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Dirk van As publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk van As sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 126 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Dirk van As D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk van As sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dirk van As is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. Within these domains, their subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientific topics addressed in their work encompass cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, landslides and related hazards, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and winter sports injuries and performance.

Dirk van As has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Glaciology
  • 'The Cryosphere'
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Earth system science data

Co-authorship is an important aspect of their research output. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Robert S. Fausto
  • Jason E. Box
  • Xavier Fettweis
  • Kenneth D. Mankoff
  • Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

Some recent papers by Dirk van As include:

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, 'The Cryosphere'
  • Greenland liquid water discharge from 1958 through 2019, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Brief communication: Evaluation of the near-surface climate in ERA5 over the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, 'The Cryosphere'
  • Strong Summer Atmospheric Rivers Trigger Greenland Ice Sheet Melt through Spatially Varying Surface Energy Balance and Cloud Regimes, 2020, Journal of Climate

Best Publications

  • Reconstructions of the 1900–2015 Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using the regional climate MAR model

    Xavier Fettweis;Jason E. Box;Cécile Agosta;Charles Amory

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

    Brice Noël;Willem Jan van de Berg;J. Melchior Van Wessem;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

    Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;Mike MacFerrin;Dirk van As;Jason E. Box

  • Assessing and Improving the Quality of Unattended Radiation Observations in Antarctica

    Michiel van den Broeke;Dirk van As;Carleen Reijmer;Roderik van de Wal

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data

    Robert S. Fausto;Dirk van As;Kenneth D. Mankoff;Baptiste Vandecrux

  • Amplified melt and flow of the Greenland ice sheet driven by late-summer cyclonic rainfall

    Samuel H. Doyle;Alun Hubbard;Roderik S. W. van de Wal;Jason E. Box;Jason E. Box

  • Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt amplified by snowline migration and bare ice exposure.

    J. C. Ryan;J. C. Ryan;L. C. Smith;L. C. Smith;D. van As;S. W. Cooley

  • Algae Drive Enhanced Darkening of Bare Ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Jason E. Box;Karen A. Cameron;Karen A. Cameron;Peter L. Langen

  • Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling

    Michiel van den Broeke;Jason Box;Xavier Fettweis;Edward Hanna

  • A new present-day temperature parameterization for Greenland

    Robert S. Fausto;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm;Dirk Van As;Carl E. Bøggild

  • A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet

    Andreas P. Ahlstrøm;Peter Gravesen;Signe Bech Andersen;Dirk van As

  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet

    Joseph M. Cook;Joseph M. Cook;Andrew J. Tedstone;Christopher Williamson;Jenine McCutcheon

  • Daily cycle of the surface energy balance in Antarctica and the influence of clouds

    Michiel Van Den Broeke;Carleen Reijmer;Dirk Van As;Wim Boot

  • Seasonal cycles of Antarctic surface energy balance from automatic weather stations

    Michiel Van Den Broeke;Carleen Reijmer;Dirk Van As;Roderik Van De Wal

  • Greenland liquid water discharge from 1958 through 2019

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Brice Noël;Xavier Fettweis;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland ice sheet surface

    Laurence C. Smith;Kang Yang;Lincoln H. Pitcher;Brandon T. Overstreet

  • Persistent flow acceleration within the interior of the Greenland ice sheet

    Samuel H. Doyle;Alun Hubbard;Andrew A. W. Fitzpatrick;Dirk van As

  • Brief communication: Evaluation of the near-surface climate in ERA5 over the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Alison Delhasse;Christoph Kittel;Charles Amory;Stefan Hofer;Stefan Hofer

  • THE SUMMER SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE OF THE HIGH ANTARCTIC PLATEAU

    Dirk van As;Michiel van den Broeke;Carleen Reijmer;Roderik van de Wal

  • Strong Summer Atmospheric Rivers Trigger Greenland Ice Sheet Melt through Spatially Varying Surface Energy Balance and Cloud Regimes

    Kyle S. Mattingly;Thomas L. Mote;Xavier Fettweis;Dirk V.A.N. As

  • A snow density dataset for improving surface boundary conditions in Greenland ice sheet firn modeling

    Robert S. Fausto;Jason E. Box;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Dirk van As

  • Warming, glacier melt and surface energy budget from weather station observations in the Melville Bay region of northwest Greenland

    Dirk Van As

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Fausto
Robert S. Fausto Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
William Colgan
William Colgan Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Konrad Steffen
Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Alun Hubbard
Alun Hubbard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Brice Noël
Brice Noël University of Liège

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