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Bernd Etzelmüller

Bernd Etzelmüller

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Earth Science

D-Index
55
Citations
12823
World Ranking
2529
National Ranking
32

Overview

Bernd Etzelmüller is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. The primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive work in Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Health Professions, Geophysics, and Environmental Engineering. Their research mainly focuses on topics related to climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, landslides and related hazards, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, indigenous studies and ecology, and soil moisture and remote sensing.

Etzelmüller's recent publications include:

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics-the PACE legacy (2020), Environmental Research Letters
  • Permafrost as a first order control on long-term rock-slope deformation in (Sub-)Arctic Norway (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Lateral thermokarst patterns in permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway (2021), The Cryosphere
  • High potential for loss of permafrost landforms in a changing climate (2020), Environmental Research Letters
  • Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide (2022), The Cryosphere

Frequent co-authors in their research include Sebastian Westermann, Justyna Czekirda, Ketil Isaksen, Karianne Staalesen Lilleøren, and Julia Boike.

The scientist has published regularly in select venues such as The Cryosphere, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth Surface Dynamics, Environmental Research Letters, and Quaternary Science Reviews.

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale

    Jaroslav Obu;Sebastian Westermann;Annett Bartsch;Nikolai M. Berdnikov

  • Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

    Charles Harris;Lukas U. Arenson;Hanne H. Christiansen;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

    Jan Hjort;Olli Karjalainen;Juha Antero Aalto;Sebastian Westermann

  • Recent Advances in Permafrost Modelling

    Daniel Riseborough;Nikolay Shiklomanov;Bernd Etzelmüller;Stephan Gruber

  • The Thermal State of Permafrost in the Nordic Area during the International Polar Year 2007-2009

    H. H. Christiansen;H. H. Christiansen;B. Etzelmüller;K. Isaksen;H. Juliussen

  • The assessment of potential geotechnical hazards associated with mountain permafrost in a warming global climate

    Charles Harris;Michael C. R. Davies;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • Surface energy fluxes and distribution models of permafrost in European mountain areas: an overview of current developments

    Martin Hoelzle;Catherine Mittaz;Bernd Etzelmüller;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Simulating the thermal regime and thaw processes of ice-rich permafrost ground with the land-surface model CryoGrid 3

    S. Westermann;M. Langer;J. Boike;M. Heikenfeld

  • Glacier-permafrost interaction in Arctic and alpine mountain environments with examples from southern Norway and Svalbard

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Jon Ove Hagen

  • Strong degradation of palsas and peat plateaus in northern Norway during the last 60 years

    Amund Frogner Borge;Sebastian Westermann;Ingvild Solheim;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • Characteristics of Discontinuous Permafrost based on Ground Temperature Measurements and Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Southern Yukon, Canada

    Antoni G. Lewkowicz;Bernd Etzelmüller;Sharon L. Smith

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics—the PACE legacy

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Mauro Guglielmin;Christian Hauck;Christin Hilbich

  • Modeling the impact of wintertime rain events on the thermal regime of permafrost

    Sebastian Westermann;Julia Boike;Moritz Langer;T. V. Schuler

  • Permafrost Map for Norway, Sweden and Finland

    Kjersti Gisnås;Bernd Etzelmüller;Cristian Lussana;Jan Hjort

  • Transient thermal modeling of permafrost conditions in Southern Norway

    Sebastian Westermann;Thomas Schuler;Kjersti Gisnås;Bernd Etzelmuller

  • The regional distribution of mountain permafrost in Iceland

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Herman Farbrot;Águst Guðmundsson;Ole Humlum

  • Spatial prediction of soil classes using digital terrain analysis and multinomial logistic regression modeling integrated in GIS: Examples from Vestfold County, Norway

    Misganu Debella-Gilo;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • Degrading Mountain Permafrost in Southern Norway: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mean Ground Temperatures, 1999–2009

    Ketil Isaksen;Rune Strand Ødegård;Bernd Etzelmüller;Christin Hilbich

  • Ground Thermal Regime and Permafrost Distribution under a Changing Climate in Northern Norway

    Herman Farbrot;Ketil Isaksen;Bernd Etzelmüller;Kjersti Gisnås

  • A REGIONAL INVENTORY OF ROCK GLACIERS AND ICE‐CORED MORAINES IN NORWAY

    Karianne S. Lilleøren;Bernd Etzelmüller

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Westermann
Sebastian Westermann University of Oslo
Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ketil Isaksen
Ketil Isaksen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Moritz Langer
Moritz Langer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ole Humlum
Ole Humlum University of Oslo
Johan Ludvig Sollid
Johan Ludvig Sollid University of Oslo
Hanne H. Christiansen
Hanne H. Christiansen University Centre in Svalbard
Jan Hjort
Jan Hjort University of Oulu
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki

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