Robin Benjamin Zweigel

Doctoral Research Fellow - Section of Physical geography and Hydrology
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 1 Geologibygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1047 Blindern 0316 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Student)

Academic interests

I have a strong interest for the physical processes that govern our environment on the spatial and temporal scales which we can observe ourselves. This includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, ecosystem and the immediate subsurface, which I study by applying numerical simulations.

I’ve previously studied on Svalbard, where I investigated how wind-induced snow redistribution gives large variations in ground temperatures across small spatial scales, and how this can be included in the permafrost model CryoGrid. I’m currently a PhD Research Fellow in the Permafrost4Life project, where we attempt to untangle the interplay between ecosystems, permafrost and water cycle in Mongolia. My primary work is on capturing how forest and vegetation interplay with local permafrost, and how we can simulate the water cycle in these environments in CryoGrid. My supervisors are Sebastian Westermann (UiO, GeoHyd), Kjetil Schanke Aas (UiO, MetOs) and Hanna Lee (NTNU).

Background

  • 2021 – Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Geosciences, UiO
  • Winter 2020/2021 overwintering at Bear Island, Svalbard
  • 2020: MSc Geosciences, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo
  • 2018  BSc Geophyiscs and climate, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo
  • 2017  BSc Meteorology and oceanography, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen.

Publications

  • Westermann, Sebastian; Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas; Scheer, Johanna; Aalstad, Kristoffer; Aga, Juditha & Chaudhary, Nitin [Show all 24 contributors for this article] (2023). The CryoGrid community model (version 1.0) - a multi-physics toolbox for climate-driven simulations in the terrestrial cryosphere. Geoscientific Model Development. ISSN 1991-959X. 16(9), p. 2607–2647. doi: 10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023. Full text in Research Archive
  • Renette, Cas; Aalstad, Kristoffer; Aga, Juditha; Zweigel, Robin Benjamin; Etzelmüller, Bernd & Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Simulating the effect of subsurface drainage on the thermal regime and ground ice in blocky terrain in Norway. Earth Surface Dynamics. ISSN 2196-6311. 11(1), p. 33–50. doi: 10.5194/esurf-11-33-2023. Full text in Research Archive
  • Zweigel, Robin Benjamin; Westermann, Sebastian; Nitzbon, Jan; Langer, M; Boike, Julia & Etzelmüller, Bernd [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Simulating Snow Redistribution and its Effect on Ground Surface Temperature at a High‐Arctic Site on Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Earth Surface. ISSN 2169-9003. 126(3). doi: 10.1029/2020JF005673. Full text in Research Archive

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