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Overview

Knut Christianson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses diverse topics, including:

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

Among Knut Christianson's recent publications are:

  • "Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future," 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Five decades of radioglaciology," 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • "Linking postglacial landscapes to glacier dynamics using swath radar at Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica," 2020, Geology
  • "Biogeochemical Connectivity Between Freshwater Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Sub-Ice Marine Environment," 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Effect of horizontal divergence on estimates of firn-air content," 2020, Journal of Glaciology

Christianson frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Nicholas Holschuh
  • Andrew O. Hoffman
  • Benjamin Hills
  • John Paden
  • Annika N. Horlings

The primary venues for their publications include:

  • Annals of Glaciology
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

    Brent C. Christner;John C. Priscu;Amanda M. Achberger;Carlo Barbante

  • How Much, How Fast?: A Science Review and Outlook for Research on the Instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st Century

    Ted A. Scambos;Robin E. Bell;Richard B. Alley;S. Anandakrishnan

  • Dynamic (in)stability of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

    B. R. Parizek;K. Christianson;K. Christianson;S. Anandakrishnan;R. B. Alley

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future

    Benjamin D. Hamlington;Alex S. Gardner;Erik Ivins;Jan T.M. Lenaerts

  • Oceanic Forcing of Ice-Sheet Retreat: West Antarctica and More

    Richard B. Alley;Sridhar Anandakrishnan;Knut Christianson;Knut Christianson;Huw J. Horgan

  • Sensitivity of Pine Island Glacier to observed ocean forcing

    Knut Christianson;Mitchell Bushuk;Mitchell Bushuk;Pierre Dutrieux;Pierre Dutrieux;Byron R. Parizek

  • High basal melting forming a channel at the grounding line of Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Oliver J. Marsh;Oliver J. Marsh;Helen A. Fricker;Matthew R. Siegfried;Knut Christianson

  • Five decades of radioglaciology

    Dustin M. Schroeder;Robert G. Bingham;Donald D. Blankenship;Knut Christianson

  • Ice-Shelf Tidal Flexure and Subglacial Pressure Variations

    Ryan T. Walker;Byron R. Parizek;Richard B. Alley;Sridhar Anandakrishnan

  • Dilatant till facilitates ice-stream flow in northeast Greenland

    Knut Christianson;Knut Christianson;Leo E. Peters;Richard B. Alley;Sridhar Anandakrishnan

  • Subglacial Lake Whillans — Seismic observations of a shallow active reservoir beneath a West Antarctic ice stream

    Huw J. Horgan;Sridhar Anandakrishnan;Robert W. Jacobel;Knut Christianson

  • Subglacial Lake Whillans — Ice-penetrating radar and GPS observations of a shallow active reservoir beneath a West Antarctic ice stream

    Knut Christianson;Knut Christianson;Robert W. Jacobel;Huw J. Horgan;Sridhar Anandakrishnan

  • Estuaries beneath ice sheets

    Huw J. Horgan;Richard B. Alley;Knut Christianson;Robert W. Jacobel

  • Initial results from geophysical surveys and shallow coring of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)

    P. Vallelonga;K. Christianson;K. Christianson;R. B. Alley;S. Anandakrishnan

  • Linking postglacial landscapes to glacier dynamics using swath radar at Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica

    N. Holschuh;N. Holschuh;K. Christianson;J. Paden;R.B. Alley

  • Basal conditions at the grounding zone of Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from ice-penetrating radar

    Knut Christianson;Robert W. Jacobel;Huw J. Horgan;Richard B. Alley

  • Dynamics of stick-slip motion, Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica

    J. Paul Winberry;Sridhar Anandakrishnan;Douglas A. Wiens;Richard B. Alley

  • Ocean Stratification and Low Melt Rates at the Ross Ice Shelf Grounding Zone

    Carolyn Branecky Begeman;Slawek M. Tulaczyk;Oliver J. Marsh;Jill A. Mikucki

  • Power loss in dipping internal reflectors, imaged using ice-penetrating radar

    Nicholas Holschuh;Knut Christianson;Sridhar Anandakrishnan

  • Relating bed character and subglacial morphology using seismic data from Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

    Atsuhiro Muto;Sridhar Anandakrishnan;Richard B. Alley;Huw J. Horgan

  • Biogeochemical Connectivity Between Freshwater Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Sub-Ice Marine Environment

    Trista J. Vick‐Majors;Alexander B. Michaud;Alexander B. Michaud;Mark L. Skidmore;Clara Turetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Sridhar Anandakrishnan Pennsylvania State University
Richard B. Alley
Richard B. Alley Pennsylvania State University
David M. Holland
David M. Holland New York University
Matthew R. Siegfried
Matthew R. Siegfried Colorado School of Mines
John Paden
John Paden University of Kansas
David Pollard
David Pollard Pennsylvania State University
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida
Edwin D. Waddington
Edwin D. Waddington University of Washington
Helen A. Fricker
Helen A. Fricker University of California, San Diego

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