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Hanne H. Christiansen is affiliated with the University Centre in Svalbard in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Environmental Science as well.

Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Geology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics of their research cover:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Christiansen are:

  • Global Climate, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Active layer thickening and controls on interannual variability in the Nordic Arctic compared to the circum-Arctic, 2020, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • Global Climate, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Global Climate, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Arctic, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors in their research include Vitali Fioletov, Ketil Isaksen, Xavier Bodín, Melanie Ades, and Richard P. Allan.

Hanne H. Christiansen's publications are predominantly found in venues such as the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, The Cryosphere, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) associated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale

    Jaroslav Obu;Sebastian Westermann;Annett Bartsch;Nikolai M. Berdnikov

  • Permafrost thermal state in the polar Northern Hemisphere during the international polar year 2007–2009: a synthesis

    Vladimir E. Romanovsky;Sharon L. Smith;Hanne H. Christiansen

  • Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

    Charles Harris;Lukas U. Arenson;Hanne H. Christiansen;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • The Thermal State of Permafrost in the Nordic Area during the International Polar Year 2007-2009

    H. H. Christiansen;H. H. Christiansen;B. Etzelmüller;K. Isaksen;H. Juliussen

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Long-term CO 2 production following permafrost thaw

    Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling;Anders Michelsen;Christina Schädel;Edward A. G. Schuur

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • High nitrous oxide production from thawing permafrost

    Bo Elberling;Bo Elberling;Hanne H. Christiansen;Birger U. Hansen

  • Submarine landforms characteristic of glacier surges in two Spitsbergen fjords

    D. Ottesen;J.A. Dowdeswell;D.I. Benn;L. Kristensen

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Permafrost Map for Norway, Sweden and Finland

    Kjersti Gisnås;Bernd Etzelmüller;Cristian Lussana;Jan Hjort

  • Report from the International Permafrost Association: International Conference on Permafrost and IPA Council Meetings

    J. Brown;H. H. Christiansen;Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

  • Seasonal dynamics of a permafrost landscape, Adventdalen, Svalbard, investigated by InSAR

    Line Rouyet;Tom Rune Lauknes;Hanne H Christiansen;Sarah Marie Strand;Sarah Marie Strand

  • Procedures used for luminescence dating of sediments

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  • Thermal regime of ice‐wedge cracking in Adventdalen, Svalbard

    Hanne H. Christiansen

  • Holocene environmental reconstruction from deltaic deposits in northeast Greenland

    Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen;Ole Bennike;Jens Bøcher;Bo Elberling

  • A field-based model of permafrost-controlled rockslide deformation in northern Norway

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  • Permafrost and Periglacial Geomorphology at Zackenberg

    Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen;Charlotte Sigsgaard;Ole Humlum;Morten Rasch

  • Avalanche‐derived rock glaciers in Svalbard

    Ole Humlum;Hanne H. Christiansen;Håvard Juliussen

  • Nivation forms and processes in unconsolidated sediments, NE Greenland

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  • Topographical and meteorological control on snow avalanching in the Longyearbyen area, central Svalbard 2006–2009

    Markus Eckerstorfer;Markus Eckerstorfer;Hanne H. Christiansen;Hanne H. Christiansen

  • Active layer thickening and controls on interannual variability in the Nordic Arctic compared to the circum-Arctic

    Sarah Marie Strand;Sarah Marie Strand;Hanne H Christiansen;Margareta Johansson;Jonas Åkerman

  • Hydrochemical characteristics of bulk meltwater from an entire ablation season, Longyearbreen, Svalbard

    Jacob C. Yde;Mette Riger-Kusk;Hanne H. Christiansen;N. Tvis Knudsen

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Ketil Isaksen
Ketil Isaksen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Ole Humlum
Ole Humlum University of Oslo
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Hugues Lantuit
Hugues Lantuit University of Potsdam
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Norikazu Matsuoka
Norikazu Matsuoka University of Tsukuba
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute

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