Stef Lhermitte

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Stef Lhermitte is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stef Lhermitte has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Atmospheric Science, 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stef Lhermitte's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (65 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (28 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (27 papers). Stef Lhermitte is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (65 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (28 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (27 papers). Stef Lhermitte collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United States. Stef Lhermitte's co-authors include Willem W. Verstraeten, M. R. van den Broeke, Pol Coppin, Brice Noël, Sander Veraverbeke, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Willem Jan van de Berg, Rudi Goossens, Jan Verbesselt and Nicole Van Lipzig and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Stef Lhermitte

108 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

2018 324 citations Jan Melchior van Wessem, Willem Jan van de Berg et al. The cryosphere profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Predictability of abrupt shifts in dryland ecosystem functioning 2025 ·Nature Climate Change ·(unknown), Wanda De Keersmaecker, Stéphanie Horion, Stefan Oehmcke, Fabian Gieseke, Rasmus Fensholt, Ruben Van De Kerchove, Stef Lhermitte, Christin Abel, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Jan Verbesselt, Ben Somers	8
2	Concurrent superimposed ice formation and meltwater runoff on Greenland’s ice slabs 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Andrew Tedstone, Horst Machguth, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dirk van As, (unknown), Marco Tedesco, Stef Lhermitte	0
3	Critical slowing down of the Amazon forest after increased drought occurrence 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Stef Lhermitte, (unknown), Marina Hirota, Timo Conradi, Wanda De Keersmaecker, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Ben Somers	16
4	Variable temperature thresholds of melt pond formation on Antarctic ice shelves 2023 ·Nature Climate Change ·Jan Melchior van Wessem, M. R. van den Broeke, Bert Wouters, Stef Lhermitte	30
5	Higher Antarctic ice sheet accumulation and surface melt rates revealed at 2 km resolution 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Brice Noël, Jan Melchior van Wessem, Bert Wouters, Luke D. Trusel, Stef Lhermitte, M. R. van den Broeke	18
6	Atmospheric Triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf Calving in February 2021 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Diana Francis, Ricardo Fonseca, Kyle S. Mattingly, Oliver J. Marsh, Stef Lhermitte, (unknown)	12
7	Seasonal inundation dynamics and water balance of the Mara Wetland, Tanzania based on multi-temporal Sentinel-2 image classification 2022 ·International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·(unknown), Stef Lhermitte, Markus Hrachowitz, Francesco Bregoli, Michael E. McClain	19
8	Observations of Buried Lake Drainage on the Antarctic Ice Sheet 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Devon Dunmire, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Alison F. Banwell, Nander Wever, Jeffrey Shragge, Stef Lhermitte, Reinhard Drews, Frank Pattyn, (unknown), Ian Willis, Julie Z. Miller, Eric Keenan	33
9	Evaluation of a new snow albedo scheme for the Greenland ice sheet in the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO2) 2020 ·The cryosphere ·(unknown), Willem Jan van de Berg, Stef Lhermitte, M. R. van den Broeke	20
10	Evaluation of a new snow albedo scheme for the Greenland ice sheet in the regional climate model RACMO2 2020 ·(unknown), Willem Jan van de Berg, Stef Lhermitte, M. R. van den Broeke	1
11	Low elevation of Svalbard glaciers drives high mass loss variability 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Brice Noël, Constantijn L. Jakobs, Ward van Pelt, Stef Lhermitte, Bert Wouters, Jack Kohler, Jon Ove Hagen, Bartłomiej Luks, Carleen H. Reijmer, Willem Jan van de Berg, M. R. van den Broeke	62
12	Impact of coastal East Antarctic ice rises on surface mass balance: insights from observations and modeling 2020 ·The cryosphere ·(unknown), Stef Lhermitte, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Nander Wever, (unknown), Frank Pattyn, Sainan Sun, (unknown), Jean‐Louis Tison, Willem Jan van de Berg	16
13	Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016) 2018 ·The cryosphere ·Brice Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, Jan Melchior van Wessem, Erik van Meijgaard, Dirk van As, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Stef Lhermitte, Peter Kuipers Munneke, C. J. P. P. Smeets, Lambertus H. van Ulft, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, M. R. van den Broeke	231
14	Tsunami potential of the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake from GNSS constrained source mechanism 2018 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Riccardo Riva, Wim Simons, Julie D. Pietrzak, Matthew Herman, Andrew Hooper, C. Vigny, Susilo Susilo, Dina A. Sarsito, (unknown), Taco Broerse, (unknown), Stef Lhermitte, (unknown), (unknown), Joni Efendi, Marc Naeije, Harsha S. Bhat, Yu Morishita, Rob Govers	2
15	Assessment of Regional Vegetation Response to Climate Anomalies: A Case Study for Australia Using GIMMS NDVI Time Series between 1982 and 2006 2017 ·Remote Sensing ·Wanda De Keersmaecker, Stef Lhermitte, Michael J. Hill, Laurent Tits, Pol Coppin, Ben Somers	46
16	Reconstructing decades of glacial mass loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago 2017 ·EGUGA ·Brice Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, Stef Lhermitte, Bert Wouters, M. R. van den Broeke	1
17	Influence of the African Great Lakes on the regional climate 2015 ·Lirias (KU Leuven) ·Wim Thiery, Édouard L. Davin, Hans-Jürgen Panitz, Matthias Demuzere, Stef Lhermitte, Nicole Van Lipzig	1
18	An improved algorithm for polar cloud-base detection by ceilometer over the ice sheets 2014 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Kristof Van Tricht, Irina Gorodetskaya, Stef Lhermitte, David D. Turner, Jan H. Schween, Nicole Van Lipzig	27
19	Greenland ice sheet surface albedo: trends in surface properties (2000-2011) 2012 ·EGUGA ·Stef Lhermitte, Wouter Greuell, Erik van Meijgaard, (unknown), M. R. van den Broeke, Willem Jan van de Berg	1
20	Assessment of post-fire changes in land surface temperature and surface albedo, and their relation with fire–burn severity using multitemporal MODIS imagery 2012 ·International Journal of Wildland Fire ·Sander Veraverbeke, Willem W. Verstraeten, Stef Lhermitte, Ruben Van De Kerchove, Rudi Goossens	71

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