Information about myself

Name: Tor Håkon Sivertsen,

Born: May 18 1946

Telephone. job: 47 92294957

Education

Master degree in Dynamic meteorology at the University of Oslo , 1972.

Dr.scient in agro meteorology, from The Agricultural University of Norway,,1992

Scientfic career

Researcher in agro meteorology at Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Emvironmental Resrearch since 1991.

Representing Norway ( 1992-1996) in COST ACTION 711

‘The operational applications of meteorology to agriculture including horticulture’

Representing Norway ( 1999-2005) in COST 718 ‘Meteoroogical Applications for Agriculture’.

Since November 2004 member of a working group s connected to COST 726 ‘Long time changes of UV-radiation over Europe’.

Representing Norway ( 2006- ) in COST734 ‘

In June 2006 i did arrange a workshop at Aas , This arrangement was called:’Workshop on fluid mechanics as elements in agro meteorological modelling’.

In 2006 I was co-convener in the session ‘Agrometeorology’ at the scientific meeting of sEMS ((European Meteorological Society)

Some publications

Sivertsen T.H., Nejedlik P., Oger R. And Sigvald R., 1999, The phenology of crops and the development of pests and diseases, Rapport for Planteforsk 01/99, This work was done by a working group of COST ACTION 711 ‘The operational applications of meteorology to agriculture including horticulture’, 87 pages.

Sivertsen, T.H. ,2000, Weather information, site information and a system for dissemination of information on www from a network of 52 automatic agrometeorological stations, EPPO-BULLETIN 2000, Proceedings from EPPO conference, Piacenza May 12/14 1999, 5 pages.

Sivertsen T.H., 2005, Discussing the scientific method and a documentation systems of meteorological and biological parameters, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Special Issue: Agrometeorology 2003, Vol 30/1-3 pp 35-43

Sivertsen, T.H., 2005, Implementation of a General Documentation System for web-based administration and use of historical series of meteorological and biological data, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Special Issue: Agrometeorology 2003, Vol 30/1-3 pp 217-222

Sivertsen, T.H., 2005, Discussing scientific methods and the quality of meteorological data, in ‘Use and Availability of Meteorological Information from Different Sources as Input in Agrometeorological Models’, COST ACTIONS 718 ‘Meteorological Applications for Agriculture’, Edited by G. Maracchi, A. Mestre, L. Toulios and B. Gozzini.

Sivertsen, T.H., 2005, The Concept of Leaf Wetness used in Agro Meteorology, in ‘Leaf Wetness Duration: Analysis of the Agrometeorological requirements and Evaluation of New Estimation Methods’, COST ACTIONS 718 ‘Meteorological Applications for Agriculture’, Edited by G. Maracchi, L. Kajfez Bogataj, S. Orlandini, A. Dalla Marta and F. Rossi.

Sivertsen, T.H, 2005, “, Reflections on the Theme of Classifying, Documenting and Exchanging Meteorological Data”, Atmospheric Science Letters, Vol.6 , Issue 3, p 171-175, John Wiley & Sons

Siverten, T.H., 2006, ’Quality considerations on meteorological parameters to be used for modelling UV-radiation’, Proceedings of SPIE 11-14 September 2006, Remote Sensing of Clouds in the Atmosphere XI, Volume 6362, The Internation Society of Optical Engineering

Sivertsen, T.H. , 2007, Discussing a certain features of the transfer of wave energy in stationary gravity waves and stationary gravity-inertia waves in the atmosphere, , Idojaras, Quarterly journal of the Hungarian Metterological Service, vol. III, No.2-3 April-september 2007

Sivertsen, T.H., and Gailis, J., 2007, Discussing a web-based system for administration, evaluation, and correction of meteorological and biological datain perspective of actor-network theory, Idojaras, Quarterly journal of the Hungarian Metterological Service, vol. III, No.2-3 April-september 2007