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Dr Amber Leeson

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  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Evaluation of satellite methods for estimating supraglacial lake depth in southwest Greenland

    Melling, L., Leeson, A., McMillan, M., Maddalena, J., Bowling, J., Glen, E., Sandberg Sørensen, L., Winstrup, M. & Lørup Arildsen, R., 8/02/2024, In: Cryosphere. 18, 2, p. 543-558 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Improved monitoring of subglacial lake activity in Greenland

    Sandberg Sørensen, L., Bahbah, R., Simonsen, S. B., Havelund Andersen, N., Bowling, J., Gourmelen, N., Horton, A., Karlsson, N. B., Leeson, A., Maddalena, J., McMillan, M., Solgaard, A. & Wessel, B., 6/02/2024, In: Cryosphere. 18, 2, p. 505-523 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. Published

    A new model for supraglacial hydrology evolution and drainage for the Greenland Ice Sheet (SHED v1.0)

    Gantayat, P., Banwell, A. F., Leeson, A. A., Lea, J. M., Petersen, D., Gourmelen, N. & Fettweis, X., 19/10/2023, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 16, 20, p. 5803-5823 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The importance of context in extreme value analysis with application to extreme temperatures in the U.S. and Greenland

    Clarkson, D., Eastoe, E. & Leeson, A., 2/09/2023, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). 72, 4, p. 829-843 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Characterising the ice sheet surface in North East Greenland using Sentinel-1 SAR data

    Shu, Q., Killick, R., Leeson, A., Nemeth, C., Fettweis, X., Hogg, A. & Leslie, D., 31/08/2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Glaciology. 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    The importance of context in extreme value analysis with application to extreme temperatures in the USA and Greenland

    Clarkson, D., Eastoe, E. & Leeson, A., 31/08/2023, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). 72, 4, p. 829-843 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Daniel Clarkson, Emma Eastoe and Amber Leeson's (Lancaster University) reply to the Discussion of ‘Statistical aspects of climate change’

    Clarkson, D., Eastoe, E. & Leeson, A., 28/06/2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics).

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Bias correction of climate models using observations over Antarctica

    Carter, J., Montalván, E. C. & Leeson, A., 15/05/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Poster

  11. 2022
  12. Published

    Variability in Antarctic surface climatology across regional climate models and reanalysis datasets

    Carter, J., Leeson, A., Orr, A., Kittel, C. & van Wessem, J. M., 23/09/2022, In: The Cryosphere. 16, 9, p. 3815–3841 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Increasing Accumulation of Perfluorocarboxylate Contaminants Revealed in an Antarctic Firn Core (1958–2017)

    Garnett, J., Halsall, C., Winton, H., Joerss, H., Mulvaney, R., Ebinghaus, R., Frey, M., Jones, A., Leeson, A. & Wynn, P., 16/08/2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 16, p. 11246–11255 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Melt probabilities and surface temperature trends on the Greenland ice sheet using a Gaussian mixture model

    Clarkson, D., Eastoe, E. & Leeson, A., 4/05/2022, In: The Cryosphere. 16, 5, p. 1597-1607 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Large interannual variability in supraglacial lakes around East Antarctica

    Arthur, J. F., Stokes, C. R., Jamieson, S. S. R., Carr, J. R., Leeson, A. & Verjans, V., 31/03/2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 12 p., 1711.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    The role of volcanic particle thermal conductivity, density, and porosity in influencing ice melt

    Reeves, K., Gilbert, J., Lane, S. & Leeson, A., 28/03/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Poster

  17. Published

    An inventory of supraglacial lakes and channels across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Corr, D., Leeson, A., McMillan, M., Zhang, C. & Barnes, T., 24/01/2022, In: Earth System Science Data. 14, 1, p. 209–228 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 2021
  19. Published

    Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations

    Slater, T., Shepherd, A., McMillan, M., Leeson, A., Gilbert, L., Muir, A., Munneke, P. K., Noël, B., Fettweis, X., van den Broeke, M. & Briggs, K., 1/11/2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 9 p., 6069.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The triggers of the disaggregation of Voyeykov Ice Shelf (2007), Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and its subsequent evolution

    Arthur, J. F., Stokes, C. R., Jamieson, S. S. R., Miles, B. W. J., Carr, J. R. & Leeson, A. A., 31/10/2021, In: Journal of Glaciology. 67, 265, p. 933-951 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    High Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Arctic Seawater Driven by Early Thawing Sea Ice

    Garnett, J., Halsall, C., Vader, A., Joerss, H., Ebinghaus, R., Leeson, A. & Wynn, P. M., 17/08/2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 16, p. 11049-11059 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Investigating the uptake and fate of poly- and perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in sea ice using an experimental sea ice chamber

    Garnett, J., Halsall, C., Leeson, A. & Wynn, P., 31/07/2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 14, p. 9601-9608 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Evaluating the ability of numerical models to capture important shifts in environmental time series: A fuzzy change point approach

    Hollaway, M. J., Henrys, P. A., Killick, R., Leeson, A. & Watkins, J., 31/05/2021, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 139, 10 p., 104993.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Uncertainty in East Antarctic firn thickness constrained using a model ensemble approach

    Verjans, V., Leeson, A., McMillan, M., Stevens, M., van Wessem, J. M., van de Berg, W. J., van den Broeke, M., Kittel, C., Amory, C., Fettweis, X., Hansen, N., Boberg, F. & Mottram, R., 16/04/2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 7, e2020GL092060.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The Role of Digital Technologies in Responding to the Grand Challenges of the Natural Environment: The Windermere Accord

    Blair, G., Bassett, R., Bastin, L., Beevers, L., Borrajo Garcia, M., Brown, M., Dance, S., Dionescu, A., Edwards, L., Ferrario, M. A., Fraser, R., Fraser, H., Gardner, S., Henrys, P. A., Hey, T., Homann, S., Huijbers, C., Hutchison, J., Jonathan, P., Lamb, R., & 21 othersLaurie, S., Leeson, A., Leslie, D., McMillan, M., Nundloll, V., Oyebamiji, O., Phillipson, J., Pope, V., Prudden, R., Reis, S., Salama, M., Samreen, F., Sejdinovic, D., Simm, W., Street, R., Thornton, L., Towe, R., Vande Hey, J. D., Vieno, M., Waller, J. & Watkins, J., 8/01/2021, In: Patterns. 2, 1, 8 p., 100156.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2020
  27. Published

    Distribution and seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

    Arthur, J. F., Stokes, C. R., Jamieson, S. S. R., Carr, J. R. & Leeson, A. A., 18/11/2020, In: The Cryosphere. 14, p. 4103–4120 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet

    Vandecrux, B., Mottram, R., Langen, P. L., Fausto, R. S., Olesen, M., Stevens, C. M., Verjans, V., Leeson, A., Ligtenberg, S., Munneke, P. K., Marchenko, S., Pelt, W. V., Meyer, C. R., Simonsen, S. B., Heilig, A., Samimi, S., Marshall, S., Machguth, H., MacFerrin, M., Niwano, M., & 3 othersMiller, O., Voss, C. I. & Box, J. E., 6/11/2020, In: The Cryosphere. 14, p. 3785-3810 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Bayesian calibration of firn densification models

    Verjans, V., Leeson, A., Nemeth, C., Stevens, C. M., Munneke, P. K., Noël, B. & Wessem, J. M. V., 15/09/2020, In: Cryosphere. 14, p. 3017-3032 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. E-pub ahead of print

    Recent understanding of Antarctic supraglacial lakes using satellite remote sensing

    Arthur, J. F., Stokes, C., Jamieson, S. S. R., Carr, J. R. & Leeson, A. A., 19/05/2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Progress in Physical Geography. 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Evolution of supraglacial lakes on the Larsen B ice shelf in the decades before it collapsed

    Leeson, A. A., Forster, E., Rice, A., Gourmelen, N. & Wessem, J. M., 28/02/2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 4, e2019GL085591.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 2019
  33. Published

    Widespread distribution of supraglacial lakes around the margin of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Stokes, C. R., Sanderson, J. E., Miles, B. W. J., Jamieson, S. S. R. & Leeson, A. A., 25/09/2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 14 p., 13823.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Data Science of the Natural Environment: A Research Roadmap

    Blair, G., Henrys, P. A., Leeson, A., Watkins, J., Eastoe, E., Jarvis, S. & Young, P., 14/08/2019, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7, 14 p., 121.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Development of physically based liquid water schemes for Greenland firn-densification models

    Verjans, V., Leeson, A., Stevens, M., MacFerrin, M., Noël, B. & Van Den Broeke, M., 9/07/2019, In: The Cryosphere. 13, 7, p. 1819-1842 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Mechanistic Insight into the Uptake and Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sea Ice

    Garnett, J., Halsall, C., Thomas, M., France, J., Kaiser, J., Graf, C., Leeson, A. & Wynn, P., 18/06/2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 12, p. 6757-6764 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Recent Trends in Stratospheric Chlorine from Very Short-Lived Substances

    Hossaini, R., Atlas, E., Dhomse, S. S., Chipperfield, M. P., Bernath, P. F., Fernando, A. M., Mühle, J., Leeson, A. A., Montzka, S. A., Feng, W., Harrison, J. J., Krummel, P., Vollmer, M. K., Reimann, S., O'Doherty, S., Young, D., Maione, M., Arduini, J. & Lunder, C. R., 27/02/2019, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 124, 4, p. 2318-2335 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 2018
  39. Published

    Cluster-based analysis of multi-model climate ensembles

    Hyde, R., Hossaini, R. & Leeson, A. A., 4/06/2018, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 6, p. 2033-2048 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Extreme temperature events on Greenland in observations and the MAR regional climate model

    Leeson, A. A., Eastoe, E. F. & Fettweis, X., 26/03/2018, In: Cryosphere. 12

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2017
  42. Published

    Regional climate of the Larsen B embayment 1980-2014

    Leeson, A. A., van Wessem, M., Ligtenberg, S., Shepherd, A., van den broeke, M., Killick, R. C., Skvarca, P., Marinsek, S. & Colwell, S., 08/2017, In: Journal of Glaciology. 63, 240, p. 683-690 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    The increasing threat to stratospheric ozone from dichloromethane

    Hossaini, R., Chipperfield, M. P., Montzka, S. A., Leeson, A. A., Dhomse, S. & Pyle, J., 27/06/2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 9 p., 15962.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published
  45. 2016
  46. Published

    Northeast sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to undergo the greatest inland expansion of supraglacial lakes during the 21st century

    Igneczi, A., Sole, A. J., Livingstone, S. J., Leeson, A. A., Fettweis, X., Selmes, N., Gourmelen, N. & Briggs, K., 28/09/2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 18, p. 9729-9738 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier

    Langley, E. S., Leeson, A. A., Stokes, C. R. & Jamieson, S. S. R., 28/08/2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 16, p. 8563-8571 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    A multi-model intercomparison of halogenated very short-lived substances (TransCom-VSLS): linking oceanic emissions and tropospheric transport for a reconciled estimate of the stratospheric source gas injection of bromine

    Hossaini, R., Patra, P. K., Leeson, A. A., Krysztofiak, G., Abraham, N. L., Archibald, A. T., Aschmann, J., Atlas, E. L., Belikov, D. A., Bönisch, H., Carpenter, L. J., Dhomse, S., Dorf, M., Engel, A., Feng, W., Fuhlbrügge, S., Griffiths, P. T., Harris, N. R. P., Hommel, R., Keber, T., & 20 othersKrüger, K., Lennartz, S. T., Maksyutov, S., Mantle, H., Mills, G. P., Montzka, S. A., Moore, F., Navarro, M. A., Oram, D. E., Pfeilsticker, K., Pyle, J. A., Quack, B., Saikawa, E., Saiz-Lopez, A., Sala, S., Sinnhuber, B-M., Taguchi, S., Tegtmeier, S., Lidster, R. T. & Ziska, F., 26/07/2016, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . 16, 14, p. 9163-9187 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance

    McMillan, M., Leeson, A. A., Shepherd, A., Briggs, K., Armitage, T. W. K., Hogg, A., Kuipers Munneke, P., Van Den Broeke, M., Brice, N., van de Berg, W. J., Ligtenberg, S., Horwath, M., Groh, A., Muir, A. & Gilbert, L., 16/07/2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 13, p. 7002-7010 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2015
  51. Published

    Rapid dynamic activation of a marine-based Arctic ice cap

    McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Gourmelen, N., Dehecq, A., Leeson, A., Ridout, A., Flament, T., Hogg, A., Gilbert, L., Benham, T., Van Den Broeke, M., Dowdeswell, J. A., Fettweis, X., Noël, B. & Strozzi, T., 27/01/2015, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 24, p. 8902-8909 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Supraglacial lakes on the Greenland ice sheet advance inland under warming climate

    Leeson, A. A., Shepherd, A., Briggs, K., Howat, I., Fettweis, X., Morlighem, M. & Rignot, E., 1/01/2015, In: Nature Climate Change. 5, 1, p. 51-55 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  53. 2013
  54. Published

    A comparison of supraglacial lake observations derived from MODIS imagery at the western margin of the Greenland ice sheet

    Leeson, A. A., Shepherd, A., Sundal, A. V., Johansson, A. M., Selmes, N., Briggs, K., Hogg, A. E. & Fettweis, X., 1/12/2013, In: Journal of Glaciology. 59, 218, p. 1179-1188 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. 2012
  56. Published

    Simulating the growth of supraglacial lakes at the western margin of the Greenland ice sheet

    Leeson, A. A., Shepherd, A., Palmer, S., Sundal, A. & Fettweis, X., 2/10/2012, In: Cryosphere. 6, 5, p. 1077-1086 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Mapping ice-shelf flow with interferometric synthetic aperture radar stacking

    Mcmillan, M., Shepherd, A., Gourmelen, N., Park, J. W., Nienow, P., Rinne, E. & Leeson, A., 1/04/2012, In: Journal of Glaciology. 58, 208, p. 265-277 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. 2011
  59. Published

    Tide model accuracy in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, from radar interferometry observations of ice shelf motion

    McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Nienow, P. & Leeson, A., 5/11/2011, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 116, 11, C11008.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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