Biography:Frank Pattyn
Frank Pattyn | |
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| Born | 4 March 1966 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
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| Fields | glaciology ; Ice sheet Modelling ; Model intercomparison ; Antarctica |
| Institutions | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Website | http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~fpattyn/ |
Frank Jean-Marie Léon Pattyn is a Belgian glaciologist and professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles.[1] He is best known for developing ice-sheet models and leading model intercomparisons.[2]
Early life and education
Frank Pattyn was born in Etterbeek on 4 March 1966.[3] He completed his Bachelor and Master degrees in geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1986 and 1988, respectively.[4] After a short period of military service in the Belgian Armed Forces,[4] he then obtained his PhD from the same institution in 1998.[5]
Career and impact
After completing his PhD, Pattyn then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan (1999-2000) before coming back to Belgium as a research associate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.[3]
In 2000, he started to teach geomorphology and climatology at the Université libre de Bruxelles where he became a professor in 2011. Since 2006, he has also become co-director of the Laboratoire de Glaciologie[6] of the Université libre de Bruxelles.
He is currently Chairman of the Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research,[7] the Belgian branch of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the vice-president of the International Glaciological Society[8] and Associate Chief Editor of Journal of Glaciology.[9]
Pattyn has authored over 70 peer-review papers[10] (including 6 from high-profile journals) covering various aspect of glaciology, which are cited over 1700 times.[10]
His research includes ice-sheet modelling with in situ and remote sensing observations, to evaluate the present-day and future mass changes of the Antarctic ice sheet. He has developed several ice-sheet models, such as a three-dimensional thermomechanical ice-sheet model including higher-order stress gradients (Blatter-Pattyn model),[11] and more recently the fast Elementary Thermomechanical Ice Sheet model (f.ETISh).[12] Such models are capable of simulating the behaviour of fast-flowing ice streams and ice flow across subglacial lakes, and over long time scales.
He is also actively involved in a series of Ice-Sheet Model Intercomparison Projects (ISMIP),[13] such as ISMIP-HOM, ISMIP-HEINO, MISMIP, MISMIP3D, and MISMIP+.
He took part in 19 expeditions to Antarctica and Arctic glaciers in order to study the interaction of glaciers and ice sheets with subglacial water and the ocean, using ground-penetrating radar and differential GPS.
Since taking office as a professor, he has also paid attention to the outreach of glaciology. In particular, he developed the Grantism model,[14] which allows to simulate the evolution of the Greenland and the Antarctic according to parameters understandable to all (temperature, sea level). He recently set up the Tweeting ice shelf, a project which consists of two GPS placed on the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, East Antarctica that communicate their position and movement via Twitter.[15]
Awards and honours
Pattyn has received the 2018 Louis Agassiz Medal,[16] an award[17] from the European Geosciences Union that recognises his outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere.
Selected work
- Pattyn, Frank (2017). "Sea-level response to melting of Antarctic ice shelves on multi-centennial timescales with the fast Elementary Thermomechanical Ice Sheet model (f.ETISh v1.0)". The Cryosphere 11 (4): 1851–1878. doi:10.5194/tc-11-1851-2017. Bibcode: 2017TCry...11.1851P.
- Hanna, Edward; Navarro, Francisco J.; Pattyn, Frank; Domingues, Catia M.; Fettweis, Xavier; Ivins, Erik R.; Nicholls, Robert J.; Ritz, Catherine et al. (2013). "Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change". Nature 498 (7452): 51–59. doi:10.1038/nature12238. PMID 23739423. Bibcode: 2013Natur.498...51H. http://dro.dur.ac.uk/10898/1/10898.pdf.
- Pattyn, Frank; Perichon, Laura; Durand, Gaël; Favier, Lionel; Gagliardini, Olivier; Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.; Zwinger, Thomas; Albrecht, Torsten et al. (2013). "Grounding-line migration in plan-view marine ice-sheet models: Results of the ice2sea MISMIP3d intercomparison". Journal of Glaciology 59 (215): 410–422. doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J129. Bibcode: 2013JGlac..59..410P.
- Pattyn, F.; Schoof, C.; Perichon, L.; Hindmarsh, R. C. A.; Bueler, E.; De Fleurian, B.; Durand, G.; Gagliardini, O. et al. (2012). "Results of the Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project, MISMIP". The Cryosphere 6 (3): 573–588. doi:10.5194/tc-6-573-2012. Bibcode: 2012TCry....6..573P.
- Pattyn, Frank (2010). "Antarctic subglacial conditions inferred from a hybrid ice sheet/ice stream model". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295 (3–4): 451–461. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.025. Bibcode: 2010E&PSL.295..451P.
- Pattyn, Frank (2006). "GRANTISM: An Excel model for Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheet response to climate changes". Computers & Geosciences 32 (3): 316–325. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.020. Bibcode: 2006CG.....32..316P.
- Pattyn, Frank (2003). "A new three-dimensional higher-order thermomechanical ice sheet model: Basic sensitivity, ice stream development, and ice flow across subglacial lakes". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B8): 2382. doi:10.1029/2002JB002329. Bibcode: 2003JGRB..108.2382P.
References
- ↑ "Laboratoire de Glaciologie - ULB". http://dev.ulb.ac.be/glaciol/frank.html.
- ↑ "The research groups - Research - Belgian Polar Platform - Research and applications - Belgian Science Policy" (in en). http://www.belspo.be/belspo/bepoles/scientist/pattyn_en.stm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Frank Pattyn". http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/PATTYN2011CV10071.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pattyn, Frank. "Curriculum Vitae". https://frank.pattyn.web.ulb.be/curricul.html.
- ↑ Pattyn, Frank (1998). Ice-sheet dynamics in eastern Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (Ph.D. thesis). Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ↑ "Laboratoire de Glaciologie - ULB". http://dev.ulb.ac.be/glaciol/staff.html.
- ↑ "SCAR-BNCAR – Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research – Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research" (in en-GB). http://www.bncar.be/.
- ↑ "Council" (in en). https://www.igsoc.org/committees/council.
- ↑ "Editorial Board, Journal of Glaciology" (in en). https://www.igsoc.org/committees/journal/.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Pattyn, Frank)" (in en-). https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701845439.
- ↑ Pattyn, Frank (2003-08-01). "A new three-dimensional higher-order thermomechanical ice sheet model: Basic sensitivity, ice stream development, and ice flow across subglacial lakes" (in en). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B8): 2382. doi:10.1029/2002JB002329. ISSN 2156-2202. Bibcode: 2003JGRB..108.2382P.
- ↑ Pattyn, F. (2017-01-30). "Sea-level response to melting of Antarctic ice shelves on multi-centennial time scales with the fast Elementary Thermomechanical Ice Sheet model (f.ETISh v1.0)". The Cryosphere Discussions 2017: 1–52. doi:10.5194/tc-2017-8. ISSN 1994-0440.
- ↑ "ISMIP page". http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~phuybrec/ismip.html.
- ↑ Pattyn, Frank (2006-04-01). "GRANTISM: An Excel model for Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheet response to climate changes". Computers & Geosciences 32 (3): 316–325. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.020. Bibcode: 2006CG.....32..316P.
- ↑ "Who is Who?". http://tweetiniceshelf.blogspot.be/p/who-is-who.html.
- ↑ "EGU announces 2018 awards and medals" (in en-GB). https://www.egu.eu/news/359/egu-announces-2018-awards-and-medals/.
- ↑ "EGU" (in en-GB). https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/louis-agassiz/.
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