E. Povl Abrahamsen

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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E. Povl Abrahamsen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Povl Abrahamsen has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in E. Povl Abrahamsen's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (27 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers). E. Povl Abrahamsen is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (27 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers). E. Povl Abrahamsen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. E. Povl Abrahamsen's co-authors include Michael P. Meredith, Adrian Jenkins, Pierre Dutrieux, Sang Hoon Lee, Ho Kyung Ha, Paul R. Holland, Qinghua Ding, Michael Schröder, Jan De Rydt and Eric J. Steig and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

E. Povl Abrahamsen

41 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability

2014 375 citations Pierre Dutrieux, Jan De Rydt et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Povl Abrahamsen United Kingdom	21	1.4k	648	425	285	204	42	1.7k
Andreas Münchow United States	29	1.5k 1.0×	889 1.4×	266 0.6×	172 0.6×	321 1.6×	41	1.8k
E. Shroyer United States	27	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	472 1.1×	307 1.1×	102 0.5×	65	2.2k
Claudia F. Giulivi United States	19	1.4k 1.0×	873 1.3×	594 1.4×	275 1.0×	89 0.4×	23	1.9k
A. Ridout United Kingdom	25	2.6k 1.8×	588 0.9×	491 1.2×	253 0.9×	393 1.9×	51	2.8k
Petra Heil Australia	26	1.5k 1.1×	412 0.6×	369 0.9×	55 0.2×	148 0.7×	86	1.7k
Katherine J. Quinn United States	14	650 0.5×	413 0.6×	370 0.9×	114 0.4×	36 0.2×	23	1.3k
Veit Helm Germany	25	2.3k 1.6×	281 0.4×	224 0.5×	712 2.5×	133 0.7×	93	2.5k
Ralph Timmermann Germany	23	1.8k 1.2×	730 1.1×	764 1.8×	244 0.9×	130 0.6×	64	2.1k
John Cappelen Denmark	23	2.7k 1.9×	276 0.4×	1.1k 2.5×	332 1.2×	105 0.5×	51	2.9k
Ellyn M. Enderlin United States	18	1.8k 1.2×	221 0.3×	282 0.7×	536 1.9×	69 0.3×	50	1.9k

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Brearley, J. Alexander, et al.. (2025). Giant iceberg meltwater increases upper-ocean stratification and vertical mixing. Nature Geoscience. 18(4). 305–312. 2 indexed citations

Tarling, Geraint A., Sally Thorpe, Sian F. Henley, et al.. (2024). Collapse of a giant iceberg in a dynamic Southern Ocean marine ecosystem: In situ observations of A-68A at South Georgia. Progress In Oceanography. 226. 103297–103297. 3 indexed citations

Meijers, Andrew, Michael P. Meredith, E. Povl Abrahamsen, et al.. (2023). Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes. Nature Climate Change. 13(7). 701–709. 47 indexed citations

McClymont, Erin L., Nicole J. Bale, Ellen C. Hopmans, et al.. (2021). Archaeal intact polar lipids in polar waters: a comparison between the Amundsen and Scotia seas. Biogeosciences. 18(11). 3485–3504. 6 indexed citations

Gordon, Arnold L., Bruce A. Huber, & E. Povl Abrahamsen. (2020). Interannual Variability of the Outflow of Weddell Sea Bottom Water. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(4). 16 indexed citations

Salavasidis, Georgios, Andrea Munafò, Davide Fenucci, et al.. (2020). Terrain‐aided navigation for long‐range AUVs in dynamic under‐mapped environments. Journal of Field Robotics. 38(3). 402–428. 28 indexed citations

Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Andrew Meijers, Kurt L. Polzin, et al.. (2019). Stabilization of dense Antarctic water supply to the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Nature Climate Change. 9(10). 742–746. 37 indexed citations

Davis, Peter E. D., Adrian Jenkins, Keith W. Nicholls, et al.. (2018). Variability in Basal Melting Beneath Pine Island Ice Shelf on Weekly to Monthly Timescales. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(11). 8655–8669. 33 indexed citations

Webber, Benjamin G. M., Karen J. Heywood, David P. Stevens, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms driving variability in the ocean forcing of Pine Island Glacier. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14507–14507. 91 indexed citations

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Crawford, Anna, Peter Wadhams, Till J. W. Wagner, et al.. (2016). Journey of an Arctic Ice Island. Oceanography. 29(2). 8 indexed citations

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Randall-Goodwin, Evan, Michael P. Meredith, Adrian Jenkins, et al.. (2015). Freshwater distributions and water mass structure in the Amundsen Sea Polynya region, Antarctica. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 3. 72 indexed citations

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Dutrieux, Pierre, Jan De Rydt, Adrian Jenkins, et al.. (2014). Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability. Science. 343(6167). 174–178. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hogg, Andrew McC., Michael P. Meredith, D. P. Chambers, et al.. (2014). Recent trends in the Southern Ocean eddy field. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 120(1). 257–267. 113 indexed citations

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Yager, Patricia L., Robert M. Sherrell, Sharon Stammerjohn, et al.. (2012). ASPIRE: The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition. Oceanography. 25(3). 40–53. 102 indexed citations

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Garzoli, Silvia L., E. Povl Abrahamsen, Isabelle Ansorge, et al.. (2012). South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) - Fourth Workshop. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 3 indexed citations

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Bauch, Dorothea, Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff, Nils Andersen, et al.. (2011). Freshwater and polynya components of the shelf-derived Arctic Ocean halocline in summer 2007 identified by stable oxygen isotopes. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Bauch, Dorothea, Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff, Nils Andersen, et al.. (2011). Origin of freshwater and polynya water in the Arctic Ocean halocline in summer 2007. Progress In Oceanography. 91(4). 482–495. 82 indexed citations

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Fer, Ilker, et al.. (2009). Mixing on the continental slope of the southern Weddell Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(C9). 12 indexed citations

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Abrahamsen, E. Povl, et al.. (2003). GIANTS-RISOC cruise to the southeastern Weddell Sea on R.R.S. Shackleton, Feb. 6-19, 2003: preliminary cruise report. 1 indexed citations

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Abrahamsen, E. Povl. (1994). Den danske enkelhed : et samfund og dets arkitektur. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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