Dr Leanne Wake

I am interested in the representation of a broad range of Earth system processes in computational models. My recent work has focussed on understanding land-atmosphere interactions in the boreal forest zone and how they impact snow cover. My research also has strong focus on the recent (Holocene) behaviour of the Greenland Ice Sheet and regional sea level change

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• Past, present and future Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt, 1500–2200 CE, Hanna, E., Box, J., Fettweis, X., van den Broeke, M., Wake, L., Luu, L., Maddison, J., Mote, T., Mottram, R., Noël, B., Preece, J., Topál, D., Trusel, L., van der Laan, L. 17 Jun 2026, In: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
• Simulating snow properties and Ku-band backscatter across the forest-tundra ecotone, Woolley, G., Rutter, N., Wake, L., Vionnet, V., Derksen, C., Meloche, J., Montpetit, B., Leroux, N., Essery, R., Hould Gosselin, G., Marsh, P. 23 Feb 2026, In: The Cryosphere
• Impact of snow thermal conductivity schemes on pan-Arctic permafrost dynamics in the Community Land Model version 5.0, Damseaux, A., Matthes, H., Dutch, V., Wake, L., Rutter, N. 14 Apr 2025, In: The Cryosphere
• Snow thermal conductivity controls future winter carbon emissions in shrub-tundra, Rutherford, J., Rutter, N., Wake, L., Cannon, A. 29 Sep 2025, In: Biogeosciences
• Multi-physics ensemble modelling of Arctic tundra snowpack properties, Woolley, G., Rutter, N., Wake, L., Vionnet, V., Derksen, C., Essery, R., Marsh, P., Tutton, R., Walker, B., Lafaysse, M., Pritchard, D. 6 Dec 2024, In: The Cryosphere
• Simulating net ecosystem exchange under seasonal snow cover at an Arctic tundra site, Dutch, V., Rutter, N., Wake, L., Sonnentag, O., Hould Gosselin, G., Sandells, M., Derksen, C., Walker, B., Meyer, G., Essery, R., Kelly, R., Marsh, P., Boike, J., Detto, M. 15 Feb 2024, In: Biogeosciences
• Missing sea level rise in southeastern Greenland during and since the Little Ice Age, Woodroffe, S., Wake, L., Kjeldsen, K., Barlow, N., Long, A., Kjær, K. 2 Aug 2023, In: Climate of the Past (CP)
• Impact of measured and simulated tundra snowpack properties on heat transfer, Dutch, V., Rutter, N., Wake, L., Sandells, M., Derksen, C., Walker, B., Gosselin, G., Sonnentag, O., Essery, R., Kelly, R., Marsh, P., King, J., Boike, J. 11 Oct 2022, In: The Cryosphere
• A Theory of Change for improving children's perceptions, aspirations and uptake of STEM careers, Davenport, C., Dele-Ajayi, O., Emembolu, I., Morton, R., Padwick, A., Portas, A., Sanderson, J., Shimwell, J., Stonehouse, J., Strachan, R., Wake, L., Wells, G., Woodward, J. 1 Aug 2021, In: Research in Science Education
• Effect of forest canopy structure on wintertime Land Surface Albedo: Evaluating CLM5 simulations with in-situ measurements, Malle, J., Rutter, N., Webster, C., Mazzotti, G., Wake, L., Jonas, T. 16 May 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

• Geography PhD February 15 2010
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017