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Overview

H. Jay Zwally is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and cryospheric processes.

Their recent publications include a range of topics related to ice sheet dynamics, climate modeling, and environmental data curation. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Zwally include:

  • "Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes" (2020, Science)
  • "Simulations of firn processes over the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets: 1980-2021" (2022, The Cryosphere)
  • "Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet 1992-2016: reconciling results from GRACE gravimetry with ICESat, ERS1/2 and Envisat altimetry" (2021, Journal of Glaciology)
  • "The historical Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) curated and augmented level-1 dataset" (2023, Earth System Science Data)
  • "NASA GSFC Firn Densification Model version 1.2.1 (GSFC-FDMv1.2.1) for the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets: 1980-2021" (2022, Zenodo - CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Zwally's frequent coauthors reflect collaborations across polar and cryospheric science, including Brooke Medley, T. Neumann, B. E. Smith, C. Max Stevens, and Ben Smith. These collaborations have contributed to advancing understanding in ice sheet dynamics and modeling.

The scientist's work has been published multiple times in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Earth System Science Data

Zwally's research topics include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter sports injuries and performance
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research

Subfields of study cover atmospheric science, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law related to environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Herbert V. Frey;James B. Garvin

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

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

  • Surface melt-induced acceleration of Greenland ice-sheet flow

    H. Jay Zwally;Waleed Abdalati;Tom Herring;Kristine Larson

  • ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land

    H. J. Zwally;Bob E Schutz;W. Abdalati;J. Abshire

  • Overview of the ICESat Mission

    B. E. Schutz;H J Zwally;C. A. Shuman;D D Hancock

  • Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003–2008

    R. Kwok;G. F. Cunningham;M. Wensnahan;I. Rigor

  • The Global Topography of Mars and Implications for Surface Evolution

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Maria T. Zuber;Sean C. Solomon;Roger J. Phillips

  • Arctic sea ice extents, areas, and trends, 1978-1996

    Claire L. Parkinson;Donald J. Cavalieri;Per Gloersen;H. Jay Zwally

  • Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes.

    Ben Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Alex S. Gardner;Brooke Medley

  • Mass Changes of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and Shelves and Contributions to Sea-level Rise: 1992-2002

    H. Jay Zwally;Mario B. Giovinetto;Jun Li;Helen G. Cornejo

  • Observed Hemispheric Asymmetry in Global Sea Ice Changes

    D. J. Cavalieri;P. Gloersen;C. L. Parkinson;J. C. Comiso

  • Variability of Antarctic Sea Ice 1979-1998

    H. Jay Zwally;Josefino C. Comiso;Claire L. Parkinson;Donald J. Cavalieri

  • The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

    Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

  • Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations

    S. B. Luthcke;H. J. Zwally;W. Abdalati;D. D. Rowlands

  • Deriving long-term time series of sea ice cover from satellite passive-microwave multisensor data sets

    D. J. Cavalieri;C. L. Parkinson;P. Gloersen;J. C. Comiso

  • Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change

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

  • Analysis and retracking of continental ice sheet radar altimeter waveforms

    Thomas V. Martin;H. Jay Zwally;Anita C. Brenner;Robert A. Bindschadler

  • Growth of greenland ice sheet: measurement.

    H. Jay Zwally;Robert A. Bindschadler;Anita C. Brenner;Judy A. Major

  • Topography of the northern hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter

    D. E. Smith;M. T. Zuber;H. V. Frey;J. B. Garvin

  • ICESat measurements of sea ice freeboard and estimates of sea ice thickness in the Weddell Sea

    H. Jay Zwally;Donghui Yi;Ron Kwok;Yunhe Zhao

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Gloersen
Per Gloersen Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Bindschadler
Robert Bindschadler Goddard Space Flight Center
Josefino C. Comiso
Josefino C. Comiso Goddard Space Flight Center
Ben Smith
Ben Smith University of Washington
Claire L. Parkinson
Claire L. Parkinson Goddard Space Flight Center
Donald J. Cavalieri
Donald J. Cavalieri Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas A. Neumann
Thomas A. Neumann Goddard Space Flight Center
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Waleed Abdalati
Waleed Abdalati University of Colorado Boulder
Scott B. Luthcke
Scott B. Luthcke National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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