Assistant Professor

Kamilla Hauknes Sjursen

Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Kamilla Hauknes Sjursen
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Sogndal
HB, H-2060
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Field of work

I am a PhD student in the Computer Science PhD programme at HVL working in the intersection of computer science and glaciology. In my PhD project I develop mathematical models to investigate past and future glacier changes in Western Norway.

I build and program mass balance models that use climatic and topographical data to simulate changes in glacier mass and runoff. The modelling focuses on Jostedalsbreen, the largest ice cap in mainland Europe, which I am lucky to have at my doorstep. The results of the modelling are a contribution to the JOSTICE project, which aims to investigate the physical and societal impacts of climate change effects on Jostedalsbreen.

A focus of my PhD project is to investigate how statistical methods (e.g. Bayesian methods and machine learning) can be used to improve predictions in glacier mass balance models. Robust models with accurate assessments of uncertainty are an important basis for evaluating the impacts of glacier melt on local tourism, hydropower production, agriculture and landscape planning.

I have a background in energy and environmental engineering and have a great interest in science and technology, especially related to energy! In addition to working on my PhD project I teach physics and technology in the teachers education and hydrological modelling in the Master's programme in Climate Change Management and in the international semester programme Geohazards and Climate Change.

Courses taught
  • Physics in MGBNA/MGUNA201 
  • Physics in MGBNA/MGUNA301 
  • Hydrological modellering in GE-487/PL4-303 (Environmental Hydrology and) Runoff Management
Research areas
  • Modelling mass balance and runoff from glaciers
  • Statistical methods and optimization in glacier modelling
  • Climate change effects on glaciers
Research groups

Publications

  • Present changes of Jostedalsbreen, Norway-s largest ice cap

    Andreassen, Liss Marie, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Melvold, Kjetil, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Elvehøy, Hallgeir, Kjøllmoen, Bjarne, Yde, Jacob Clement (2023)

  • Spatio-temporal variability in geometry and geodetic mass balance of Jostedalsbreen ice cap, Norway

    Andreassen, Liss Marie, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Elvehøy, Hallgeir, Kjøllmoen, Bjarne, Carrivick, Jonathan L. (2023)
    Annals of Glaciology 2023s. 1-18

  • Bayesian parameter estimation in glacier mass-balance modelling using observations with distinct temporal resolutions and uncertainties

    Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Dunse, Thorben, Tambue, Antoine, Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar, Andreassen, Liss Marie (2023)
    Journal of Glaciology 2023

  • Glaciers and people around mainland Europe’s largest ice cap – the JOSTICE project

    Åkesson, Henning, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Andreassen, Liss Marie, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Huss, Matthias, Schuler, Thomas, Yde, Jacob C. (2023)

  • Changes of Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap LIA 1966-2020

    Andreassen, Liss Marie, Elvehøy, Hallgeir, Kjøllmoen, Bjarne, Robson, Benjamin Aubrey, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Carrivick, Jonathan L., Melvold, Kjetil (2022)

  • New measurements of ice thickness on Jostedalsbreen ice cap reveal vulnerability to future fragmentation

    Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Bakke, Jostein, Melvold, Kjetil, Andreassen, Liss Marie, Aasen, Jostein, Cederstrøm, Jan Magne, Elvehøy, Hallgeir, Kjøllmoen, B., Loe, Even, Meland, Marte, Nerhus, Sigurd Daniel, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel, Villiers, Simon Daniel de, Øst, Kåre, Yde, Jacob C. (2022)

  • Bayesian estimation of mass balance model parameters for glaciers along a continentality gradient: How informative are low vs. high temporal resolution mass balance observations?

    Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Dunse, Thorben, Tambue, Antoine, Schuler, Thomas, Andreassen, Liss Marie (2022)

  • Bayesiansk massebalansemodellering av norske breer

    Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Dunse, Thorben, Tambue, Antoine, Schuler, Thomas, Andreassen, Liss Marie (2022)

  • JOSTICE

    Kielland, Pål Hage, Aasen, Jostein, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes (2021)

  • JOSTICE

    Meland, Marte, Øst, Kaare, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Aasen, Jostein, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes (2021)

  • Vil kartlegge landskapet under breen

    Yde, Jacob C., Elvehøy, Hallgeir, Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes (2021)

  • Modelling the climatic mass balance of three glaciers in Norway along a continentality gradient, 1961-2019

    Sjursen, Kamilla Hauknes, Dunse, Thorben, Tambue, Antoine, Schuler, Thomas, Andreassen, Liss Marie (2020)