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Professor Mal McMillan

Professor in Earth Observation

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets

    Huang, Q., McMillan, M., Muir, A., Phillips, J. & Slater, T., 15/03/2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 303, 114020.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 2023
  6. Published

    Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula

    Wallis, B. J., Hogg, A. E., Meredith, M. P., Close, R., Hardy, D., McMillan, M., Wuite, J., Nagler, T. & Moffat, C., 28/11/2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 7535.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

    The IMBIE Team, 20/04/2023, In: Earth System Science Data. 15, 4, p. 1597-1616 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    CryoSat-2 waveform classification for melt event monitoring

    Vermeer, M., Völgyes, D., McMillan, M. & Fantin, D., 28/03/2022, In: Proceedings of the Northern Lights Deep Learning Workshop. 3, 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Publisher Correction: Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate (Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, (2022), 3, 2, (106-124), 10.1038/s43017-021-00246-9)

    Livingstone, S. J., Li, Y., Rutishauser, A., Sanderson, R. J., Winter, K., Mikucki, J. A., Björnsson, H., Bowling, J. S., Chu, W., Dow, C. F., Fricker, H. A., McMillan, M., Ng, F. S. L., Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Siegfried, M. & Sole, A. J., 28/02/2022, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 3, 2, p. 156 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  11. Published

    Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate

    Livingstone, S. J., Li, Y., Rutishauser, A., Sanderson, R. J., Winter, K., Mikucki, J. A., Björnsson, H., Bowling, J. S., Chu, W., Dow, C. F., Fricker, H. A., McMillan, M., Ng, F. S. L., Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Siegfried, M. & Sole, A. J., 28/02/2022, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 3, 2, p. 106-124 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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

  13. 2021
  14. Published

    Remote sensing of the mountain cryosphere: Current capabilities and future opportunities for research

    Taylor, L. S., Quincey, D. J., Smith, M. W., Baumhoer, C. A., McMillan, M. & Mansell, D. T., 1/12/2021, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 45, 6, p. 931-964 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

    International Altimetry Team, 31/07/2021, In: Advances in Space Research. 68, 2, p. 319-363 45 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Extending the record of Antarctic ice shelf thickness change, from 1992 to 2017

    Hogg, A. E., Gilbert, L., Shepherd, A., Muir, A. S. & McMillan, M., 15/07/2021, In: Advances in Space Research. 68, 2, p. 724-731 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase

    McMillan, M., Muir, A. & Donlon, C., 7/07/2021, In: Cryosphere. 15, 7, p. 3129-3134 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 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

  20. 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 others, Laurie, 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

  21. 2020
  22. Published

    Benefits and lessons learned from the sentinel-3 tandem phase

    Clerc, S., Donlon, C., Borde, F., Lamquin, N., Hunt, S. E., Smith, D., McMillan, M., Mittaz, J., Woolliams, E., Hammond, M., Banks, C., Moreau, T., Picard, B., Raynal, M., Rieu, P. & Guérou, A., 19/08/2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 17, 20 p., 2668.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The roles of the S3MPC: Monitoring, validation and evolution of sentinel-3 altimetry observations

    Quartly, G. D., Nencioli, F., Raynal, M., Bonnefond, P., Garcia, P. N., Garcia-Mondéjar, A., de la Cruz, A. F., Cretaux, J. F., Taburet, N., Frery, M. L., Cancet, M., Muir, A., Brockley, D., Mcmillan, M., Abdalla, S., Fleury, S., Cadier, E., Gao, Q., Escorihuela, M. J. & Roca, M. & 5 others, Bergé-Nguyen, M., Laurain, O., Bruniquel, J., Femenias, P. & Lucas, B., 29/05/2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 11, 57 p., 1763.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

    The IMBIE Team, 12/03/2020, In: Nature. 579, 7798, p. 233-239 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2019
  26. Published

    Ice Sheet Elevation Change in West Antarctica From Ka-Band Satellite Radar Altimetry

    Otosaka, I., Shepherd, A. & McMillan, M., 28/11/2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 22, p. 13135-13143 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. E-pub ahead of print

    Compensating Changes in the Penetration Depth of Pulse-Limited Radar Altimetry Over the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Slater, T., Shepherd, A., McMillan, M., Armitage, T. W. K., Otosaka, I. & Arthern, R. J., 7/08/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Trends in Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevation and Mass

    Shepherd, A., Gilbert, L., Muir, A., Konrad, H., McMillan, M., Slater, T., Briggs, K., Sundal, A. V., Hogg, A. E. & Engdahl, M., 28/07/2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 14, p. 8174-8183 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Sentinel-3 Delay-Doppler altimetry over Antarctica

    McMillan, M., Muir, A., Shepherd, A., Escola, R., Roca, M., Aublanc, J., Thibaud, P., Restano, M., Ambrozio, A. & Benveniste, J., 1/03/2019, In: Cryosphere. 13, 2, p. 709-722 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    A comparison of modelled ice thickness and volume across the entire Antarctic Peninsula region

    Carrivick, J. L., Davies, B. J., James, W. H. M., McMillan, M. & Glasser, N. F., 2019, In: Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography. 101, 1, p. 45-67 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 2018
  32. Seasonal variations in the flow of land-terminating glaciers in central-west Greenland using Sentinel-1 imagery

    Lemos, A., Shepherd, A., McMillan, M. & Hogg, A. E., 1/12/2018, In: Remote Sensing. 10, 12, 12 p., 1878.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005–2016

    Robson, J., Sutton, R. T., Archibald, A., Cooper, F., Christensen, M., Gray, L. J., Holliday, N. P., Macintosh, C., McMillan, M., Moat, B., Russo, M., Tilling, R., Carslaw, K., Desbruyères, D., Embury, O., Feltham, D. L., Grosvenor, D. P., Josey, S., King, B. & Lewis, A. & 14 others, McCarthy, G. D., Merchant, C., New, A. L., O'Reilly, C. H., Osprey, S. M., Read, K., Scaife, A., Shepherd, A., Sinha, B., Smeed, D., Smith, D., Ridout, A., Woollings, T. & Yang, M., 30/11/2018, In: International Journal of Climatology. 38, 14, p. 5050-5076 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Assessment of CryoSat-2 interferometric and non-interferometric SAR altimetry over ice sheets

    McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Muir, A., Gaudelli, J., Hogg, A. E. & Cullen, R., 15/09/2018, In: Advances in Space Research. 62, 6, p. 1281-1291 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    The Current Health of Polar Ice Sheets and Implications for Sea Level

    McMillan, M., 23/07/2018, The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions. Nuttall, M., Christensen, T. & Siegert, M. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  36. Published

    Ice velocity of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Petermann Glacier, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, and Zachariæ Isstrøm, 2015-2017, from Sentinel 1-a/b SAR imagery

    Lemos, A., Shepherd, A., McMillan, M., Hogg, A. E., Hatton, E. & Joughin, I., 18/06/2018, In: Cryosphere. 12, 6, p. 2087-2097 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017

    IMBIE, 13/06/2018, In: Nature. 558, 7709, p. 219-222 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    A new digital elevation model of Antarctica derived from CryoSat-2 altimetry

    Slater, T., Shepherd, A., Mcmillan, M., Muir, A., Gilbert, L., Hogg, A. E., Konrad, H. & Parrinello, T., 2/05/2018, In: Cryosphere. 12, 4, p. 1551-1562 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Net retreat of Antarctic glacier grounding lines

    Konrad, H., Shepherd, A., Gilbert, L., Hogg, A. E., McMillan, M., Muir, A. & Slater, T., 1/04/2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, 4, p. 258-262 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. 2017
  41. Published

    Error sources and guidelines for quality assessment of glacier area, elevation change, and velocity products derived from satellite data in the Glaciers_cci project

    Paul, F., Bolch, T., Briggs, K., Kääb, A., McMillan, M., McNabb, R., Nagler, T., Nuth, C., Rastner, P., Strozzi, T. & Wuite, J., 15/12/2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 203, p. 256-275 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. 2016
  43. 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

  44. 2015
  45. Published

    Subglacial lake drainage detected beneath the Greenland ice sheet

    Palmer, S., Mcmillan, M. & Morlighem, M., 9/10/2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 7 p., 8408.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Uplift rates from a new high-density GPS network in Palmer Land indicate significant late Holocene ice loss in the southwestern Weddell Sea

    Wolstencroft, M., King, M. A., Whitehouse, P. L., Bentley, M. J., Nield, G. A., King, E. C., McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Barletta, V., Bordoni, A., Riva, R. E. M., Didova, O. & Gunter, B. C., 1/10/2015, In: Geophysical Journal International. 203, 1, p. 737-754 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. 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

  48. 2014
  49. Published

    Increased ice losses from Antarctica detected by CryoSat-2

    McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Sundal, A., Briggs, K., Muir, A., Ridout, A., Hogg, A. & Wingham, D., 1/01/2014, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 11, p. 3899-3905 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2013
  51. Published

    Three-dimensional mapping by CryoSat-2 of subglacial lake volume changes

    McMillan, M., Corr, H., Shepherd, A., Ridout, A., Laxon, S. & Cullen, R., 28/08/2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 16, p. 4321-4327 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. 2012
  53. Published

    A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Shepherd, A., Ivins, E. R., Geruo, A., Barletta, V. R., Bentley, M. J., Bettadpur, S., Briggs, K. H., Bromwich, D. H., Forsberg, R., Galin, N., Horwath, M., Jacobs, S., Joughin, I., King, M. A., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Li, J., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Luckman, A., Luthcke, S. B. & McMillan, M. & 27 others, Meister, R., Milne, G., Mouginot, J., Muir, A., Nicolas, J. P., Paden, J., Payne, A. J., Pritchard, H., Rignot, E., Rott, H., Sørensen, L. S., Scambos, T. A., Scheuchl, B., Schrama, E. J. O., Smith, B., Sundal, A. V., Van Angelen, J. H., Van De Berg, W. J., Van Den Broeke, M. R., Vaughan, D. G., Velicogna, I., Wahr, J., Whitehouse, P. L., Wingham, D. J., Yi, D., Young, D. & Zwally, H. J., 30/11/2012, In: Science. 338, 6111, p. 1183-1189 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 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

  55. 2011
  56. 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

  57. 2009
  58. Published

    Amundsen sea bathymetry: The benefits of using gravity data for bathymetric prediction

    McMillan, M., Shepherd, A., Vaughan, D. G., Laxon, S. & McAdoo, D., 1/12/2009, In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 47, 12, p. 4223-4228 6 p., 5196715.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lake volume from aster imagery

    Georgiou, S., Shepherd, A., Mcmillan, M. & Nienow, P., 23/10/2009, In: Annals of Glaciology. 50, 52, p. 95-100 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Greenland ice sheet motion coupled with daily melting in late summer

    Shepherd, A., Hubbard, A., Nienow, P., King, M., McMillan, M. & Joughin, I., 16/01/2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 1, L01501.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. 2007
  62. Published

    Seasonal evolution of supra-glacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    McMillan, M., Nienow, P., Shepherd, A., Benham, T. & Sole, A., 30/10/2007, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 262, 3-4, p. 484-492 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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