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Overview

Duncan J. Wingham is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Atmospheric Science subfields.

The scientist's work concentrates on several specific topics that include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Recent publications by Duncan J. Wingham have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Glaciology. Notable papers include:

  • "Bed topography and marine ice-sheet stability", 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • "Diverse behaviors of marine ice sheets in response to temporal variability of the atmospheric and basal conditions", 2024, Journal of Glaciology

These publications represent their ongoing engagement with the dynamics and stability of marine ice sheets and related climatic influences.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • O. V. Sergienko

Their collaborative efforts contribute to expanding the understanding of ice-sheet behavior and related environmental factors within the cryosphere community.

Best Publications

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

  • CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume

    Seymour W. Laxon;Katharine A. Giles;Andy L. Ridout;Duncan J. Wingham

  • CryoSat: A mission to determine the fluctuations in Earth’s land and marine ice fields ☆

    D.J. Wingham;C.R. Francis;S. Baker;C. Bouzinac

  • Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan Wingham;Eric Rignot

  • Rapid discharge connects Antarctic subglacial lakes.

    Duncan J. Wingham;Martin J. Siegert;Andrew Shepherd;Andrew Shepherd;Alan S. Muir

  • Recent Sea-Level Contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan Wingham

  • Antarctic Elevation Change from 1992 to 1996

    Duncan J. Wingham;Andrew J. Ridout;Remko Scharroo;Robert J. Arthern

  • Recent dramatic thinning of largest West Antarctic ice stream triggered by oceans

    Antony J. Payne;Andreas Vieli;Andrew P. Shepherd;Duncan J. Wingham

  • Western Arctic Ocean freshwater storage increased by wind-driven spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre

    Katharine A. Giles;Seymour W. Laxon;Andy L. Ridout;Duncan J. Wingham

  • Larsen Ice Shelf Has Progressively Thinned

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan Wingham;Tony Payne;Pedro Skvarca

  • NEW TECHNIQUES IN SATELLITE ALTIMETER TRACKING SYSTEMS.

    DJ Wingham;CG Rapley;H Griffiths

  • Increased ice losses from Antarctica detected by CryoSat‐2

    Malcolm McMillan;Andrew Shepherd;Andrew Shepherd;Aud Sundal;Kate Briggs

  • Inland Thinning of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan J. Wingham;Justin A. D. Mansley;Hugh F. J. Corr

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet

    D.J Wingham;A Shepherd;A Muir;G.J Marshall

  • Spatial and temporal evolution of Pine Island Glacier thinning, 1995-2006

    D. J. Wingham;D. W. Wallis;A. Shepherd;A. Shepherd

  • Combined airborne laser and radar altimeter measurements over the Fram Strait in May 2002

    K.A. Giles;S.W. Laxon;D.J. Wingham;D.W. Wallis

  • Arctic sea surface height variability and change from satellite radar altimetry and GRACE, 2003-2014

    Thomas W. K. Armitage;Sheldon Bacon;Andy L. Ridout;Sam F. Thomas

  • A method of combining ICESat and GRACE satellite data to constrain Antarctic mass balance

    John Wahr;Duncan Wingham;Charles Bentley

  • Increased Arctic sea ice volume after anomalously low melting in 2013

    Rachel L. Tilling;Andy Ridout;Andrew Shepherd;Andrew Shepherd;Duncan J. Wingham

  • Inland thinning of the Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan J. Wingham;Justin A. D. Mansley

  • Supplementary Materials for A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;Geruo A;Valentina R. Barletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Peter Nienow
Peter Nienow University of Edinburgh
Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Douglas Mair
Douglas Mair University of Liverpool
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey
Antony J. Payne
Antony J. Payne University of Liverpool
Mark R. Drinkwater
Mark R. Drinkwater European Space Agency
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington
Axel Schweiger
Axel Schweiger University of Washington

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