Kristine Flacké Haualand
Field of work
I am a meteorologist with a background in geophysics, mathematics and physics.
Currently, I am enrolled in the JOSTICE project, where I am studying how the evolution of the Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap influences the future regional climate. I use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and downscale it to regional scale for climate and glacier outlines for the future and the past. To validate the simulations, I compare results for current time with local weather data such as data from our weather station on the outlet glacier Nigardsbreen.
In the past, I studied the development of midlatitude cyclones focusing on how the intensity and structure of cyclones are influenced by diabatic effects such as cloud formation and surface heat fluxes from the ocean.
Courses taught
GE483 Climate Change
MGBNA201 Naturfag 1, emne 2 - Den ikkje-levande naturen 1
MGUNA201 Naturfag 1, emne 2 - Den ikkje-levande naturen 1
Research areas
Glacier-atmosphere interactions
Dynamic meteorology
Midlatitude cyclone development
Research groups
Glacier
- GE4-304, Master's Thesis in Climate Change Management, Spring 2025
Publications
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Investigation of the 2010 rock avalanche onto the regenerated glacier Brenndalsbreen, Norway
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Den siste isen
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Europas grösster Festlandgletscher: Der Jostedalsbreen
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Relative importance of tropopause structure and diabatic heating for baroclinic instability
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The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Project (ISOBAR) — Unique fine-scale observations under stable and very stable conditions