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Olaf Eisen is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on cryospheric studies and observations, with notable involvement in topics such as winter sports injuries and performance, landslides and related hazards, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, and seismic waves and analysis.

Olaf Eisen has authored multiple publications in various scientific journals and conferences. Some recent papers include:

  • Five decades of radioglaciology, 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Bed topography and subglacial landforms in the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • Investigating the internal structure of the Antarctic ice sheet: the utility of isochrones for spatiotemporal ice-sheet model calibration, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Surface accumulation in Northern Central Greenland during the last 300 years, 2020, Annals of Glaciology

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Olaf Eisen has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Daniel Steinhage
  • Reinhard Drews
  • Steven Franke
  • Daniela Jansen
  • John Paden

Best Publications

  • Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

    M. Morlighem;Eric Rignot;Tobias Binder;Donald Blankenship

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

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

  • Meltwater produced by wind-albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf

    J. T. M. Lenaerts;J. T. M. Lenaerts;S. Lhermitte;S. Lhermitte;R. Drews;R. Drews;S. R. M. Ligtenberg

  • Strong spatial variability of snow accumulation observed with helicopter-borne GPR on two adjacent Alpine glaciers

    H Machguth;O Eisen;O Eisen;Frank Paul;Martin Hoelzle

  • Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes

    Nander Wever;Lino Schmid;Achim Heilig;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen

  • Layer disturbances and the radio-echo free zone in ice sheets

    Reinhard Drews;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Ilka Weikusat;Sepp Kipfstuhl

  • The surges of Variegated Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A., and their connection to climate and mass balance

    O. Eisen;W. D. Harrison;C. F. Raymond

  • Five decades of radioglaciology

    Dustin M. Schroeder;Robert G. Bingham;Donald D. Blankenship;Knut Christianson

  • Direct evidence for continuous radar reflector originating from changes in crystal-orientation fabric

    O. Eisen;I. Hamann;S. Kipfstuhl;D. Steinhage

  • Converging flow and anisotropy cause large-scale folding in Greenland's ice sheet.

    Paul D. Bons;Daniela Jansen;Felicitas Mundel;Catherine C. Bauer

  • A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Tobias Binder;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Continuous snowpack monitoring using upward-looking ground-penetrating radar technology

    Lino Schmid;Achim Heilig;Christoph Mitterer;Jürg Schweizer

  • Variegated Glacier, Alaska, USA: a century of surges

    Olaf Eisen;William D. Harrison;Charles F. Raymond;Keith A. Echelmeyer

  • Seasonal and diurnal cycles of liquid water in snow—Measurements and modeling

    A. Heilig;C. Mitterer;L. Schmid;N. Wever

  • Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C

    David A. Lilien;Daniel Steinhage;Drew Taylor;Frédéric Parrenin

  • Upward-looking ground-penetrating radar for measuring wet-snow properties

    Christoph Mitterer;Achim Heilig;Achim Heilig;Jürg Schweizer;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen

  • Promising oldest ice sites in east antarctica based on thermodynamical modelling

    Brice Van Liefferinge;Frank Pattyn;Marie M.G.P. Cavitte;Nanna N.B. Karlsson;Nanna N.B. Karlsson

  • Improved method to determine radio-echo sounding reflector depths from ice-core profiles of permittivity and conductivity.

    Olaf Eisen;Frank Wilhelms;Daniel Steinhage;Jakob Schwander

  • Upward-looking ground-penetrating radar for monitoring snowpack stratigraphy

    Achim Heilig;Martin Schneebeli;Olaf Eisen

  • Temporal observations of a seasonal snowpack using upward-looking GPR

    Achim Heilig;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Martin Schneebeli

  • Glaciological characteristics in the Dome Fuji region and new assessment for “Oldest Ice”

    Nanna N.B. Karlsson;Nanna N.B. Karlsson;Tobias Binder;Graeme Eagles;Veit Helm

  • Seismic wave propagation in anisotropic ice - Part 1: Elasticity tensor and derived quantities from ice-core properties

    Anja Diez;Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Freitag
Johannes Freitag Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Sepp Kipfstuhl
Sepp Kipfstuhl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Veit Helm
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christoph Mayer
Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Daniel Steinhage
Daniel Steinhage Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
John Paden
John Paden University of Kansas
Yngve Kristoffersen
Yngve Kristoffersen University of Bergen
Frank Pattyn
Frank Pattyn Université Libre de Bruxelles
Todd A. Ehlers
Todd A. Ehlers University of Glasgow

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