Frank Arthur

A dedicated, organized, and passionate Meteorologist, Environmental Scientist and Climate Scientist with knowledge in atmospheric physics, mathematics, environmental science, ecotechnology and paleoclimatology. Offering over 3 - 4 years of experience, spanning across the broad range of detailed short and long-range weather forecasting and climate modelling (past, present, and future climate).

• The impact of volcanism on the Holocene climate (536 AD and 540 AD) using the iLOVECLIM model and archaeological data within the Scandinavian Region, EGU 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4138
• Validation of a CDF-t bias correction method using palaeo-data for the Mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum, EGU 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4376
• TERRANOVA from the last and current Interglacial periods into the Anthropocene: an Atlas database drawing lessons from ancient land use for future European landscape management, EGU 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5465
• The evolution of African monsoons and its impacts on precipitation seasonality in the late Cenozoic and future climate change, AGU 2022, https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167457992.21386879/v1
• Prediction of rainfall response to the 21st-century climate change in Ghana using machine learning empirical statistical downscaling, AGU 2022, https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167458059.91056213/v1

• Modelling and characterization of Climate, Environment, and human impact during the Eemian and the Holocene using an interactive dynamical downscaling, PhD Thesis
• Carbon Dioxide Fluxes from a Controlled Boreal River in Sweden, MSc. Degree Thesis, https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Amiun%3Adiva-34353
• Intercomparison and Reanalysis of Temperature and Precipitation datasets with Ghana Meteorological Agency datasets over the forest belts of Ghana, BSc. Degree Thesis

• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Hunter/Gatherers, Energy Regime 1, The Netherlands, October 2019, Presenter
• International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment, Virtual, November 2019, Participant
• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Agricultural Revolution, Transition ER1/2, Virtual, March 2020, Presenter
• Secondment at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, March – May 2020, Collaboration with vegetation modelling Research group
• 17th International Conference on Environmental and Social Sustainability, Virtual, February 2021, Presenter
• Climate Modelling workshop (iLOVECLIM Users Meeting), Amsterdam, June 2021, Presenter
• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Agricultural/Timber, Energy Regime 2, Portugal, July 2921, Presenter
• Secondment at Uppsala University, Sweden, August – September 2021, Collaboration with Archeology Research group
• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Green Transition, Transition ER3/4, Belgium, March 2022, Presenter
• EGU General Assembly, Vienna, May 2022, Presenter
• Secondment at the Carpathian Research Center and University of Suceava, Romania, October 2022
• Workshop on Regional Climate Dynamics: CARPATHIAN-BALKAN PALEOSCIENCE WORKSHOP 2022 (CBPW2021), Romania, October 2022, Presenter
• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Industrial/Coal/Oil, Energy Regime 3, Romania, October 2022, Presenter
• Climate Modelling workshop (iLOVECLIM Users Meeting), Virtual, December 2022, Presenter
• AGU Fall meeting, Chicago, December 2022, Presenter
• TerraNova Academy Field School (TAFS): Low Carbon Society, Energy Regime 4, Uppsala, Sweden, March,2023, Presenter
• Landscape Archaeology Conference 2023, Participant
• SDG Conference, Bergen, Norway, 2023, Participant
• Climate Modelling workshop (iLOVECLIM Users Meeting), Bordeaux, June 2023, Presenter

• Supervised the thesis of a Bachelor student, Europe without forest; a climate exploration What are the biogeophysical effects of a complete deforestation in Europe, and how does it relate to the anthropogenic deforestation that happened through the Holocene period?
• Contributed to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), A unique course focused on analyzing landscapes throughout the past, present, and future., https://mooc.terranova-itn.eu/users/sign_in
• Contribution of Climate data for the first European Digital atlas, September 2023
• Contribution of Podcast series related to the future climate on – Future Making in the Anthropocene Blog, https://heritagetribune.eu/europe/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-landscapes-future-making-in-the-anthropocene-podcast/

English

• Simulations of the Holocene climate in Europe using an interactive downscaling within the iLOVECLIM model (version 1.1), Arthur, F., Roche, D. M., Fyfe, R., Quiquet, A., Renssen, H., Climate of the Past, 19, 1, 87–106, 2023-01-01, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-87-2023
• The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD), Arthur, F., Hatlestad, K., Lindholm, K. J., Loftsgarden, K., Löwenborg, D., Solheim, S., Roche, D.M., Renssen, H., The Holocene, https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231225718
• Tracking Hunter-Gatherer Impact on Vegetation in Last Interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and Challenges, Nikulina, A., MacDonald, K., Scherjon, F., A. Pearce, E., Davoli, M., Svenning, J. C., Vella, E., Gaillard, M. J., Zapolska, A., Arthur, F., Martinez, A., Hatlestad, K., Mazier, F., Serge, M. A., Lindholm, K. J., Fyfe, R., Renssen, H., Roche, D. M., Kluiving, S., Roebroeks, W., Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 29, 3, 989-1033, 2022-01-01, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09546-2
• Improving biome and climate modelling for a set of past climate conditions: evaluating bias correction using the CDF-t approach, Zapolska, A., Vrac, M., Quiquet, A., Extier, T., Arthur, F., Renssen, H., Roche, D. M., Environmental Research: Climate, 2, 2, 025004, 2023-04-25, https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/accbe2
• West African Monsoon dynamics and its control on stable oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation in the Late Cenozoic, BOATENG, D., Aryee, J. N. A., Baidu, M., Arthur, F., Mutz, S. G., https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.170560461.19493225/v1
• Identifying major phases in the use of land, energy and changing landscapes by agrarian societies (7,000 cal BP-Present) in Cantabrian Spain, based on cultural changes and anthropogenic signals, Martinez A, Zapolska A, Arthur F, Verhagen P, Kluiving S, Mu˜noz-Rojas J, Borja Barrera C, Fraile Jurado P, Front. Environ. Archaeol., 3, 1339172, 10.3389/fearc.2024.1339172

• Dr. Andreas Andersson, andreas.andersson@miun.se, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
• Prof Dr. Hans Renssen, Hans.Renssen@usn.no, University of South- Eastern Norway, Norway
• Prof. Karl-Johan Lindholm, karl-johan.lindholm@arkeologi.uu.se, Uppsala University, Sweden