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René Forsberg is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark and has focused their research on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 73 publications in this field. Their work prominently addresses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Ecology, reflecting a broad scientific scope.

Their research topics cover areas including Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Cryospheric studies and observations, GNSS positioning and interference, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate change and permafrost, and Polar Research and Ecology.

René Forsberg has authored multiple papers published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Closing the Water Cycle from Observations across Scales: Where Do We Stand?, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with a focus on advanced data products and uncertainty characterisation, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Colorado geoid computation experiment: overview and summary, 2021, Journal of Geodesy
  • Unnamed publication, 2022, Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp)

Frequent co-authors in Forsberg's research include:

  • Sebastian B. Simonsen
  • Nassim Zahzam
  • Henriette Skourup
  • Alexandre Bresson
  • Tim Jensen

Their work frequently appears in publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Journal of Geodesy
  • "The Cryosphere"
  • Advances in Space Research

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

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

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

  • A Study of Terrain Reductions, Density Anomalies and Geophysical Inversion Methods in Gravity Field Modelling

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  • The use of FFT techniques in physical geodesy

    K. P. Schwarz;M. G. Sideris;R. Forsberg

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • The ESA Climate Change Initiative: Satellite Data Records for Essential Climate Variables

    R Hollmann;CJ Merchant;RA Saunders;C Downy

  • New standards for reducing gravity data: The North American gravity database

    William J Hinze;Carlos Aiken;John Brozena;Bernard Coakley

  • The use of height data in gravity field approximation by collocation

    René Forsberg;C. C. Tscherning

  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

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  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • New aerogeophysical study of the Eurasia Basin and Lomonosov Ridge: Implications for basin development

    J.M. Brozena;V.A. Childers;L.A. Lawver;L.M. Gahagan

  • Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data – the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density

    Louise Sandberg Sørensen;Sebastian Bjerregaard Simonsen;Karina Nielsen;P. Lucas-Picher

  • Gravity field terrain effect computations by FFT

    René Forsberg

  • Geoid computations by the multi-band spherical FFT approach

    R. Forsberg;M. G. Sideris

  • The AUSGeoid98 geoid model of Australia: data treatment, computations and comparisons with GPS-levelling data

    W.E. Featherstone;J.F. Kirby;A.H.W. Kearsley;J.R. Gilliland

  • Evaluation of the Global Mean Sea Level Budget between 1993 and 2014

    Don P. Chambers;Anny Cazenave;Nicolas Champollion;Habib Dieng

  • Bedrock displacements in Greenland manifest ice mass variations, climate cycles and climate change

    Michael Bevis;John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Finn Bo Madsen

  • A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet

    Andreas P. Ahlstrøm;Peter Gravesen;Signe Bech Andersen;Dirk van As

  • Exploring Arctic Transpolar Drift During Dramatic Sea Ice Retreat

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Jean Festy;Hervé le Goff;Matthieu Weber

  • Supplementary Materials for A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;Geruo A;Valentina R. Barletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian B. Simonsen
Sebastian B. Simonsen Technical University of Denmark
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Fausto Ferraccioli
Fausto Ferraccioli National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Veit Helm
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Tom A. Jordan
Tom A. Jordan British Antarctic Survey
Göran Ekström
Göran Ekström Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kenichi Matsuoka
Kenichi Matsuoka Norwegian Polar Institute
Gordon S. Hamilton
Gordon S. Hamilton University of Maine

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