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Overview

Bent Hasholt is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, Urban Studies, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientific topics covered by Bent Hasholt include:

  • Freezing and Crystallization Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Bent Hasholt has contributed to multiple recent research papers, reflecting a focus on hydrological and cryospheric studies. Notable publications include:

  • "Sediment concentrations and transport in icebergs, Scoresby Sound, East Greenland," 2022, published in Hydrological Processes
  • "The Identification of Flood-Prone Areas in Accra, Ghana Using a Hydrological Screening Method," 2024, published in GeoHazards
  • "Greenland Ice Cap Water. Technical Report on five potential locations for meltwater export," 2022, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
  • "Greenlandic Ice Cap Water. Technical Report on five potential locations for meltwater export for the 2nd licensing round," 2022, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

The research venues frequently publishing Bent Hasholt's work include the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Hydrological Processes, and GeoHazards. These venues align with the emphasis on regional geological and hydrological studies as well as hazard assessment.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bent Hasholt are:

  • Kenneth D. Mankoff
  • Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
  • Christian Nyrop Albers
  • S. B. Andersen
  • Camilla S. Andresen

This collaboration network indicates active participation in interdisciplinary teams focused on cryospheric and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Substantial export of suspended sediment to the global oceans from glacial erosion in Greenland

    I. Overeem;Brian D Hudson;Brian D Hudson;James P. M. Syvitski;Andreas B. Mikkelsen

  • Present-Day Climate at Zackenberg

    Birger Ulf Hansen;Charlotte Sigsgaard;Leif Rasmussen;John Cappelen

  • A decade (2002–2012) of supraglacial lake volume estimates across Russell Glacier, West Greenland

    A. A. W. Fitzpatrick;A. L. Hubbard;J. E. Box;D. J. Quincey

  • Large surface meltwater discharge from the Kangerlussuaq sector of the Greenland ice sheet during the record-warm year 2010 explained by detailed energy balance observations

    D. van As;A. L. Hubbard;B. Hasholt;A. B. Mikkelsen

  • Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers

    Horst Machguth;Henrik H. Thomsen;Anker Weidick;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • Snow Distribution and Melt Modeling for Mittivakkat Glacier, Ammassalik Island, Southeast Greenland

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Glen E. Liston;Bent Hasholt;Niels T. Knudsen

  • Meltwater chemistry and solute export from a Greenland Ice Sheet catchment, Watson River, West Greenland

    Jacob C. Yde;N. Tvis Knudsen;Bent Hasholt;Andreas B. Mikkelsen

  • Influence of wind speed on rainsplash erosion

    Henning Schjørring Pedersen;Bent Hasholt

  • Sediment transport to the Arctic Ocean and adjoining cold oceans

    Bent Hasholt;Nelly Bobrovitskaya;Jim Bogen;James McNamara

  • Observations of runoff and sediment and dissolved loads from the Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland, 2007 to 2010

    Bent Hasholt;Andreas Peter Bech Mikkelsen;Morten Holtegaard Nielsen;Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen

  • Sedimentation in arctic proglacial lakes: Mittivakkat Glacier, south‐east Greenland

    Bent Hasholt;Desmond E. Walling;Philip N. Owens

  • Observed runoff, jökulhlaups and suspended sediment load from the Greenland ice sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland, 2007 and 2008

    Sebastian Haugard Mernild;Bent Hasholt

  • ET FORSØG PÅ EN KLIMATISK- HYDROLOGISK REGIONSINDDELING AF HOLSTEINSBORG KOMMUNE (SISIMIUT)

    Bent Hasholt;Henrik Søgaard

  • The influence of climate change on suspended sediment transport in Danish rivers

    H. Thodsen;B. Hasholt;J. H. Kjærsgaard

  • Snow-distribution and melt modelling for glaciers in Zackenberg river drainage basin, north-eastern Greenland

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Glen E. Liston;Bent Hasholt

  • Snow-Distribution Modelling in the Ammassalik Region, South East Greenland

    B. Hasholt;G.E. Liston;N.T. Knudsen

  • MODIS observed increase in duration and spatial extent of sediment plumes in Greenland fjords

    B. Hudson;I. Overeem;D. McGrath;J. P. M. Syvitski

  • Climatic control on river discharge simulations, Zackenberg River drainage basin, northeast Greenland

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Bent Hasholt;Glen E. Liston

  • Hypsometric amplification and routing moderation of Greenland ice sheet meltwater release

    Dirk van As;Andreas Bech Mikkelsen;Morten Holtegaard Nielsen;Jason E. Box

  • Sediment plumes as a proxy for local ice-sheet runoff in Kangerlussuaq Fjord, West Greenland

    Daniel McGrath;Konrad Steffen;Irina Overeem;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • Extraordinary runoff from the Greenland ice sheet in 2012 amplified by hypsometry and depleted firn retention

    Andreas Bech Mikkelsen;Alun Hubbard;Alun Hubbard;Mike MacFerrin;Jason Eric Box

  • Ice flow dynamics and surface meltwater flux at a land-terminating sector of the Greenland ice sheet

    Andrew Alexander William Fitzpatrick;Alun Lloyd Hubbard;Ian Joughin;Duncan Joseph Quincey

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian H. Mernild
Sebastian H. Mernild University of Southern Denmark
Glen E. Liston
Glen E. Liston Colorado State University
Irina Overeem
Irina Overeem University of Colorado Boulder
Alun Hubbard
Alun Hubbard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Dirk van As
Dirk van As Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Thomas L. Mote
Thomas L. Mote University of Georgia
Konrad Steffen
Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University

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