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Overview

Sophie Nowicki is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on cryospheric studies and environmental science. The principal domains of their work include atmospheric science, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

Nowicki has an extensive publication record, particularly addressing the dynamics and future projections of ice sheets and their contributions to sea-level rise. Their recent papers include:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, published in Nature
  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century, 2020, published in The Cryosphere
  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6, 2020, published in The Cryosphere
  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP), 2020, published in Journal of Glaciology
  • Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020, 2023, published in Earth System Science Data

Their frequent coauthors highlight collaboration within a network of researchers specializing in earth system studies, including Hélène Seroussi, Erika Simon, Mathieu Morlighem, Heiko Goelzer, and Eric Larour.

Key publication venues where Nowicki has often contributed include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Reviews of Geophysics
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Nowicki's research topics broadly cover:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Winter sports injuries and performance
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Climate change and permafrost

This array of topics indicates an interdisciplinary approach that connects glaciology, geophysics, climatology, and even aspects of human physiology related to winter sports. Their work often involves modeling and observational techniques to assess ice sheet behavior and contributions to global sea-level trends.

Best Publications

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

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

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

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

  • 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

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour

  • Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)

    Robert A. Bindschadler;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe-OUCHI;Andy Aschwanden

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

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  • Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) contribution to CMIP6

    Sophie M. J. Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour;Helene Seroussi

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

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

  • The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets under 1.5 °C global warming

    Frank Pattyn;Catherine Ritz;Edward Hanna;Xylar Asay-Davis;Xylar Asay-Davis

  • A synthesis of the basal thermal state of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Joseph A. MacGregor;Mark A. Fahnestock;Ginny A. Catania;Andy Aschwanden

  • Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2)

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Torsten Albrecht;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • Dynamic (in)stability of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

    B. R. Parizek;K. Christianson;K. Christianson;S. Anandakrishnan;R. B. Alley

  • Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models

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

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future

    Benjamin D. Hamlington;Alex S. Gardner;Erik Ivins;Jan T.M. Lenaerts

  • Insights into spatial sensitivities of ice mass response to environmental change from the SeaRISE ice sheet modeling project I: Antarctica

    Sophie Nowicki;Robert A. Bindschadler;Ayako Abe-Ouchi;Andy Aschwanden

  • Design and results of the ice sheet model initialisation experiments initMIP-Greenland: an ISMIP6 intercomparison

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Tamsin Edwards;Tamsin Edwards;Matthew Beckley

  • initMIP-Antarctica: an ice sheet model initialization experiment of ISMIP6

    Helene Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Erika Simon;Ayako Abe-Ouchi

  • Projecting Antarctic ice discharge using response functions from SeaRISE ice-sheet models

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;R. Winkelmann;Sophie Nowicki;J. L. Fastook

  • Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    Antony J. Payne;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe‐Ouchi;Cecile Agosta

  • Climate research must sharpen its view

    Jochem Marotzke;Christian Jakob;Sandrine Bony;Paul A. Dirmeyer

  • Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century

    Jason P. Briner;Joshua K. Cuzzone;Joshua K. Cuzzone;Jessica A. Badgeley;Nicolás E. Young

  • initMIP-Antarctica: An ice sheet model initialization experiment of ISMIP6

    H. L. Seroussi;S. Nowicki;E. Simon;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Experimental protocol for sealevel projections from ISMIP6 standalone ice sheet models

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

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Helene Seroussi
Helene Seroussi Dartmouth College
Mathieu Morlighem
Mathieu Morlighem Dartmouth College
Richard I. Cullather
Richard I. Cullather Langley Research Center
William H. Lipscomb
William H. Lipscomb National Center for Atmospheric Research
Eric Larour
Eric Larour California Institute of Technology
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Andrew Shepherd
Andrew Shepherd University of Leeds
Angelika Humbert
Angelika Humbert Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ralf Greve
Ralf Greve Hokkaido University

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