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Sebastian H. Mernild is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research expertise is situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research topics prominently cover Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Climate variability and models, Landslides and related hazards, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet" (2020), published in The Cryosphere
  • "Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020" (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • "Greenland surface air temperature changes from 1981 to 2019 and implications for ice-sheet melt and mass-balance change" (2020), published in International Journal of Climatology
  • "Still Arctic?-The changing Barents Sea" (2023), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "The role of blocking circulation and emerging open water feedbacks on Greenland cold-season air temperature variability over the last century" (2020), published in International Journal of Climatology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Xavier Fettweis
  • Edward Hanna
  • Ruth Mottram
  • Charles Amory
  • Michalea D. King

Mernild's work has been published across several journals, with repeated appearances in the International Journal of Climatology and The Cryosphere. Other publication venues include Earth system science data, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Best Publications

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

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Key indicators of Arctic climate change : 1971–2017

    Jason E. Box;William T. Colgan;Torben Røjle Christensen;Torben Røjle Christensen;Niels Martin Schmidt

  • Arctic terrestrial hydrology: A synthesis of processes, regional effects, and research challenges

    A. Bring;A. Bring;I. Fedorova;I. Fedorova;Y. Dibike;Y. Dibike;L. Hinzman

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

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  • Atmospheric and oceanic climate forcing of the exceptional Greenland ice sheet surface melt in summer 2012

    Edward Hanna;Xavier Fettweis;Sebastian H. Mernild;John Cappelen

  • The influence of North Atlantic atmospheric and oceanic forcing effects on 1900–2010 Greenland summer climate and ice melt/runoff

    Edward Hanna;Julie M. Jones;John Cappelen;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation : Strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting

    P. Bakker;P. Bakker;A. Schmittner;J. T. M. Lenaerts;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Trajectory of the Arctic as an integrated system

    Larry D. Hinzman;Clara J. Deal;A. David McGuire;Sebastian H. Mernild;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Xavier Fettweis;Stefan Hofer;Stefan Hofer;Uta Krebs-Kanzow;Charles Amory

  • Greenland surface air temperature changes from 1981 to 2019 and implications for ice-sheet melt and mass-balance change

    Edward Hanna;John Cappelen;Xavier Fettweis;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • Recent warming in Greenland in a long-term instrumental (1881-2012) climatic context: I. Evaluation of surface air temperature records

    Edward Hanna;Sebastian H. Mernild;John Cappelen;Konrad Steffen;Konrad Steffen

  • GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980–2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

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  • Present-Day Climate at Zackenberg

    Birger Ulf Hansen;Charlotte Sigsgaard;Leif Rasmussen;John Cappelen

  • Greenland precipitation trends in a long-term instrumental climate context (1890-2012): evaluation of coastal and ice core records

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Sebastian H. Mernild;Edward Hanna;Joseph R. McConnell;Michael Sigl

  • Greenland Freshwater Runoff. Part I: A Runoff Routing Model for Glaciated and Nonglaciated Landscapes (HydroFlow)

    Glen E. Liston;Sebastian H. Mernild

  • Snow cover and snow albedo changes in the central Andes of Chile and Argentina from daily MODIS observations (2000–2016)

    Jeppe K. Malmros;Sebastian H. Mernild;Sebastian H. Mernild;Sebastian H. Mernild;Ryan Wilson;Torbern Tagesson

  • Greenland ice sheet surface melt extent and trends: 1960-2010

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Thomas L. Mote;Glen E. Liston

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

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

  • Global glacier changes: a revised assessment of committed mass losses and sampling uncertainties

    Sebastian H Mernild;Sebastian H Mernild;William H Lipscomb;David B Bahr;Valentina Radić

  • The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland

    N. John Anderson;Jasmine E. Saros;Joanna E. Bullard;Sean M.P. Cahoon

  • Global sea-level contribution from Arctic land ice: 1971 to 2017

    Jason Eric Box;William T Colgan;Bert Wouters;David O Burgess

  • Greenland Freshwater Runoff. Part II: Distribution and Trends, 1960-2010

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Glen E. Liston

  • Snow Distribution and Melt Modeling for Mittivakkat Glacier, Ammassalik Island, Southeast Greenland

    Sebastian H. Mernild;Glen E. Liston;Bent Hasholt;Niels T. Knudsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bent Hasholt
Bent Hasholt University of Copenhagen
Glen E. Liston
Glen E. Liston Colorado State University
Konrad Steffen
Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Edward Hanna
Edward Hanna University of Lincoln
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Robert S. Fausto
Robert S. Fausto Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
David M. Holland
David M. Holland New York University

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