Specialties

Recent Highlights and Upcoming Expeditions

Current Research

Current Projects

Activities

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Associate Research Professor
Research Associate

PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988

Specialties [top]

Polar climatology and remote sensing

Recent Highlights and Upcoming Expeditions [top]

• September 2007: Reported on 2007 record Arctic sea ice loss and its global significance: collaborated on an analysis of the factors contributing to the extreme ice losses in 2007 with M. Serreze, J. Stroeve, M. Holland, W. Meier, and T. Scambos

Current Research [top]

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Current Projects [top]

Ice Freeboard, Roughness and Topography from UAV Laser Profilometry, Satellite and Surface Observations: Relationships to Ice Dynamical and Thermodynamical Properties

An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Variability on the Alaskan North Slope Coastal Region

An Integrated Investigation of Coupled Human and Sea Ice Systems: A Comparison of Changing Environments and their Uses in the North American Arctic

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2007

Maslanik, J., S. Drobot, C. Fowler, W. Emery, and R. Barry. 2007. On the Arctic climate paradox and the continuing role of atmospheric circulation in affecting sea ice conditions. Geophysical Research Letters 34, doi:10.1029/2006GL028269.

Maslanik, J. A., C. Fowler, J. Stroeve, S. Drobot, J. Zwally, D. Yi, and W. Emery. 2007. A younger, thinner Arctic ice cover: Increased potential for rapid, extensive sea-ice loss. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L24501, doi:10.1029/2007GL032043.

2006

Drobot, S. D., J. A. Maslanik, and C. Fowler. 2006. A long-range forecast of Arctic summer sea-ice minimum extent. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L10501, doi:10.1029/2006GL026216.

Drobot, S., J. Maslanik, U. C. Herzfeld, C. Fowler, and W. L. Wu. 2006. Uncertainty in temperature and precipitation datasets over terrestrial regions of the Western Arctic. Earth Interactions 10(23), doi:10.1175/EI191.1.

Gearheard, S., W. Matumeak, I. Angutikjuaq, J. Maslanik, H. P. Huntington, J. Leavitt, D. Matumeak Kagak, G. Tigullaraq, and R. G. Barry. 2006. "It's not that simple": A collaborative comparison of sea ice environments, their uses, observed changes, and adaptations in Barrow, Alaska, USA, and Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada. Ambio 35(4): 203-211.

Herzfeld, U. C., J. A. Maslanik, and M. Sturm. 2006. Geostatistical characterization of snow-depth structures on sea ice near Point Barrow, Alaska—A contribution to the AMSR-Ice03 field validation campaign. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3038-3056, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.883349.

Markus, T., D. J. Cavalieri, A. J. Gasiewski, M. Klein, J. A. Maslanik, D. C. Powell, B. B. Stankov, J. C. Stroeve, and M. Sturm. 2006. Microwave signatures of snow on sea ice: Observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3081-3090, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.883134.

Maslanik, J. A., M. Sturm, M. B. Rivas, A. J. Gasiewski, J. F. Heinrichs, U. C. Herzfeld, J. Holmgren, M. Klein, T. Markus, D. K. Perovich, J. G. Sonntag, J. C. Stroeve, and K. Tape. 2006. Spatial variability of Barrow-Area shore-fast sea ice and its relationship to passive microwave emissivity. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3021-3031, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.879557.

Powell, D. C., T. Markus, D. J. Cavalieri, A. J. Gasiewski, M. Klein, J. A. Maslanik, J. C. Stroeve, and M. Sturm. 2006. Microwave signatures of snow on sea ice: modeling. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3091-3102, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.882139.

Richter-Menge, J., J. Overland, A. Proshutinsky, V. Romanovsky, L. Bengtsson, L. Brigham, M. Dyurgerov, J. C. Gascard, S. Gerland, R. Graversen, C. Haas, M. Karcher, P. Kuhry, J. Maslanik, H. Melling, W. Maslowski, J. Morison, D. Perovich, R. Przybylak, V. Rachold, I. Rigor, A. Shiklomanov, J. Stroeve, D. Walker, and J. Walsh. 2006. State of the Arctic report. NOAA OAR Special Report. Seattle: NOAA/OAR/PMEL.

Rivas, M. B., J. A. Maslanik, J. G. Sonntag, and P. Axelrad. 2006. Sea ice roughness from airborne LIDAR profiles. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3032-3037, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.875775.

Stroeve, J. C., T. Markus, J. A. Maslanik, D. J. Cavalieri, A. J. Gasiewski, J. F. Heinrichs, J. Holmgren, D. K. Perovich, and M. Sturm. 2006. Impact of surface roughness on AMSR-E sea ice products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3103-3117, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.880619.

Sturm, M., J. A. Maslanik, D. Perovich, J. C. Stroeve, J. Richter-Menge, T. Markus, J. Holmgren, J. F. Heinrichs, and K. Tape. 2006. Snow depth and ice thickness measurements from the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas collected during the AMSR-Ice03 campaign. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(11): 3009-3020, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.878236.

2005

Maslanik, J. A. 2005. Review and summary of Arctic Ocean surface conditions. State of the Arctic conference report. U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

Stroeve, J. C., M. C. Serreze, F. Fetterer, T. Arbetter, W. Meier, J. Maslanik, and K. Knowles. 2005. Tracking the Arctic's shrinking ice cover: Another extreme September minimum in 2004. Geophysical Research Letters 32, doi:10.1029/2004GL021810.

2004

Fowler, C., W. J. Emery, and J. Maslanik. 2004. Satellite-derived evolution of Arctic sea ice age: October 1978 to March 2003.IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 1(2): 71-74, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2004.824741.

2003

Drobot, S. D., and J. A. Maslanik. 2003. Interannual variability in summer Beaufort Sea ice conditions: Relationship to winter and summer surface and atmospheric variability. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(C7): 26-1, doi:10.1029/2002JC001537.

2001

Lynch, A. H., J. A. Maslanik, and W. Wu. 2001. Mechanisms in the development of anomalous sea ice extent in the western Arctic: A case study. Journal of Geophysical Research 106(D22): 28097-28106, doi:10.1029/2001JD000664.

Tschudi, M. A., J. A. Curry, and J. A. Maslanik. 2001. Airborne observations of summertime surface features and their effect on surface albedo during FIRE/SHEBA. Journal of Geophysical Research 106(D14): 15535-15344, doi:10.1029/2000JD900275.

2000

Meier, W. N., J. A. Maslanik, and C. W. Fowler. 2000. Error analysis and assimilation of remotely sensed ice motion within an Arctic sea ice model. Journal of Geophysical Research 105(C2): 3339-3356, doi:10.1029/1999JC900268.

1996

Maslanik, J. A., M. C. Serreze, and R. G. Barry. 1996. Recent decreases in Arctic summer ice cover and linkages to atmospheric circulation anomalies. Geophysical Research Letters 23(13): 1677-1680.

1995

Maslanik, J. A., and J. Key. 1995. On treatments of fetch and stability sensitivity in large-area estimates of sensible heat flux over sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research 100(C3): 4573-4584.

Serreze, M. C., J. A. Maslanik, J. R. Key, R. F. Kokaly, and D. A. Robinson. 1995. Diagnosis of the record minimum in Arctic sea ice area during 1990 and associated snow cover extremes. Geophysical Research Letters 16: 2183-2186.

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