Veijo Pohjola
Professor at Department of Earth Sciences; Program for Air, Water and Landscape Sciences; Physical Geography
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 25 09
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 961 71 60
- E-mail:
- Veijo.Pohjola@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- Docent

Publications
Recent publications
Editorial: Pan-Arctic snow research
Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Status of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications in Svalbard
Part of Remote Sensing, 2023
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Ground penetrating radar measurement of snow in Svalbard - past, present, future (SnowGPR)
Part of SESS report 2022 - The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard - an annual report, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), 2023
Impact of snow distribution modelling for runoff predictions
Part of Nordic Hydrology, p. 633-647, 2023
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Part of Remote Sensing, 2021
- DOI for SIOS's Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and Operational Activities in Response to COVID-19
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All publications
Articles in journal
Editorial: Pan-Arctic snow research
Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Status of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications in Svalbard
Part of Remote Sensing, 2023
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Impact of snow distribution modelling for runoff predictions
Part of Nordic Hydrology, p. 633-647, 2023
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Part of Remote Sensing, 2021
- DOI for SIOS's Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and Operational Activities in Response to COVID-19
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Part of Environmental Research Letters, 2021
- DOI for Improving the snowpack monitoring in the mountainous areas of Sweden from space: a machine learning approach
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A compilation of snow cover datasets for Svalbard: A multi-sensor, multi-model study
Part of Remote Sensing, 2021
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Accelerating future mass loss of Svalbard glaciers from a multi-model ensemble
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 485-499, 2021
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Water content of firn at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, derived from subsurface temperature measurements
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 921-932, 2021
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Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance
2020
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A long-term dataset of climatic mass balance, snow conditions, and runoff in Svalbard (1957–2018)
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 2259-2280, 2019
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Part of The Cryosphere, p. 1843-1859, 2019
Dynamic response of a High Arctic glacier to melt and runoff variations
Part of Geophysical Research Letters, p. 4917-4926, 2018
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 67-78, 2017
- DOI for A plot-scale study of firn stratigraphy at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, using ice cores, borehole video and GPR surveys in 2012–14
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2017
- DOI for Parameterizing deep water percolation improves subsurface temperature simulations by a multilayer firn model
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, p. 5411-5429, 2016
- DOI for Adjustment of regional climate model output for modeling the climatic mass balance of all glaciers on Svalbard
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2016
- DOI for The changing impact of snow conditions and refreezing on the mass balance of an idealized Svalbard glacier
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Multi-decadal climate and seasonal snow conditions in Svalbard
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, p. 2100-2117, 2016
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 961-976, 2016
- DOI for A synthetic ice core approach to estimate ion relocation in anice field site experiencing periodical melt: a case study onLomonosovfonna, Svalbard
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First Ice Core Records of NO3- Stable Isotopes from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, p. 313-330, 2015
Remotely Sensed Nightlights to Map Societal Exposure to Hydrometeorological Hazards
Part of Remote Sensing, p. 12380-12399, 2015
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Spatial Distribution of Disasters Caused by Natural Hazards in the Samala River Catchment, Guatemala
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 181-196, 2015
Inverse estimation of snow accumulation along a radar transect on Nordenskioldbreen, Svalbard
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, p. 816-835, 2014
Assessment of heat sources on the control of fast flow of Vestfonna ice cap, Svalbard
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 1951-1973, 2014
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Assessment of heat sources on the control of fast flow of Vestfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard
Part of The Cryosphere Discussions, p. 5097-5145, 2013
An iterative inverse method to estimate basal topography and initialize ice flow models
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 987-1006, 2013
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 1069-1083, 2013
An iterative inverse method to estimate basal topography and initialize ice flow models
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 987-1006, 2013
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Applying a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model to Svalbard Glaciers
Part of Advances in Meteorology, p. 321649, 2012
Sensitivity of basal conditions in an inverse model: Vestfonna ice cap, Nordaustlandet/Svalbard
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 771-783, 2012
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Part of The Cryosphere, p. 641-659, 2012
Statistical extraction of volcanic sulphate from nonpolar ice cores
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012
Nitrate and Sulfate Anthropogenic Trends in the 20th Century from Five Svalbard Ice Cores
Part of Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research, p. 490-499, 2012
Multi-Decadal Changes in Snow Characteristics in Sub-Arctic Sweden
Part of Ambio, p. 566-574, 2011
Part of Ambio, p. 705-716, 2011
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011
Part of Polar Record, p. 202-217, 2011
Snow isotope diffusion rates measured in a laboratory experiment
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 30-38, 2011
Changes of glacial front positions of Vestfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard)
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 301-310, 2011
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 287-299, 2011
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 323-335, 2011
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 201-208, 2011
Using high-resolution tritium profiles to quantify the effects of melt on two Spitsbergen ice cores
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 1087-1097, 2011
Part of Hydrological Processes, p. 3748-3759, 2011
Part of Polar Research, p. 7379, 2011
Ice thickness and basal conditions of Vestfonna ice cap, eastern Svalbard
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 311-322, 2011
Current use and legacy pesticide deposition to ice caps on Svalbard, Norway
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010
Stand-alone single-frequency GPS ice velocity observations on Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 593-604, 2010
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 7405-7410, 2010
Glacial long period seismic events at Katla volcano, Iceland
Part of Geophysical Research Letters, 2009
Deuterium excess record from a small Arctic ice cap
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008
Controlled experiments on the diffusion rate of stable isotopes of water in artificial firn
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 537-546, 2007
Determination of firn density in ice cores using image analysis
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 413-419, 2007
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 623-634, 2007
Svalbard summer melting, continentality, and sea ice extent from the Lomonosovfonna ice core
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006
Separation of melting and environmental signals in an ice core with seasonal melt
Part of Geophysical Research Letters, 2005
Part of The Holocene, p. 501-509, 2005
800 year long ion record from the Lomonosovfonna (Svalbard) ice core
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005
Climate oscillations as recorded in Svalbard ice core δ 18O records between 1200-1997 AD
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 203-214, 2005
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 259-270, 2005
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 175-180, 2004
Ice flux of Plogbreen, a small ice stream in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 409-416, 2004
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 263-268, 2003
Part of Ann.Glaciol., p. 134-142, 2003
Ice cores from Svalbard :useful archives of past climate and pollution history.
Part of Physics and chemistry of the earth. Part A, p. 1217-1228, 2003
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 371-378, 2002
A 800 year record of nitrate from the Lomonosovfonna ice core, Svalbard
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 261-265, 2002
Part of J.Geophys.Res., 2002
Part of Annals of glaciology, p. 57-62, 2002
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 417-424, 2002
Part of Journal of glaciology, p. 335-345, 2001
Methanesulfonic acid in a Svalbard ice core as an indicator of ocean climate
Part of GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, p. 1159-1162, 2000
Reconstruction of the undiffused seasonal oxygen isotope signal in central Greenland ice cores
Part of JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, p. 22095-22106, 2000
Part of Journal of geophysical research, p. 11.205-11.219, 1998
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 229-233, 1997
Atmospheric circulation and variations in Scandinavian mass balance
Part of Quaternary Research, p. 29-36, 1997
Part of Geografiska Annaler, p. 181-192, 1996
Characteristics of basal ice at Engabreen, northern Norway
Part of Annals of Glaciology, p. 114-120, 1996
Hydrology of a segment of a glacier situated in an overdeepening, Storglaciären, Sweden.
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 140-148, 1994
TV-video observations of englacial voids in Storglaciären, Sweden
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 231-240, 1994
TV-video observations of bed and basal sliding on Storglaciären, Sweden
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 111-118, 1993
Intra-seasonal changes in deformation profiles revealed by borehole studies, Storglaciären, Sweden.
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 348-358, 1992
An ice-dynamical investigation of an ice-stream at Heimefrontfjella, Dronning Maud Land.
Part of Berichte zur Polarforschung, p. 123-126, 1991
Part of Journal of Glaciology, p. 311-314, 1987
Articles, review/survey
Complementary approaches towards a universal model of glacier surges
Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
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Nitrate stable isotopes and major ions in snow and ice samples from four Svalbard sites
Part of Polar Research, 2015
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Subaerial salt extrusions in Iran as analogues of ice sheets, streams and glaciers
Part of Earth-Science Reviews, p. 155-183, 2009
Chapters in book
Ground penetrating radar measurement of snow in Svalbard - past, present, future (SnowGPR)
Part of SESS report 2022 - The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard - an annual report, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), 2023
Part of SESS Report 2020 – The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard, p. 202-219, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, 2021
- DOI for Satellite and modelling based snow season time series for Svalbard: Inter-comparisons and assessment of accuracy (SATMODSNOW)
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New data, new techniques and new challenges for updating the state of Svalbard glaciers (SvalGlac)
Part of SESS report 2019, p. 109-134, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, 2020
Part of The Patagonia Icefields, p. 125-138, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002