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Andy Aschwanden is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several related subfields.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry. Specific research topics include Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Climate variability and models.

Among recent publications, Andy Aschwanden contributed to the paper titled "Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea level" published in 2021 in The Cryosphere. Other notable recent papers in related research fields include:

  • "Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise" (2021, Nature)
  • "The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6" (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • "Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future" (2020, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • "Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)

Andy Aschwanden frequently collaborates with other researchers, including M. R. van den Broeke, Hélène Seroussi, Angelika Humbert, Mathieu Morlighem, and Eric Larour.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in prominent academic journals and platforms such as the Journal of Glaciology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Cryosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, and Nature.

Best Publications

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level over the next millennium

    Andy Aschwanden;Mark A. Fahnestock;Martin Truffer;Douglas J. Brinkerhoff

  • An enthalpy formulation for glaciers and ice sheets

    Andy Aschwanden;Ed Bueler;Constantine Khroulev;Heinz Blatter

  • Benchmark experiments for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP-HOM).

    F. Pattyn;L. Perichon;A. Aschwanden;B. Breuer

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour

  • Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)

    Robert A. Bindschadler;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe-OUCHI;Andy Aschwanden

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

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  • Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Andy Aschwanden;Anders A. Bjørk;John Wahr

  • A synthesis of the basal thermal state of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Joseph A. MacGregor;Mark A. Fahnestock;Ginny A. Catania;Andy Aschwanden

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Complex Greenland outlet glacier flow captured

    Andy Aschwanden;Mark A. Fahnestock;Martin Truffer

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future

    Benjamin D. Hamlington;Alex S. Gardner;Erik Ivins;Jan T.M. Lenaerts

  • Insights into spatial sensitivities of ice mass response to environmental change from the SeaRISE ice sheet modeling project I: Antarctica

    Sophie Nowicki;Robert A. Bindschadler;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Andy Aschwanden

  • Design and results of the ice sheet model initialisation experiments initMIP-Greenland: an ISMIP6 intercomparison

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Tamsin Edwards;Tamsin Edwards;Matthew Beckley

  • Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    Antony J. Payne;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe‐Ouchi;Cecile Agosta

  • Benchmark Experiments for Higher-Order and Full Stokes Ice Sheet Models

    F. Pattyn;L. Perichon;A. Aschwanden;B. Breuer

  • Insights into spatial sensitivities of ice mass response to environmental change from the SeaRISE ice sheet modeling project II: Greenland: SEARISE GREENLAND

    Sophie Nowicki;Robert A. Bindschadler;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Andy Aschwanden

  • Evidence for deep icequakes in an Alpine glacier

    N. Deichmann;J. Ansorge;F. Scherbaum;A. Aschwanden

  • Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea level

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  • Hindcasting to measure ice sheet model sensitivity to initial states

    A. Aschwanden;G. Aðalgeirsdóttir;C. Khroulev

  • Deep learning speeds up ice flow modelling by several orders of magnitude

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  • Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to Sea-Level over the Next Millennium

    A. Aschwanden;M. A. Fahnestock;M. Truffer;D. J. Brinkerhoff

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Nowicki
Sophie Nowicki University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Regine Hock
Regine Hock University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mathieu Morlighem
Mathieu Morlighem Dartmouth College
Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Angelika Humbert
Angelika Humbert Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Stephen F. Price
Stephen F. Price Los Alamos National Laboratory
Helene Seroussi
Helene Seroussi Dartmouth College
William H. Lipscomb
William H. Lipscomb National Center for Atmospheric Research

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