Bilde av Samuelsen, Eirik Mikal
Bilde av Samuelsen, Eirik Mikal
Adjunct Associate Professor / Complex Systems Modelling Department of Physics and Technology eirik.m.samuelsen@uit.no +4777660367 48137141 Tromsø You can find me here

Eirik Mikal Samuelsen


Job description

Supervision of Master/PhD students.

Icing on ships, atmospheric icing, hectometric numerical weather prediction.

Currently we are working on a project where we try to improve the prediction of icing on helicopters in cooperation with Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (NAAF) and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.


  • Peter Zubkov, Harold Mc Innes, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kristina Blennow :
    Understanding forest wind damage during mountain wave events: Insights from a case study in Norway
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 01. February 2026 DOI
  • Jelmer Jeuring, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Machiel Lamers, Malte Müller, Bjørn Åge Hjøllo, Laurent Bertino et al.:
    Map-Based Ensemble Forecasts for Maritime Operations: An Interactive Usability Assessment with Decision Scenarios
    Weather, Climate, and Society 2024 DOI
  • Sushmit Dhar, Masoud Naseri, Hassan Abbas Khawaja, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kåre Edvardsen, Javad Barabady :
    Sea-spray measurement tools and technique employed in marine icing field expeditions: A critical literature review and assessment using CFD simulations
    Cold Regions Science and Technology 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kristoffer Kvist :
    Icing Observed and Analysed in Correspondence with Helicopter Flight Campaigns in Norway in 2023
    2024
  • Sushmit Dhar, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Masoud Naseri, Karl Gunnar Aarsæther, Kåre Edvardsen :
    Spray Icing on ONEGA Vessel- A Comparison of Liquid Water Content Expressions
    2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kine Solbakken, Yngve Birkelund, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Evaluation of surface wind using WRF in complex terrain: Atmospheric input data and grid spacing
    Environmental Modelling & Software 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Abolfazl Shojaeibarjouei, Masoud Naseri, Truls Bakkejord Ræder, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Simulation of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Parameters for Spray Icing Prediction
    2020
  • Abolfazl Shojaeibarjouei, Masoud Naseri, Truls Bakkejord Räder, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Simulation of atmospheric and oceanographic parameters for spray icing prediction
    ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings 2020
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Rune Graversen :
    Weather situation during observed ship-icing events off the coast of Northern Norway and the Svalbard archipelago
    Weather and Climate Extremes 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • Masoud Naseri, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Unprecedented Vessel-Icing Climatology based on Spray-Icing Modelling and Reanalysis Data: A Risk-Based Decision-Making Input for Arctic Offshore Industries
    Atmosphere 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Ship-icing prediction methods applied in operational weather forecasting
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 2018 DOI / ARKIV
  • Masoud Naseri, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Anti-icing expected heat loss as a risk indicator for Arctic offshore logistics operations
    2018 FULLTEKST
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kåre Edvardsen, Rune Graversen :
    Modelled and observed sea-spray icing in Arctic-Norwegian waters
    Cold Regions Science and Technology 2017 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Sveinung Løset, Kåre Edvardsen :
    Marine icing observed on KV Nordkapp during a cold air outbreak with a developing polar low in the Barents sea
    Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions 2015 ARKIV
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Anna Gertie Mathilda Odh, Karolina Haraldsson, Sevim Müller Gulbrandsen :
    Analysis of unique measurement data in Gratangen. Observation quality control and model verification
    Norwegian Meteorological Institute 2025 DOI
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kristoffer Kvist :
    Icing sensitivity to horizontal resolution of the Harmonie-AROME model during orographically-forced flow in Norway
    03. October 2025
  • Tomine Stenheim Øyen, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Morten Wergeland Hansen :
    Evaluation of SAR wind. Comparison of Wind Speeds from MEPS and Arome Arctic with SAR Open Wind Data
    Norwegian Meteorological Institute 2024 DOI
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Spray-icing forecasting in Northern Norway
    2023
  • Teresa Maaria Remes, Yurii Batrak, Jonassen Marius, Marius Opsanger Jonassen, Jørn Kristiansen, Morten Andreas Ødegaard Køltzow et al.:
    Improving Arctic Weather Forecasts with Increased Resolution
    2022
  • Sushmit Dhar, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Masoud Naseri, Kåre Edvardsen :
    Sea spray icing estimation dependence on spray flux in Arctic-Norwegian waters
    2021
  • Masoud Naseri, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Truls Bakkejord Ræder, Dina Abdel-Fattah, Marte Raknerud Hoel :
    Spray icing modelling and decision support in the Norwegian Arctic regions
    2021
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Den ustyrlige fralandsvinden
    Naturen 2021 DOI
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Per Pippin Aspaas :
    Meteorology as Citizen Science
    23. September 2020
  • Masoud Naseri, Eirik Mikal Samuelsen :
    Spray icing over the Norwegian Arctic waters: Statistical overview and long-term safety concerns
    2019
  • Eirik Mikal Samuelsen, Kåre Edvardsen :
    Prediction of ship icing in Arctic waters - Observations and modelling for application in operational weather forecasting
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 20. November 2017

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    Research interests

    Icing on helicopters, icing on ships, mountain waves, gap winds, turbulence, polar meteorology, Arctic boundary layer meteorology. Numerical weather prediction.

    Teaching

    Lectures in "Wind modelling in complex terrain" Fys-3810/8810 (Autumn 2021)


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