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Robert S. Fausto is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scholarly work covers several specialized subfields including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Environmental Chemistry

Main topics explored in their publications involve:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate variability and models
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Robert S. Fausto has contributed to various high-impact research publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through March 2020, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Greenland liquid water discharge from 1958 through 2019, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Brief communication: Evaluation of the near-surface climate in ERA5 over the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Strong Summer Atmospheric Rivers Trigger Greenland Ice Sheet Melt through Spatially Varying Surface Energy Balance and Cloud Regimes, 2020, Journal of Climate

Frequent collaborators of Fausto include:

  • Kenneth D. Mankoff
  • Jason E. Box
  • Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
  • Dirk van As
  • William Colgan

The scientist has published multiple articles in prominent venues such as:

  • Earth system science data
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • GEUS Bulletin

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

    Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;Mike MacFerrin;Dirk van As;Jason E. Box

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data

    Robert S. Fausto;Dirk van As;Kenneth D. Mankoff;Baptiste Vandecrux

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • Liquid Water Flow and Retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Regional Climate Model HIRHAM5: Local and Large-Scale Impacts

    Peter L. Langen;Robert S. Fausto;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Ruth H. Mottram

  • A new present-day temperature parameterization for Greenland

    Robert S. Fausto;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm;Dirk Van As;Carl E. Bøggild

  • Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise

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

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

  • Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through March 2020

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Anne Solgaard;William Colgan;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • Greenland liquid water discharge from 1958 through 2019

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Brice Noël;Xavier Fettweis;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE): first temperature and ablation record

    D. van As;R.S. Fausto;A.P. Ahlström;S.B. Andersen

  • Spatial extent and temporal variability of Greenland firn aquifers detected by ground and airborne radars

    Clément Miège;Richard R. Forster;Ludovic Brucker;Ludovic Brucker;Lora S. Koenig

  • Large surface meltwater discharge from the Kangerlussuaq sector of the Greenland ice sheet during the record-warm year 2010 explained by detailed energy balance observations

    D. van As;A. L. Hubbard;B. Hasholt;A. B. Mikkelsen

  • Brief communication: Evaluation of the near-surface climate in ERA5 over the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Alison Delhasse;Christoph Kittel;Charles Amory;Stefan Hofer;Stefan Hofer

  • Greenland Ice Sheet Rainfall, Heat and Albedo Feedback Impacts From the Mid‐August 2021 Atmospheric River

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  • Strong Summer Atmospheric Rivers Trigger Greenland Ice Sheet Melt through Spatially Varying Surface Energy Balance and Cloud Regimes

    Kyle S. Mattingly;Thomas L. Mote;Xavier Fettweis;Dirk V.A.N. As

  • A snow density dataset for improving surface boundary conditions in Greenland ice sheet firn modeling

    Robert S. Fausto;Jason E. Box;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Dirk van As

  • Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers

    Horst Machguth;Henrik H. Thomsen;Anker Weidick;Andreas P. Ahlstrøm

  • The implication of nonradiative energy fluxes dominating Greenland ice sheet exceptional ablation area surface melt in 2012

    Robert S. Fausto;Dirk van As;Jason E. Box;William Colgan

  • Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Xavier Fettweis;Peter L. Langen;Martin Stendel

  • Firn data compilation reveals widespread decrease of firn air content in western Greenland

    Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Michael MacFerrin;Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;William T. Colgan

  • The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): Evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet

    Baptiste Vandecrux;Baptiste Vandecrux;Ruth Mottram;Peter Langen;Peter Langen;Robert Fausto

  • Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through 2017

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;William Colgan;Anne Solgaard;Nanna B. Karlsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Dirk van As
Dirk van As Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
William Colgan
William Colgan Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Peter L. Langen
Peter L. Langen Aarhus University
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Konrad Steffen
Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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