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Directory of European Glaciology: Norway / Norge

The research institutions listed here are derived from the glaciology literature and the IGS publication "Ice". See also the SPRI Library Catalogue.

• Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet), Bergen
  • Research: oceanography and marine ecosystems

• Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), Solheimsvik
  • Research: sea ice monitoring by satellites

• Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo
  • Arctic Geotechnical Engineering section
  • Avalanche section

• Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjaerland

• Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller
  • Research: monitoring of air pollutants in precipitation in the Arctic, eg Svalbard

• Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI), Olso
  • Research: climate in the Norwegian Arctic, remote sensing of snow and sea ice cover, monitoring of snow conditions, determination of snow loads on structures and for surface transport, estimation of precipitation and snowmelt

• Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø
  • Research: climatology, environmental monitoring and mapping of the sea ice-land-ocean-atmosphere system in the polar regions, especially in Svalbard and in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

• NORUT Information Technology Ltd, Tromsø
  • Research: snow and glacier monitoring by satellite

• NORUT Technology Ltd, Narvik
  • Research: ice mechanics and ice forces on structures; cold climate testing laboratory; freezing of pore water in concrete and other porous materials

• Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Olso
  
  • Research: monitoring of glaciers in Norway; remote sensing of snow; work in the Svartisen Subglacial Laboratory; prevention of extreme glaciological hazards

• SINTEF Group, Trondheim
  (The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology)
  
  • Department of Water Resources
    • Research: impacts of ice cover on water quality and fish life; effects of ice on the food chain; frazil production in rivers; snow cover mapping and modelling

• University courses and research on Svalbard
  • Research webpage, see also entries for participating universities (below)

• University of Bergen
  • Institutt for geografi
    • Research: frontal variations of Briksdalsbreen; Late Holocene glacier activity; Quaternary glacial erosion
  • Geologisk Institutt
    • Research: Quaternary geology
  • Geofysisk Institutt
    • Research: sea ice; Arctic ocean currents and oceanography; atmosphere-ocean feedback; local and mesoscale meteorology

• University of Oslo
  • Geografisk institutt
    • Research: response of Arctic ice masses to climate change (ICEMASS programme), eg Svalbard; mapping and monitoring of mountain permafrost (PACE programme).

• University of Tromsø
  • The Roald Amundsen Centre for Arctic Research
    • Research: arctic geology and geophysics

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IGS Correspondent - Norway

Jack C. Kohler
Norwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre
Postboks 399, N-9296 Tromsų, Norway
Tel: [47]77-75-06-55
Fax: [47]77-75-05-01
Email: jack.kohler@npolar.no