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11005
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3353
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Erik R. Ivins is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and specializes in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research activity includes 41 publications primarily focused on geophysics, atmospheric science, oceanography, global and planetary change, and artificial intelligence.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Artificial Intelligence

Main topics addressed in their research consist of:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Erik R. Ivins include:

  • Antarctic upper mantle rheology, 2021, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • A linear viscoelasticity for decadal to centennial time scale mantle deformation, 2020, Reports on Progress in Physics

Other notable papers with significant citations but authored by other researchers include:

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Decadal to Centennial Timescale Mantle Viscosity Inferred From Modern Crustal Uplift Rates in Greenland, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Surendra Adhikari
  • Lambert Caron
  • Eric Larour
  • Hélène Seroussi
  • Douglas A. Wiens

Their work has been published in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Cryosphere
  • Earth system science data

In 2017, Erik R. Ivins was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

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

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

  • Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change.

    Byron D. Tapley;Michael M. Watkins;Frank Flechtner;Christoph Reigber

  • Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change

    Edward Hanna;Francisco J. Navarro;Frank Pattyn;Catia M. Domingues

  • Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment: a new assessment

    Erik R. Ivins;Thomas S. James

  • Rapid viscoelastic uplift in southeast Alaska caused by post-Little Ice Age glacial retreat

    Christopher F. Larsen;Roman J. Motyka;Jeffrey T. Freymueller;Keith A. Echelmeyer

  • Interannual variations of the mass balance of the Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets from GRACE

    G. Ramillien;A. Lombard;A. Cazenave;E.R. Ivins

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

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  • Antarctic contribution to sea level rise observed by GRACE with improved GIA correction

    Erik R. Ivins;Thomas S. James;Thomas S. James;John Wahr;Ernst J. O. Schrama

  • GIA Model Statistics for GRACE Hydrology, Cryosphere, and Ocean Science

    L. Caron;E. R. Ivins;E. Larour;S. Adhikari

  • Patagonia Icefield melting observed by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

    Jianli Chen;Clark R Wilson;Byron D Tapley;Donald D Blankenship

  • Simultaneous estimation of global present-day water transport and glacial isostatic adjustment

    Xiaoping Wu;Michael B. Heflin;Hugo Schotman;Hugo Schotman;Bert L. A. Vermeersen

  • 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

  • On-land ice loss and glacial isostatic adjustment at the drake passage: 2003-2009

    Erik R. Ivins;Michael M. Watkins;Dah Ning Yuan;Reinhard Dietrich

  • Climate-driven polar motion: 2003–2015

    Surendra Adhikari;Erik R. Ivins

  • Anthropogenic and geologic influences on subsidence in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana

    Cathleen E. Jones;Karen An;Ronald G. Blom;Joshua D. Kent

  • Predictions of Antarctic crustal motions driven by present-day ice sheet evolution and by isostatic memory of the Last Glacial Maximum

    Thomas S. James;Erik R. Ivins

  • Lateral viscosity variations beneath Antarctica and their implications on regional rebound motions and seismotectonics

    Georg Kaufmann;Patrick Wu;Erik R. Ivins

  • Rapid crustal uplift in Patagonia due to enhanced ice loss

    R. Dietrich;E.R. Ivins;G. Casassa;H. Lange

  • Seismic Structure of the Antarctic Upper Mantle Imaged with Adjoint Tomography

    A. J. Lloyd;D. A. Wiens;Hejun Zhu;J. Tromp

  • Post-glacial Sediment Load and Subsidence in Coastal Louisiana

    Erik R. Ivins;Roy K. Dokka;Ronald G. Blom

  • Slowdown in Antarctic mass loss from solid Earth and sea-level feedbacks

    E. Larour;H. Seroussi;S. Adhikari;E.R. Ivins

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Larour
Eric Larour California Institute of Technology
Thomas S. James
Thomas S. James Geological Survey of Canada
Isabella Velicogna
Isabella Velicogna University of California, Irvine
Helene Seroussi
Helene Seroussi Dartmouth College
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Felix W. Landerer
Felix W. Landerer California Institute of Technology
Ernst Schrama
Ernst Schrama Delft University of Technology
Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Gino Casassa
Gino Casassa University of Magallanes

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