Dr. Philip Kraaijenbrink

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 4.46
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Philip Kraaijenbrink

Universitair docent
Hydrologie
030 253 3051
p.d.a.kraaijenbrink@uu.nl

Sleutelpublicaties

Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Bierkens, M. F. P., Lutz, A. F., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2017). Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers. Nature, 549(7671), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23878
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/356237/Impact.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Stigter, E. E., Yao, T., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2021). Climate change decisive for Asia’s snow meltwater supply. Nature Climate Change, 11(7), 591-597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01074-x
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412544/s41558_021_01074_x.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A. (2018). High-resolution insights into the dynamics of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/369004/Kraaijenbrink.pdf?sequence=1

Publicaties

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kraaijenbrink, P., & Immerzeel, W. (2025). Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Surface Mass Balance of Debris-Covered Glacier Tongues. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130, 1-25. Article e2024JF007935. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007935
Fu, S., de Jong, S. M., Nijland, W., Gravey, M., Kraaijenbrink, P., & de Haas, T. (2025). Monitoring 4D landslide displacement using very high resolution Pléiades satellite remote sensing.Case study of the La Valette landslide, French Alps. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5778

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Martin, L. C. P., Westermann, S., Magni, M., Brun, F., Fiddes, J., Lei, Y., Kraaijenbrink, P., Mathys, T., Langer, M., Allen, S., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2023). Recent ground thermo-hydrological changes in a southern Tibetan endorheic catchment and implications for lake level changes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(24), 4409-4436. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4409-2023
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435030/hess-27-4409-2023.pdf?sequence=1
Kneib, M., Fyffe, C. L., Miles, E. S., Lindemann, S., Shaw, T. E., Buri, P., McCarthy, M., Ouvry, B., Vieli, A., Sato, Y., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Zhao, C., Molnar, P., & Pellicciotti, F. (2023). Controls on Ice Cliff Distribution and Characteristics on Debris-Covered Glaciers. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(6), Article e2022GL102444. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102444
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432517/Geophysical_Research_Letters_-_2023_-_Kneib_-_Controls_on_Ice_Cliff_Distribution_and_Characteristics_on_Debris_Covered.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Shea, J. M., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Immerzeel, W. W., & Brun, F. (2021). Debris Emergence Elevations and Glacier Change. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, Article 709957. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.709957
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233982708/feart-09-709957.pdf
Steiner, J. F., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2021). Distributed Melt on a Debris-Covered Glacier: Field Observations and Melt Modeling on the Lirung Glacier in the Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 1-21. Article 678375. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.678375
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412897/feart_09_678375.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Stigter, E. E., Yao, T., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2021). Climate change decisive for Asia’s snow meltwater supply. Nature Climate Change, 11(7), 591-597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01074-x
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412544/s41558_021_01074_x.pdf?sequence=1
Khanal, S., Lutz, A. F., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., van den Hurk, B., Yao, T., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2021). Variable 21st Century Climate Change Response for Rivers in High Mountain Asia at Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales. Water Resources Research, 57(5), 1-26. Article e2020WR029266. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR029266
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412442/2020WR029266.pdf?sequence=1
Whitfield, P. H., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shook, K. R., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2021). The spatial extent of hydrological and landscape changes across the mountains and prairies of Canada in the Mackenzie and Nelson River basins based on data from a warm-season time window. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(5), 2513-2541. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2513-2021
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412441/hess_25_2513_2021.pdf?sequence=1
Edwards, T. L., Nowicki, S., Marzeion, B., Hock, R., Goelzer, H., Seroussi, H., Jourdain, N. C., Slater, D. A., Turner, F. E., Smith, C. J., McKenna, C. M., Simon, E., Abe-Ouchi, A., Gregory, J. M., Larour, E., Lipscomb, W. H., Payne, A. J., Shepherd, A., Agosta, C., ... Zwinger, T. (2021). Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise. Nature, 593(7857), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03302-y
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412157/s41586_021_03302_y.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

de Kok, R. J., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Tuinenburg, O. A., Bonekamp, P. N. J., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2020). Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling. The Cryosphere, 14, 3215-3234. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409143/tc_14_3215_2020.pdf?sequence=1
Marzeion, B., Hock, R., Anderson, B., Bliss, A., Champollion, N., Fujita, K., Huss, M., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P., Malles, J. H., Maussion, F., Radić, V., Rounce, D. R., Sakai, A., Shannon, S., van de Wal, R., & Zekollari, H. (2020). Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change. Earth's Future, 8(7), Article e2019EF001470. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001470
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408595/2019EF001470.pdf?sequence=1
Immerzeel, W. W., Lutz, A. F., Andrade, M., Bahl, A., Biemans, H., Bolch, T., Hyde, S., Brumby, S., Davies, B. J., Elmore, A. C., Emmer, A., Feng, M., Fernández, A., Haritashya, U., Kargel, J. S., Koppes, M., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Kulkarni, A. V., Mayewski, P. A., ... Baillie, J. E. M. (2020). Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers. Nature, 577(7790), 364-369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/394130/Importance_and_vulnerability_of_the_worlds_water_towers.pdf?sequence=1

Overige resultaten

Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A. (2020). Google Earth Engine workshop material. Web publication/site, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4068478

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Brun, F., Wagnon, P., Berthier, E., Jomelli, V., Maharjan, S. B., Shrestha, F., & Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A. (2019). Heterogeneous Influence of Glacier Morphology on the Mass Balance Variability in High Mountain Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(6), 1331-1345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004838
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/382245/Brun_et_al_2019_Journal_of_Geophysical_Research_Earth_Surface.pdf?sequence=1
Wijngaard, R. R., Steiner, J. F., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., van Beek, R., Bierkens, M. F. P., Lutz, A. F., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2019). Modeling the Response of the Langtang Glacier and the Hintereisferner to a Changing Climate Since the Little Ice Age. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 1-24. Article 143. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00143
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/381074/feart_07_00143.pdf?sequence=1
van Woerkom, T. A. A., Steiner, J. F., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Miles, E., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2019). Sediment supply from lateral moraines to a debris-covered glacier in the Himalaya. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7, 411-427. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-411-2019
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/381073/Sediment_supply.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Brun, F., Wagnon, P., Berthier, E., Shea, J. M., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Vincent, C., Reverchon, C., Shrestha, D., & Arnaud, Y. (2018). Ice cliff contribution to the tongue-wide ablation of Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal, central Himalaya. Cryosphere, 12(11), 3439-3457. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3439-2018
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374374/Ice.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A. (2018). High-resolution insights into the dynamics of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/369004/Kraaijenbrink.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shea, J. M., Litt, M., Steiner, J. F., Treichler, D., Koch, I., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2018). Mapping surface temperatures on a debris-covered glacier with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00064
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/366374/feart_06_00064.pdf?sequence=1
Steiner, J. F., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Jiduc, S. G., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2018). Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited - Extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017. Cryosphere, 12(1), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/362635/Brief.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Bierkens, M. F. P., Lutz, A. F., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2017). Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers. Nature, 549(7671), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23878
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/356237/Impact.pdf?sequence=1

Overige resultaten

Andreassen, L. M., De Marco, J., Oldani, S., Kjøllmoen, B., Immerzeel, W. W., & Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A. (2017). Using an unmanned aerial vehicle to measure surface mass balance of Juvfonne ice patch. Abstract from IGS Nordic Branch Meeting 2017, Uppsala, Sweden.
Wagnon, P., Vincent, C., Shea, J. M., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shrestha, D., Soruco, A., Arnaud, Y., Brun, F., Berthier, E., & Sherpa, S. F. (2017). Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-8348.pdf
Brun, F., Wagnon, P., Berthier, E., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Immerzeel, W. W., Shea, J. M., & Vincent, C. (2017). Quantifying ice cliff contribution to debris-covered glacier mass balance from multiple sensors. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6251.pdf

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Brun, F., Buri, P., Miles, E. S., Wagnon, P., Steiner, J. F., Berthier, E., Ragettli, S., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Immerzeel, W. W., & Pellicciotti, F. (2016). Quantifying volume loss from ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers using high-resolution terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry. Journal of Glaciology, 62(234), 684-695. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.54
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/344113/Quantifying.pdf?sequence=1
Vincent, C., Wagnon, P., Shea, J. M., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shrestha, D., Soruco, A., Arnaud, Y., Brun, F., Berthier, E., & Sherpa, S. F. (2016). Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal. The Cryosphere, 10, 1845-1858. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/342280/Reduced.pdf?sequence=1
Lutz, A., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shresta, A. B., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2016). Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Indus Hydrology: Sources, Shifts and Extremes. PLoS One, 11(11), 1-33. Article e0165630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165630
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/341370/Climate.PDF?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shea, J. M., Pellicciotti, F., de Jong, S. M., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Object-based analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery to map and characterise surface features on a debris-covered glacier. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186, 581-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.013
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/255770854/1-s2.0-S003442571630356X-main.pdf
Kargel, J. S., Leonard, G. J., Shugar, D. H., Haritashya, U. K., Bevington, A., Fielding, E. J., Fujita, K., Geertsema, M., Miles, E. S., Steiner, J., Anderson, E., Bajracharya, S., Bawden, G. W., Breashears, D. F., Byers, A., Collins, B., Dhital, M. R., Donnellan, A., Evans, T. L., ... Young, N. (2016). Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal's 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Science, 351(6269), aac8353. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac8353
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/330241/Gorkha.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P., Meijer, S. W., Shea, J. M., Pellicciotti, F., De Jong, S. M., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Seasonal surface velocities of a Himalayan glacier derived by automated correlation of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery. Annals of Glaciology, 57(71), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.3189/2016AoG71A072
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/341332/Seasonal.pdf?sequence=1

Overige resultaten

Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Andreassen, L. M., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Detection of surface elevation changes using an unmanned aerial vehicle on the debris-free Storbreen glacier in Norway. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, Article 2551. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-2551.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/353401/Detection.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Immerzeel, W. W., de Jong, S. M., Shea, J. M., Pellicciotti, F., Meijer, S. W., & Shresta, A. B. (2016). Multi-temporal high resolution monitoring of debris-covered glaciers using unmanned aerial vehicles. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, Article 250. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-250.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/353400/Multi.pdf?sequence=1
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Litt, M., Shea, J. M., Treichler, D., Koch, I., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Mapping surface temperature variability on a debris-covered glacier with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.
Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shea, J. M., Pellicciotti, F., de Jong, S. M., Meijer, S. W., Bierkens, M. F. P., Shresta, A. B., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Multi-temporal high resolution monitoring of debris-covered glaciers using unmanned aerial vehicles. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Addink, E. A., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., & Kleinhans, M. G. (2016). Reconstructing the Ganges delta from satellite imagery, connecting individual channels into rivers.

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Shea, J. M., Shrestha, A. B., Pellicciotti, F., Bierkens, M. F. P., & De Jong, S. M. (2014). High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles. Remote Sensing of Environment, 150, 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.025

2013

Overige resultaten

Sperna Weiland, F., Buishand, A., Kraaijenbrink, P., Ruiter, A., van Pelt, S., Schellekens, J., & Beersma, J. (2013). Assessment of future changes in Meuse discharge extremes. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..1512415S