SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Gerland, S., & Renner, A.H.H. (2007): Sea ice mass balance monitoring in an Arctic fjord, Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 46, pp. 435-442.
Gerland, S., Aars, J., Bracegirdle, T., Carmack, E., Hop, H., Hovelsrud, G.K., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Perovich, D.K., Richter-Menge, J., Rybråten, S., Strøm, H., & Turner, J. (2007): Ice in the Sea. Chapter 5 of Global Outlook for Ice and Snow. UN Environment Program (UNEP), pp. 63-96. Website with download link: http://www.unep.org/geo/geo_ice/
Cottier, F., Nilsen, F., Inall, M.E., Gerland, S., Tverberg, V., & Svendsen, H. (2007): Wintertime warming of an Arctic shelf in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 34, L10607, doi: 10.1029/2007GL029948.
Gerland, S., & Hall, R. (2006): Variability of fast ice thickness in Spitsbergen fjords Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 44, pp. 231-239.
Gerland, S., Haas, C., Hall, R., Holfort, J., Hansen, E., Løyning, T.B., and Renner, A. (2006): Spring sea ice thickness in the western Fram Strait: Preliminary results. In: P. Wadhams & G. Amanatidis (eds.): Arctic Sea Ice Thickness: Past, Present and Future. Climate Change and Natural Hazards Series 10, EUR22416, European Commission, Brussels, 2006, 293 pages, pp. 158-164. (Download pdf)
Richter-Menge, J., Overland, J., Proshutinsky, A., Romanovsky, V., Bengtsson, L., Brigham., L.,Dyrgerov, M., Gascard, J.C., Gerland, S., Graversen, R., Haas, C., Karcher, M., Kuhry, P., Maslanik, J., Melling, H., Maslowsky, W., Morison, J., Perovich, D., Przybylak, R., Rachold, V., Rigor, I., Shiklomanov, A., Stroeve, J., Walker, D., & Walsh, J. (2006): State of the Arctic Report. NOAA OAR Special Report, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA, 36 pp.
Dowdall, M., Gerland, S., Karcher, M., Gwynn, J.P., Rudjord, A.L. & Kolstad, A.K. (2005): Optimisation of sampling for the temporal monitoring of technetium-99 in the Arctic marine environment. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 84, pp. 111-130.
Gerland, S., Haas, C., Nicolaus, M. & Winther, J-G. (2004): Seasonal development of structure and optical surface properties of fast ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. In: Wiencke, C. (ed.): The coastal ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Synopsis of biological research performed at the Koldewey Station in the years 1991-2003. Reports of Polar and Marine Research, Vol. 492, pp. 26-34. (Download pdf)
Gwynn, J.P., Dowdall, M., Gerland, S., Selnæs, Ø.G. & Wiencke, C. (2004): Technetium-99 in Arctic marine algae from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. In: Wiencke, C. (ed.): The coastal ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Synopsis of biological research performed at the Koldewey Station in the years 1991-2003. Reports of Polar and Marine Research, Vol. 492, pp. 35-43.
Hamre, B., Winther, J-G., Gerland, S., Stamnes, J.J. & Stamnes, K., 2004: Modeled and measured optical transmittance of snow-covered first-year sea ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, C10006, doi: 10.1029/2003JC001926.
Gerland, S. & Njåstad, B. (eds.) 2004: Arctic Climate Feedback Mechanisms. Proceedings of a workshop at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, 17-19 November 2003. Rapportserie Norwegian Polar Institute 124, 63 pages (non-reviewed)
Karcher, M.J., Gerland, S., Harms, I. H., Iosjpe, M., Heldal, H.E., Kershaw, P.J. & Sickel, M. (2004): The dispersion of 99Tc in the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean: a comparison of model results and observations. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 74, No. 1-3, pp. 185-198.
Gerland, S., Njaastad, B., Isaksson, E., Pavlov, V., Christensen, J.H., Haugan, P.M., Holmén, K., Perovich, D.K., Reeh, N. & Wadhams, P. (2004): Discussions of Arctic Climate Feedback Mechanisms. Eos Transactions, Meetings section, Vol. 85, No. 15 (13 April 2004), p. 147.
Winther, J-G., Edvardsen, K., Gerland, S. & Hamre, B. (2004): Surface reflectance of sea ice and under ice irradiance in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Research Note. Polar Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 115-118. (Download pdf)
Gerland, S., Winther, J-G., Edvardsen, K. (2004): Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Interaction Studies on Svalbard fjords. Research note (non-reviewed). In Jaklin, G.S. (ed.): Polar Research in Tromsø 2003, Norwegian Polar Institute, pp 5-6. (Download pdf)
Hansen, E., Løyning, T.B., Gerland, S. , & Goodwin, H. (2004): Arctic sea ice thickness variability observed over a decade in the Fram Strait. Extended abstract. Proceedings of the Final ACSYS (Arctic Climate System Study) Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, November 2003. 4 pages (non-reviewed). (Download pdf)
Ivanov, B.V., Gerland, S., Winther, J-G. & Goodwin, H. (2003): Energy exchange processes in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean, during spring 1999. Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 49, No. 166, 415-419.
Winther, J-G., Bruland, O., Sand, K., Gerland, S., Marechal, D., Ivanov, B., Glowacki, P. & König, M. (2003): Snow research in Svalbard - an overview. Polar Research, Vol. 22, No. 2, 125-144. (Download pdf)
Gerland, S., Lind, B., Dowdall, M., Karcher, M. & Kolstad, A.K. (2003): 99Tc in seawater in the West Spitsbergen Current and adjacent areas. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 69, No. 1-2, 119-127.
Svendsen, H., Beszczynska-Møller, A., Hagen, J.O., Lefauconnier, B.,Tverberg, V., Gerland, S., Ørbæk, J.B., Bischof, K., Papucci, C., Zajaczkowski, M., Azzolini, R., Bruland, O., Wiencke, C., Winther, J-G., & Dallmann, W. (2002): The physical environment of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard. Polar Research, Vol. 21, No. 1, 133-166. (Download pdf)
Hop, H., Pearson, T., Hegseth, E.N., Kovacs, K.M., Wiencke, C., Kwasniewski, S., Eiane, K., Mehlum, F., Gulliksen, B., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Lydersen, C., Weslawski, J.M., Cochrane, S., Gabrielsen, G.W., Leakey, R., Lønne, O.J., Zajaczkowski, M., Falk-Petersen, S., Kendall, M., Wängberg, S.-Å., Bischof, K., Voronkov, A.Yu., Kovaltchouk, N.A., Wiktor, J., Polterman, M., di Prisco, G., Papucci, C. & Gerland, S. 2002: The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Polar Research 21 (1), 167-208. (Download pdf)
Winther, J.-G., Godtliebsen, F., Gerland, S., & Isachsen, P.E. (2002): Surface albedo in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard: variability and trends during 1981-97; Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 32, pp. 127-139.
Gerland, S., Liston, G.E., Winther, J.-G., Ørbæk, J.B., & Ivanov, B. (2000): Attenuation of solar radiation in Arctic snow: field observations and modelling; Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 31, pp. 364-368.
Gerland, S., Oerter, H., Kipfstuhl, J., Wilhelms, F., Miller, H., & Miners, W.D. (1999): Density log of a 181 metre long ice core from Berkner Island, Antarctica; Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 29, pp. 215-219.
Gerland, S., Winther, J.-G., Ørbæk, J.B., & Ivanov, B. (1999): Physical properties, spectral reflectance and thickness development of first year fast-ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard; Polar Research, Vol. 18 (2), pp. 275-282. (Download pdf)
Haas, C., Cottier, F., Smedsrud, L.-H., Thomas, D., Buschmann, U., Dethleff, D., Gerland, S., Giannelli, V., Hoelemann, J., Tison, J.-L., & Wadhams, P. (1999): Multidisciplinary ice tank study shedding new light on sea ice growth processes; Eos Transactions, Vol. 80 (43), pp. 507, 509, 513.
Gerland, S., Winther, J.-G., Ørbæk, J.B.,Liston, G.E., Øritsland, N.A., Blanco, A., & Ivanov, B. (1999): Physical and optical properties of snow covering Arctic tundra on Svalbard; Hydrological Processes, Vol. 13 (14/15), pp. 2331-2343. Appeared also in: Hardy, J.P., Albert, M.R. & Marsh, P. (eds., 1999): Snow Hydrology: The Integration of Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 373 pp.
Haas, C., Gerland, S., Eicken, H., & Miller, H. (1997): Comparison of sea-ice thickness measurements under summer and winter conditions in the Arctic using a small electromagnetic induction device; Geophysics, Vol. 62 (3), pp. 749-757.
Gerland, S. & Villinger, H. (1995): Nondestructive density determination on marine sediment cores from gamma-ray attenuation measurements; Geo-Marine Letters, Vol. 15 (2), pp. 111-118.