Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU)

JOHANNES OERLEMANS research interest: glaciers sea-level change palaeoclimatology dynamic meteorology PUBLICATIONS CURRENT PROJECTS Minimal Glacier Models, 2ND PRINT! (8 MB), free download, send email for hardcopy Microclimate of Valley Glaciers (16 MB), free download Bergsetbreen-movie-summer 2009 Midtalsbreen-movie-summer 2009 Movies - read me Morteratsch project MortAlive project - EOS article Karthaus Summer Schools Recent work: modelling ice stupas ICE & MUSIC: Requiem for the glaciers of the Swiss Alps ICE & MUSIC: Pers and Morteratsch glaciers seen from a glider ICE & MUSIC: The MortAlive Project NOSTALGIA & MUSIC: Oblivion / Vergetelheid

Curriculum vitae of JOHANNES OERLEMANS

• born at Eethen on 8 October 1950
• 1969: diploma HBS-B (Rijks-hbs, Bergen op Zoom)
• 1972: graduating in physics (University of Utrecht)
• 1976: 'doktoraalexamen' in geophysics, meteorology (summa cum laude); optional topics: applied mathematics and physical oceanography
• 1976-1980: junior scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; in September-December 1979 visitor at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, USA)
• 1980: Ph. D. (summa cum laude); title of the dissertation: SOME MODEL STUDIES ON THE ICE AGE PROBLEM. Promotor: Prof. Dr. C.J.E. Schuurmans
• 1980-1989: scientist at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University
• 1982-1986 (part-time): reader at the University of Leuven (Department of Physics)
• 1986-1988 (part-time): research position at the Alfred-Wegener Institut für Polarforschung (Bremerhaven)
• 1989-2019 : Professor of Meteorology, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University
• 1997-2001; 2004-2006 : Director, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University
• 2019- : Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Utrecht University
• 2019- Foundation GlaciersAlive,   Founding and Board Member

Major honours and awards:

• 1994: Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and Arts
• 2001: Recipient of the NWO-SPINOZA award
• 2004: Physica-prijs,  The Netherlands' Physical Society
• 2007: Doctor Honoris Causa,  University of Stockholm
• 2007: Academy Professorship,   Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2008: Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal,   European Geosciences Union
• 2009: Elected member of the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
• 2010: Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
• 2019: Richardson Medal,   International Glaciological Society

Committees / councils (ordinary membership of national  committees not listed):

• Scientific Advisory Committee on the European Glaciological Programme, European Science Foundation, 1986-1990
• Commission on Dynamic Meteorology (IAMAP), 1987-
• Council of the International Glaciological Society, 1988-1991
• Member of Steering Committee, European Ice-Sheet Modelling Initiative (ESF), 1993-1998
• Working Group on Arctic Glaciology - International Arctic Science Committee, 1993- (chairman 2003-2007)
• Member of the Science Panel and Steering Committee of EPICA (European Project on Ice Coring in Antarctica), 1995-2002
• Vice President of the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSU), 1995-1999
• Chairman of the Committee for the Heineken Price for Environmental Sience, 2001
• Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut  fuer Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven (2004-2008)
• Chairman of the Committee for the Buys Ballot Award of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
• PI of the IPY project GLACIODYN (Response of Arctic glaciers to climate warming, International Polar Year 2007-08)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, University of Stockholm, 2008-2013
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 'Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Oesterreichische Akademie fuer Wissenschaften', 2009-2010
• Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, University of Stockholm, 2014-

Member of the editorial board of the following journals:

• The Holocene, 1990-1998
• Tellus, 1991-1995
• Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 1995-2005

Principal organizer of the following international meetings:

• International workshop on 'ORGANIZATION OF CONVECTIVE CLOUDS', (University of Utrecht), 24-25 May 1984; sponsor: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
• together with C.J. van der Veen: internationale workshop 'DYNAMICS OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET', (University of Utrecht), 6-10 May1985; sponsors: Ministry of Education and Science (NL), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• International conference on GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS AND CLIMATIC CHANGE, (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences), 1-5 June 1987; sponsors: University of Utrecht, Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment NL).
• International workshop on ICE-ATMOSPHERE-INTERACTIONS, (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences), 18-19 November 1993; sponsor: European Science Foundation (EISMINT).
• Summer School on MODELLING OF GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS (Grindelwald, Switzerland), 27 August- 6 September 1995; sponsor: European Science Foundation (EISMINT).
• Workshop on THE RESPONSE OF GLACIERS TO CLIMATE WARMING (Pontresina, Switzerland), 16-18 October 1996; sponsor: European Science Foundation (EISMINT).
• Second Summer School on MODELLING OF GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS (Karthaus, Italy), 2-12 September 1997; sponsor: European Science Foundation (EISMINT).
• Summer School on DYNAMICS OF GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS (Karthaus, Italy), 13-23 September 2000; sponsor: COACH
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 10-21 September 2002; sponsor: COACH, Utrecht University
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 9-20 September 2003; sponsor: COACH, Utrecht University, Province Alto Adige (Italy)
• Workshop on the USE OF AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS ON GLACIERS (Pontresina, Switzerland),  28-31 March 2004
• Workshop on THE MASS BUDGET OF ARCTIC GLACIERS (Pontresina, Switzerland), 13-15 January 2005; IASC Working Group on Arctic Glaciology; sponsor: Utrecht University
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 13-24 September 2005; sponsor: COACH, Utrecht University
• Workshop on THE MASS BUDGET OF ARCTIC GLACIERS and GLACIODYN meeting (Obergurgl, Austria), 29 January - 3 February 2006; IASC Working Group on Arctic Glaciology; sponsor: Utrecht University
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 11-22 September 2007; sponsor: Utrecht University
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 9-20 September 2008; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University, and Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 8-19 September 2009; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; Ice2Sea (EU-FP7-project)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 14-25 September 2010; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; Ice2Sea (EU-FP7-project)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 13-24 September 2011; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; Ice2Sea (EU-FP7-project)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 11-22 September 2012; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; Ice2Sea (EU-FP7-project)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 10-21 September 2013; sponsors: IMAU, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; SVALI (Nordic countries)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 9-20 September 2014; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; SVALI (Nordic countries)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 8-19 September 2015; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University; Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen; SVALI (Nordic countries)
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 13-24 September 2016; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University; The Descartes Prize (EPICA), EU
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 12-23 September 2017; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University; The Descartes Prize (EPICA), EU
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 11-22 September 2018; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University; The Descartes Prize (EPICA), EU
• Summer School on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (Karthaus, Italy), 10-21 September 2019; sponsors: IMAU & Netherlands Earth System Science Centre, Utrecht University

Contributions to international assessments on climate change

• IPCC Working Group-I, First Assessment, 1990, Lead author of Chapter 9 (Sea level rise)
• IPCC Working Group-I, Second Assessment, 1996, Lead author of Chapter 9 (Sea level rise)
• IPCC Working Group-I, Third Assessment, 2001, Lead author of Chapter 2 (Observed Climate Variability and Change)
• ACIA (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment), 2005, Arctic Council, contributing author (Cryosphere and Hydrology)

Teaching through the years

• Undergraduate courses (Utrecht University, Physics): Introduction to Meteorology, Continuum Mechanics
• Master courses (Utrecht University): Dynamic Meteorology, Numerical Methods in Meteorology and Oceanography, Climate Dynamics, Ice and Climate
• Master courses (University of Leuven, Physics): Physics of the Atmosphere

Supervised Ph.D. projects

• C.J. van der Veen (1986): Ice sheets, atmospheric CO2 and sea level
• A.J. van Delden (1987): On cumulus cloud patterns and the theory of shallow convection
• W.D. van den Berg (1987): Coastal frontogenesis in the Netherlands: observations and modeling
• J.W. Greuell (1989): Glaciers and climate: energy balance studies and numerical modelling of the historical front variations of Hintereisferner (Austria)
• R.S.W. van de Wal (1992): Ice and climate
• J.P.F. Fortuin (1992): The surface mass balance and temperature of Antarctica
• R. Bintanja (1995): The Antarctic ice sheet and climate
• M.R. van den Broeke (1996): The atmospheric boundary layer over ice sheets and glaciers
• J.J. van Roijen (1996): Determination of ages and specific mass balances from 14C measurements of Antarctic surface ice
• W.H. Knap (1997): Satellite-derived and ground-based measurements of the surface albedo of glaciers
• N.P.M. van Lipzig (1999): The surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet: a study with a regional atmospheric model
• B. Denby (2001): Modelling and interpretation of turbulent fluxes in katabatic flows: applications to glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet
• C.H. Reijmer (2001): Antarctic meteorology: a study with automatic weather stations
• M.S. de Ruyter de Wildt (2002): Satellite retrieval and modeling of glacier mass balance
• E.J. Klok (2003): The response of glaciers to climate change
• K.A. Kaspers (2004): Chemical and physical analyses of firn and firn air
• D. van As (2005): The summertime atmospheric boundary layer over the Antarctic Plateau
• M. Helsen (2006): On the interpretation of stable isotopes in Antarctic precipitation
• F.M. Nick (2006): Modelling the behaviour of tidewater glaciers
• J. van den Berg (2007): Interactions between ice sheets, climate and the solid earth
• W.J. van de Berg (2008): Present-day climate of Antarctica: A study with a regional climate model
• P. Kuipers Munneke (2009): Snow, ice and solar radiation
• R.H. Giesen (2009): The ice cap Hardangerjokulen in the past, present and future climate
• S.L. Axelsen (2010): Large-eddy simulation and analytical modelling of katabatic winds
• I.G.M. Wientjes (2011): A study of the dark region in the western ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet
• P.W. Leclercq (2012): Glacier fluctuations, global temperature and sea-level change
• B. de Boer (2012): A reconstruction of temperature, ice volume and atmospheric CO2 over the past 40 million years
• A. Slangen (2012): Modelling regional sea-level changes in recent past and future
• W.J.J. van Pelt (2014): Modelling the dynamics and boundary processes of Svalbard glaciers
• M. Maris (2014): The evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to 2100