Books (in Norwegian)

• With Øyvind Paasche: Hva er KLIMA, 2009, 2nd edition 2022
• With several others: Verda og vi, 2019
• Uvær, 2006, issued as audiobook in 2022

Peer-reviewed papers

• # of published papers: 37 (as first author: 23)
• See also list of publications on Google Scholar

2022

• Kolstad, E. W., S. H. Lee, A. H. Butler, D. I. V. Domeisen, and C. O. Wulff. Diverse surface signatures of stratospheric polar vortex anomalies. Accepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres [preprint]. DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037422
• Kolstad, E. W., and D. MacLeod. Lagged oceanic effects on the East African short rains. Climate Dynamics. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-022-06176-6
• Domeisen, D. I. V., et al. Advances in the subseasonal prediction of extreme events: Relevant case studies across the globe. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0221.1

2021

• Kolstad, E. W., D. MacLeod, and T. D. Demissie. Drivers of subseasonal forecast errors of the East African short rains. Geophysical Research Letters (GRL). DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093292

2020

• Kolstad, E. W., C. O. Wulff, D. I. V. Domeisen, and T. Woollings. Tracing North Atlantic Oscillation forecast errors to stratospheric origins. Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0270.1
• Kolstad, E. W. Prediction and precursors of Idai and 38 Other Tropical Cyclones and Storms in the Mozambique Channel. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3903
• Hallerstig, M., L. Magnusson, E. W. Kolstad, and S. Mayer. How grid‐spacing and convection representation affected the wind speed forecasts of four polar lows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3911

2019

• Kolstad, E. W. and J. A. Screen. Nonstationary Relationship between Autumn Arctic Sea Ice and the Winter North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters (GRL). DOI: 10.1029/2019GL083059
• Kolstad, E. W., O. N. Sofienlund, H. Kvamsås, M. A. Stiller-Reeve, S. Neby, Ø. Paasche, M. Pontoppidan, S. P. Sobolowski, H. Haarstad, S. E. Oseland, L. Omdahl, and S. Waage. Trials, errors and improvements in co-production of climate services. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0201.1
• Pontoppidan, M., E. W. Kolstad, S. P. Sobolowski, A. Sorteberg, C. Liu and R. Rasmussen. Large-scale model biases in the extratropical North Atlantic storm track and impacts on downstream precipitation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3588
• Renfrew, I. et al. The Iceland Greenland Seas Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0217.1

2018

• Pontoppidan, M. L. N., E. W. Kolstad, S. P. Sobolowski, and M. P. King. Improving the reliability and added value of dynamical downscaling via correction of large-scale errors: A Norwegian perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. DOI: 10.1029/2018JD028372
• Kolstad, E. W., and M. Årthun. Seasonal Prediction from Arctic Sea Surface Temperatures: Opportunities and Pitfalls. Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0016.1
• Årthun, M., E. W. Kolstad, T. Eldevik, and N. S. Keenlyside. Time scales and sources of European temperature variability. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1002/2018GL077401

2017

• Kolstad, E. W. Causal Pathways for Temperature Predictability from Snow Depth. Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0280.1
• Kolstad, E. W. Higher ocean surface wind speeds during marine cold air outbreaks. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3068
• Kolstad, E. W., E. A. Barnes and S. P. Sobolowski. Quantifying the Role of Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks in Mediating Near-Surface Temperature Persistence. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3033
• Kolstad, E. W. and T. J. Bracegirdle Sensitivity of an Apparently Hurricane-like Polar Low to Sea Surface Temperature. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.2980
• Pontoppidan, M., J. Reuder, S. Mayer and E. W. Kolstad. Downscaling an intense precipitation event in complex terrain: The importance of high grid resolution. Tellus A. DOI: 10.1080/16000870.2016.1271561

2016

• Day, J. J., G. Svensson, I. M. Brooks, C. Bitz, L. Broman, G. Carver, M. Chevallier, H. Goessling, K. Hartung, T. Jung, J. E. Kay, E. W. Kolstad, D. Perovich, J. Screen, S. Siemen, F. Vána: The Abisko Polar Prediction School. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, p. 445–447
• Kolstad, E. W., T. J. Bracegirdle and M. Zahn: Re-examining the roles of surface heat flux and latent heat release in a ‘hurricane-like’ polar low over the Barents Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, p. 7853–7867 [full text]

2015

• Kolstad, E. W.: Extreme small-scale wind episodes over the Barents Sea — when, where and why? Climate Dynamics, 45, p. 2137–2150 [full text]
• Kolstad, E. W., S. P. Sobolowski and A. A. Scaife: Intraseasonal persistence of European Surface Temperatures. Journal of Climate, 28, p. 5365–5374 [full text]

Before 2015

• Kolstad, E. W. (2006): A new climatology of favourable conditions for reverse-shear polar lows. Tellus A, 58, 344–354 [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W. (2008): A QuikSCAT climatology of ocean surface winds in the Nordic Seas: identification of features and comparison with NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 113, D11106 [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W. and T. J. Bracegirdle (2008): Marine cold-air outbreaks in the future: an assessment of IPCC AR4 model results for the Northern Hemisphere. Climate Dynamics, 30 (7–8), 871–885 [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W., T. J. Bracegirdle and I. A. Seierstad (2009): Marine cold-air outbreaks in the North Atlantic: temporal distribution and associations with large-scale atmospheric circulation. Climate Dynamics, 33 (2): 187–197 [pdf]
• Bracegirdle, T. J. and E. W. Kolstad (2010): Climatology and variability of Southern Hemisphere marine cold-air outbreaks. Tellus A, 62: 202–208 [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W., T. Breiteig and A. A. Scaife (2010): The association between stratospheric weak polar vortex events and cold air outbreaks in the Northern hemisphere. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 136, 886–893. DOI: 10.1002/qj.620 [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W. and K. A. Johansson (2010): Uncertainties associated with quantifying climate change impacts on human health: a case study for diarrhea. Environ. Health Perspect., 119, 299–305
• Kolstad, E. W. and A. J. Charlton-Perez (2011): Observed and simulated precursors of stratospheric polar vortex anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere. Clim. Dynam., 37 (7–8), 1443–1456
• Reeve, M. A. and E. W. Kolstad (2011): The Spitsbergen South Cape tip jet. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1739–1748
• Kolstad, E. W. (2011): A global climatology of favourable conditions for polar lows. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1749–1761
• Kristjánsson, J. E., S. Thorsteinsson, E. W. Kolstad and A. M. Blechschmidt (2011): Orographic influence of East Greenland on a Polar Low over the Denmark Strait. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1773–1789
• Kristjánsson, J. E., I. Barstad, T. Aspelien, I. Føre, Ø. Godøy, Ø. Hov, E. Irvine, T. Iversen, E. W. Kolstad, T.E. Nordeng, H. McInnes, R. Randriamampianina, J. Reuder, Ø. Sætra, M. Shapiro, T. Spengler and H. Olafsson (2011): The Norwegian IPY-THORPEX: Polar Lows and Arctic Fronts during the 2008 Andøya campaign. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 92, 1443–1466
• Føre, I., J. E. Kristjánsson, E. W. Kolstad, T. J. Bracegirdle, Ø. Sætra and B. Røsting (2011): A “hurricane-like” polar low fueled by sensible heat flux: high-resolution numerical simulations. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 138, 1308–1324 [full text]
• Støren, E. W. N., E. W. Kolstad and Ø. Paasche (2012): Linking past flood frequencies in Norway to regional atmospheric circulation anomalies. J. Quaternary Sci., 27, 71–80 [full text]

Other publications

• Kristjánsson, J. E. and E. W. Kolstad (2011): IPY-THORPEX (editorial). Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1657–1658
• Mauritzen, C. and E. W. Kolstad (2011): The Arctic Ocean – an ocean in transition [pdf]
• Kolstad, E. W. and J. I. Borgos (2018): De uventa stormene [The unexpected storms]. Naturen, 142.