Knud Simonsen
Dr. Scient in Oceanography 
Associate Professor 

Faculty of Science and Technology

Contact Info:

• Tel.:    +298 35 25 61
• Email: knuds(at)setur.fo 

• The ocean circulation and seastate on the Faroe Shelf
• The physical environment related to ocean fish farming
• Climate change and ocean currents
• Exploitation of renewable marine energy 

• Current and wave condition in the Faroese fish farming fjords. Collaboration with the Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroes (ARSF). Funded by ARSF and the fish farming industry.   
 
• Mapping of the seafloor around the Faroe Islanads. Colloboration with the Farese Marine Research Institute.
 

• Mapping of the tidal stream potential in Faroese waters.  Read more..
 
• Fishfarming cages for harsh environment.  Read more (in faroese)
 
• Carbon budget in a Faroese fish farming fjord. Read more (in faroese)
 
• Sea safety parameters from numerical wave models. Read more (in faroese)
 
• Effects of waves on the biomass holding capacity of a fjord
 
• Usefull information for fishing in coastal faroese waters. Read more (in faroese)

List of all publications registrated in the 'Greinasavn'. 

Publications sorted into categories

• Peer reviewed papers 
• Conference papers 
• Technical Reports
• Popular Science
• Notes

 Please consult my CV for publications from before my present position.

• Vetur við veldigum aldum [A winter with extreme waves] saman við/together with Bárður Á. Niclasen (Read)
• Anni við rannsóknarskipinum James Cook í Suðurhøvum [Anni with the research vessel James Cook in the Southern Oceans] (Read)

• Trolmátingar í altjóða tíðarrit [Trawl measurements in international scientific journal] (Read)
• Doktarritgerð givin út av týskum forlagi [Doctor Thesis released by a German publishing company] (Read)
• Heimspressan kennir nú Gunnvør á Norði [The international press is now aware of Gunnvør á Norði] (Read)
• Løgmenn kunnaðir um sjovarfalsorku  [Prime ministers informed about tidal energy] (Read)
• Kalbaksfjørður aftur í altjóða vísindagrein [The Kalbaksfjord in  international scientific journal - again] (Read)
• Gunnvør á Norði vart PhD-ritgerðina.[Gunnvør á Norði defended her PhD-thesis] (Read)
• India nú millum tey fremstu innan sjóvarfalsorku [India is now one of the tidal energy front runners] (Read)
• Aling og umhvørvi í PhD-verju [Sea farming and environment in PhD-defence](Read)

• Trends in marine renewables (pdf-slides) presentation at the workshop 'Brug og forvaltning af de nordiske havområder i dag og i morgen'  arranged by a working group under the Nordic Council in the Nordic House in Torshavn 15-16'th of Nov., 2011.   
 
•  Oceanography related research at the Faculty of Science (pdf-slides), presentation for the board of the University of the Faroe Islands, 04.03.2011.
 
• Tidal energy - the technology and projects abroad and in the Faroes (pdf-slides) presentation held for representatives for the municipalities in the Faroes in a meeting arranged by the electricity production company SEV, 30.03.2011.
 
• Conservation of traditional fishing grounds and their land bearings information (pdf-slides) together with Mourits M. Joensen. Presentation given at the NORNA conference entitled 'Navne i kystkuturen' in Torshavn, 07-08'th June, 2011.
 
• The tidal streams, - an unexploited renewable energy source in the Faroes (pdf slides), presentation given in the Nordic House in Torshavn in an arrangement organized by the local electricity production company, SEV, May, 2009. 
 
• 'Some Approaches to Ocean Farming', presentation at the TACC2008 conference in Torshavn. Recently I discovered that this presentation is made available on You Tube, - I do not know by whom. But here I am in three parts: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. 
 

• Sjóvarfalsorka er sannlík í 2020 [Tidal stream energy is realistic in 2020] (link to kringvarp.fo) in 'Dagur og Vika' news in the Faroese Television, August, 2011.
 
• Sjóvarfalsorka ein møgulig orkukelda í Føroyum [The tidal stream may be a potential energy source in the Faroes] (wmv-movie, 29 MB)  in 'Dagur og Vika' news in the Faroese Television, Jan., 2010. 
 
• Tøl, mátingar og havstreymar [Figures, measurement and ocean currents]  (wmv-movie, 18,2 MB) , a small performance in  the children program Mass Heini in the Faroese Television, October, 2009.
 
• HÚK, - ein nýggj streymkort og fiskimiðaskipan [HÚK, - a new tidal current map and fishing site information system] (wmv-movie) in 'Dagur og Vika' news in the Faroese Television, March, 2008.
 
•  Sjóvarfall á teldu [The tides on a computer] (wmv-movie, 48 MB), a television lecture in the program Speki sent by the Faroese Television, October, 2007.
 
•  Ávirkan av streymi á alibúr [Influence of currents on a fish farming cage] (wmv-movie, 64 MB), a television lecture in the programme Speki sent by the Faroese Television,  2008 .
 

• Hvussu menna vit Fróðskaparsetrið? [How do we develop the University of the Faroe Islands] (link to kringvarp.fo). The documentary program Bismarin the 7'th of June, 2011, prepared by Elin S. W. Poulsen and Johann Mortensen. 
 
• Vit mugu flyta fá olju til varandi orkukeldur [We have to move from fossil fuel to renewable energy reources] (link to kringvarp.fo) The documentary program Bismarin the 4'th of April, 2011, prepared by Johann Mortensen and Elin S. W. Poulsen. 
 
• Sjóvarfalsorka [Tidal Energy] (m3u-file, 55k) in a popular science program arranged by Mr Kári Sólstein broadcasted by the Faroese Radio 25.03.2010.