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Massimo Frezzotti

Massimo Frezzotti

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8659
World Ranking
3615
National Ranking
75

Overview

Massimo Frezzotti is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and has made significant contributions primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, isotope analysis in ecology, and winter sports injuries and performance.

Frezzotti has published extensively, with a record of papers appearing frequently in venues such as The Cryosphere, Nature Communications, Journal of Glaciology, Climate of the Past, and Zenodo hosted by CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research.

  • Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • An extension of the TALDICE ice core age scale reaching back to MIS 10.1, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Jarosite formation in deep Antarctic ice provides a window into acidic, water-limited weathering on Mars, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Volcanic Fluxes Over the Last Millennium as Recorded in the Gv7 Ice Core (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica), 2020, Geosciences
  • Landsat 8 OLI Broadband Albedo Validation in Antarctica and Greenland, 2021, Remote Sensing

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Barbara Stenni, Robert Mulvaney, Silvia Becagli, Stefano Urbini, and Frédéric Parrenin. These collaborations have helped advance the understanding of polar ice dynamics and related environmental processes.

  • Barbara Stenni
  • Robert Mulvaney
  • Silvia Becagli
  • Stefano Urbini
  • Frédéric Parrenin

Best Publications

  • Ground‐based measurements of spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica

    Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Massimo Frezzotti;Christophe Genthon;Elisabeth Isaksson

  • A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition : Observations, Atmospheric Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling

    V. Masson-Delmotte;S. Hou;A. Ekaykin;J. Jouzel

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Insignificant Change in Antarctic Snowfall Since the International Geophysical Year

    Andrew J. Monaghan;David H. Bromwich;Ryan L. Fogt;Sheng Hung Wang

  • Expression of the bipolar see-saw in Antarctic climate records during the last deglaciation

    B. Stenni;D. Buiron;M. Frezzotti;S. Albani

  • Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

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

  • Late Pleistocene Glacial Events in the Central Apennines, Italy☆

    Carlo Giraudi;Massimo Frezzotti

  • Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

    H. Fischer;J. Severinghaus;E. Brook;E. Wolff;E. Wolff

  • Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years

    Barbara Stenni;Mark A. J. Curran;Mark A. J. Curran;Nerilie J. Abram;Anais Orsi

  • Snow megadunes in Antarctica: Sedimentary structure and genesis

    Massimo Frezzotti;S. Gandolfi;S. Urbini

  • Eight centuries of volcanic signal and climate change at Talos Dome (East Antarctica)

    B. Stenni;M. Proposito;R. Gragnani;O. Flora

  • Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river

    Robin E. Bell;Winnie Chu;Winnie Chu;Jonathan Kingslake;Jonathan Kingslake;Indrani Das

  • New estimations of precipitation and surface sublimation in East Antarctica from snow accumulation measurements

    Massimo Frezzotti;Michel Pourchet;Onelio Flora;Stefano Gandolfi

  • A comparison of the present and last interglacial periods in six Antarctic ice cores

    Valérie Masson-Delmotte;D. Buiron;A. Ekaykin;M. Frezzotti

  • Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica from traverse data

    Massimo Frezzotti;Michel Pourchet;Onelio Flora;Stefano Gandolfi

  • Spatial and temporal variability of surface mass balance near Talos Dome, East Antarctica

    Massimo Frezzotti;Stefano Urbini;Marco Proposito;Claudio Scarchilli

  • Geographic provenance of aeolian dust in East Antarctica during Pleistocene glaciations: preliminary results from Talos Dome and comparison with East Antarctic and new Andean ice core data

    B. Delmonte;P. S. Andersson;H. Schöberg;M. Hansson

  • Snow precipitation at four ice core sites in East Antarctica: provenance, seasonality and blocking factors

    Claudio Scarchilli;Claudio Scarchilli;Massimo Frezzotti;Paolo Michele Ruti

  • Snow chemistry across Antarctica

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

  • 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

  • Review of regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Stenni
Barbara Stenni Ca Foscari University of Venice
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Mirko Severi
Mirko Severi University of Florence
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Michel Fily
Michel Fily Grenoble Alpes University
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
Catherine Ritz
Catherine Ritz Grenoble Alpes University

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