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J. Melchior van Wessem

J. Melchior van Wessem

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
8605
World Ranking
6691
National Ranking
111

Best Publications

  • Four decades of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance from 1979-2017.

    Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Jérémie Mouginot;Jérémie Mouginot;Bernd Scheuchl;Michiel van den Broeke

  • Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

    M. Morlighem;Eric Rignot;Tobias Binder;Donald Blankenship

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

    Jan Melchior Van Wessem;Willem Jan Van De Berg;Brice P.Y. Noël;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • Improved representation of East Antarctic surface mass balance in a regional atmospheric climate model

    J. M. Van Wessem;C. H. Reijmer;M. Morlighem;J. Mouginot

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

    Brice Noël;Willem Jan van de Berg;J. Melchior Van Wessem;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using the regional climate model MAR (1979-2015) and identification of dominant processes

    Cecile Agosta;Cecile Agosta;Cecile Agosta;Charles Amory;Christoph Kittel;Anais Orsi

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

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  • Continuity of Ice Sheet Mass Loss in Greenland and Antarctica From the GRACE and GRACE Follow-On Missions

    Isabella Velicogna;Isabella Velicogna;Yara Mohajerani;Geruo A;Felix Landerer

  • Dynamic thinning of glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula

    B. Wouters;A. Martin-Español;V. Helm;T. Flament

  • Vulnerability of Antarctica's ice shelves to meltwater-driven fracture.

    Ching Yao Lai;Jonathan Kingslake;Jonathan Kingslake;Martin G. Wearing;Po Hsuan Cameron Chen

  • Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

    Elizabeth R. Thomas;J. Melchior van Wessem;Jason Roberts;Jason Roberts;Elisabeth Isaksson

  • What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates

    Ruth Mottram;Nicolaj Hansen;Christoph Kittel;J. Melchior van Wessem

  • Extreme Precipitation and Climate Gradients in Patagonia Revealed by High-Resolution Regional Atmospheric Climate Modeling

    Jan T. M. Lenaerts;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Jan M. van Wessem;Willem Jan van de Berg

  • The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution

    J. M. van Wessem;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;C. H. Reijmer;W. J. van de Berg

  • Mass loss of the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica from four independent techniques

    Tyler C. Sutterley;Isabella Velicogna;Isabella Velicogna;Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;Jeremie Mouginot

  • Rapid accelerations of Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers driven by surface melt

    Peter A. Tuckett;Jeremy C. Ely;Andrew J. Sole;Stephen J. Livingstone

  • Dynamic Response of Sjögren Inlet Glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, to Ice Shelf Breakup Derived from Multi-Mission Remote Sensing Time Series

    Thorsten Seehaus;Sebastián Marinsek;Sebastián Marinsek;Pedro Skvarca;Jan Melchior van Wessem

  • A Comparison of Antarctic Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance from Atmospheric Climate Models and In Situ Observations

    Yetang Wang;Minghu Ding;J. M. van Wessem;E. Schlosser

  • Temperature and Wind Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula as Simulated by a High-Resolution Regional Atmospheric Climate Model

    Jan Melchior van Wessem;Carleen H. Reijmer;Willem Jan van de Berg;Michiel R. van den Broeke

  • Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on the Larsen B Ice Shelf in the Decades Before it Collapsed

    A. A. Leeson;E. Forster;A. Rice;N. Gourmelen

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