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Jan T. M. Lenaerts publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan T. M. Lenaerts sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 247 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Jan T. M. Lenaerts D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan T. M. Lenaerts sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan T. M. Lenaerts is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in Environmental Science.

The researcher's work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Oceanography.

Jan T. M. Lenaerts has contributed extensively to the study of:

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

The scientist has coauthored numerous publications with frequent collaborators including Nander Wever, Tessa Gorte, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Cara Nissen, and Jeffrey B. Weiss.

Their research is published in a variety of journals and venues, with significant contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Notable papers authored or coauthored by Jan T. M. Lenaerts include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change, 2022, Nature

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Land Model version 5 : description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

    David M. Lawrence;Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;Keith W. Oleson

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

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

  • Acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise

    Eric Rignot;Eric Rignot;I. Velicogna;I. Velicogna;M.R. van den Broeke;A. Monaghan

  • 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

  • Estimating the Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance contribution to future sea level rise using the regional atmospheric climate model MAR

    X. Fettweis;B. Franco;Marco Tedesco;J. H. van Angelen

  • A new, high‐resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979–2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling

    J. T. M. Lenaerts;M. R. van den Broeke;W. J. van de Berg;E. van Meijgaard

  • Recent large increases in freshwater fluxes from Greenland into the North Atlantic

    Jonathan L Bamber;Michiel van den Broeke;Janneke Ettema;Janneke Ettema;Jan Lenaerts

  • 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

  • Extensive liquid meltwater storage in firn within the Greenland ice sheet

    Richard R. Forster;Jason E. Box;Jason E. Box;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Clement Miege

  • Observing and Modeling Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance

    Jan T M Lenaerts;Brooke Medley;Michiel R van den Broeke;Bert Wouters;Bert Wouters

  • Meltwater produced by wind-albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf

    J. T. M. Lenaerts;J. T. M. Lenaerts;S. Lhermitte;S. Lhermitte;R. Drews;R. Drews;S. R. M. Ligtenberg

  • Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation : Strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting

    P. Bakker;P. Bakker;A. Schmittner;J. T. M. Lenaerts;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Clouds enhance Greenland ice sheet meltwater runoff

    K. Van Tricht;S. Lhermitte;J. T M Lenaerts;I. V. Gorodetskaya

  • Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

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

  • GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Xavier Fettweis;Stefan Hofer;Stefan Hofer;Uta Krebs-Kanzow;Charles Amory

  • Antarctic ice rises and rumples: Their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution

    Kenichi Matsuoka;Richard C. A. Hindmarsh;Geir Moholdt;Michael J. Bentley

  • Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts

    Jonathan D. Wille;Vincent Favier;Irina V. Gorodetskaya;Cécile Agosta

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg Utrecht University
Irina Gorodetskaya
Irina Gorodetskaya University of Porto
E. van Meijgaard
E. van Meijgaard Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Brice Noël
Brice Noël University of Liège
Frank Pattyn
Frank Pattyn Université Libre de Bruxelles
William H. Lipscomb
William H. Lipscomb National Center for Atmospheric Research

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