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  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Heinz Miller is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular expertise in Atmospheric Science and subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as topics related to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research themes:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Heinz Miller has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C," 2021, published in The Cryosphere
  • "Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream," 2022, published in Earth system science data
  • "Crystal orientation fabric anisotropy causes directional hardening of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream," 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • "Multiangle, Frequency, and Polarization Radar Measurement of Ice Sheets," 2020, published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Preserved landscapes underneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal the geomorphological history of Jutulstraumen Basin," 2021, published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Heinz Miller include:

  • Olaf Eisen
  • Daniel Steinhage
  • Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
  • David A. Lilien
  • Drew Taylor

The scientist has published regularly in several notable venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Heinz Miller's research engages with various aspects of ice dynamics, radar measurements, and landscape studies in polar regions. Their investigations provide insights into ice sheet properties, geomorphological histories, and climate-related factors influencing cryospheric environments.

Among recognized distinctions, Heinz Miller is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice‐core stations: Camp Century, Dye‐3, GRIP, GISP2, Renland and NorthGRIP

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya

    M. Mirazón Lahr;F. Rivera;R. K. Power;A. Mounier

  • Textures and fabrics in the GRIP ice core

    Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson;Josef Kipfstuhl;Heinz Miller

  • A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond

    M.C. Kennicutt;S.L. Chown;J.J. Cassano;D. Liggett

  • Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

    H. Fischer;J. Severinghaus;E. Brook;E. Wolff;E. Wolff

  • Comparison of sea‐ice thickness measurements under summer and winter conditions in the Arctic using a small electromagnetic induction device

    Christian Haas;Sebastian Gerland;Hajo Eicken;Heinz Miller

  • Accumulation rates in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, as revealed by dielectric-profiling measurements of shallow firn cores

    Hans Oerter;Frank Wilhelms;F. Jung-Rothenhäusler;F. Göktas

  • Seismic structure of Iceland along RRISP-profile I

    H. Gebrande;H. Miller;P. Einarsson

  • Basal melt at NorthGRIP modeled from borehole, ice-core and radio-echo sounder observations

    Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;S. Prasad Gogineni;Heinz Miller

  • Spatio-temporal variability in volcanic sulphate deposition over the past 2 kyr in snow pits and firn cores from Amundsenisen, Antarctica

    Fidan Traufetter;Hans Oerter;Hubertus Fischer;Rolf Weller

  • Active and passive microwave signatures of Antarctic firn by means of field measurements and satellite data

    Helmut Rott;Klaus Sturm;Heinz Miller

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of sea-ice pore fluids: methods and thermal evolution of pore microstructure

    H Eicken;C Bock;R Wittig;H Miller

  • Present and past climate control on fjord glaciations in Greenland: Implications for IRD-deposition in the sea

    Niels Reeh;Christoph Mayer;Heinz Miller;Henrik Højmark Thomsen

  • The NorthGRIP deep drilling programme

    Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels S. Gundestrup;Heinz Miller;Okitsugu Watanabe

  • Accumulation studies on Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, by means of tritium, dielectric profiling and stable-isotope measurements: first results from the 1995–96 and 1996–97 field seasons

    Hans Oerter;Wolfgang Graf;Frank Wilhelms;Andreas Minikin

  • Stable-isotope records from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

    Wolfgang Graf;Hans Oerter;Oskar Reinwarth;Willibald Stichler

  • Form and flow of the Academy of Sciences Ice Cap, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic

    J. A. Dowdeswell;R. P. Bassford;M. R. Gorman;M. Williams

  • A comparison of radio-echo sounding data and electrical conductivity of the GRIP ice core

    Ludwig Hempel;Franz Thyssen;Niels Gundestrup;Henrik B. Clausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajo Eicken
Hajo Eicken Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hans Oerter
Hans Oerter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Eric W. Wolff
Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern

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