Johannes Fürst

Dr. Johannes Fürst

Department Geographie und Geowissenschaften
Department of Geography

Room: Room 02.121
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen

Office hours

Weekly, Thursday 10:00 - 11:30, Room 02.121, During lecture period: Please send a little note. Lecture-free period: On appointment.

Publications

J.J. Fürst, F. Gillet-Chaulet, T.J. Benham, J.A. Dowdeswell, M. Grabiec, F. Navarro, R. Pettersson, G. Moholdt, C. Nuth, B. Sass, K. Aas, X. Fettweis, C. Lang, T. Seehaus and M.H. Braun (2017) Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard, The Cryosphere, 11, 2003-2032, PDF.

M. Rankl, J.J. Fürst, A. Humbert and M.H. Braun  (2017) Dynamic changes on the Wilkins Ice Shelf during the 2006–2009 retreat derived from satellite observations, The Cryosphere, 11, 1199-1211, PDF.

D. Farinotti, D.J. Brinkerhoff, G.K.C. Clarke, J.J. Fürst, H. Frey, P. Gantayat, F. Gillet-Chaulet, C. Girard, M. Huss, P.W. Leclercq, A. Linsbauer, H. Machguth, C. Martin, F. Maussion, M. Morlighem, C. Mosbeux, A. Pandit, A. Portmann, A. Rabatel, RAAJ Ramsankaran, T.J. Reerink, O. Sanchez, P.A. Stentoft, S. Singh Kumari, W.J.J. van Pelt, B. Anderson, T.J. Benham, D. Binder, J.A. Dowdeswell, A. Fischer, K. Helfricht, S. Kutuzov, I. Lavrentiev, R. McNabb, G.H. Gudmundsson, H. Li and L.M. Andreassen (2017) How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment, The Cryosphere, 11, 949-970, PDF.

J.J. Fürst and 6 others (2016) The safety band of Antarctic ice shelves, Nature Climate Change, 6, 479-482, PDF.

J.J Fürst, G. Durand, F. Gillet-Chaulet, N. Merino, L. Tavard, J. Mouginot, N. Gourmelen and O. Gagliardinie (2015) Assimilation of Antarctic velocity observations provides evidence for uncharted pinning points, The Cryosphere, 9 PDF

J.J. Fürst, H. Goelzer and P. Huybrechts (2015) Ice-dynamic projections of the Greenland ice sheet to future atmosphere and ocean warming, The Cryosphere, 9 PDF

H. Zekollari, J.J. Fürst and P. Huybrechts (2014) Modelling the evolution of Vadret da Morteratsch (Switzerland) since the Little Ice Age and into the future, Journal of Glaciology60 (224) PDF

H. Goelzer, P. Huybrechts, J.J. Fürst, F. Nick, M. Andersen, T. Edwards, X. Fettweis, A.J. Payne and S. Shannon (2013) Sensitivity of Greenland ice sheet projections to model formulations, Journal of Glaciology, 59 (216) PDF

J.J. Fürst, H. Goelzer and P. Huybrechts (2013) Effect of higher-order stress gradients on the centennial mass evolution of the Greenland ice sheet, The Cryosphere, 7 PDF

F. Pattyn, L. Perichon, G. Durand, L. Favier, O. Gagliardini, R. Hindmarsh, T. Zwinger, T. Albrecht, S. Cornford, D. Docquier, J.J. Fürst, D. Goldberg, G.H. Gudmundsson, A. Humbert, M. Hutten, P. Huybrechts, G. Jouvet, T. Kleiner, E. Larour, D. Martin, M. Morlighem, A.J. Payne, D. Pollard, M. Rückamp, O. Rybak, H. Seroussi, M. Thoma and N. Wilkins (2013) Grounding-line migration in plan-view marine ice-sheet models: results of the ice2sea MISMIP3d intercomparison, Journal of Glaciology, 59 (215) PDF

H. Zekollari, P. Huybrechts, J.J. Fürst, O. Rybak and O. Eisen (2013) Calibration of a higher-order 3-D ice flow model of the Morteratsch glacier complex, Switzerland, Annals of Glaciology, 54 (63) PDF

J.J. Fürst and A. Levermann (2012) A minimal model of a wind- and mixing-driven overturning – threshold behaviour for both driving mechanisms, Climate Dynamics, 38 (1-2) PDF

J.J. Fürst, O. Rybak, H. Goelzer, P. de Groen, B. De Smedt and P. Huybrechts (2011) Improved convergence and stability properties achieved in a three-dimensional higher-order ice sheet model, Geoscientific Model Development, 4 (4) PDF

A. Levermann and J.J. Fürst (2010) Atlantic pycnocline theory scrutinized using a coupled climate model, Geophysical Research Letters, 37 (14) PDF

Research

Eisdynamik, Eisschelfe, Antarktis, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Auslassgletscher, Eisdickenrekonstruktion Interessen

1. Rekonstruktion der Gletscherdicke auf Svalbard

2. Datenassimilierung mittels Eisflussmodellen auf Eisschildskalen

3. Auswirkungen des Eisschelfstützeffekts auf antarktische Auslassgletscher

4. Eisdynamischer Einfluss auf die Volumenentwicklung des Grönlandischen Eisschildes

 

Projekte

Modellierung der heutigen Gletscherdynamik auf Svalbard – von der Bestimmung der Oberflächengeschwindigkeiten bis hin zur Berechnung einer strömungskonsistenten Untergrundkarte (DFG)