Rasmus Benestad
Senior Research Scientist at Norwegian Meteorological Institute | Meteorologisk institutt
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolRasmus Benestad is a senior research scientist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute with over 11 years of professional experience and a D.Phil. in Physics from the University of Oxford. He leads Tekna Klima, combining scientific leadership with climate advocacy and applied research in meteorology. Based in Oslo, he brings deep academic training and long-term institutional experience to complex atmospheric science problems and policy-relevant work. Notably, his career spans decades of engagement with the institute (listed from 2000), reflecting sustained contributions to Norway’s weather and climate research infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MS), Physics, Master of Science (MS), Physics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyD.Phil., Physics, D.Phil., Physics at University of Oxford
Github Skills (10)
carbon-emissions10
climate-change10
weather-data10
climate-science10
r-package10
noaa10
data-analysis8
windows1
electron1
desktop1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
metno/OpenClimateData
Jul 2018 - May 2019
Open Climate Data
Contributions:17 commits, 130 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
metno/CORDEX-FPS
Nov 2019 - May 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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