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Johannes Oerlemans

Johannes Oerlemans

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Earth Science
Netherlands
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
77
Citations
23161
World Ranking
616
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Johannes Oerlemans is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. Their research intersects multiple subfields, including Aerospace Engineering, Pollution, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main topics of investigation involve:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies

Oerlemans has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Oerlemans include:

  • "Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate- and energy-related societal challenges" (2023), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Modelled response of debris-covered and lake-calving glaciers to climate change, Kā Tiritiri o te Moana/Southern Alps, New Zealand" (2021), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Brief communication: Growth and decay of an ice stupa in alpine conditions - a simple model driven by energy-flux observations over a glacier surface" (2021), published in The Cryosphere
  • "Influence of Meteorological Conditions on Artificial Ice Reservoir (Icestupa) Evolution" (2022), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Modelling the mass budget and future evolution of Tunabreen, central Spitsbergen" (2022), published in The Cryosphere

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Oerlemans include:

  • Felix Keller
  • Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian
  • Sierd Cloetingh
  • Pietro Sternai
  • Alexander Koptev

In 1989, Oerlemans was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

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

  • Extracting a Climate Signal from 169 Glacier Records

    Johannes Hans Oerlemans

  • 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

  • Glaciers and climate change

    J. Oerlemans

  • Modelled atmospheric temperatures and global sea levels over the past million years

    Richard Bintanja;Roderik S.W. van de Wal;Johannes Oerlemans

  • Quantifying Global Warming from the Retreat of Glaciers

    Johannes Oerlemans

  • Sensitivity of glaciers and small ice caps to greenhouse warming.

    J. Oerlemans;J. P. F. Fortuin

  • Sea level rise

    R.A. Warrick;J. Oerlemans

  • Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming

    J. Oerlemans;B. Anderson;A. Hubbard;Philippe Huybrechts

  • Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    R. S. W. van de Wal;W. Boot;M. R. van den Broeke;C. J. P. P. Smeets

  • Retreating alpine glaciers: increased melt rates due to accumulation of dust (Vadret da Morteratsch, Switzerland)

    J. Oerlemans;R.H. Giesen;M.R. van den Broeke

  • Model study of the spatial distribution of the energy and mass balance of Morteratschgletscher, Switzerland

    E.J. (Lisette) Klok;Johannes Oerlemans

  • Ice Sheets and Climate

    Johannes Oerlemans;C. J. van der Veen

  • Twentieth-century global-mean sea-level rise: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

    Jonathan M Gregory;N. J. White;J. A. Church;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Model experiments on the 100 000 yr glacial cycle

    J. Oerlemans;J. Oerlemans

  • A 1 year record of global radiation and albedo in the ablation zone of Morteratschgletscher, Switzerland

    J. Oerlemans;W.H. Knap

  • Simulated future sea-level rise due to glacier melt based on regionally and seasonally resolved temperature changes

    Jonathan M. Gregory;J. Oerlemans

  • Relating glacier mass balance to meteorological data using a Seasonal Sensitivity Characteristic

    J. Oerlemans;B.K. Reichert

  • Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change

    Tad Pfeffer;J. Oerlemans

  • Climate sensitivity of glaciers in southern Norway: application of an energy-balance model to Nigardsbreen, Hellstugubreen and Alfotbreen

    J. Oerlemans

  • J. Oerlemans Æ B. Anderson Æ A. Hubbard Æ Ph. Huybrechts Æ T. Jo« hannesson Æ W.H. Knap Æ M. Schmeits Æ A.P. Stroeven Æ R.S.W. van de Wal Æ J. Wallinga Æ Z. Zuo Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming

    J. Oerlemans;M. Schmeits;J. Wallinga;Z. Zuo

Frequent Co-Authors

R. S. W. van de Wal
R. S. W. van de Wal Utrecht University
Philippe Huybrechts
Philippe Huybrechts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
C. J. van der Veen
C. J. van der Veen University of Kansas
Carleen Reijmer
Carleen Reijmer Utrecht University
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Richard Bintanja
Richard Bintanja University of Groningen
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Liss M. Andreassen
Liss M. Andreassen Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Jérôme Chappellaz
Jérôme Chappellaz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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