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Veijo A. Pohjola

Veijo A. Pohjola

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
3824
World Ranking
7739
National Ranking
69

Overview

Veijo A. Pohjola is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and specializes in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science. Their scholarly work spans Environmental Science as well.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Pohjola has contributed to multiple publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pohjola include:

  • Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Accelerating future mass loss of Svalbard glaciers from a multi-model ensemble, 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • Complementary Approaches Towards a Universal Model of Glacier Surges, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • SIOS's Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and Operational Activities in Response to COVID-19, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Improving the snowpack monitoring in the mountainous areas of Sweden from space: a machine learning approach, 2021, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pohjola are:

  • Ward van Pelt
  • Rickard Pettersson
  • Thomas V. Schuler
  • Bartłomiej Luks
  • Dariusz Ignatiuk

Best Publications

  • Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems: Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF)

    Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Craig E. Tweedie;Patrick J. Webber

  • Sámi traditional ecological knowledge as a guide to science: snow, ice and reindeer pasture facing climate change

    Jan Åge Riseth;Hans Tømmervik;Elina Helander-Renvall;Niklas Labba

  • Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance

    Thomas Vikhamar Schuler;Thomas Vikhamar Schuler;Jack Kohler;Nelly Elagina;Jon Ove Methlie Hagen

  • Ice cores from Svalbard - useful archives of past climate and pollution history

    Elisabeth Isaksson;Mark Hermanson;Sheila Hicks;Makoto Igarashi

  • Simulating melt, runoff and refreezing on Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard, using a coupled snow and energy balance model

    W. J. J. van Pelt;J. Oerlemans;C. H. Reijmer;V. A. Pohjola

  • Polynuclear aromatic compounds and genotoxicity in particulate and vapor phases of ambient air: effect of traffic, season, and meteorological conditions.

    Jari. Tuominen;Sisko. Salomaa;Heikki. Pyysalo;Eija. Skytta

  • Effect of periodic melting on geochemical and isotopic signals in an ice core from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard

    V. A. Pohjola;J. C. Moore;E. Isaksson;T. Jauhiainen

  • Thousand years of winter surface air temperature variations in Svalbard and northern Norway reconstructed from ice-core data

    Dmitri Divine;Elisabeth Isaksson;Tonu Martma;Harro A. J Meijer

  • A long-term dataset of climatic mass balance, snow conditions, and runoff in Svalbard (1957-2018)

    Ward Van Pelt;Veijo Pohjola;Rickard Pettersson;Sergey A. Marchenko

  • Hydrology of a segment of a glacier situated in an overdeepening, Storglaciären, Sweden.

    Roger Leb. Hooke;Veijo A. Pohjola

  • Parameterizing Deep Water Percolation Improves Subsurface Temperature Simulations by a Multilayer Firn Model

    Sergey Marchenko;Sergey Marchenko;Ward J. J. van Pelt;Björn Claremar;Veijo Pohjola

  • Subaerial salt extrusions in Iran as analogues of ice sheets, streams and glaciers

    Christopher J. Talbot;Veijo Pohjola

  • Intra-seasonal changes in deformation profiles revealed by borehole studies, Storglaciären, Sweden.

    Roger LeB. Hooke;Veijo Allan Pohjola;Peter Jansson;Jack Kohler

  • Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation using ground-penetrating radar and ice cores on a Svalbard glacier

    Anja Pälli;Jack C. Kohler;Elisabeth Isaksson;John C. Moore

  • Deposition History of Brominated Flame Retardant Compounds in an Ice Core from Holtedahlfonna, Svalbard, Norway

    Mark H. Hermanson;Elisabeth Isaksson;Sanja Forsström;Camilla Teixeira

  • An iterative inverse method to estimate basal topography and initialize ice flow models

    W. J. J. van Pelt;J. Oerlemans;C. H. Reijmer;Rikard Pettersson

  • A new ice-core record from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard: viewing the 1920-97 data in relation to present climate and environmental conditions

    Elisabeth Isaksson;Veijo Pohjola;Tauno Jauhiainen;John Moore

  • Methanesulfonic acid in a Svalbard Ice Core as an indicator of ocean climate

    Jane O'Dwyer;Elisabeth Isaksson;Torgny Vinje;Tauno Jauhiainen

  • Two ice-core δ18O records from Svalbard illustrating climate and sea-ice variability over the last 400 years:

    Elisabeth Isaksson;Jack Kohler;Veijo A. Pohjola;John C. Moore

  • CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS AS RECORDED IN SVALBARD ICE CORE ω18O RECORDS BETWEEN AD 1200 AND 1997

    Elisabeth Isaksson;Dmitry V. Divine;Jack Kohler;Tonu Martma

  • Current use and legacy pesticide deposition to ice caps on Svalbard, Norway

    Rachel M. Ruggirello;Mark H. Hermanson;Mark H. Hermanson;Elisabeth Isaksson;Camilla Teixeira

  • Multidecadal climate and seasonal snow conditions in Svalbard

    W. J. J. van Pelt;W. J. J. van Pelt;J. Kohler;G. E. Liston;J. O. Hagen

  • Atmospheric Circulation and Variations in Scandinavian Glacier Mass Balance

    Veijo Allan Pohjola;Jeffrey C. Rogers

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University
Elisabeth Isaksson
Elisabeth Isaksson Norwegian Polar Institute
Tõnu Martma
Tõnu Martma Tallinn University of Technology
Carleen Reijmer
Carleen Reijmer Utrecht University
Jack Kohler
Jack Kohler Norwegian Polar Institute
Harro A. J. Meijer
Harro A. J. Meijer University of Groningen
R. S. W. van de Wal
R. S. W. van de Wal Utrecht University
Dmitry Divine
Dmitry Divine Norwegian Polar Institute
Poul Christoffersen
Poul Christoffersen University of Cambridge
Jon Ove Hagen
Jon Ove Hagen University of Oslo

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