Sebastian H. Mernild

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Managing Director
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Research interests

Mernild's research centers on local, regional, and global modeling using a wide variety of atmospheric and terrestrial models and observations with a specific focus on understanding and simulating climate change interactions related to snow, glacier ice mass-balance (for the Greenland Ice Sheet and mountain glaciers), and freshwater runoff (the water balance components) in Arctic, Antarctic, Patagonia, and the Andes. He has been leading several funded projects and expeditions to these geographical locations.

He has been co-author on different international reports e.g., annual Arctic Card reports from NOAA, and was a contributing author on the latest IPCC report, the AR5 report (Chapter 13). Further, Mernild was co-author on the 'Melting Snow and Ice: A call for action' report. This report was presented by Vice President Al Gore at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15).

Peer Review Publications and Books

26 total publications.

2020

  1. Shepherd A, Ivins E, Rignot E, Smith B, Broeke MVD, Velicogna I, et al. Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018. Nature. 2020;579.
  2. Hanna E, Cappelen J, Fettweis X, Mernild JSH, Mote TL, Mottram R, et al. Greenland surface air temperature changes from 1981 to 2019 and implications for ice-sheet melt and mass-balance change. International Journal of Climatology. 2020;
  3. Mernild JSH, Liston GE, Yang D. Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic Mountain Glaciers. 2020.

2019

  1. Box JE, Colgan WT, Christensen TR, Schmidt NM, Lund M, Parmentier F-JW, et al. Key indicators of Arctic climate change: 1971–2017. Environmental Research Letters. 2019;14(4).
  2. Saros JE, Anderson NJ, Juggins S, McGowan S, Yde JC, Telling J, et al. Arctic climate shifts drive rapid ecosystem responses across the West Greenland landscape. Environmental Research Letters. 2019;14(7).
  3. Blöschl G, Bierkens MFP, Chambel A, Cudennec C, Destouni G, Fiori A, et al. Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2019;64(10).

2018

  1. Hasholt B, van As D, Mikkelsen AB, Mernild JSH, Yde JC. Observed sediment and solute transport from the Kangerlussuaq sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2006–2016). Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research. 2018;50(1).
  2. Shepherd A, Ivins E, Velicogna I, Broeke MVD, Whitehouse PL, Joughin I, et al. Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017. Nature. 2018;558.
  3. Malmros JK, Mernild JSH, Wilson R, Tagesson T, Fensholt R. Snow cover and snow albedo changes in the central Andes of Chile and Argentina from daily MODIS observations (2000-2016). Remote Sensing of Environment. 2018;209.
  4. van As D, Hasholt B, Ahlstrøm AP, Box JE, Cappelen J, Colgan W, et al. Reconstructing Greenland ice sheet meltwater discharge through the Watson River (1949–2017). Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research. 2018;50:e1433799(1).
  5. Mernild JSH, Beckman A, Knudsen NT, Hasholt B, Yde JC. Statistical EOF analysis of spatiotemporal glacier mass-balance variability: A case study of Mittivakkat Gletscher, SE Greenland. Geografisk tidsskrift. 2018;118(1).
  6. Mernild JSH, Liston GE, Hiemstra CA, Yde JC, Casassa G. Annual River Runoff Variations and Trends for the Andes Cordillera. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2018;19(7).
  7. Box JE, Colgan WT, Wouters B, Burgess DO, O'Neel S, Thomson LI, et al. Global sea-level contribution from Arctic land ice: 1971-2017. Environmental Research Letters. 2018;13:125012(12).
  8. Shepherd A, Ivins E, Rignot E, Smith B, Broeke MVD, Velicogna I, et al. Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017. Nature. 2018;558(7709).
  9. Mernild JSH, Liston GE, van As D, Hasholt B, Yde JC. High-resolution ice sheet surface mass-balance and spatiotemporal runoff simulations: Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research. 2018;50: S100008(1).

2017

  1. Edward H, Mernild JSH, Yde JC, Villiers SDD. Surface Air Temperature Fluctuations and Lapse Rates on Olivares Gamma Glacier, Rio Olivares Basin, Central Chile, from a Novel Meteorological Sensor Network. Advances in Meteorology. 2017;2017.
  2. Mernild JSH, Liston GE, Beckerman AP, Yde JC. Reconstruction of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance and the spatiotemporal distribution of freshwater runoff from Greenland to surrounding seas. The Cryosphere Discussions. 2017;
  3. Mernild JSH, Beckman A, Knudsen NT, Hasholt B, Yde JC. Statistical EOF analysis of spatiotemporal glacier mass-balance variability: A case study of Mittivakkat Gletscher, SE Greenland. Danish Journal of Geograpy. 2017;
  4. Hanna E, Mernild JSH, Yde JC, Villiers SDD. Surface air temperature fluctuations and lapse rates on Olivares Gamma Glacier, Rio Olivares basin, central Chile, from a novel meteorological sensor network. Advances in Meteorology. 2017;

2016

  1. Bakker P, Schmittner A, Lenaerts JTM, Abe-Ouchi A, Bi D, van den Broeke MR, et al. Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting. Geophysical Research Letters. 2016;
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