Willem Jan van de Berg
IMAU

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2017

  1. Gourmelen N., D.N. Goldberg, K. Snow, S.F. Henley, R.G. Bingham, S. Kimura, A.E. Hogg, A. Shepherd, M.J. Mouginot, J.T.M. Lenaerts, S.R.M. Ligtenberg and W. J. van de Berg, 2017: Channelized melting drives thinning under a rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelf, Geophysical Research Letters 44(19), 9796-9804.
  2. Lenaerts J.T.M., S. Lhermitte, R. Drews, S.R.M. Ligtenberg, S. Berger, V. Helm, C.J.P.P. Smeets, M.R. van den Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard, M. Eijkelboom, O. Eisen and F. Pattyn, 2017: Meltwater produced by wind–albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf, Nature Climate Change 7, 58-62.
  3. Lenaerts J.T.M., S.R.M. Ligtenberg, B. Medley, W.J. van de Berg, H. Konrad, J.P. Nicolas, J.M. van Wessem, L.D. Trusel, R. Mulvaney, R.J. Tuckwell, A.E. Hogg and E.R. Thomas, 2017: Climate and surface mass balance of coastal West Antarctica resolved by regional climate modelling, Annals of Glaciology, 1-17, doi: 10.1017/aog.2017.42.
  4. Noël B.P.Y., W.J. van de Berg, S. Lhermitte, B. Wouters, H. Machguth, I. Howat, M. Citterio, G. Moholdt, J.T.M. Lenaerts and M.R. van den Broeke, 2017: A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps, Nature Communications 8, doi:10.1038/ncomms14730.
  5. Smith L.C., K. Yang, L.H. Pitcher, B.T. Overstreet, V.W. Chu, Å.K. Rennermalm, J.C. Ryan, M.G. Cooper, C.J. Gleason, M. Tedesco, J. Jeyaratnam, D. van As, M.R. van den Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, B. Noël, P.L. Langen, R.I. Cullather, B. Zhao, M.J. Willis, A. Hubbard, J.E. Box, B.A. Jenner and A.E. Behar, 2017: Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland ice sheet surface, PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.1707743114.
  6. Zekollari H., P. Huybrechts, B.P.Y. Noël, W.J. van de Berg and M.R. van den Broeke, 2017: Sensitivity, stability and future evolution of the world's northernmost ice cap, Hans Tausen Iskappe (Greenland), The Crysphere 11, 805-825.
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2016

  1. Bracegirdle T.J, N. Bertler, A.M. Carleton, Q. Ding, C.J. Fogwill, J.C. Fyfe, H.H. Hellmer, A.Y. Karpechko, K. Kusahara, E. Larour, P.A. Mayewski, W.N. Meier, L.M. Polvani, J.L. Russell, S.L. Stevenson, J. Turner, J.M. van Wessem, W.J. van de Berg and I. Wainer, 2016: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective on Climate Model Evaluation for Antarctica, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 97, ES23–ES26, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00108.1.
  2. McMillan, M., A. Leeson, A. Shepherd, K. Briggs, T.W.K. Armitage, A. Hogg, P. Kuipers Munneke, M. van den Broeke, B. Noël, W.J. van de Berg, S. Ligtenberg, M. Horwath, A. Groh, A. Muir and L. Gilbert, 2016: A high-resolution record of Greenland mass balance, Geophysical Research Letters 43(20), 7002-7010.
  3. Noël B., W.J. van de Berg, H. Machguth, S. Lhermitte, I. Howat, X. Fettweis, and M.R. van den Broeke, 2016: A daily, 1-km resolution dataset of downscaled Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance (1958-2015), The Crysphere 10, 2361-2377.
  4. Reerink, T., W.J. van de Berg and R.S.W van der Wal, 2016: OBLIMAP 2.0: a fast climate model–ice sheet model coupler including online embeddable mapping routines, Geosci. Model Dev.. 9, 4111-4132.
  5. Van de Berg, W.J. and B. Medley, 2016: Brief Communication: Upper air relaxation in RACMO2 significantly improves modelled interannual surface mass balance variability in Antarctica, The Crysphere 10, 459-463.
  6. Van den Broeke, M.R., E.M. Enderlin, I.M. Howat, P. Kuipers Munneke, B.P.Y. Noël, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard and B. Wouters, 2016: On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change, The Cryosphere 10, 1933-1946.
  7. Van Wessem, J.M., S.R.M. Ligtenberg, C.H. Reijmer, W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke, N.E. Barrand, E.R. Thomas, J. Turner, J. Wuite, T.A. Scambos and E. van Meijgaard, 2016: The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution, The Crysphere 10, 271-285.
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2015

  1. Callens, D., N. Thonnard, J.T.M. Lenaerts, J.M. van Wessem, W.J. van de Berg, K. Matsuoka and F. Pattyn, 2015: Mass balance of the Sør Rondane Glacial System, East Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 56(70), 63-69.
  2. Maris, M.N.A., J.M. van Wessem, W.J. van de Berg, B. de Boer, and J. Oerlemans, 2015: A model study of the effect of climate and sea-level change on the evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to 2100, Climate Dynamics 45(3), 837-851.
  3. Moon, T., I. Joughin, B. Smith, M.R. van den Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, B. Noel and M. Usher, 2015: Distinct patterns of seasonal Greenland glacier velocity, Journal of Geophysical Research 41(20), 7209-7216.
  4. Noël, B.P.Y., W.J. van de Berg, P. Kuipers Munneke, R.S.W. van der Wal and M.R. van den Broeke, 2015: Evaluation of the updated regional climate model RACMO2.3: summer snowfall impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere 9, 1831-1844.
  5. Van Wessem, J.M., C.H. Reijmer, W.J. van de Berg and M.R. van den Broeke, 2015: Temperature and Wind Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula as Simulated by a High-Resolution Regional Atmospheric Climate Model, Journal of Climate 28, 7306-7326.
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2014

  1. Lenaerts, J.T.M., C.J.P.P. Smeets, K. Nishimura, M. Eijkelboom, W. Boot, M.R. van den Broeke, and W.J. van de Berg, 2014: Drifting snow measurements on the Greenland Ice Sheet and their application for model evaluation, The Cryosphere 8, 801-814.
  2. Lenaerts, J.T.M., M.R. van den Broeke, J.M. van Wessem, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard, L.H. van Ulft and M. Schaefer, 2014: Extreme precipitation and climate gradients in Patagonia revealed by high-resolution regional atmospheric climate modelling, Journal of Climate 27 (12), 4607-4621.
  3. Maris, M.N.A., B. de Boer, S.R.M. Ligtenberg, M. Crucifix, W.J. van de Berg, and J. Oerlemans, 2014: Modelling the evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet since the last interglacial, The Cryosphere 8, 1347-1360.
  4. Moon, T., I. Joughin, B. Smith, M.R. Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, B.P.Y. Noël and M. Usher, 2014: Distinct patterns of seasonal Greenland glacier velocity, Journal of Geophysical Research 41, 7209-7216, doi:10.1002/2014GL061836.
  5. Noël, B.P.Y., X. Fettweis, W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke, and M. Erpicum, 2014: Sensitivity of Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance to perturbations in sea surface temperature and sea ice cover: a study with the regional climate model MAR, The Cryosphere 8, 1871-1883
  6. Van Wessem, J.M., C.H. Reijmer, J.T.M. Lenaerts, W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke and E. van Meijgaard, 2014: Updated cloud physics in a regional atmospheric climate model improves the modelled surface energy balance of Antarctica The Cryosphere 8, 125-135
  7. Van Wessem, J.M., C.H. Reijmer, M. Morlighem, J. Mouginot, E. Rignot, B. Medley, I. Joughin, B. Wouters, M.A. Depoorter, J.L. Bamber, J.T.M. Lenaerts, W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke and E. van Meijgaard, 2014: Improved representation of East Antarctic surface mass balance in a regional atmospheric climate model, Journal of Glaciology 60 (222), 761-770
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2013

  1. Ligtenberg, S.R. M., W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke, J.G.L. Rae and E. van Meijgaard, 2013: Future surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet and its influence on sea level change, simulated by a regional atmospheric climate model, Climate Dynamics 41(3-4), 867-884.
  2. Helsen, M.M., W.J. van de Berg, R.S.W. van de Wal, M.R. van den Broeke, and J. Oerlemans, 2013: Coupled regional climate-ice-sheet simulation shows limited Greenland ice loss during the Eemian, Climate of the Past 9, 1773-1788.
  3. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke, E. van Meijgaard and F. Kaspar, 2013: Importance of precipitation seasonality for the interpretation of Eemian ice core isotope records from Greenland, Climate of the Past 9, 1589-1600.
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2012

  1. Helsen, M.M., R.S.W. van de Wal, M.R. van den Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, and J. Oerlemans, 2012: Coupling of climate models and ice sheet models by surface mass balance gradients: application to the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere 6, 255-272.
  2. Lenaerts, J.T.M., M.R. van den Broeke, S.J. Dery, E. van Meijgaard, W.J. van de Berg, S.P. Palm and J.S. Rodrigo, 2012: Modeling drifting snow in Antarctica with a regional climate model: 1. Methods and model evaluation, Journal of Geophysical Research 117, doi:10.1029/2011JD016145.
  3. Lenaerts, J.T.M., M.R. van den Broeke, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard and P. Kuipers Munneke, 2012: A new, high-resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979-2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling, Geophysical Research Letters 39, doi:10.1029/2011GL050713.
  4. Rae, J.G.L., G. Adalgeirsdottir, T.L. Edwards, X. Fettweis, J.M. Gregory, H.T. Hewitt, J.A. Lowe, P. Lucas-Picher, R.H. Mottram, A.J. Payne, J.K. Ridley, S.R. Shannon, W.J. van de Berg, R.S.W. van de Wal and M.R. van den Broeke, 2012: Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance: evaluating simulations and making projections with regional climate models, The Cryosphere 6, 1275-1294.
  5. Shepherd, A., E.R. Ivins, G.A, V.R. Barletta, M.J. Bentley, S. Bettadpur, K.H. Briggs, D.H. Bromwich, R. Forsberg, N. Galin, M. Horwath, S. Jacobs, I. Joughin, M.A. King, J.T.M. Lenaerts, J. Li, S.R.M. Ligtenberg, A. Luckman, S.B. Luthcke, M. McMillan, R. Meister, G. Milne, J. Mouginot, A. Muir, J.P. Nicolas, J. Paden, A.J. Payne, H. Pritchard, E. Rignot, H. Rott, L. Sandberg Sorensen, T.A. Scambos, B. Scheuchl, E.J.O. Schrama, B. Smith, A.V. Sundal, J.H. van Angelen, W.J. van de Berg, M.R. van den Broeke, D.G. Vaughan, I. Velicogna, J. Wahr, P.L. Whitehouse, D.J. Wingham, D. Yi, D. Young and H.J. Zwally, 2012: A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance, Science 338, 1183-1189.
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2011

  1. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke, J. Ettema, E. van Meijgaard and F. Kaspar, 2011: Significant contribution of insolation to Eemian melting of the Greenland ice sheet, Nature Geoscience 4, doi:10.1038/ngeo1245, ( , SOM, News and Views).
  2. Kuipers Munneke, P., M.R. van den Broeke, J.T.M. Lenaerts, M.G. Flanner, A.S. Gardner and W.J. van de Berg, 2011: A new albedo parameterization for use in climate models over the Antarctic ice sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research 116, D05114, doi:10.1029/2010JD015113.
  3. Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, M.R. van den Broeke, R.S.W. van de Wal, C.J.P.P. Smeets, W.J. van de Berg, M.C. Serreze and J.E. Box, 2011: The role of albedo and accumulation in the 2010 melting record in Greenland, Environmental Research Letters 6, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014005.
  4. Van Angelen, J.H., M.R. van den Broeke and W.J. van de Berg, 2011: Momentum budget of the atmospheric boundary layer over the Greenland ice sheet and its surrounding seas, Journal of Geophysical Research 116 D10101, doi:10.1029/2010JD015485.
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2010

  1. Ettema, J., M.R. van den Broeke, E. van Meijgaard, W.J. van de Berg, J.E. Box and K. Steffen, 2010: Climate of the Greenland ice sheet using a high-resolution climate model - Part 1: Evaluation, The Cryosphere 4, doi:10.5194/tc-4-511-2010.
  2. Ettema, J., M.R. van den Broeke, E. van Meijgaard and W.J. van de Berg, 2010: Climate of the Greenland ice sheet using a high-resolution climate model - Part 2: Near-surface climate and energy balance, The Cryosphere 4, doi:10.5194/tc-4-529-2010.
  3. Humbert, A., D. Gross, R. Muller, M. Braun, R.S.W. van de Wal, M.R. van den Broeke, D.G. Vaughan and W.J. van de Berg, 2010: Deformation and failure of the ice bridge on the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 51, doi:10.3189/172756410791392709.
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2009

  1. Ettema, J., M.R. van den Broeke, E. van Meijgaard, W.J. van de Berg, J.L. Bamber, J.E. Box and R.C. Bales, 2009: Higher surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet revealed by high-resolution climate modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, 36 L12501, doi:10.1029/2009GL038110.
  2. Van den Broeke, M.R., J.L. Bamber, J. Ettema, E. Rignot, E. Schrama, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard, I. Velicogna and B. Wouters, 2009: Partitioning Recent Greenland Mass Loss, Science, 326 5955, doi:10.1126/science.1178176.
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2008

  1. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke and E. van Meijgaard, 2008: Spatial Structures in the Heat Budget of the Antarctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer, The Cryosphere 2, 1-12.
  2. Helsen, M.M., M.R. van den Broeke, R.S.W. van de Wal, W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard, C.H. Davis, Y.H. Li nad I. Goodwin, 2008: Elevation changes in Antarctica mainly determined by accumulation variability, Science 320, doi:10.1126/science.1153894.
  3. Masson-Delmotte, V., S. Hou, A. Ekaykin, J. Jouzel, A. Aristarain, R.T. Bernardo, D. Bromwich, O. Cattani, M. Delmotte, S. Falourd, M. Frezzotti, H. Gallee, L. Genoni, E. Isaksson, A. Landais, M.M. Helsen, G. Hoffmann, J. Lopez, V. Morgan, H. Motoyama, D. Noone, H. Oerter, J.R. Petit, A. Royer, R. Uemara, G.A. Schmidt, E. Schlosser, J.C. Simoes, E.J. Steig, B. Stenni, M.Stievenard, M.R. van den Broeke, R.S.W. van de Wal, W.J. van de Berg, F. Vimeux and J.W.C. White, 2008: A review of Antarctic surface snow isotopic composition: Observations, atmospheric circulation, and isotopic modeling, Journal Of Climate 21, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI2139.1.
  4. Rignot, E., J.L. Bamber, M.R. van den Broeke, C. Davis, Y.H. Li, W.J. van de Berg and E. van Meijgaard, 2008: Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling, Nature Geoscience 1, doi:10.1038/ngeo102.
  5. Van den Broeke, M.R., W.J. van de Berg and E. van Meijgaard, 2008: Firn depth correction along the Antarctic grounding line, Antarctic Science 20, doi:10.1017/S095410200800148X.
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2007

  1. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke and E. van Meijgaard, 2007: Heat budget of the East Antarctic lower atmosphere derived from a regional atmospheric climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research 112, D23101, doi:10.1029/2007JD008613.
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2006

  1. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke, C.H. Reijmer and E. van Meijgaard, 2006: Reassessment of the Antarctic surface mass balance using calibrated output of a regional atmospheric climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research 111, D11104, doi:10.1029/2005JD006495.
  2. Van den Broeke, M.R., W.J. van de Berg and E. van Meijgaard, 2006: Snowfall in coastal West Antarctica much greater than previously assumed, Geophysical Research Letters 33, L02505, doi:10.1029/2005GL025239.
  3. Van den Broeke, M.R., W.J. van de Berg, E. van Meijgaard and C.H. Reijmer, 2006: Identification of Antarctic ablation areas using a regional atmospheric climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research 111, D18110, doi:10.1029/2006JD007127.
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2005

  1. Van de Berg, W.J., M.R. van den Broeke, C.H. Reijmer and E. van Meijgaard, 2005: Characteristics of the Antarctic surface mass balance (1958-2002) using a Regional Atmospheric Climate Model, Annals of Glaciology, 41, 97-104.
  2. Terra, G.M., W.J. van de Berg and L.R.M. Maas, 2005: Experimental verification of Lorentz linearization procedure for quadratic friction, Fluid Dynamics Research 36, 175-188.
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Thesis

Present-day climate of Antarctica, A study with a regional climate model. (85 Mb)

Popular scientific

  • Van de Berg, W. J., M. R. van den Broeke, C. H. Reijmer and E. van Meijgaard: De oppervlakte massabalans van Antarctica, as section of:
    Steeneveld et al., 2005. Nederlands onderzoek naar weer en klimaat: een selectie van het Buys Ballot symposium 2005: Meteorological, 4 19-22.

Miscellaneous

  • Poster presented at the EGU, April 2012.
  • Poster presented at the 28th SCAR meeting in Bremen, July 2004.

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