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Peter Kuipers Munneke

Peter Kuipers Munneke

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
6432
World Ranking
4543
National Ranking
75

Overview

Peter Kuipers Munneke is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on cryospheric studies and observations. The body of work reflects extensive engagement in the fields of atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and climate variability and models.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Winter sports injuries and performance
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations

Key papers authored or co-authored by Peter Kuipers Munneke include:

  • "Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "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
  • "The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "Atmospheric Drivers of Melt on Larsen C Ice Shelf: Surface Energy Budget Regimes and the Impact of Foehn," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Greenland Mass Trends From Airborne and Satellite Altimetry During 2011-2020," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Frequent co-authors of Peter Kuipers Munneke include:

  • M. R. van den Broeke (31 collaborations)
  • Stef Lhermitte (12 collaborations)
  • Zhongyang Hu (10 collaborations)
  • Xavier Fettweis (9 collaborations)
  • Brice Noël (9 collaborations)

Publication venues where Peter Kuipers Munneke has published regularly are:

  • The Cryosphere (12 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (12 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (4 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface (3 publications)
  • Annals of Glaciology (2 publications)

Their work spans multiple subfields, including atmospheric science, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, management, monitoring, policy and law, global and planetary change, and media technology. This interdisciplinary approach supports studies on climate and environmental systems affecting polar ice dynamics and associated meteorological phenomena.

Best Publications

  • On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change

    Michiel R. van den Broeke;Ellyn M. Enderlin;Ian M. Howat;Peter Kuipers Munneke

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

    Brice Noël;Willem Jan van de Berg;J. Melchior Van Wessem;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • Divergent trajectories of Antarctic surface melt under two twenty-first-century climate scenarios

    Luke D. Trusel;Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das;Kristopher B. Karnauskas

  • Evaluation of the updated regional climate model RACMO2.3: summer snowfall impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    B. Noël;W. J. van de Berg;E. van Meijgaard;P. Kuipers Munneke

  • The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets under 1.5 °C global warming

    Frank Pattyn;Catherine Ritz;Edward Hanna;Xylar Asay-Davis;Xylar Asay-Davis

  • Firn air depletion as a precursor of Antarctic ice-shelf collapse

    Peter Kuipers Munneke;Stefan R.M. Ligtenberg;Michiel R. Van Den Broeke;David G. Vaughan

  • Trends in Antarctic Peninsula surface melting conditions from observations and regional climate modeling

    N. E. Barrand;D. G. Vaughan;N. Steiner;Marco Tedesco

  • Satellite‐based estimates of Antarctic surface meltwater fluxes

    Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das;Peter Kuipers Munneke

  • A high‐resolution record of Greenland mass balance

    Malcolm McMillan;Amber Leeson;Andrew Shepherd;Kate Briggs

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Firn meltwater retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: a model comparison

    Christian R. Steger;Carleen H. Reijmer;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Nander Wever

  • Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models

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

  • A new albedo parameterization for use in climate models over the Antarctic ice sheet

    P. Kuipers Munneke;M. R. van den Broeke;J. T. M. Lenaerts;M. G. Flanner

  • Sensitivity of Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance to surface albedo parameterization: a study with a regional climate model

    J. H van Angelen;Jan Lenaerts;Stef Lhermitte;X Fettweis

  • Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of föhn winds

    Adrian J. Luckman;Andrew Elvidge;Daniela Jansen;Bernd Kulessa

  • 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

  • Elevation change of the Greenland Ice Sheet due to surface mass balance and firn processes, 1960–2014

    P. Kuipers Munneke;P. Kuipers Munneke;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;B. P. Y. Noël;I. M. Howat

  • Insignificant change in Antarctic snowmelt volume since 1979

    P. Kuipers Munneke;G. Picard;M. R. van den Broeke;J. T. M. Lenaerts

  • Near-surface climate and surface energy budget of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

    P. Kuipers Munneke;M. R. van den Broeke;J. C. King;T. Gray

  • Surface radiation balance in the ablation zone of the west Greenland ice sheet

    Michiel van den Broeke;Paul Smeets;Janneke Ettema;Peter Kuipers Munneke

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Adrian Luckman
Adrian Luckman Swansea University
Bernd Kulessa
Bernd Kulessa Swansea University
Bryn Hubbard
Bryn Hubbard Aberystwyth University
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg Utrecht University
Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Carleen Reijmer
Carleen Reijmer Utrecht University
Brice Noël
Brice Noël University of Liège
John C. King
John C. King British Antarctic Survey

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