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R. S. W. van de Wal

R. S. W. van de Wal

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Earth Science

D-Index
72
Citations
21660
World Ranking
838
National Ranking
25

Overview

R. S. W. van de Wal is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has an extensive research record in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work focuses primarily on atmospheric science and global and planetary change, with key interests in cryospheric studies, geological and paleoclimatological research, and climate variability and models.

Their research covers a broad range of topics including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Van de Wal has contributed to multiple recent papers addressing the dynamics of ice sheets and sea-level rise, including:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP), 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Heiko Goelzer
  • Constantijn J. Berends
  • William H. Lipscomb
  • Hélène Seroussi
  • Gunter Leguy

Van de Wal has published notably in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Earth's Future
  • Climate of the Past
  • Geoscientific Model Development

The scientist's work spans numerous subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and oceanography, supporting an interdisciplinary approach to Earth system and climate research. Their research contributes to understanding the interplay between ice sheet dynamics and climate, which is crucial in projecting future sea-level changes and environmental evolution.

Best Publications

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • North American ice-sheet dynamics and the onset of 100,000-year glacial cycles

    R. Bintanja;R. Bintanja;R. S. W. van de Wal

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Projecting twenty-first century regional sea-level changes

    A.B.A. Slangen;A.B.A. Slangen;Mark Carson;C.A. Katsman;R.S.W. van de Wal

  • Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming

    J. Oerlemans;B. Anderson;A. Hubbard;Philippe Huybrechts

  • A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition : Observations, Atmospheric Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling

    V. Masson-Delmotte;S. Hou;A. Ekaykin;J. Jouzel

  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

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

  • Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    R. S. W. van de Wal;W. Boot;M. R. van den Broeke;C. J. P. P. Smeets

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Towards regional projections of twenty-first century sea-level change based on IPCC SRES scenarios

    A. B. A. Slangen;C. A. Katsman;R. S. W. van de Wal;L. L. A. Vermeersen

  • The role of albedo and accumulation in the 2010 melting record in Greenland

    M. Tedesco;X. Fettweis;X. Fettweis;M.R. van den Broeke;R.S.W. van de Wal

  • Radiocarbon analyses along the EDML ice core in Antarctica

    R. S. W. Van de Wal;Harro Meijer;de Marietta Rooij;C. Van der Veen

  • Twentieth-century global-mean sea-level rise: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

    Jonathan M Gregory;N. J. White;J. A. Church;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta—the Netherlands as an example

    Caroline A. Katsman;A. Sterl;J. J. Beersma;H. W. van den Brink

  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP)

    Sainan Sun;Frank Pattyn;Erika G. Simon;Torsten Albrecht

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Oerlemans
Johannes Oerlemans Utrecht University
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Elisabeth Isaksson
Elisabeth Isaksson Norwegian Polar Institute
Peter Köhler
Peter Köhler Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Richard Bintanja
Richard Bintanja University of Groningen
C. J. van der Veen
C. J. van der Veen University of Kansas
Thomas L. Mote
Thomas L. Mote University of Georgia
Harro A. J. Meijer
Harro A. J. Meijer University of Groningen
Veijo A. Pohjola
Veijo A. Pohjola Uppsala University

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