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Denmark
2023

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Earth Science

D-Index
108
Citations
69595
World Ranking
83
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Sigfus J Johnsen was affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research contributed primarily to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

The key subfields of their work included:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The scientist's main research topics covered:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models

Among their recent scholarly contributions was the paper titled "A minimum thermodynamic model for the bipolar seesaw," published in 2021 in the Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern).

Their frequent publication venue was the Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern).

They collaborated notably with Thomas F. Stocker.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • Correlations between climate records from North Atlantic sediments and Greenland ice

    Gerard Bond;Wallace Broecker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sigfus Johnsen;Jerry McManus

  • Orbital and Millennial Antarctic Climate Variability over the Past 800,000 Years

    J. Jouzel;V. Masson-Delmotte;O. Cattani;G. Dreyfus

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • Comparison of oxygen isotope records from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenland ice cores

    P. M. Grootes;M. Stuiver;J. W. C. White;S. Johnsen;S. Johnsen

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination

    S. O. Rasmussen;Katrine Krogh Andersen;A. M. Svensson;J. P. Steffensen

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

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

  • Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core

    S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;K. Fuhrer

  • Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice‐core stations: Camp Century, Dye‐3, GRIP, GISP2, Renland and NorthGRIP

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology

    A. Svensson;K. K. Andersen;M. Bigler;H. B. Clausen

  • Past Temperatures Directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet

    D. Dahl-Jensen;K. Mosegaard;N. Gundestrup;G. D. Clow

  • 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

  • The abrupt termination of the Younger Dryas climate event

    W. Dansgaard;J. W. C. White;S. J. Johnsen

  • Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period

    T. Blunier;J. Chappellaz;J. Schwander;A. Dällenbach

  • An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the North Atlantic region based on the Greenland ice-core record: a proposal by the INTIMATE group

    Svante Bjorck;Michael J.C. Walker;Les C. Cwynar;Sigfus Johnsen

  • High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

    Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Katrine K. Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • A minimum thermodynamic model for the bipolar seesaw

    Thomas F. Stocker;Sigfùs J. Johnsen

  • The Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005, 15-42 ka. Part 1: constructing the time scale

    Katrine K. Andersen;Anders Svensson;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sune O. Rasmussen

  • A mid-european decadal isotope-climate record from 15,500 to 5000 years B.P

    Ulrich von Grafenstein;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Achim Brauer;Jean Jouzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jean Jouzel
Jean Jouzel Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Henrik Clausen
Henrik Clausen University of Copenhagen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Matthias Bigler
Matthias Bigler University of Bern
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Sune Olander Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Bo M Vinther
Bo M Vinther University of Copenhagen
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder
Amaelle Landais
Amaelle Landais Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

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