Kjetil Våge
About
I am a physical oceanographer at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen. My primary research interests are centered around the northern extremity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. In particular, I am interested in the pathways and processes through which the warm Atlantic inflow into the Nordic Seas is transformed into dense overflow waters.
Selected publications
Selected projects
Resilient northern overturning in a warming climate
In ROVER the researchers will observe the deep-water formation along east Greenland, both through a winter expedition on an icebreaker, using mooring across the Greenland slope, and autonomous underwater gliders. The measurement campaign will provide groundbreaking data, cruical for the understanding of the processes that supply cold, deep water to the lower limb of the AMOC.
Overturning circulation in the new Arctic
Arctic climate is rapidly changing, and it is currently not known how the Arctic overturning circulation is responding. ArMOC will provide comprehensive understanding of the entire Atlantic Water Boundary Current (AWBC)system around the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean from observations, novel insights on Atlantic Water (AW) pathways and transformation within the Arctic Ocean and a first quantification using the approach of thermohaline stream functions.