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Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg

Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
10706
World Ranking
5987
National Ranking
100

Overview

Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work within Environmental Science. The main subfields of study associated with their work include Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Geophysics.

The scientist's notable topics of investigation cover a range of areas such as cryospheric studies and observations, landslides and related hazards, climate change and permafrost, geophysics and gravity measurements, climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and seismic waves and analysis.

Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Hydrology of a Perennial Firn Aquifer in Southeast Greenland: An Overview Driven by Field Data, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Sensitivity of inverse glacial isostatic adjustment estimates over Antarctica, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Integrated Borehole, Radar, and Seismic Velocity Analysis Reveals Dynamic Spatial Variations Within a Firn Aquifer in Southeast Greenland, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include Olivia Miller, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Clifford I. Voss, D. Kip Solomon, and C. Miège. These collaborations contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg's research.

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Water Resources Research
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

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

  • Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves

    H. D. Pritchard;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;H. A. Fricker;D. G. Vaughan

  • A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009

    Alex S. Gardner;Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;J. Graham Cogley;Bert Wouters;Bert Wouters

  • Increased West Antarctic and unchanged East Antarctic ice discharge over the last 7 years

    Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;Ted Scambos;Mark Fahnstock

  • Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

    Jan Melchior Van Wessem;Willem Jan Van De Berg;Brice P.Y. Noël;Erik Van Meijgaard

  • An improved semi-empirical model for the densification of Antarctic firn

    S. R. M. Ligtenberg;M. M. Helsen;M. R. van den Broeke

  • Dynamic thinning of glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula

    B. Wouters;A. Martin-Español;V. Helm;T. Flament

  • Meltwater produced by wind-albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf

    J. T. M. Lenaerts;J. T. M. Lenaerts;S. Lhermitte;S. Lhermitte;R. Drews;R. Drews;S. R. M. Ligtenberg

  • Consistent evidence of increasing Antarctic accumulation with warming

    Katja Frieler;Peter U. Clark;Feng He;Feng He;Christo Buizert

  • Firn air depletion as a precursor of Antarctic ice-shelf collapse

    Peter Kuipers Munneke;Stefan R.M. Ligtenberg;Michiel R. Van Den Broeke;David G. Vaughan

  • Century-scale simulations of the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to a warming climate

    S.L Cornford;D.F Martin;A.J Payne;E.G Ng

  • A high‐resolution record of Greenland mass balance

    Malcolm McMillan;Amber Leeson;Andrew Shepherd;Kate Briggs

  • Firn meltwater retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: a model comparison

    Christian R. Steger;Carleen H. Reijmer;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Nander Wever

  • Future surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet and its influence on sea level change, simulated by a regional atmospheric climate model

    S. R. M. Ligtenberg;W. J. van de Berg;M. R. van den Broeke;J. G. L. Rae

  • The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution

    J. M. van Wessem;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;C. H. Reijmer;W. J. van de Berg

  • Four decades of Antarctic surface elevation changes from multi-mission satellite altimetry

    Ludwig Schröder;Ludwig Schröder;Martin Horwath;Reinhard Dietrich;Veit Helm

  • Empirical Estimation of Present-Day Antarctic Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Ice Mass Change

    B. C. Gunter;B. C. Gunter;O. Didova;R. E.M. Riva;S. R.M. Ligtenberg

  • Recent snowfall anomalies in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, in a historical and future climate perspective

    Jan T. M. Lenaerts;Erik van Meijgaard;Michiel R. van den Broeke;Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg

  • Firn Model Intercomparison Experiment (FirnMICE)

    Jessica M.D. Lundin;C. Max Stevens;Robert Arthern;Christo Buizert

  • Elevation change of the Greenland Ice Sheet due to surface mass balance and firn processes, 1960–2014

    P. Kuipers Munneke;P. Kuipers Munneke;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;B. P. Y. Noël;I. M. Howat

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Jan T. M. Lenaerts University of Colorado Boulder
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Michiel R. van den Broeke Utrecht University
Richard R. Forster
Richard R. Forster University of Utah
Anatoly Legchenko
Anatoly Legchenko Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Alex S. Gardner
Alex S. Gardner California Institute of Technology
Peter Kuipers Munneke
Peter Kuipers Munneke Utrecht University

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