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Guðfinna Th Aðalgeirsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Guðfinna Th Aðalgeirsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Askja / N-329
Phone
525 - 4489
Email
gua [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Website
https://notendur.hi.is/~gua/
Published Work
Guðfinna Th Aðalgeirsdóttir - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Guðfinna Th Aðalgeirsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-2733
Research portal – Guðfinna Th Aðalgeirsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
JAR045G - Tutor classes in Earth Science
JAR033M - Glaciers and glacier landscapes
JEÐ503M - Continuum Mechanics and Heat Transfer
JAR107M - Introduction to the Geology of Iceland
JAR129F - Numerical modelling in Earth Sciences
JAR045G - Tutor classes in Earth Science
Education
2003
,
Dr. sc. nat.
,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich
,
Glaciology
1997
,
M.Sc.
,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
,
Geophysics
1994
,
B.Sc
,
University of Iceland
,
Geophysics
Professional Experience
2017 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2012 -
2017,
Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
2006 -
2012,
Senior Scientist,
Danish Meteorological Institute
2005 -
2006,
lecturer,
University of Wales, Swansea
2004 -
2005,
postdoctoral fellow,
University of Wales, Swansea
2003 -
2004,
postdoctoral fellow,
Science Institute University of Iceland
Published works
2024
A hydrogeological conceptual model of aquifers in catchments headed by temperate glaciers
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Influence of climate change on magmatic processes
2023
Comparison of Three Methods for Distinguishing Glacier Zones Using Satellite SAR Data
Remote Sensing
Umfang og afleiðingar hnattrænna loftslagsbreytinga á Íslandi
The influence of inter-annual temperature variability on the Greenland Ice Sheet volume
Annals of Glaciology
The hazard components of representative key risks. The physical climate perspective
Climate Risk Management
Acting now will reduce glacier loss
Science (New York, N.Y.)
2022
North Atlantic Cooling is Slowing Down Mass Loss of Icelandic Glaciers
Geophysical Research Letters
Psychosocial response to a no-build zone
Land Use Policy
North Atlantic Cooling is Slowing Down Mass Loss of Icelandic Glaciers
Geophysical Research Letters
North Atlantic Cooling is Slowing Down Mass Loss of Icelandic Glaciers
Geophysical Research Letters
Communicating Risk in Glacier Tourism
Mountain Research and Development
The role of an interactive Greenland ice sheet in the coupled climate-ice sheet model EC-Earth-PISM
Climate Dynamics
2021
Bayesian Inference of Ice Softness and Basal Sliding Parameters at Langjökull
Frontiers in Earth Science
Ocean, Cryosphere and Sea Level Change
2020
Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017
Frontiers in Earth Science
Spatially distributed mass balance of 14 Icelandic glaciers, 1945−2017. Trends and link with climate.
Glacier Changes in Iceland From ∼1890 to 2019
Frontiers in Earth Science
Radars and Ice Cores Reveal Styles of Retreat of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
Environment coastal & offshore (ECO)
2019
The geodetic mass balance of Eyjafjallajökull ice cap for 1945-2014
Journal of Glaciology
Dynamic simulations of Vatnajökull ice cap from 1980 to 2300
Journal of Glaciology
Controls on the lifespans of Icelandic ice caps
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Groundwater in catchments headed by temperate glaciers
Earth-Science Reviews
A Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Statistical Model for Physical Systems
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
Future evolution and uncertainty of river flow regime change in a deglaciating river basin
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
2018
A Bayesian hierarchical model for glacial dynamics based on the shallow ice approximation and its evaluation using analytical solutions
The Cryosphere
Sensitivity of Glacier Runoff to Winter Snow Thickness Investigated for Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland, Using Numerical Models and Observations
ATMOSPHERE
Glacio-hydrological melt and run-off modelling: application of a limits of acceptability framework for model comparison and selection
The Cryosphere
The effect of a Holocene climatic optimum on the evolution of the Greenland ice sheet during the last 10 kyr
Journal of Glaciology
Holocene glacier and climate variations in Vestfirðir, Iceland, from the modeling of Drangajökull ice cap
Quaternary Science Reviews
2017
Evaluation of MODIS Albedo Product over Ice Caps in Iceland and Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on Their Albedo
Remote Sensing
Winter mass balance of Drangajökull ice cap (NW Iceland) derived from satellite sub-meter stereo images
Cryosphere
The importance of accurate glacier albedo for estimates of surface mass balance on Vatnajökull
Cryosphere
The effect of signal leakage and glacial isostatic rebound on GRACE-derived ice mass changes in Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
2016
Colonization of maritime glacier ice by bdelloid Rotifera
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow
Science
Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow
Science
2015
Variations of southeast Vatnajökull ice cap (Iceland) 1650-1900 and reconstruction of the glacier surface geometry at the Little Ice Age maximum
Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography
Quantifying energy and mass fluxes controlling Godthåbsfjord freshwater input in a 5-km simulation (1991-2012)
Journal of Climate
Downscaled precipitation applied in modelling of mass balance and the evolution of southeast Vatnajökull, Iceland
Journal of Glaciology
Changes in the southeast Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, between ∼1890 and 2010c
Cryosphere
2014
Full-depth englacial vertical ice sheet velocities measured using phase-sensitive radar
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Role of model initialization for projections of 21st-century Greenland ice sheet mass loss
Journal of Glaciology
2013
Contribution of Icelandic ice caps to sea level rise
Geophysical Research Letters
Hindcasting to measure ice sheet model sensitivity to initial states
The Cryosphere Discussion
Assessing a multilayered dynamic firn-compaction model for Greenland with ASIRAS radar measurements
Journal of Glaciology
The future sea-level rise contribution of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps
Environmental Research Letters
2012
Greenland climate change
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
Very high resolution regional climate simulation over Greenland: Identifying added value
Journal of Geophysical Research
Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance: evaluating simulations and making projections with regional climate models
The Cryosphere
2011
Modelling the 20th and 21st century evolution of Hoffellsjökull glacier, SE-Vatnajökull, Iceland
Cryosphere
Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003-2008) from ICESat data - The impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density
Cryosphere
2009
Similarities and differences in the response to climate warming of two ice caps in Iceland
Hydrology Research
2008
Tidal influence on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: observations of surface flow and basal processes from closely spaced GPS and passive seismic stations
Journal of Glaciology
2007
Rapid erosion, drumlin formation and changing hydrology beneath an Antarctic ice stream
Geology
2006
Response of Hofsjökull and southern Vatnajökull, Iceland, to climate change
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
2005
Analyses of a surging outlet glacier of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Annals of Glaciology
Volume sensitivity of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, to perturbations in equilibrium line altitude
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
2004
Response of glaciers and glacier runoff in Iceland to climate change
2003
Observational verification of predicted increase in bedrock-to-surface amplitude transfer during a glacier surge
Annals of Glaciology
A regression model for the mass-balance distribution of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Annals of Glaciology
2000
The response of a glacier to a surface disturbance: a case study on Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Annals of Glaciology
1998
Elevation and Volume Changes on the Harding Icefield, Alaska
Journal of Glaciology
1996
Airborne surface profiling of Glaciers: a case‐study in Alaska
Journal of Glaciology
Keywords for Specialisation:
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