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Overview

Neil S. Arnold is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics as subfields.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Neil S. Arnold has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Icarus
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Recent papers by Arnold include:

  • Lateral meltwater transfer across an Antarctic ice shelf, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Supervised classification of slush and ponded water on Antarctic ice shelves using Landsat 8 imagery, 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • Tunnel valley formation beneath deglaciating mid-latitude ice sheets: Observations and modelling, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Over-winter persistence of supraglacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet: results and insights from a new model, 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • Remote Detection of Surge-Related Glacier Terminus Change across High Mountain Asia, 2021, Remote Sensing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Frances Butcher
  • Ian Willis
  • Alison F. Banwell
  • James D. Kirkham
  • Kelly Hogan

Best Publications

  • Morphometry of a glacier-linked esker in NW Tempe Terra, Mars, and implications for sediment-discharge dynamics of subglacial drainage

    Frances E. G. Butcher;Frances E. G. Butcher;Matthew R. Balme;Susan J. Conway;Colman Gallagher

  • A distributed surface energy-balance model for a small valley glacier. I. Development and testing for Haut Glacier d’ Arolla, Valais, Switzerland

    N.S. Arnold;I.C. Willis;M.J. Sharp;K.S. Richards

  • Topographic controls on the surface energy balance of a high Arctic valley glacier

    Neil S. Arnold;W. Gareth Rees;Andrew J. Hodson;Jack Kohler

  • Geometry, bed topography and drainage system structure of the Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Martin Sharp;Keith Richards;Ian Willis;Neil Arnold

  • Changes in geometry and subglacial drainage of Midre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, determined from digital elevation models

    David Rippin;Ian Willis;Neil Arnold;Andrew Hodson

  • Effect of snowpack removal on energy balance, melt and runoff in a small supraglacial catchment

    Ian C. Willis;Neil S. Arnold;Ben W. Brock

  • Refined energy-balance modelling of a supraglacial pond, Langtang Khola, Nepal

    Evan S. Miles;Francesca Pellicciotti;Ian C. Willis;Jakob F. Steiner

  • 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

  • Extent and Dynamics of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 (65,000–25,000 yr B.P.)☆

    Neil S. Arnold;Tjeerd H. van Andel;Vidar Valen

  • AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MODELLING HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY IN GLACIERIZED CATCHMENTS

    Keith Richards;Martin Sharp;Neil Arnold;Angela Gurnell

  • Initial results from a distributed, physically based model of glacier hydrology

    Neil Arnold;Keith Richards;Ian Willis;Martin Sharp

  • A spreadsheet-based (Microsoft Excel) point surface energy balance model for glacier and snow melt studies.

    Ben W. Brock;Neil S. Arnold

  • Modelling seasonal and spatial variations in the surface energy balance of Haut Glacier d’Arolla, Switzerland

    Ben W. Brock;Ian C. Willis;Martin J. Sharp;Neil S. Arnold

  • Modeling supraglacial water routing and lake filling on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Alison F. Banwell;Neil S. Arnold;Ian C. Willis;Marco Tedesco

  • Flow variability in the Scandinavian ice sheet: modelling the coupling between ice sheet flow and hydrology

    Neil Arnold;Martin Sharp

  • Moulin density controls drainage development beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Alison Banwell;Ian Hewitt;Ian Willis;Neil Arnold

  • Supraglacial lakes on the Larsen B ice shelf, Antarctica, and at Paakitsoq, West Greenland: a comparative study

    Alison F. Banwell;Martamaria Caballero;Neil S. Arnold;Neil F. Glasser

  • Spatial, seasonal and interannual variability of supraglacial ponds in the Langtang Valley of Nepal, 1999–2013

    Evan S. Miles;Ian C. Willis;Neil S. Arnold;Jakob Steiner

  • A new approach for dealing with depressions in digital elevation models when calculating flow accumulation values

    Neil Arnold

  • Evaluating the potential of high‐resolution airborne LiDAR data in glaciology

    N. S. Arnold;W. G. Rees;B. J. Devereux;G. S. Amable

  • Modeling subglacial water routing at Paakitsoq, W Greenland

    Alison F. Banwell;Ian C. Willis;Neil S. Arnold

  • Dual-satellite (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8) remote sensing of supraglacial lakes in Greenland

    Andrew G. Williamson;Alison F. Banwell;Alison F. Banwell;Ian C. Willis;Ian C. Willis;Neil S. Arnold

  • A Fully Automated Supraglacial lake area and volume Tracking (“FAST”) algorithm: Development and application using MODIS imagery of West Greenland

    Andrew G. Williamson;Neil S. Arnold;Alison F. Banwell;Ian C. Willis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Willis
Ian Willis University of Cambridge
Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University
Stephen R. Lewis
Stephen R. Lewis The Open University
Evan S. Miles
Evan S. Miles Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Hamish D. Pritchard
Hamish D. Pritchard British Antarctic Survey
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Kelly A. Hogan
Kelly A. Hogan British Antarctic Survey
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Francesca Pellicciotti
Francesca Pellicciotti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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