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Finnur Pálsson

Finnur Pálsson

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
5298
World Ranking
6205
National Ranking
16

Overview

Finnur Pálsson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The primary focus of their research encompasses atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy, and law, as well as related disciplines such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work revolves around several main topics, including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Finnur Pálsson's research contributions have been published in various scientific venues with notable frequency. Key publication venues include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent publications demonstrate the diversity and relevance of their work. These include:

  • "Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023," published in 2025 in Nature
  • "Glacier Changes in Iceland From ∼1890 to 2019," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Measuring glacier mass changes from space-a review," published in 2023 in Reports on Progress in Physics
  • "North Atlantic Cooling is Slowing Down Mass Loss of Icelandic Glaciers," published in 2022 in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Radio-echo soundings on Icelandic temperate glaciers: history of techniques and findings," published in 2020 in Annals of Glaciology

Finnur Pálsson frequently collaborates with several other researchers. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Guðfinna Ađalgeirsdóttir
  • Bert Wouters
  • Tómas Jøhannesson
  • Eyjólfur Magnússon
  • Joaquín M. C. Belart

Best Publications

  • Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland

    Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Andrew Hooper;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kristín S. Vogfjörd

  • Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow

    Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Kristín Jónsdóttir;Andrew Hooper;Eoghan P. Holohan

  • The thermal regime of sub-polar glaciers mapped by multi-frequency radio-echo sounding

    Helgi Björnsson;Yngvar Gjessing;Svein-Erik Hamran;Jon Ove Hagen

  • Surges of glaciers in Iceland

    Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson;Oddur Sigurđsson;Gwenn E. Flowers

  • Glacier topography and elevation changes derived from Pléiades sub-meter stereo images

    E. Berthier;C. Vincent;E. Magnússon;Á. Þ. Gunnlaugsson

  • Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation in Iceland Using a Linear Model of Orographic Precipitation

    Philippe Crochet;Tómas Jóhannesson;Trausti Jónsson;Oddur Sigurðsson

  • Icelandic glaciers

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  • Ice-volume changes, bias estimation of mass-balance measurements and changes in subglacial lakes derived by lidar mapping of the surface of Icelandic glaciers

    Tómas Jóhannesson;Helgi Björnsson;Eyjólfur Magnússon;Sverrir Guðmundsson

  • Response of Hofsjökull and southern Vatnajökull, Iceland, to climate change

    G. Aðalgeirsdóttir;T. Jóhannesson;H. Björnsson;F. Pálsson

  • Ice velocity determined using conventional and multiple-aperture InSAR

    Noel Gourmelen;S.W. Kim;Andrew Shepherd;J.W. Park;J.W. Park

  • A coupled sheet-conduit mechanism for jökulhlaup propagation

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Glacio-meteorological investigations on Vatnajokull, Iceland, summer 1996: an overview.

    J. Oerlemans;H. Björnsson;M. Kuhn;F. Obleitner

  • Contribution of Icelandic ice caps to sea level rise: Trends and variability since the Little Ice Age

    Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson;Sverrir Gudmundsson;Eyjólfur Magnússon

  • Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023

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  • The thermal regime of sub-polar glaciers mapped by multi-frequency radio-echo sounding

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  • Changes in jokulhlaup sizes in Grimsvotn, Vatnajokull, Iceland, 1934- 91, deduced from in-situ measurements of subglacial lake volume

    Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson

  • Surface elevation change and mass balance of Icelandic ice caps derived from swath mode CryoSat-2 altimetry

    Luca Foresta;Noel Gourmelen;Noel Gourmelen;F. Pálsson;Peter Nienow

  • New insights into the subglacial and periglacial hydrology of Vatnajökull, Iceland, from a distributed physical model

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson

  • Surface and bedrock topography of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland: The Katla caldera, eruption sites and routes of jökulhlaups

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  • The impact of jokulhlaups on basal sliding observed by SAR interferometry on Vatnajokull, Iceland

    Eyjólfur Magnússon;Helmut Rott;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson

  • Modelling the 20th and 21st century evolution of Hoffellsjökull glacier, SE-Vatnajökull, Iceland

    G. Aðalgeirsdóttir;G. Aðalgeirsdóttir;S. Guðmundsson;H. Björnsson;F. Pálsson

  • Plastic bed beneath Hofsjökull Ice Cap, central Iceland, and the sensitivity of ice flow to surface meltwater flux

    Brent Minchew;Mark Simons;Helgi Björnsson;Finnur Pálsson

  • Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

    Monika Wittmann;Christine Dorothea Groot Zwaaftink;Louise Steffensen Schmidt;Sverrir Guðmundsson

  • Changes in the southeast Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, between ~ 1890 and 2010

    H. Hannesdóttir;H. Björnsson;F. Pálsson;G. Aðalgeirsdóttir

  • Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland

    E. Magnússon;J. Muñoz-Cobo Belart;F. Pálsson;H. Ágústsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson University of Iceland
Tómas Jóhannesson
Tómas Jóhannesson Icelandic Meteorological Office
Etienne Berthier
Etienne Berthier Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Magnús T. Gudmundsson
Magnús T. Gudmundsson University of Iceland
Simon Gascoin
Simon Gascoin Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère
Noel Gourmelen
Noel Gourmelen University of Edinburgh
Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Freysteinn Sigmundsson University of Iceland
Gwenn E. Flowers
Gwenn E. Flowers Simon Fraser University
Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Scott Hensley
Scott Hensley Jet Propulsion Lab

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