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Dag A. Lorentzen

Department leader - Arctic Geophysics

dag.lorentzen@unis.no
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Room: B 328

Arctic geophysics
Leader group

Dag A. Lorentzen is professor in upper polar atmosphere and the department leader of the Arctic Geophysics Department. 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.

News mentions

Svalbard's special northern lights

UNIS partner in new Centre of Excellence in Education