fishing, and birdwatching — across selected national parks, informing adaptive strategies.

HarSval

The project "A bilateral initiative for harmonisation of the Svalbard cooperation" aims to strengthen bilateral relations between Norway and Poland, expand the network of partners and the scope of existing research activities, as well as transfer knowledge, technology, experience and best practices.

CoRea

In order to understand what leads to variations in the climate and what proportion is man-made, information from back in time is needed. The project "Coupled reanalysis of the climate back to 1850" will create a look back at the climate (a reanalysis) from 1850 to today - 170 years, with a major focus on changes in the sea.

ARIA

Strong storms in the Arctic can break up and reshape sea ice on the sea surface. It is expected that this will happen more easily and more often due to man-made climate change and ongoing thinning of sea ice. In the project "Atmospheric sea ice interactions in the new Arctic", research will be conducted on the interaction between air, sea and sea ice and how this will change in the future.

The Nansen Legacy

The project "The Nansen Legacy" aims to provide knowledge about the rapidly changing marine climate and ecosystem in the northern Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Sustainable management of natural resources, such as fish, in these areas needs a scientific basis that must be improved.

CMEMS Arctic Ocean MFC 22-24

The production of Arctic ocean data for the EU's "Copernicus"-program is led by the Nansen Center. Copernicus provides updated forecasts and reanalyses for the Arctic Ocean, including sea ice, biological, and chemical variables. Forecasts are relevant for safe navigation in the Arctic.

Copernicus CMEMS SI TAC 22-24

The EU's Earth observation program Copernicus has various working groups and in the project "Copernicus Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Center" work is being done to deliver products that include sea ice satellite data such as weather forecasting in polar regions and marine safety for ships.

APASIP

In order to produce automated ice maps over the entire Arctic region, the researchers in the project "Automatic pan-Arctic Sea Ice Product from high-resolution satellite data" are developing automatic algorithms to retrieve sea ice concentration and ice type from satellite data using artificial intelligence.

WOC

Increased knowledge of ocean currents in the upper part of the ocean is important to work towards safe sea traffic, to make the fishing industry more sustainable, to utilize energy from the sea and to monitor marine pollution. The "World Ocean Circulation" project aims to obtain more accurate and user-useful information about ocean currents from satellites, models and ocean measurements. Actors from the various user sectors participate in the project.

BCPU

The researchers in the "Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit" project aim to produce the world's best warning system for the climate in northern regions. Improving climate prediction should provide better warnings, from which the whole of society can benefit.