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Matthew J. Hoffman is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics of Hoffman's research include:

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

Among recent publications, Hoffman has contributed to significant papers including:

  • "Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise," 2021, Nature
  • "ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP)," 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • "Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2)," 2020, Earth System Dynamics
  • "Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Hoffman frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Stephen Price
  • Xylar Asay-Davis
  • Mauro Perego
  • Trevor R. Hillebrand
  • Gunter Leguy

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Earth System Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

    Hélène Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Antony J. Payne;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • Direct observations of evolving subglacial drainage beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Lauren C. Andrews;Ginny A. Catania;Matthew J. Hoffman;Jason D. Gulley

  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP)

    Sainan Sun;Frank Pattyn;Erika G. Simon;Torsten Albrecht

  • Links between acceleration, melting, and supraglacial lake drainage of the western Greenland Ice Sheet

    M. J. Hoffman;M. J. Hoffman;M. J. Hoffman;G. A. Catania;T. A. Neumann;L. C. Andrews

  • Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2)

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Torsten Albrecht;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • An Evaluation of the Ocean and Sea Ice Climate of E3SM Using MPAS and Interannual CORE-II Forcing

    Mark R. Petersen;Xylar S. Asay-Davis;Anne S. Berres;Qingshan Chen

  • Ice dynamic response to two modes of surface lake drainage on the Greenland ice sheet

    Marco Tedesco;Ian C Willis;Matthew J Hoffman;Alison F Banwell

  • initMIP-Antarctica: an ice sheet model initialization experiment of ISMIP6

    Helene Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Erika Simon;Ayako Abe-Ouchi

  • Surface energy balance and melt thresholds over 11 years at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

    Matthew James Hoffman;Andrew G. Fountain;Glen E. Liston

  • Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed.

    Matthew J. Hoffman;Lauren C. Andrews;Stephen F. Price;Ginny A. Catania

  • Enhanced basal lubrication and the contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to future sea-level rise

    Sarah R. Shannon;Antony J. Payne;Ian D. Bartholomew;Michiel R. van den Broeke

  • 20th-century variations in area of cirque glaciers and glacierets, Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

    Matthew J. Hoffman;Andrew G. Fountain;Jonathan M. Achuff

  • Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    Antony J. Payne;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe‐Ouchi;Cecile Agosta

  • Feedbacks between coupled subglacial hydrology and glacier dynamics

    Matthew Hoffman;Stephen Price

  • Description and evaluation of the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM) v2.1

    William H. Lipscomb;William H. Lipscomb;Stephen F. Price;Matthew J. Hoffman;Gunter R. Leguy

  • SHMIP The subglacial hydrology model intercomparison Project

    Basile De Fleurian;Mauro A. Werder;Sebastian Beyer;Douglas J. Brinkerhoff

  • Effect of uncertainty in surface mass balance-elevation feedback on projections of the future sea level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet

    Tamsin L Edwards;Xavier Fettweis;Olivier Gagliardini;Olivier Gagliardini;Fabien Gillet-Chaulet

  • Sustained High Basal Motion of the Greenland Ice Sheet Revealed by Borehole Deformation

    Claudia Ryser;Martin P. Lüthi;Lauren C. Andrews;Matthew J. Hoffman

  • MPAS-Albany Land Ice (MALI): a variable-resolution ice sheet model for Earth system modeling using Voronoi grids

    Matthew J. Hoffman;Mauro Perego;Stephen F. Price;William H. Lipscomb;William H. Lipscomb

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen F. Price
Stephen F. Price Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ginny A. Catania
Ginny A. Catania The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas A. Neumann
Thomas A. Neumann Goddard Space Flight Center
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
William H. Lipscomb
William H. Lipscomb National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Angelika Humbert
Angelika Humbert Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Olivier Gagliardini
Olivier Gagliardini Grenoble Alpes University
Martin P. Lüthi
Martin P. Lüthi University of Zurich
Ricarda Winkelmann
Ricarda Winkelmann University of Potsdam

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