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Niels S. Gundestrup

Niels S. Gundestrup

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
21055
World Ranking
6668
National Ranking
67

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Climate change
  • Glacier
  • Ice age

Ice core, Ice sheet, Oceanography, Glacial period and Ice-sheet model are his primary areas of study. His Ice core study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as North Greenland Ice Core Project and Dye 3. His Ice sheet research includes elements of Arctic ice pack and Ice stream.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Physical geography and Temperature record, Holocene in addition to Glacial period. His Physical geography research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Climate change, Climate state and Interglacial. His Ice-sheet model research incorporates elements of Greenland ice core project, Paleontology and Greenland ice sheet.

His most cited work include:

  • Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record (3622 citations)
  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period. (1980 citations)
  • Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core (1207 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Ice core, Ice sheet, Oceanography, Ice stream and Geomorphology. His study in Ice core is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Greenland ice core project, Glacial period, Paleontology and Physical geography. His work focuses on many connections between Glacial period and other disciplines, such as Climate change, that overlap with his field of interest in Northern Hemisphere.

He interconnects Arctic ice pack, European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica and Ice-sheet model in the investigation of issues within Ice sheet. His research investigates the connection between Oceanography and topics such as Interglacial that intersect with problems in Climate state. As a part of the same scientific study, Niels S. Gundestrup usually deals with the Geomorphology, concentrating on Borehole and frequently concerns with Camp Century.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ice core (50.67%)
  • Ice sheet (33.33%)
  • Oceanography (24.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2001-2013)?

  • Ice core (50.67%)
  • Climatology (14.67%)
  • Oceanography (24.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Ice core, Climatology, Oceanography, Ice sheet and Isotopes of oxygen. His Ice core study combines topics in areas such as European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica, Paleontology, Borehole and Drill site. His Paleontology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Greenland ice core project and Greenland Ice Sheet Project.

His Ice sheet research incorporates elements of Arctic ice pack and Ice stream, Ice-sheet model. His studies in Climate change integrate themes in fields like Glacial period and Interglacial. His research in Climate pattern intersects with topics in Northern Hemisphere and Physical geography.

Between 2001 and 2013, his most popular works were:

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period. (1980 citations)
  • North Atlantic climatic oscillations revealed by deep Greenland ice cores (296 citations)
  • Basal melt at NorthGRIP modeled from borehole, ice-core and radio-echo sounder observations (84 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Climate change
  • Glacier
  • Ice age

Niels S. Gundestrup mainly investigates Ice core, Oceanography, Deep drilling, Mining engineering and Environmental science. His Ice core research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Echo sounding, Geomorphology and Borehole. His study brings together the fields of Interglacial and Oceanography.

Environmental science combines with fields such as Proxy and Climatology in his investigation.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core

    S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;K. Fuhrer

  • Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice‐core stations: Camp Century, Dye‐3, GRIP, GISP2, Renland and NorthGRIP

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • Past Temperatures Directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet

    D. Dahl-Jensen;K. Mosegaard;N. Gundestrup;G. D. Clow

  • A new greenland deep ice core.

    W. Dansgaard;H. B. Clausen;N. Gundestrup;C. U. Hammer

  • Greenland palaeotemperatures derived from GRIP bore hole temperature and ice core isotope profiles

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels Gundestrup

  • Holocene--late pleistocene climatic ice core records from qinghai-tibetan plateau.

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;M. E. Davis;J. F. Bolzan

  • The δ18O record along the Greenland Ice Core Project deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability

    Sigfus I. Johnsen;Henrik B. Clausen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels S. Gundestrup

  • North Atlantic climatic oscillations revealed by deep Greenland ice cores

    W. Dansgaard;S.J. Johnsen;H.B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • Dating of Greenland ice cores by flow models, isotopes, volcanic debris, and continental dust

    C. U. Hammer;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;N. Gundestrup

  • Electrical conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenland ice cores

    K. C. Taylor;C. U. Hammer;R. B. Alley;H. B. Clausen

  • Climatic changes, Norsemen and modern man

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;Niels Reeh;N. Gundestrup

  • Effect of wind scouring on climatic records from ice-core oxygen-isotope profiles

    D. A. Fisher;R. M. Koerner;W. S. B. Paterson;W. Dansgaard

  • Glaciological investigations in the Crête area, central Greenland: a search for a new deep-drilling site

    H.B. Clausen;N.S. Gundestrup;S.J. Johnsen;R. Bindschadler

  • Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet at Dye 3

    Niels Reeh;Niels S. Gundestrup

  • Basal melt at NorthGRIP modeled from borehole, ice-core and radio-echo sounder observations

    Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;S. Prasad Gogineni;Heinz Miller

  • A "deep" ice core from east Greenland

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Henrik B. Clausen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels S. Gundestrup

  • Penny Ice Cap Cores, Baffin Island, Canada, and the Wisconsinan Foxe Dome Connection: Two States of Hudson Bay Ice Cover

    David Fisher;Roy M Koerner;Jocelyne Bourgeois;Gregory A Zielinski

  • The Eem Stable Isotope Record along the GRIP Ice Core and Its Interpretation

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Henrik B. Clausen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels S. Gundestrup

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Henrik Clausen
Henrik Clausen University of Copenhagen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Willi Dansgaard
Willi Dansgaard University of Copenhagen
Claus U. Hammer
Claus U. Hammer University of Copenhagen
Niels Reeh
Niels Reeh University of Southern Denmark
Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Jan-Gunnar Winther
Jan-Gunnar Winther Norwegian Polar Institute
David A. Fisher
David A. Fisher University of Ottawa
Elisabeth Isaksson
Elisabeth Isaksson Norwegian Polar Institute

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