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Overview

Neil F. Glasser is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science as a subfield. Additional areas of study include environmental science, management, monitoring, policy and law, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, ecology, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, climate change and permafrost, winter sports injuries and performance, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and polar research and ecology.

Recent notable papers include:

  • The evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the present day (PATICE), 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • 160 glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) across the Tropical Andes since the Little Ice Age, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Contemporary glacial lakes in the Peruvian Andes, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Debris-covered glacier systems and associated glacial lake outburst flood hazards: challenges and prospects, 2021, Journal of the Geological Society
  • 200 years of equilibrium-line altitude variability across the European Alps (1901−2100), 2020, Climate Dynamics

Neil F. Glasser frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most common co-authors are:

  • Mike Hennessy (14 joint publications)
  • Stephan Harrison (12 joint publications)
  • Philip D. Hughes (11 joint publications)
  • Philip L. Gibbard (10 joint publications)
  • Chris D. Clark (10 joint publications)

The scientist's work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Glaciology (9 publications)
  • The American Journal of Managed Care (7 publications)
  • Journal of Maps (3 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (3 publications)
  • Global and Planetary Change (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • ‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications

    M.J. Westoby;J. Brasington;N.F. Glasser;M.J. Hambrey

  • Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms

    Matthew Bennett;Neil F. Glasser

  • Climate Change and the Global Pattern of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

    Stephan Harrison;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Christian Huggel;John M. Reynolds

  • Modelling outburst floods from moraine-dammed glacial lakes

    Matthew John Westoby;Neil Franklin Glasser;James Brasington;Michael John Hambrey

  • Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology

    Bryn Hubbard;Neil F. Glasser

  • Early recognition of glacial lake hazards in the Himalaya using remote sensing datasets

    D.J. Quincey;S.D. Richardson;A. Luckman;R.M. Lucas

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • The glacial geomorphology and Pleistocene history of South America between 38°S and 56°S

    Neil Franklin Glasser;Krister N. Jansson;Stephan Harrison;Johan Kleman

  • The evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the Present Day (PATICE)

    Bethan J. Davies;Christopher M. Darvill;Harold Lovell;Jacob M. Bendle

  • A structural glaciological analysis of the 2002 Larsen B ice-shelf collapse

    N. F. Glasser;Ted A. Scambos

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoclimate and glacier fluctuations in Patagonia

    Neil F Glasser;Stephan Harrison;Vanessa Winchester;Masamu Aniya

  • The subglacial thermal organisation (STO) of ice sheets

    Johan Kleman;Neil F. Glasser

  • Karakoram glacier surge dynamics

    D. J. Quincey;M. Braun;Neil F. Glasser;M. P. Bishop

  • Modelling the feedbacks between mass balance, ice flow and debris transport to predict the response to climate change of debris-covered glaciers in the Himalaya

    Ann V. Rowan;David L. Egholm;Duncan J. Quincey;Neil F. Glasser

  • Accelerating shrinkage of Patagonian glaciers from the Little Ice Age (~AD 1870) to 2011

    B. J. Davies;N. F. Glasser

  • North American Ice Sheet build-up during the last glacial cycle, 115–21 kyr

    Johan Kleman;Krister Jansson;Hernán De Angelis;Arjen P. Stroeven

  • Debris entrainment and transfer in polythermal valley glaciers

    Michael J. Hambrey;Matthew R. Bennett;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Neil F. Glasser

  • Heterogeneity in Karakoram glacier surges

    Duncan Joseph Quincey;Neil Glasser;Simon James Cook;Adrian Luckman

  • Sedimentological, geomorphological and dynamic context of debris-mantled glaciers, Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) region, Nepal

    Michael J. Hambrey;Duncan J. Quincey;Neil F. Glasser;John M. Reynolds

  • Genesis of ‘hummocky moraines’ by thrusting in glacier ice: evidence from Svalbard and Britain

    Michael J. Hambrey;David Huddart;Matthew R. Bennett;Neil F. Glasser

  • Global sea-level contribution from the Patagonian Icefields since the Little Ice Age maximum

    Neil F. Glasser;Stephan Harrison;Krister N. Jansson;K. Anderson

  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Hambrey
Michael J. Hambrey Aberystwyth University
Stephan Harrison
Stephan Harrison University of Exeter
Krister N. Jansson
Krister N. Jansson Stockholm University
Duncan J. Quincey
Duncan J. Quincey University of Leeds
Matthew R. Bennett
Matthew R. Bennett Bournemouth University
David Huddart
David Huddart Liverpool John Moores University
Jonathan L. Carrivick
Jonathan L. Carrivick University of Leeds
Derek Fabel
Derek Fabel Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Alun Hubbard
Alun Hubbard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Arjen P. Stroeven
Arjen P. Stroeven Stockholm University

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