Collaborations

Visiting Professor at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse (2015-2016).

Visiting Professor at Caltech, Pasadena, USA (2014).

Visiting Professor at CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China (2013).

Privatdozent at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.

2017

 Hogg A, Gudmundsson G. H. Impacts of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calving event. Nature Clim. Change, vol. 7, issue 8 (2017) pp. 540-542

Lazeroms, W. M. J., Jenkins, A., Gudmundsson, G. H., and van de Wal, R. S. W.: Modelling present-day basal melt rates for Antarctic ice shelves using a parametrization of buoyant meltwater plumes, The Cryosphere Discuss., doi:10.5194/tc-2017-58, under review, 2017.

Farinotti, D., Brinkerhoff, D. J., Clarke, G. K. C., Fürst, J. J., Frey, H., Gantayat, P., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Girard, C., Huss, M., Leclercq, P. W., Linsbauer, A., Machguth, H., Martin, C., Maussion, F., Morlighem, M., Mosbeux, C., Pandit, A., Portmann, A., Rabatel, A., Ramsankaran, R., Reerink, T. J., Sanchez, O., Stentoft, P. A., Singh Kumari, S., van Pelt, W. J. J., Anderson, B., Benham, T., Binder, D., Dowdeswell, J. A., Fischer, A., Helfricht, K., Kutuzov, S., Lavrentiev, I., McNabb, R., Gudmundsson, G. H., Li, H., and Andreassen, L. M.: How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment, The Cryosphere, 11, 949-970, doi:10.5194/tc-11-949-2017, 2017.

Turner, John, Orr, Andrew, Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar, Jenkins, Adrian, Bingham, Robert G., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Bracegirdle, Thomas J.. (2017) Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. Reviews of Geophysics, 55. doi:10.1002/2016RG000532

Gudmundsson, G.H., De Rydt, J. and Nagler, T. (2017) Five decades of strong temporal variability in the flow of Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 63(237), pp. 164–175. doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.132.

2016

Jenkins, A., P. Dutrieux, S. Jacobs, E.J. Steig, G.H. Gudmundsson, J. Smith, and K.J. Heywood. (2016)  Decadal ocean forcing and Antarctic ice sheet response: Lessons from the Amundsen Sea. Oceanography 29(4):106–117, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.103.

Royston, S. and  Gudmundsson, G. H. (2016) Changes in ice-shelf buttressing following the collapse of Larsen A Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the resulting impact on tributaries. Journal of Glaciology, 62(235) pp. 905-911 doi:10.1017/jog.2016.77

Asay-Davis, X. S., Cornford, S. L., Durand, G., Galton-Fenzi, B. K., Gladstone, R. M., Gudmundsson, G. H., Hattermann, T., Holland, D. M., Holland, D., Holland, P. R., Martin, D. F., Mathiot, P., Pattyn, F., and Seroussi, H.: (2016) Experimental design for three interrelated marine ice sheet and ocean model intercomparison projects: MISMIP v. 3 (MISMIP +), ISOMIP v. 2 (ISOMIP +) and MISOMIP v. 1 (MISOMIP1), Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 2471-2497, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2471-2016.

De Rydt, J., and G. H. Gudmundsson (2016), Coupled ice shelf-ocean modeling and complex grounding line retreat from a seabed ridge, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JF003791.

Rosier, S. H. R., and G. H. Gudmundsson (2016) Tidal controls on the flow of ice streams Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068220.

Jones, D. H., Robinson, C., and G. H. Gudmundsson (2016) A new high-precision and low-power GNSS receiver for long-term installations in remote areas, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 65-73, doi:10.5194/gi-5-65-2016.

2015

J. Wuite, H. Rott, M. Hetzenecker, D. Floricioiu, J. De Rydt, G. H. Gudmundsson, T. Nagler, and M. Kern. (2015)  Evolution of surface velocities and ice discharge of Larsen B outlet glaciers from 1995 to 2013. The Cryosphere, 9, 957-969, 2015.  doi:10.5194/tc-9-957-2015.

V. C. Tsai, G. H. Gudmundsson. (2015) An improved model for tidally modulated grounding-line migration. Journal of Glaciology 61 (226), 216-222, 2015. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J152.

2014

Rosier, S. H. R.; Gudmundsson, G. H.; Green, J. A. M. (2014) Insights into ice stream dynamics through modelling their response to tidal forcing The Cryosphere, 8 (5), 1763-1775, 2014. doi:10.5194/tc-8-1763-2014.

D. Farinotti,  E. C. King, A. Albrecht, M. Huss, G. H. Gudmundsson. (2014) The bedrock topography of Starbuck Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula, as determined by radio-echo soundings and flow modeling. Annals of Glaciology, 55 (67). 22-28, 2014.. doi: 10.3189/2014AoG67A025.

Anderson, R., Jones, D. H., and Gudmundsson, G. H.:  (2014) Halley Research Station, Antarctica: calving risks and monitoring strategies, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 917-927, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-917-2014.

L. Favier, G. Durand, S. L. Cornford, G. H. Gudmundsson, O. Gagliardini, F. Gillet-Chaulet, T. Zwinger, A. J. Payne & A. M. Le Brocq. (2014) Retreat of Pine Island Glacier controlled by marine ice-sheet instability. Nature Climate Change 4, 117–121, doi:10.1038/nclimate2094.

Martín, C,  G. H. Gudmundsson, E. C. King. (2014) Modelling of Kealey Ice Rise, Antarctica, reveals stable ice-flow conditions in East Ellsworth Land over millennia. Journal of Glaciology, Vol 60, No 219, doi:10.3189/2014JoG13J089.

2013

Jones, D. H. and Gudmundsson, G. H.: (2013) Aircraft-Deployable Ice Observations System (ADIOS) for instrumenting inaccessible glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, Vol 59, No 218, doi:10.3189/2013JoG13J112, 2013.

Pattyn, F. and 27 others. (2013) Grounding-line migration in plan-view marine ice-sheet models: results of the ice2sea MISMIP3d intercomparison. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 59, No. 215, doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J129.

Gudmundsson, G. H.: (2013) Ice-shelf buttressing and the stability of marine ice sheets, The Cryosphere, 7, 647-655, doi:10.5194/tc-7-647-2013.

D. Farinotti, Corr, H. F. J.,and Gudmundsson, G. H.: (2013) The ice thickness distribution of Flask Glacier, Antarctic Peninsual, determined by combining radio-echo soundings, surface velocity data and flow modelling. Annals of Glaciology, 54 (63), doi:10.3189/2013AoG63A603.

De Rydt, J., Gudmundsson, G. H., Corr, H. F. J., and Christoffersen, P.: (2013) Surface undulations of Antarctic ice streams tightly controlled by bedrock topography, The Cryosphere, 7, 407-417, doi:10.5194/tc-7-407-2013.

2012

Gudmundsson, G. H., Krug, J., Durand, G., Favier, L., and Gagliardini, O.: (2012)) The stability of grounding lines on retrograde slopes, The Cryosphere, 6, 1497-1505, doi:10.5194/tc-6-1497-2012.

Martín, C. and Gudmundsson, G. H. (2012) Effects of nonlinear rheology, temperature and anisotropy on the relationship between age and depth at ice divides, The Cryosphere, 6, 1221-1229, doi:10.5194/tc-6-1221-2012.

Vaughan, D. G., H. F. J. Corr, R. A. Bindschadler, P. Dutrieux, G. H. Gudmundsson, A. Jenkins, T. Newman, P. Vornberger, and D. J. Wingham (2012). Subglacial melt channels and fracture in the floating part of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 117, F03012, doi:10.1029/2012JF002360, 2012

Pattyn, F., Schoof, C., Perichon, L., Hindmarsh, R. C. A., Bueler, E., de Fleurian, B., Durand, G., Gagliardini, O., Gladstone, R., Goldberg, D., Gudmundsson, G. H., Huybrechts, P., Lee, V., Nick, F. M., Payne, A. J., Pollard, D., Rybak, O., Saito, F., and Vieli, A. (2012) Results of the Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project, MISMIP, The Cryosphere, 6, 573-588, doi:10.5194/tc-6-573-2012.

Makinson, K., M. A. King, K. W. Nicholls, and G. Hilmar Gudmundsson. (2012) Diurnal and semidiurnal tide-induced lateral movement of Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L10501, doi:10.1029/2012GL051636.

Glasser, N. F. and Gudmundsson, G. H. (2012)  Longitudinal surface structures (flowstripes) on Antarctic glaciers, (2012) The Cryosphere, 6, 383-391, doi:10.5194/tc-6-383-2012.

2011

King, M. A., L. Padman, K. Nicholls, P. J. Clarke, G. H. Gudmundsson, B. Kulessa, and A. Shepherd; (2011) Ocean tides in the Weddell Sea: New observations on the Filchner-Ronne and Larsen C Ice Shelves and model validation. J. Geophys. Res.

Raymond, H.P; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; (2011) Bayesian estimation of basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from surface data; Journal of Glaciology.

King M.A; Makinson, MA, K; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; (2011) Nonlinear interaction between ocean tides and the Larsen C Ice Shelf system. Geophysical Research Letters.

Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar (2011) Ice-stream response to ocean tides and the form of the basal sliding law, (2011) The Cryosphere, 5, 259-270, doi:10.5194/tc-5-259-2011.

Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; (2011) Inverse Methods in Glaciology. In V.P. Singh, P. Singh, and U.K. Haritashya, ed. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers Springer, 2011.

2010

Raymond, M.J.;Gudmundsson, G.Hilmar; (2010)  Estimating basal properties of ice streams from surface measurements: a non-linear Bayesian inverse approach applied to synthetic data. The Cryosphere.

Arthern, Robert J.;Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. (2010)) Initialization of ice-sheet forecasts viewed as an inverse Robin problem. Journal of Glaciology.

Leysinger Vieli, G. J.-M. C.;Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. (2010)) A numerical study of glacier advance over deforming till. The Cryosphere.

Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; (2010). Glaciology in the International Polar Year. Annals of Glaciology. Vol 50. Nr. 50.

2009

Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar .;Jenkins, A.; (2009). Ice-flow velocities on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, are stable over decadal timescales. Journal of Glaciology.

Scott, J. B. T., Gudmundsson, G. H., Smith, A. M., Bingham, R. G., Pritchard, H. D., and Vaughan, D. G.: (2009) Increased rate of acceleration on Pine Island Glacier strongly coupled to changes in gravitational driving stress, The Cryosphere, 3, 125-131, doi:10.5194/tc-3-125-2009.

Martin, Carlos;Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; Pritchard, Hamish D.;Gagliardini, Olivier; (2009) On the effects of anisotropic rheology on ice flow, internal structure, and the age-depth relationship at ice divides. Journal of Geophysical Research.

Dach, R; Beutler, G; Gudmundsson, G Hilmar ; (2009).  Analysis of GPS data from an Antarctic ice stream. OBSERVING OUR CHANGING EARTH Volume: 133 Pages: 569-579. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEODESY SYMPOSIA.

2008

Gudmundsson, G. H. and Raymond, M.: (2008) On the limit to resolution and information on basal properties obtainable from surface data on ice streams. The Cryosphere, 2, 167-178, doi:10.5194/tc-2-167-2008.

F. Pattyn, L. Perichon, A. Aschwanden, B. Breuer, B. de Smedt, O. Gagliardini, G. H. Gudmundsson, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, A. Hubbard, J. V. Johnson, T. Kleiner, Y. Konovalov, C. Martin, A. J. Payne, D. Pollard, S. Price, M. Rückamp, F. Saito, O. Souček, S. Sugiyama, and T. Zwinger. (2008) Benchmark experiments for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP–HOM). The Cryosphere, 2, 95-108, 2008.doi:10.5194/tc-2-95-2008.

Gudmundsson, G. H. (2008) Analytical solutions for the surface response to small amplitude perturbations in boundary data in the shallow-ice-stream approximation, The Cryosphere, 2, 77-93, doi:10.5194/tc-2-77-2008.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

• Gudmundsson, H., Fenney, N., & Rosier, S. (2017). Timeseries from GPS units deployed on ice streams and the adjoining ice shelf across the Filchner-Ronne region, Antarctica, 2005-2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/4fe11286-0e53-4a03-854c-a79a44d1e356

• Farinotti, D., King, E., Albrecht, A., Huss, M., & Gudmundsson, G. (2013). Starbuck Glacier, Antarctic Penisula; Topography data (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0981a919-85c7-43a7-94eb-54f95bffb18b

1. Halley Research Station relocation

   In 2017 Antarctica’s first re-locatable research station was moved successfully 23 km inland to avoid the path of large cracks in the ice

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2. Filchner Ice Shelf System, Antarctica

   This project investigated the stability of Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf to produce sea-level projections using hot water drilling, ocean measurements beneath the ice shelf, sediment coring, radar surveys and autonomous submersibles.

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3. iSTAR-C Dynamical control on the response of Pine Island Glacier

   iStar-C – strives to understand the dynamical control and response to change of Pine Island Glacier

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1. Tiny ice losses at Antarctica’s fringes can accelerate ice loss far away

   A thinning of small areas of floating ice at Antarctica’s coast can accelerate the movement of ice grounded on rocks hundreds of kilometres away, a new study involving scientists from […]

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2. Impact of giant Antarctic iceberg – update on Larsen-C

     The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month. Since […]

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3. FEATURED PAPER: Tidal controls on ice streams

   The often large ocean tides around Antarctica can greatly affect the flow of ice streams even long distances upstream of their grounding lines. Observing and modelling this interaction serves as […]

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4. FEATURED PAPER: Improved modelling of ice-ocean processes

   Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is currently one of the single biggest contributors to sea-level rise with an estimated volume loss of 1.2mm sea-level equivalent per decade. The loss […]

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5. NEWS STORY: Glacier thinning at point of no return

   Focus on Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Pine Island Glacier, on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica.  The stability of the […]

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