I am a scientist in the field of glaciology and polar meteorology at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), part of Utrecht University, The Netherlands. I'm active on Mastodon.
The large-scale weather pattern over the North Atlantic is variable, and it impacts Greenland surface mass balance, and firn mass. We find that a more positive phase of NAO (i.e., more zonal flow) since 2012 has slowed down the loss of firn over most of the ice sheet.
Using a spectral unmixing technique, we map daily fractions of blue-ice area over Antarctica for the 22-year period since 2000, using the full available MODIS archive. This FABIAN product is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.
Personalia | |
Full name: | Peter Kuipers Munneke |
Affiliations | |
2021 - present | Permanent researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
2013 - present | Weather forecaster (part-time), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). |
2016 - 2021 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU),
Utrecht University. |
2015 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK. |
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, 2017 | Guest lecturer, Atmosphere and ocean dynamics (BSc), Utrecht University |
2017-2019 | Lecturer, NESSC for highschool teachers in Geography, Amsterdam University College |
2015, 2017 | 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. | |