Peter Kuipers Munneke
Glaciologist
NEW PAPER! Estimating Larsen C SMB
Using a lot of field data from several measurement campaigns between 2008 and 2015, we reconstruct spatial patterns of surface mass balance over the Larsen C ice shelf. We assimilate RACMO2 SMB to the available observations to show that SMB is highly variable: from 200 mm w.e. per year in the northeast to over 700 mm w.e. in the southwestern inlets.
Updated Greenland mass loss
Using the mass budget method, our new study in The Cryosphere shows that mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has been 12 ± 6 mm since 1991, making it a major contributor to global mean sea level rise.
About me
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the field of glaciology and polar meteorology at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), part of Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Curriculum Vitae
| Personalia | |
| Full name: | Peter Kuipers Munneke |
| Affiliations | |
| 2016 - present | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| 2015 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK. |
| 2013 - present | Weather forecaster (part-time), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). |
| 2009 - 2014 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
| Education | |
| 2016 | ESA Advanced training course on Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere, University of Leeds, UK |
| 2010 | Training course on the parameterization of physical processes in climate models, KNMI |
| 2009 | Ph.D., Snow, ice and solar radiation. Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), The Netherlands. Supervisors: C.H. Tijm-Reijmer and J. Oerlemans |
| 2006 | Presenting in English, James Boswell Instituut |
| 2005 | 6th Karthaus summer school on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System, Italy |
| 2005 | M.Sc. in Physics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Past and future of Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard |
| 1998 | VWO (pre-university), Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Teaching | |
| 2015 | Guest lecturer, Atmospheric sciences (BSc), Amsterdam University College |
| 2013-2014 | Guest lecturer, The Atmosphere (Environmental Sciences B.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2013 | Supervisor M.Sc. internship (Eric Suder, RWTH Aachen), Impact of climate change on the Greenland firn layer |
| 2013 | Lecturer, Masterclass Het Weer en Klimaat van Morgen, Utrecht University |
| 2012 | Lecturer and project supervisor, Karthaus summer school, Italy |
| 2012 | Lecturer, VWO-4 Talent Class, Junior College Utrecht |
| 2011 | Project supervisor, Making, Analyzing and Interpreting Observations (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2010 | Lecturer and project supervisor, Simulating Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2010 | Supervisor B.Sc. thesis (Ward Gorter), Measuring and modelling spectral albedo |
| 2009 | Project supervisor, Simulating Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2009 - 2010 | Guest lecturer, Physics and society (M.Sc.), Leiden University |
| 2005 - 2008 | Assistant teacher, Ice and Climate (M.Sc.), Utrecht University |
| 2003 - 2004 | Assistant teacher, Mechanics (B.Sc.) and Physics research project (B.Sc.), University of Groningen |
| Field work | |
| 2017 | Inuvik, Arctic Canada (TV reporting) |
| 2017 | Svalbard, Norway (TV reporting) |
| 2015 | Edgeøya, Svalbard, Norway (SEESnl) |
| 2012 | Morteratsch glacier, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica |
| 2010 | Davos, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Summit Camp, Greenland (PI) |
| 2004 | Lomonosovfonna ice plateau, Svalbard, Norway |
| Languages | |
| Dutch | Oral - Native | Written - Native |
| English | Oral - Fluent | Written - Fluent |
| Swedish | Oral - Fluent | Written - Fair |
| German | Oral - Fair | Written - Fair |
| Spanish | Oral - Fair | Written - Fair |
| French | Good reading ability |
| Publications | |
| These are listed on my publication page. | |