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Dag A. Lorentzen

Professor - Arctic Geophysics

dag.lorentzen@unis.no
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Room: B 328

Arctic geophysics

Dag A. Lorentzen is professor in upper polar atmosphere. He is heading the UNIS contribution in the Centre of Excellence (CoE) Birkeland Centre for Space Science, led by the University of Bergen together with UNIS and NTNU.

Courses

AGF-301 The Upper Polar Atmosphere (15 ECTS)

AGF-801 The Upper Polar Atmosphere (15 ECTS)

Project involvements

active

SuperDARN radar

The Svalbard SuperDARN Radar, located on Brienosa is an over the horizon ionospheric radar system. It is part of the SuperDARN international network of more than 30 high frequency (HF) radars designed for studying high-latitude plasma convection driven by interactions between the magnetic fields of the Sun and the Earth.

active

Incoherent Scatter: An Invaluable Tool in the Field of Space and Plasma Physics (ISSI ISR)

A global team of 15 scientists, led by L. Baddeley (UNIS) and NJIT colleagues, is collaborating with ISSI in Bern to produce the first comprehensive textbook on incoherent scatter radar (ISR). This definitive guide will cover ISR techniques, theory, and applications, advancing space and atmospheric physics research while capturing decades of innovation for future generations.

News mentions

Svalbard's special northern lights

UNIS partner in new Centre of Excellence in Education

Publications

Space and atmospheric physics on Svalbard: a case for continued incoherent scatter radar measurements under the cusp and in the polar cap boundary region

Lisa Baddeley Dag A. Lorentzen Stein Haaland Kjellmar Oksavik Noora Partamies

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On the Creation, Depletion, and End of Life of Polar Cap Patches

Dag A. Lorentzen Kjellmar Oksavik Lisa Baddeley

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Correlation between the solar wind speed and the passage of poleward-moving auroral forms into the polar cap

Fred Sigernes Dag A. Lorentzen

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