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Biography
I use numerical models to investigate how Earth's ice sheets respond to contemporary climate change. My previous work focussed on the interactions between Greenland and the atmosphere, while my current work looks into Antarctica's response to changes within the ocean.
Education/Academic qualification
Physics, PhD, From snowflake to ice sheet: Climatic drivers of Greenland’s firn
3 Feb 2020 → 30 Apr 2024
Award Date: 25 Jun 2024
Applied Physics, MSc
Sept 2017 → Jul 2019
Chemical Engineering, MSc
Sept 2015 → Jul 2019
Chemical Engineering, BSc
Sept 2012 → Jul 2015
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Research output
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Influence of Melt Season Characteristics on Meltwater Partitioning and Delivery Into a Perennial Firn Aquifer
Jones, N., Culberg, R., Brils, M., Moure, A. & Fu, X., 28 Jan 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 2, 9 p., e2025GL119141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Runoff from Greenland's firn area - Why do MODIS, RCMs and a firn model disagree?
MacHguth, H., Tedstone, A., Kuipers Munneke, P., Brils, M., Noël, B., Clerx, N., Jullien, N., Fettweis, X. & van den Broeke, M. R., 20 Jan 2026, In: Cryosphere. 20, 1, p. 427-452 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing spatiotemporal variability in melt-refreeze patterns in firn over Greenland with CryoSat-2
Li, W., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Slobbe, C., Brils, M. & Fettweis, X., 1 Sept 2025, In: Cryosphere. 19, 9, p. 3419-3442 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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