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  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Tonie van Dam is affiliated with the University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

Their research focuses on topics such as Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, GNSS positioning and interference, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Cryospheric studies and observations, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Van Dam has contributed to multiple publications in various scientific journals and conferences. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Tidal analysis of GNSS reflectometry applied for coastal sea level sensing in Antarctica and Greenland" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A Time-Varying 3-D Displacement Model of the ~5.9-Year Westward Motion and its Applications for the Global Navigation Satellite System Positions and Velocities" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Comparative analysis of different atmospheric surface pressure models and their impacts on daily ITRF2014 GNSS residual time series" (2020) published in Journal of Geodesy
  • "Improving the estimate of the secular variation of Greenland ice mass in the recent decades by incorporating a stochastic process" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Quantitative Evaluation of Environmental Loading Induced Displacement Products for Correcting GNSS Time Series in CMONOC" (2020) published in Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors associated with van Dam include Sajad Tabibi, Felipe Geremia-Nievinski, Olivier Francis, Lin Liu, and Weiping Jiang.

Their research has appeared in several venues repeatedly, including Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

In 2020, Tonie van Dam was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Anomalous harmonics in the spectra of GPS position estimates

    J. Ray;Z. Altamimi;X. Collilieux;T. van Dam

  • A comparison of annual vertical crustal displacements from GPS and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) over Europe

    T. van Dam;J. Wahr;David Lavallée

  • Displacements of the Earth's surface due to atmospheric loading: Effects on gravity and baseline measurements

    T. M. Van Dam;J. M. Wahr

  • Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, and the ice sheet's sensitivity to atmospheric forcing

    Michael Bevis;Christopher Harig;Shfaqat A. Khan;Abel Brown

  • Singular spectrum analysis for modeling seasonal signals from GPS time series

    Q. Chen;T. van Dam;N. Sneeuw;X. Collilieux

  • Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage into a land surface model: Evaluation and potential value for drought monitoring in western and central Europe

    Bailing Li;Bailing Li;Matthew Rodell;Benjamin F. Zaitchik;Rolf H. Reichle

  • The use of GPS horizontals for loading studies, with applications to northern California and southeast Greenland

    John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Tonie van Dam;Lin Liu

  • Geocenter motion and its geodetic and geophysical implications

    Xiaoping Wu;Jim Ray;Tonie van Dam

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Bedrock displacements in Greenland manifest ice mass variations, climate cycles and climate change

    Michael Bevis;John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Finn Bo Madsen

  • Nontidal ocean loading: amplitudes and potential effects in GPS height time series

    T. van Dam;X. Collilieux;J. Wuite;Z. Altamimi

  • Improved Constraints on Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: A Review of the Contribution of Ground-Based Geodetic Observations

    Matt A. King;Zuheir Altamimi;Johannes Boehm;Machiel Bos

  • Comparative analysis of different environmental loading methods and their impacts on the GPS height time series

    Weiping Jiang;Zhao Li;Tonie van Dam;Wenwu Ding

  • Geocenter motions from GPS: A unified observation model

    David A. Lavallée;Tonie van Dam;Geoffrey Blewitt;Peter J. Clarke

  • Vertical deformations from homogeneously processed GRACE and global GPS long-term series

    Volker Tesmer;Peter Steigenberger;Tonie van Dam;Torsten Mayer-Gürr

  • Strategies to mitigate aliasing of loading signals while estimating GPS frame parameters

    Xavier Collilieux;Tonie van Dam;Jim Ray;David Coulot

  • Observing and understanding the Earth system variations from space geodesy

    Shuanggen Jin;Tonie van Dam;Shimon Wdowinski

  • PREDICTIONS OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AND OF GEOID AND SEA-LEVEL VARIABILITY CAUSED BY OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC LOADING

    T. M. van Dam;J. Wahr;Y. Chao;E. Leuliette

  • Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;John Wahr;Leigh A. Stearns;Gordon S. Hamilton

  • Effects of atmospheric pressure loading and seven-parameter transformations on estimates of geocenter motion and station heights from space geodetic observations

    Paul Tregoning;T van Dam

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Francis
Olivier Francis University of Luxembourg
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
Nico Sneeuw
Nico Sneeuw University of Stuttgart
Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Lin Liu
Lin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Kristine M. Larson
Kristine M. Larson University of Colorado Boulder
Stéphane Bordas
Stéphane Bordas University of Luxembourg
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington

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