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Jan-Gunnar Winther

Jan-Gunnar Winther

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
9104
World Ranking
5698
National Ranking
71

Overview

Jan-Gunnar Winther is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway. Their research primarily addresses environmental science with a focus on various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems.

The main fields of study that characterize their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad area, their research extends into several subfields:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management Science and Operations Research

The topics frequently covered in their publications involve:

  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Recent papers by Jan-Gunnar Winther reflect these themes. Notable publications include:

  • "Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Research Assessment - Navigating Pitfalls and Promoting Change", 2023, Septentrio Conference Series
  • "Research Assessment - Navigating Pitfalls and Promoting Change", 2023, Open Science Talk

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following coauthors:

  • Yensi Flores Bueso
  • H. Dole
  • Kirstie Whitaker
  • Tanja Larssen
  • Minhan Dai

Jan-Gunnar Winther's work has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Septentrio Conference Series
  • Open Science Talk

Best Publications

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

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

  • 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

  • The physical environment of Kongsfjorden–Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard

    Harald Svendsen;Agnieszka Beszczynska-Møller;Jon Ove Hagen;Bernard Lefauconnier

  • Measuring snow and glacier ice properties from satellite

    Max König;Jan-Gunnar Winther;Elisabeth Isaksson

  • Glaciers in Svalbard: mass balance, runoff and freshwater flux

    Jon Ove Hagen;Jack Kohler;Kjetil Melvold;Jan-Gunnar Winther

  • 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

  • Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy.

    Jan-Gunnar Winther;Minhan Dai;Therese Rist;Alf Håkon Hoel

  • Below-surface ice melt on the coastal Antarctic ice sheet

    Glen E. Liston;Jan-Gunnar Winther;Oddbjørn Bruland;Hallgeir Elvehøy

  • Snow chemistry across Antarctica

    N. Bertler;P.A. Mayewski;A. Aristarain;P. Barrett

  • Antarctic Surface and Subsurface Snow and Ice Melt Fluxes

    Glen E. Liston;Jan-Gunnar Winther

  • Extent of Low-accumulation 'Wind Glaze' Areas on the East Antarctic Plateau: Implications for Continental Ice Mass Balance

    Theodore A. Scambos;Massimo Frezzotti;T. Haran;J. Bohlander

  • Climate variables along a traverse line in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

    Michiel R. van den Broeke;Jan-Gunnar Winther;Elisabeth Isaksson;Jean Francis Pinglot

  • Intercomparison and validation of snow albedo parameterization schemes in climate models

    Christina A. Pedersen;Jan-Gunnar Winther

  • Blue-ice areas in Antarctica derived from NOAA AVHRR satellite data

    Jan-Gunnar Winther;Martin Nørman Jespersen;Glen E. Liston

  • A new sea ice albedo scheme including melt ponds for ECHAM5 general circulation model

    Christina A. Pedersen;Christina A. Pedersen;Erich Roeckner;Mikael Lüthje;Jan‐Gunnar Winther

  • Glaciological applications with Landsat-7 imagery: Early assessments

    Robert Bindschadler;Julian Dowdeswell;Dorothy Hall;Jan-Gunnar Winther

  • Snow grain size measurements in Antarctica

    Michel Fily;Christophe Genthon;Massimo Frezzotti

  • Modeled and measured optical transmittance of snow-covered first-year sea ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Børge Hamre;Jan-Gunnar Winther;Sebastian Gerland;Jakob J. Stamnes

  • A new surface accumulation map for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from interpolation of point measurements

    Gerit Rotschky;Per Holmlund;Elisabeth Isaksson;Robert Mulvaney

  • Physical and optical properties of snow covering Arctic tundra on Svalbard

    Sebastian Gerland;Jan-Gunnar Winther;Jon Børre Ørbæk;Glen E. Liston

  • A 1500 year record of accumulation at Amundsenisen western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, derived from electrical and radioactive measurements on a 120 m ice core

    L. Karlöf;J.-G. Winther;E. Isaksson;J. Kohler

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Isaksson
Elisabeth Isaksson Norwegian Polar Institute
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hans Oerter
Hans Oerter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert Mulvaney
Robert Mulvaney British Antarctic Survey
Heinz Miller
Heinz Miller Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Margareta Hansson
Margareta Hansson Stockholm University
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute
R. S. W. van de Wal
R. S. W. van de Wal Utrecht University

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