Peer reviewed publications

Published

2026

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115 Kausch, T., Lhermitte, S., Cavitte, M. G. P., Keenan, E., and Shukla, S. (2026). “Sentinel-1 cross-polarization ratio as a proxy for surface mass balance across east Antarctic ice rises”. The Cryosphere, 20(1), 511-526. doi:10.5194/TC-20-511-2026. Publisher
114 Van Passel, J., Van Meerbeek, K., Bernardino, P. N., De Keersmaecker, W., Lhermitte, S., Rius, B. F., and Somers, B. (2026). “Higher tree diversity reduces the likelihood of Amazon tipping points”. Biogeosciences, 23(7), 2545-2567. doi:10.5194/BG-23-2545-2026. Publisher
113 Zinck, A. S. P., Lhermitte, S., Wearing, M. G., and Wouters, B. (2026). “Channelized melt beneath Antarctic ice shelves previously underestimated”. Nature Climate Change 2026, 1-4. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02537-1. Publisher
112 Zhang, G., Xie, H., Fernandez, A., Kinnard, C., and Lhermitte, S. (2026). “Remote sensing of the global cryosphere: Status, processes, and trends”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 334, 115220. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2025.115220. Publisher
111 Macelloni, G., Jezek, K. C., Brogioni, M., Johnson, J. T., Leduc-Leballeur, M., Picard, G., Haddjeri, A., Kaleschke, L., Boutin, J., Vergely, J. L., Kolodziejczyk, N., Bertino, L., Dinnat, E. P., Tonboe, R. T., Solgaard, A. M., Shen, X., Walker, J. P., Svendsen, S. H., Lhermitte, S., and Zhou, Y. (2026). “Wideband Radiometry from P to S Band for Monitoring Polar Regions”. Proceedings of the IEEE, 1-23. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2026.3653571. Publisher
110 Kollert, A., Chytrý, K. T., Helm, N., Hülber, K., Moser, D., Wessely, J., Lhermitte, S., Gascoin, S., Mayr, A., Saccone, P., Hausharter, J., Warscher, M., Strasser, U., Dullinger, S., and Rutzinger, M. (2026). “Does meter-scale snow data matter for modeling alpine plant distribution? A comparison of four data sources at two resolutions”. Ecological Modelling, 511, 111366. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111366. Publisher

2025

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109 Izeboud, M. and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Fracturing of Antarctic ice shelves depends on future climate warming rate”. Nature Climate Change 2025 15:12, 15(12), 1277-1278. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02479-8. Publisher
108 Zinck, A. S. P., Wouters, B., Jesse, F., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Ocean-induced weakening of George VI Ice Shelf, West Antarctica”. The Cryosphere, 19(11), 5509–5529. doi:10.5194/tc-19-5509-2025. Publisher
107 Sommer, J., Izeboud, M., de Roda Husman, S., Wouters, B., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Brief communication: Tides and damage as drivers of lake drainages on Shackleton Ice Shelf”. The Cryosphere, 19(11), 5903–5912. doi:10.5194/tc-19-5903-2025. Publisher
106 Scarsi, F. E., Battaglia, A., Maahn, M., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “How to reduce sampling errors in spaceborne cloud radar-based snowfall estimates”. The Cryosphere, 19(10), 4875–4892. doi:10.5194/tc-19-4875-2025. Publisher
105 Izeboud, M., Wouters, B., de Roda Husman, S., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Damage development on Antarctic ice shelves sensitive to climate warming”. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02453-4. Publisher
104 Therias, A., Rafiee, A., Lhermitte, S., van der Lugt, P., and Lindenbergh, R. (2025). “Integrating radar and multi-spectral data to detect cocoa crops: a deep learning approach”. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 39, 101652. doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101652. Publisher
103 Van Winckel, S., Simons, J., Lhermitte, S., and Muys, B. (2025). “Assessing the effect of forest management on above-ground carbon stock by remote sensing”. Biogeosciences, 22(16), 4291–4307. doi:10.5194/bg-22-4291-2025. Publisher
102 Li, W., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Slobbe, C., Brils, M., and Fettweis, X. (2025). “Assessing spatiotemporal variability in melt–refreeze patterns in firn over Greenland with CryoSat-2”. The Cryosphere, 19(9), 3419–3442. doi:10.5194/tc-19-3419-2025. Publisher
101 Xu, J., Hua, R., Wang, S., Lhermitte, S., Gu, Q., Yu, B., Wu, J., and Huang, Y. (2025). “MAT-MS: A mask-aware transformer for constructing gap-free MODIS normalized difference snow index products”. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 227, 775-788. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.07.004. Publisher
100 Tedstone, A., Machguth, H., Clerx, N., Jullien, N., Picton, H., Ducrey, J., van As, D., Colosio, P., Tedesco, M., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Concurrent superimposed ice formation and meltwater runoff on Greenland’s ice slabs”. Nature Communications, 16(4494), 1-12. doi:10.1038/S41467-025-59237-9. Publisher
99 Noël, B., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., and Fettweis, X. (2025). “Poleward shift of subtropical highs drives Patagonian glacier mass loss”. Nature Communications, 16(3795), 1-12. doi:10.1038/S41467-025-58974-1. Publisher
98 Bernardino, P. N., De Keersmaecker, W., Horion, S., Oehmcke, S., Gieseke, F., Fensholt, R., Van De Kerchove, R., Lhermitte, S., Abel, C., Van Meerbeek, K., Verbesselt, J., and Somers, B. (2025). “Predictability of abrupt shifts in dryland ecosystem functioning”. Nature Climate Change, 15, 86-91. doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02201-0. Publisher
97 Li, W., Veldhuijsen, S. B. M., and Lhermitte, S. (2025). “Machine learning of Antarctic firn density by combining radiometer and scatterometer remote-sensing data”. The Cryosphere, 19(1), 37-61. doi:10.5194/tc-19-37-2025. Publisher

2024

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96 Mottram, R., van den Broeke, M., Meijers, A., Rodehacke, C., Dell, R. L., Hogg, A. E., Davison, B. J., Lhermitte, S., Hansen, N., Alavez, J. A. T., and Olesen, M. (2024). “Determining the freshwater fluxes from Antarctica with earth observation data, models and in-situ measurements: Uncertainties, knowledge gaps and prospects for new advances”. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/bams-d-24-0002.1. Publisher
95 Hazeleger, W., Aerts, J. P. M., Bauer, P., Bierkens, M. F. P., Camps-Valls, G., Dekker, M. M., Doblas-Reyes, F. J., Eyring, V., Finkenauer, C., Grundner, A., Hachinger, S., Hall, D. M., Hartmann, T., Iglesias-Suarez, F., Janssens, M., Jones, E. R., Kölling, T., Lees, M., Lhermitte, S., van Nieuwpoort, R. V., Pahker, A. K., Pellicer-Valero, O. J., Pijpers, F. P., Siibak, A., Spitzer, J., Stevens, B., Vasconcelos, V. V., and Vossepoel, F. C. (2024). “Digital twins of the Earth with and for humans”. Communications Earth and Environment, 5(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01626-x. Publisher
94 Husman, S. D. R., Hu, Z., van Tiggelen, M., Dell, R., Bolibar, J., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., and Munneke, P. K. (2024). “Physically-Informed Super-Resolution Downscaling of Antarctic Surface Melt”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(7). doi:10.1029/2023MS004212. Publisher
93 Pereira, S. P., Rafiee, A., and Lhermitte, S. (2024). “Automated Rooftop Solar Panel Detection Through Convolutional Neural Networks”. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 50(1). doi:10.1080/07038992.2024.2363236. Publisher
92 Van Passel, J., Bernardino, P. N., Lhermitte, S., Rius, B. F., Hirota, M., Conradi, T., de Keersmaecker, W., Van Meerbeek, K., and Somers, B. (2024). “Critical slowing down of the Amazon forest after increased drought occurrence”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(22). doi:10.1073/pnas.2316924121. Publisher
91 Tollenaar, V., Zekollari, H., Kittel, C., Farinotti, D., Lhermitte, S., Debaille, V., Goderis, S., Claeys, P., Joy, K. H., and Pattyn, F. (2024). “Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming”. Nature Climate Change, 14(4), 340-343. doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y. Publisher
90 Amory, C., Buizert, C., Buzzard, S., Case, E., Clerx, N., Culberg, R., Datta, R. T., Dey, R., Drews, R., Dunmire, D., Eayrs, C., Hansen, N., Humbert, A., Kaitheri, A., Keegan, K., Munneke, P. K., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lhermitte, S., Mair, D., McDowell, I., Mejia, J., Meyer, C. R., Morris, E., Moser, D., Oraschewski, F. M., Pearce, E., Husman, S. D. R., Schlegel, N. J., Schultz, T., Simonsen, S. B., Stevens, C. M., Thomas, E. R., Thompson-Munson, M., Wever, N., and Wouters, B. (2024). “Firn on ice sheets”. Nature Reviews Earth \& Environment 2024 5:2, 5(2), 79-99. doi:10.1038/s43017-023-00507-9. Publisher
89 Tollenaar, V., Zekollari, H., Pattyn, F., Ruwurm, M., Kellenberger, B., Lhermitte, S., Izeboud, M., and Tuia, D. (2024). “Where the White Continent Is Blue: Deep Learning Locates Bare Ice in Antarctica”. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(3), e2023GL106285. doi:10.1029/2023GL106285. Publisher
88 Kollert, A., Mayr, A., Dullinger, S., Hülber, K., Moser, D., Lhermitte, S., Gascoin, S., and Rutzinger, M. (2024). “Downscaling MODIS NDSI to Sentinel-2 fractional snow cover by random forest regression”. Remote Sensing Letters, 15(4), 363-372. doi:10.1080/2150704X.2024.2327084. Publisher
87 Husman, S. D. R., Lhermitte, S., Bolibar, J., Izeboud, M., Hu, Z., Shukla, S., van der Meer, M., Long, D., and Wouters, B. (2024). “A high-resolution record of surface melt on Antarctic ice shelves using multi-source remote sensing data and deep learning”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, 113950. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113950. Publisher

2023

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86 Noël, B., van Wessem, J. M., Wouters, B., Trusel, L., Lhermitte, S., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2023). “Higher Antarctic ice sheet accumulation and surface melt rates revealed at 2 km resolution”. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7949. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43584-6. Publisher
85 Hulskamp, R., Luijendijk, A., van Maren, B., Moreno-Rodenas, A., Calkoen, F., Kras, E., Lhermitte, S., and Aarninkhof, S. (2023). “Global distribution and dynamics of muddy coasts”. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8259. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43819-6. Publisher
84 Zinck, A. S. P., Wouters, B., Lambert, E., and Lhermitte, S. (2023). “Unveiling spatial variability within the Dotson Melt Channel through high-resolution basal melt rates from the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica”. The Cryosphere, 17(9), 3785–3801. doi:10.5194/tc-17-3785-2023. Publisher
83 Francis, D., Fonseca, R., Mattingly, K. S., Lhermitte, S., and Walker, C. (2023). “Foehn winds at Pine Island Glacier and their role in ice changes”. The Cryosphere, 17(7), 3041–3062. doi:10.5194/tc-17-3041-2023. Publisher
82 van der Meer, M., Husman, S. D. R., and Lhermitte, S. (2023). “Deep Learning Regional Climate Model Emulators: A Comparison of Two Downscaling Training Frameworks”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15(6). doi:10.1029/2022MS003593. Publisher
81 Husman, S. D. R., Hu, Z., Wouters, B., Munneke, P. K., Veldhuijsen, S., and Lhermitte, S. (2023). “Remote Sensing of Surface Melt on Antarctica: Opportunities and Challenges”. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 16, 2462-2480. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3216953. Publisher
80 van Wessem, J. M., van den Broeke, M. R., Wouters, B., and Lhermitte, S. (2023). “Variable temperature thresholds of melt pond formation on Antarctic ice shelves”. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01577-1. Publisher
79 Izeboud, M. and Lhermitte, S. (2023). “Damage detection on antarctic ice shelves using the normalised radon transform”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 284. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113359. Publisher

2022

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78 Li, W., Slobbe, C., and Lhermitte, S. (2022). “A leading-edge-based method for correction of slope-induced errors in ice-sheet heights derived from radar altimetry”. Cryosphere, 16(6), 2225-2243. doi:10.5194/tc-16-2225-2022. Publisher
77 Simons, W., Broerse, T., Shen, L., Kleptsova, O., Nijholt, N., Hooper, A., Pietrzak, J., Morishita, Y., Naeije, M., Lhermitte, S., Herman, M., Sarsito, D. A., Efendi, J., Sofian, Govers, R., Vigny, C., Abidin, H. Z., Pramono, G. H., Nugroho, C., Visser, P., and Riva, R. (2022). “A Tsunami Generated by a Strike-Slip Event: Constraints From GPS and SAR Data on the 2018 Palu Earthquake”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(12). doi:10.1029/2022JB024191. Publisher
76 Hu, Z., Munneke, P. K., Lhermitte, S., Dirscherl, M., Ji, C., and van den Broeke, M. (2022). “FABIAN: A daily product of Fractional Austral-summer Blue Ice over ANtarctica during 2000–2021 based on MODIS imagery using Google Earth Engine”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 280. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113202. Publisher
75 Francis, D., Fonseca, R., Mattingly, K. S., Marsh, O. J., Lhermitte, S., and Cherif, C. (2022). “Atmospheric Triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf Calving in February 2021”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(11). doi:10.1029/2021JD036424. Publisher
74 Tollenaar, V., Zekollari, H., Lhermitte, S., Tax, D. M. J., Debaille, V., Goderis, S., Claeys, P., and Pattyn, F. (2022). “Unexplored Antarctic meteorite collection sites revealed through machine learning”. Science Advances, 8(4). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj8138. Publisher
73 Noël, B., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Pálsson, F., Wouters, B., Lhermitte, S., Haacker, J. M., and Broeke, M. R. (2022). “North Atlantic Cooling is Slowing Down Mass Loss of Icelandic Glaciers”. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3). doi:10.1029/2021GL095697. Publisher
72 Kool, J., Lhermitte, S., Hrachowitz, M., Bregoli, F., and McClain, M. E. (2022). “Seasonal inundation dynamics and water balance of the Mara Wetland, Tanzania based on multi-temporal Sentinel-2 image classification”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 109, 102766. doi:10.1016/J.JAG.2022.102766. Publisher
71 Zekollari, H., Huss, M., Farinotti, D., and Lhermitte, S. (2022). “Ice-Dynamical Glacier Evolution Modeling—A Review”. Reviews of Geophysics, 60(2). doi:10.1029/2021RG000754. Publisher

2021

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70 Hu, Z., Kuipers Munneke, P., Lhermitte, S., Izeboud, M., and Van Den Broeke, M. (2021). “Improving surface melt estimation over the Antarctic Ice Sheet using deep learning: A proof of concept over the Larsen Ice Shelf”. Cryosphere, 15(12), 5639-5658. doi:10.5194/tc-15-5639-2021. Publisher
69 Cordero, R. R., Feron, S., Sepúlveda, E., Damiani, A., Carrera, J. M., Jorquera, J., Alfonso, J. A., Fuenzalida, R., Rivas, M., MacDonell, S., Seckmeyer, G., Wang, C., Ouyang, Z., and Lhermitte, S. (2021). “Evaluation of MODIS-derived estimates of the albedo over the Atacama Desert using ground-based spectral measurements”. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 19822. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98622-4. Publisher
68 Voordendag, A., Réveillet, M., MacDonell, S., and Lhermitte, S. (2021). “Snow model comparison to simulate snow depth evolution and sublimation at point scale in the semi-arid Andes of Chile”. The Cryosphere, 15(9), 4241–4259. doi:10.5194/tc-15-4241-2021. Publisher
67 de Roda Husman, S., van der Sanden, J. J., Lhermitte, S., and Eleveld, M. A. (2021). “Integrating intensity and context for improved supervised river ice classification from dual-pol Sentinel-1 SAR data”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 101(May), 102359. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2021.102359. Publisher
66 Francis, D., Mattingly, K. S., Lhermitte, S., Temimi, M., and Heil, P. (2021). “Atmospheric extremes caused high oceanward sea surface slope triggering the biggest calving event in more than 50 years at the Amery Ice Shelf”. Cryosphere, 15(5), 2147–2165. doi:10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021. Publisher
65 Li, W., Lhermitte, S., and Lopez-Dekker, P. (2021). “The potential of synthetic aperture radar interferometry for assessing meltwater lake dynamics on Antarctic ice shelve”. The Cryosphere. doi:10.5194/tc-2021-169. Publisher

2020

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64 Mattingly, K. S., Mote, T. L., Fettweis, X., As, D. V. A. N., Tricht, K. V. A. N., Lhermitte, S., Pettersen, C., and Fausto, R. S. (2020). “Strong summer atmospheric rivers trigger Greenland ice sheet melt through spatially varying surface energy balance and cloud regimes”. Journal of Climate, 33(16), 6809-6832. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0835.1. Publisher
63 Van Dalum, C. T., Van De Berg, W. J., Lhermitte, S., and R., V. D. B. M. (2020). “Evaluation of a new snow albedo scheme for the Greenland ice sheet in the regional atmospheric climate model (RACMO2)”. Cryosphere, 14(11), 3645-3662. doi:10.5194/tc-14-3645-2020. Publisher
62 Gossart, A., Palm, S. P., Souverijns, N., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Lhermitte, S., and van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2020). “Importance of Blowing Snow During Cloudy Conditions in East Antarctica: Comparison of Ground-Based and Space-Borne Retrievals Over Ice-Shelf and Mountain Regions”. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00240. Publisher
61 Kausch, T., Lhermitte, S., Lenaerts, J., Wever, N., Inoue, M., Pattyn, F., Sun, S., Wauthy, S., Tison, J.-L., and van de Berg, W. J. (2020). “Impact of coastal East Antarctic ice rises on surface mass balance: insights from observations and modeling”. The Cryosphere, 1–20. doi:10.5194/tc-2020-66. Publisher
60 Lhermitte, S., Sun, S., Shuman, C., Wouters, B., Pattyn, F., Wuite, J., Berthier, E., and Nagler, T. (2020). “Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201912890. doi:10.1073/pnas.1912890117. Publisher
59 Noël, B., Jakobs, C. L., van Pelt, W. J. J., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Kohler, J., Hagen, J. O., Luks, B., Reijmer, C. H., van de Berg, W. J., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2020). “Low elevation of Svalbard glaciers drives high mass loss variability”. Nature Communications, 11(1), 4597. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18356-1. Publisher
58 Dunmire, D., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Banwell, A. F., Wever, N., Shragge, J., Lhermitte, S., Drews, R., Pattyn, F., Hansen, J. S. S., Willis, I. C., Miller, J., and Keenan, E. (2020). “Observations of buried lake drainage on the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2020GL087970. Publisher
57 Réveillet, M., MacDonell, S., Gascoin, S., Kinnard, C., Lhermitte, S., and Schaffer, N. (2020). “Impact of forcing on sublimation simulations for a high mountain catchment in the semiarid Andes”. The Cryosphere, 14(1), 147–163. doi:10.5194/tc-14-147-2020. Publisher
56 van Kampenhout, L., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lipscomb, W. H., Lhermitte, S., Noël, B., Vizcaíno, M., Sacks, W. J., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2020). “Present-Day Greenland Ice Sheet Climate and Surface Mass Balance in CESM2”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(2). doi:10.1029/2019JF005318. Publisher
55 Izeboud, M., Lhermitte, S., Van Tricht, K., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Van Lipzig, N. P. M., and Wever, N. (2020). “The Spatiotemporal Variability of Cloud Radiative Effects on the Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance”. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(12). doi:10.1029/2020GL087315. Publisher

2019

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54 Noel, B. P. Y., van de Berg, W. J., Lhermitte, S., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2019). “Rapid ablation zone expansion amplifies north Greenland mass loss”. Science Advances, 5(9), eaaw0123. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw0123. Publisher
53 Datta, R. T., Tedesco, M., Fettweis, X., Agosta, C., Lhermitte, S., Lenaerts, J. T. M., and Wever, N. (2019). “The Effect of Foehn-Induced Surface Melt on Firn Evolution Over the Northeast Antarctic Peninsula”. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(7), 3822–3831. doi:10.1029/2018GL080845. Publisher

2018

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52 Souverijns, N., Gossart, A., Lhermitte, S., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Grazioli, J., Berne, A., Duran-Alarcon, C., Boudevillain, B., Genthon, C., Scarchilli, C., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2018). “Evaluation of the CloudSat surface snowfall product over Antarctica using ground-based precipitation radars”. The Cryosphere, 12, 3775-3789. doi:10.5194/tc-12-3775-2018. Publisher
51 Noël, B., van de Berg, W. J., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Schaffer, N., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2018). “Six decades of glacial mass loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(6), 1430–1449. doi:10.1029/2017JF004304. Publisher
50 Souverijns, N., Gossart, A., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Lhermitte, S., Mangold, A., Laffineur, Q., Delcloo, A., and van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2018). “How does the ice sheet surface mass balance relate to snowfall? Insights from a ground-based precipitation radar in East Antarctica”. The Cryosphere, 12(6), 1987–2003. doi:10.5194/tc-12-1987-2018. Publisher
49 van Wessem, J. M., van de Berg, W. J., Noël, B. P. Y., van Meijgaard, E., Amory, C., Birnbaum, G., Jakobs, C. L., Krüger, K., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lhermitte, S., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Medley, B., Reijmer, C. H., van Tricht, K., Trusel, L. D., van Ulft, L. H., Wouters, B., Wuite, J., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2018). “Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)”. The Cryosphere, 12(4), 1479–1498. doi:10.5194/tc-12-1479-2018. Publisher
48 Noël, B., van de Berg, W. J., van Wessem, J. M., van Meijgaard, E., van As, D., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lhermitte, S., Kuipers Munneke, P., Smeets, C. J. P. P., van Ulft, L. H., van de Wal, R. S. W., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2018). “Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)”. The Cryosphere, 12(3), 811–831. doi:10.5194/tc-12-811-2018. Publisher

2017

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47 Gossart, A., Souverijns, N., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Lhermitte, S., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Schween, J. H., Mangold, A., Laffineur, Q., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2017). “Blowing snow detection from ground-based ceilometers: Application to East Antarctica”. Cryosphere, 11(6), 2755–2772. doi:10.5194/tc-11-2755-2017. Publisher
46 Souverijns, N., Gossart, A., Lhermitte, S., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Kneifel, S., Maahn, M., Bliven, F. L., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2017). “Estimating radar reflectivity - snowfall rate relationships and their uncertainties over Antarctica by combining disdrometer and radar observations”. Atmospheric research, 196, 211-223. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.06.001. Publisher
45 Thiery, W., Gudmundsson, L., Bedka, K., Semazzi, F., Lhermitte, S., Willems, P., Van Lipzig, N., and Seneviratne, S. (2017). “Early warnings of hazardous thunderstorms over Lake Victoria”. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7), 12 074012. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa7521. Publisher
44 Lenaerts, J., Van Tricht, K., Lhermitte, S., and L’Ecuyer, T. S. (2017). “Polar clouds and radiation in satellite observations, reanalyses, and climate models”. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. doi:10.1002/2016GL072242. Publisher
43 Noël, B., van de Berg, W. J., Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Machguth, H., Howat, I., Citterio, M., Moholdt, G., Lenaerts, J. T. M., and van den Broeke, M. R. (2017). “A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps”. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/ncomms14730. Publisher
42 Steger, C. R., Reijmer, C. H., van den Broeke, M. R., Wever, N., Forster, R. R., Koenig, L. S., Kuipers-Munneke, P., Lehning, M., Lhermitte, S., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Miège, C., and Noël, B. P. Y. (2017). “Firn meltwater retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: a model comparison”. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5(3). doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00003. Publisher
41 De Keersmaecker, W., Lhermitte, S., Hill, M. J., Tits, L., Coppin, P., and Somers, B. (2017). “Assessment of regional vegetation response to climate anomalies: a case study for Australia using GIMMS NDVI time series between 1982 and 2006”. Remote Sensing, 9(1), 34. doi:10.3390/rs9010034. Publisher
40 Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lhermitte, S., Drews, R., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Berger, S., Helm, V., Smeets, C. J. P. P., van den Broeke, M. R., van de Berg, W. J., Eijkelboom, M., Eisen, O., and Pattyn, F. (2017). “Meltwater produced by wind-albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf.”. Nature Climate Change, 7, 58-62. doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE3180. Publisher

2016

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39 Noël, B., van de Berg, W. J., Machguth, H., Lhermitte, S., Howat, I., Fettweis, X., and Van Den Broeke, M. R. (2016). “A daily, 1-km resolution dataset of downscaled Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance (1958-2015)”. Cryosphere, 10, 2361-2377. doi:10.5194/tc-10-2361-2016. Publisher
38 Van Tricht, K., Lhermitte, S., Gorodetskaya, I. V., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2016). “Improving satellite-retrieved surface radiative fluxes in polar regions using a smart sampling approach”. Cryosphere, 10, 2379-2397. doi:10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016. Publisher
37 Thiery, W., Davin, E. L., Seneviratne, S. I., Bedka, K., Lhermitte, S., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2016). “Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria”. Nature Communications, 7, 12786. doi:10.1038/ncomms12786. Publisher
36 Hublart, P., Ruelland, D., Garc'a de Cortázar-Atauri, I., Gascoin, S., Lhermitte, S., and Ibacache, A. (2016). “Reliability of lumped hydrological modeling in a semi-arid mountainous catchment facing water-use changes”. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20(9), 3691-3717. doi:10.5194/hess-20-3691-2016. Publisher
35 Hawinkel, P., Thiery, W., Lhermitte, S., Swinnen, E., Verbist, B., Van Orshoven, J., and Muys, B. (2016). “Vegetation response to precipitation variability in East Africa controlled by biogeographical factors”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(9), 2422–2444. doi:10.1002/2016JG003436. Publisher
34 De Keersmaecker, W., van Rooijen, N., Lhermitte, S., Tits, L., Schaminée, J., Coppin, P., Honnay, O., and Somers, B. (2016). “Species-rich semi-natural grasslands have a higher resistance but a lower resilience than intensively managed agricultural grasslands in response to climate anomalies”. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53(2), 430-439. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12595. Publisher
33 Docquier, D., Thiery, W., Lhermitte, S., and van Lipzig, N. (2016). “Multi-year wind dynamics around Lake Tanganyika”. Climate Dynamics, 47(9), 3191–3202. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3020-z. Publisher
32 Van Tricht, K., Lhermitte, S., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Gorodetskaya, I. V., L’Ecuyer, T. S., Noël, B., Van Den Broeke, M. R., Turner, D. D., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2016). “Clouds enhance Greenland ice sheet meltwater runoff”. Nature Communications, 7, 10266. doi:10.1038/ncomms10266. Publisher

2015

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31 Thiery, W., Davin, E. L., Panitz, H. J., Demuzere, M., Lhermitte, S., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2015). “The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate”. Journal of Climate, 28(10), 4061-4085. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00565.1. Publisher
30 Hawinkel, P., Swinnen, E., Lhermitte, S., Verbist, B., Van Orshoven, J., and Muys, B. (2015). “A time series processing tool to extract climate-driven interannual vegetation dynamics using Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD)”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 169, 375-389. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.024. Publisher
29 Vanonckelen, S., Lhermitte, S., and Van Rompaey, A. (2015). “The effect of atmospheric and topographic correction on pixel-based image composites: Improved forest cover detection in mountain environments”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 35(PB), 320-328. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2014.10.006. Publisher
28 De Keersmaecker, W., Lhermitte, S., Tits, L., Honnay, O., Somers, B., and Coppin, P. (2015). “A model quantifying global vegetation resistance and resilience to short-term climate anomalies and their relationship with vegetation cover”. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(5), 539-548. doi:10.1111/geb.12279. Publisher
27 De Keersmaecker, W., Lhermitte, S., Tits, L., Honnay, O., Somers, B., and Coppin, P. (2015). “Resilience and the reliability of spectral entropy to assess ecosystem stability”. Global Change Biology. doi:10.1111/gcb.12799. Publisher
26 Bertin, A., Alvarez, E., Gouin, N., Gianoli, E., Montecinos, S., Lek, S., Gascoin, S., and Lhermitte, S. (2015). “Effects of wind-driven spatial structure and environmental heterogeneity on high-altitude wetland macroinvertebrate assemblages with contrasting dispersal modes”. Freshwater Biology, 60(2), 297-310. doi:10.1111/fwb.12488. Publisher

2014

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25 Maahn, M., Burgard, C., Crewell, S., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Kneifel, S., Lhermitte, S., Van Tricht, K., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2014). “How does the spaceborne radar blind zone affect derived surface snowfall statistics in polar regions?”. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 119(24), 13604-13620. doi:10.1002/2014JD022079. Publisher
24 Lhermitte, S., Abermann, J., and Kinnard, C. (2014). “Albedo over rough snow and ice surfaces”. Cryosphere, 8(3), 1069-1086. doi:10.5194/tc-8-1069-2014. Publisher
23 Van Tricht, K., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Lhermitte, S., Turner, D. D., Schween, J. H., and Van Lipzig, N. P. M. (2014). “An improved algorithm for polar cloud-base detection by ceilometer over the ice sheets”. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7(5), 1153-1167. doi:10.5194/amt-7-1153-2014. Publisher
22 Vanonckelen, S., Lhermitte, S., Balthazar, V., and Van Rompaey, A. (2014). “Performance of atmospheric and topographic correction methods on Landsat imagery in mountain areas”. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(13), 4952-4972. doi:10.1080/01431161.2014.933280. Publisher
21 De Keersmaecker, W., Lhermitte, S., Honnay, O., Farifteh, J., Somers, B., and Coppin, P. (2014). “How to measure ecosystem stability? An evaluation of the reliability of stability metrics based on remote sensing time series across the major global ecosystems”. Global Change Biology, 20(7), 2149-2161. doi:10.1111/gcb.12495. Publisher

2013

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20 Vanonckelen, S., Lhermitte, S., and Van Rompaey, A. (2013). “The effect of atmospheric and topographic correction methods on land cover classification accuracy”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 24(1), 9-21. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2013.02.003. Publisher
19 Gascoin, S., Lhermitte, S., Kinnard, C., Bortels, K., and Liston, G. E. (2013). “Wind effects on snow cover in Pascua-Lama, Dry Andes of Chile”. Advances in Water Resources, 55, 25-39. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.11.013. Publisher

2012

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18 Van Angelen, J. H., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Lhermitte, S., Fettweis, X., Kuipers Munneke, P., Van Den Broeke, M. R., Van Meijgaard, E., and P. Smeets, C. J. P. (2012). “Sensitivity of Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance to surface albedo parameterization: A study with a regional climate model”. Cryosphere, 6(5), 1175-1186. doi:10.5194/tc-6-1175-2012. Publisher
17 Veraverbeke, S., Verstraeten, W. W., Lhermitte, S., Van De Kerchove, R., and Goossens, R. (2012). “Assessment of post-fire changes in land surface temperature and surface albedo, and their relation with fireburn severity using multitemporal MODIS imagery”. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21(3), 243-256. doi:10.1071/WF10075. Publisher
16 Van De Kerchove, R., Lhermitte, S., Veraverbeke, S., and Goossens, R. (2012). “Spatio-temporal variability in remotely sensed land surface temperature, and its relationship with physiographic variables in the Russian Altay Mountains”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 20(1), 4-19. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2011.09.007. Publisher

2011

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15 Lhermitte, S., Verbesselt, J., Verstraeten, W. W., and Coppin, P. (2011). “A comparison of time series similarity measures for classification and change detection of ecosystem dynamics”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(12), 3129-3152. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.06.020. Publisher
14 Gascoin, S., Kinnard, C., Ponce, R., Lhermitte, S., MacDonell, S., and Rabatel, A. (2011). “Glacier contribution to streamflow in two headwaters of the Huasco River, Dry Andes of Chile”. Cryosphere, 5(4), 1099-1113. doi:10.5194/tc-5-1099-2011. Publisher
13 Veraverbeke, S., Lhermitte, S., Verstraeten, W. W., and Goossens, R. (2011). “Evaluation of pre/post-fire differenced spectral indices for assessing burn severity in a mediterranean environment with landsat thematic mapper”. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(12), 3521-3537. doi:10.1080/01431161003752430. Publisher
12 Veraverbeke, S., Lhermitte, S., Verstraeten, W., and Goossens, R. (2011). “A time-integrated MODIS burn severity assessment using the multi-temporal differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBRMT)”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 13(1), 52-58. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2010.06.006. Publisher
11 Lhermitte, S., Verbesselt, J., Verstraeten, W. W., Veraverbeke, S., and Coppin, P. (2011). “Assessing intra-annual vegetation regrowth after fire using the pixel based regeneration index”. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 66(1), 17-27. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2010.08.004. Publisher

2010

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10 Veraverbeke, S., Lhermitte, S., Verstraeten, W. W., and Goossens, R. (2010). “The temporal dimension of differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) fire/burn severity studies: The case of the large 2007 Peloponnese wildfires in Greece”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(11), 2548-2563. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.029. Publisher
9 Veraverbeke, S., Verstraeten, W. W., Lhermitte, S., and Goossens, R. (2010). “Evaluating Landsat Thematic Mapper spectral indices for estimating burn severity of the 2007 Peloponnese wildfires in Greece”. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19(5), 558-569. doi:10.1071/WF09069. Publisher
8 Lhermitte, S., Verbesselt, J., Verstraeten, W. W., and Coppin, P. (2010). “A pixel based regeneration index using time series similarity and spatial context”. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 76(6), 673-682. doi:10.14358/PERS.76.6.673. Publisher
7 Verstraeten, W. W., Vermeulen, B., Stuckens, J., Lhermitte, S., van der Zande, D., van Ranst, M., and Coppin, P. (2010). “Webcams for bird detection and monitoring: A demonstration study”. Sensors, 10(4), 3480-3503. doi:10.3390/s100403480. Publisher
6 Veraverbeke, S., Verstraeten, W. W., Lhermitte, S., and Goossens, R. (2010). “Illumination effects on the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio’s optimality for assessing fire severity”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 12(1), 60-70. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2009.10.004. Publisher

2009

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5 Delalieux, S., Auwerkerken, A., Verstraeten, W. W., Somers, B., Valcke, R., Lhermitte, S., Keulemans, J., and Coppin, P. (2009). “Hyperspectral reflectance and fluorescence imaging to detect scab induced stress in apple leaves”. Remote Sensing, 1(4), 858-874. doi:10.3390/rs1040858. Publisher
4 Somers, B., Delalieux, S., Verstraeten, W. W., Verbesselt, J., Lhermitte, S., and Coppin, P. (2009). “Magnitude- and shape-related feature integration in hyperspectral mixture analysis to monitor weeds in citrus orchards”. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(11), 3630-3642. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2009.2024207. Publisher

2008

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3 Lhermitte, S., Verbesselt, J., Jonckheere, I., Nackaerts, K., van Aardt, J. A. N., Verstraeten, W. W., and Coppin, P. (2008). “Hierarchical image segmentation based on similarity of NDVI time series”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(2), 506-521. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.018. Publisher

2007

# Publication Links
2 Verbesselt, J., Somers, B., Lhermitte, S., Jonckheere, I., van Aardt, J., and Coppin, P. (2007). “Monitoring herbaceous fuel moisture content with SPOT VEGETATION time-series for fire risk prediction in savanna ecosystems”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 108(4), 357-368. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.019. Publisher

2006

# Publication Links
1 Verbesselt, J., Jönsson, P., Lhermitte, S., Van Aardt, J., and Coppin, P. (2006). “Evaluating satellite and climate data-derived indices as fire risk indicators in savanna ecosystems”. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(6), 1622-1632. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.862262. Publisher