Yongmei Gong
About
I am a geophysicist specializing in glaciology. I use computer models and field observations to investigate the interaction between the climate and glacial systems and its social impacts in local and global scales.
I am also interested in using multidisciplinary approches combining natural sciences, social sciences and the arts to assess the values of nature to human well-being.
Competencies
Research
GOTHECA-NOCK: Glacier impacts On The Hydrological systems in Europe and Central Asia -A pilot study of drivers and societal impacts of freshwater discharge from glacial systems in Norway and the Chinese Karakoram
2021.10 - 2025.03: Principle Investigator / Project Manager
Norwegian Research Council Ground-Breaking Research (FRIPRO) project
Changing perspectives: The dynamics of nature’s contribution to people in a changing Arctic
2022.04 - now: Work package Leader
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Access Abisko program
NATURICE - Changing social and cultural values of nature: Exploring plural values of human ature relationships in glacierized environments
2022.10 - 2026.09: Advisory Board Member
Swedish Research Council Formas project
Publications
2018
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Gong, Yongmei;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Åström, Jan;
Altena, Bas;
Schellenberger, Thomas;
Gladstone, Rupert;
Moore, John C..
(2018)
Simulating the roles of crevasse routing of surface water and basal friction on the surge evolution of Basin 3, Austfonna ice-cap.
The Cryosphere.
volum 12.
Academic article
2016
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Gong, Yongmei;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Cornford, Stephen L;
Gladstone, Rupert;
Schafer, Martina;
Moore, John C..
(2016)
The importance of basal and surface boundary conditions in transient simulations - A case study of a fast-flowing marine terminated glacier in Austfonna, Svalbard.
Journal of Glaciology.
volum 63.
Academic article
2014
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Gladstone, Rupert;
Schafer, Martina;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Gong, Yongmei;
Strozzi, Tazio;
Mottram, Ruth;
Boberg, Fredrik;
Moore, John C..
(2014)
Importance of basal processes in simulations of a surging Svalbard outlet glacier.
The Cryosphere.
Academic article
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Gong, Yongmei;
Cornford, Stephen L;
Payne, Tony.
(2014)
Modeling the response of Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice shelf system, East Antarctic, to uncertain climate forcing over the 21st and 22nd centuries.
The Cryosphere.
volum 8.
Academic article
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Greve, Ralf;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Gong, Yongmei.
(2014)
On the pressure dependence of the rate factor in Glen’s flow law.
Journal of Glaciology.
volum 60.
Academic article
Journal publications
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Gong, Yongmei;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Åström, Jan;
Altena, Bas;
Schellenberger, Thomas;
Gladstone, Rupert;
Moore, John C..
(2018)
Simulating the roles of crevasse routing of surface water and basal friction on the surge evolution of Basin 3, Austfonna ice-cap.
The Cryosphere.
volum 12.
Academic article
-
Gong, Yongmei;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Cornford, Stephen L;
Gladstone, Rupert;
Schafer, Martina;
Moore, John C..
(2016)
The importance of basal and surface boundary conditions in transient simulations - A case study of a fast-flowing marine terminated glacier in Austfonna, Svalbard.
Journal of Glaciology.
volum 63.
Academic article
-
Gladstone, Rupert;
Schafer, Martina;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Gong, Yongmei;
Strozzi, Tazio;
Mottram, Ruth;
Boberg, Fredrik;
Moore, John C..
(2014)
Importance of basal processes in simulations of a surging Svalbard outlet glacier.
The Cryosphere.
Academic article
-
Gong, Yongmei;
Cornford, Stephen L;
Payne, Tony.
(2014)
Modeling the response of Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice shelf system, East Antarctic, to uncertain climate forcing over the 21st and 22nd centuries.
The Cryosphere.
volum 8.
Academic article
-
Greve, Ralf;
Zwinger, Thomas;
Gong, Yongmei.
(2014)
On the pressure dependence of the rate factor in Glen’s flow law.
Journal of Glaciology.
volum 60.
Academic article
Teaching
Lecturing
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2020 Autumn and 2022 Spring
Weather- and Climate-related Natural Hazards in GEOG2020 Geophysical and biological natural hazards
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2021 Spring
The physical science basis of climate change in climate policies in GEOG3529 Signatures of glaciations and climate evolution: From the Pliocene to the Anthropocene
Supervision
2021.04 - 2025.03: Ph.D candidate co-supervisor, NTNU
Ronja Lappe: Assessing glacial-hydrological systems in Scandinavian mountains and the international context using satellite remote sensing and field observations
Project: GOTHECA-NOCK
2023.01 - 2024.05: Master's candidate supervisor, NTNU
Zohaer Abtahi Shabab: Natural Resource Managment Study Program
Project: GOTHECA-NOCK