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Scientists from around the world use data housed at NSIDC to support their research. Some of these scientists work here at NSIDC, providing both context and input concerning our data management activities. Through their research, our scientists help further understanding of the many changes that our planet is undergoing.
NSIDC scientists are widely published in such journals as Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research; Journal of Climate; Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research; EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union ; and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Our scientists’ expertise has reached a wide audience through Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), just to name a few.
Scientists pursue their work as part of the CIRES Cryospheric and Polar Process Division, University of Colorado, Boulder. National agencies fund research through the peer review proposal process.
    
| SCIENTISTS |
SPECIALTY |
RESEARCH PROJECTS |
Richard Armstrong [top]
NSIDC Interim Director
CIRES Fellow |
Remote sensing of snow, ice, and frozen ground; physical and mechanical properties of snow; snow cover and glacier mass/extent as indicators of climate change |
Assessment of Recent Hydrologic Change over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System
Detecting Change in Glacier Systems (GLIMS)
Freezing and Thawing Cycle of Soils at Local, Regional, and Global Scales
Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Seasonally Frozen Ground in the Contiguous United States
Merging of Precursor and EOS Data Sets: Resampling of AMSR-E Swath TBs to EASE-Grid
Monthly EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent Climatology
Snow Cover Validation Case Study: Tibet Plateau
State of the Cryosphere Web Site
Validation of AMSR-E Snow Products
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| Andrew Barrett [top] |
Arctic and mountain hydrology; glacier hydrology; hydrological modeling; western United States water resources |
Assessment of Recent Hydrologic Change over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System
Collaborative Research: A Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System
Integrated Analysis of the Freshwater Cycle in the Arctic Terrestrial, Cryospheric, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Systems
Radiative Effects of Desert Dust Deposits in Alpine Snow: Hydrologic Aspects
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| Roger Barry [top]
WDC Director
CIRES Fellow
CU
Distinguished Professor
CU Geography Faculty |
Arctic climate; cryosphere-climate interactions; mountain climate; climate change |
The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center: Continued Data Collection and Management for Antarctic Glaciology
Changes in Freeze-Thaw Cycle and Permafrost Dynamics, and their Hydrological Implications over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin
Characteristics of Cyclone Development and Decay in the Arctic
Data Management for a Community-based Monitoring Network: A Pilot Project
The Dynamics of Human-Sea Ice Relationships: Comparing Changing Environments in Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland
Hydrological Response to Changes in Active Layer and Permafrost Conditions in the Russian Arctic
An Integrated Investigation of Coupled Human and Sea Ice Systems: A Comparison of Changing Environments and their Uses in the North American Arctic
Permafrost Models Intercomparison Project
Twentieth Century Sea Ice Conditions in the Eurasian Arctic from a Comprehensive Reconstitution and Synthesis of Russian Data Sources with Modern Satellite Data
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| Florence Fetterer [top] |
Sea ice; applications-oriented remote sensing; data rescue; data set development |
NOAA@NSIDC
Observations for SEARCH: Data Integration for Arctic Reanalysis and Change Detection
Twentieth Century Sea Ice Conditions in the Eurasian Arctic from a Comprehensive Reconstitution and Synthesis of Russian Data Sources with Modern Satellite Data |
| Oliver W. Frauenfeld [top] |
Synoptic climatology; surface/atmosphere interactions; permafrost dynamics |
Changes in Freeze-Thaw Cycle and Permafrost Dynamics, and their Hydrological Implications over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin
The Contribution of Land-Surface Processes to Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau
Interactions Between Frozen Ground in the Russian Arctic and Atmospheric Circulation
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| Shari Gearheard [top] |
Human-environment interactions; traditional knowledge research; Arctic environment and change; Inuit knowledge; participatory research; innovative technologies and methodologies; linking indigenous and scientific knowledge |
Bridging Perspectives from Remote Sensing and Inuit Communities on Changing Sea Ice Cover in the Baffin Bay Region
The Dynamics of Human-Sea Ice Relationships: Comparing Changing Environments in Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland (also referred to as the "Siku-Inuit-Hila" project)
Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA)
Igliniit Project
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| Andy Mahoney [top] |
Sea ice; human-sea ice interactions |
The Dynamics of Human-Sea Ice Relationships: Comparing Changing Environments in Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland
Twentieth Century Sea Ice Conditions in the Eurasian Arctic from a Comprehensive Reconstitution and Synthesis of Russian Data Sources with Modern Satellite Data |
| Jim Maslanik [top] |
Polar climatology and remote sensing |
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 |
| Walt Meier [top] |
Remote sensing of sea ice; impact of sea ice on climate; operational sea ice analysis; assimilation of sea ice data into models |
Bridging Perspectives from Remote Sensing and Inuit Communities on Changing Sea Ice Cover in the Baffin Bay Region
Kalman Filter Techniques for the Assimilation of Ice Concentration Data into an Ice Prediction Model
Potential Improved Sea Ice Analyses and Forecasts via Assimilation of Sea Ice Motions
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| Ted Scambos [top]
Lead Scientist |
Glaciology; remote sensing of the poles; climate change effects on the cryosphere; Antarctic history; geochemistry; planetary science |
The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center: Continued Data Collection and Management for Antarctic Glaciology
“At Risk” Ice Shelves and Outlet Glaciers
Building the VELMAP Database for Antarctic Outlet Glaciers
Collaborative Research: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation
Detecting Ice Sheet Changes via Optical Image Differencing
Improved Ice Sheet DEMs Using MODIS and GLAS
An International Workshop on the Ice and Climate System of the Antarctic Peninsula
Investigating Iceberg Evolution During Drift and Break-Up: A Proxy for Climate-Related Changes in Antarctic Ice Shelves
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| Kevin Schaefer [top] |
Remotely-sensed snow cover; vegetation phenology; soil freeze/thaw dynamics |
Carbon Data Assimilation
Flux Tower Spatial Coherence
Impacts of Soil Freeze/Thaw Dynamics on the North American Carbon Cycle
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Mark Serreze [top]
CIRES Fellow |
Arctic climate; global implications; climate warming in the Arctic |
Assessment of Recent Hydrologic Change over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System
Characteristics of Cyclone Development in the Arctic and their Hydrologic Impacts
Characterization of Atmospheric Moisture Transport and the Freshwater Budget of the Arctic with an Improved Regional Model
Collaborative Research: A Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System
Collaborative Research: Integrated Analyses of the Arctic Freshwater Cycle and its Influence on Global Climate
Collaborative Research: A Land Surface Model Hind-cast of the Terrestrial Arctic Drainage System
Integrated Analysis of the Freshwater Cycle in the Arctic Terrestrial, Cryospheric, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Systems
An Integrated Assessment of the Arctic Freshwater System: Analysis of Retrospective and Contemporary Conditions
Interactions Between Frozen Ground in the Russian Arctic and Atmospheric Circulation
Synthesis of Modes of Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Covariability in the Arctic System from Multivariate Century-Scale Observations
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| Andrew Slater [top] |
Land-surface and hydrologic modeling of snow, frozen ground, and permafrost; hydrologic forecasting and data assimilation of snow |
Collaborative Research: A Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System
Collaborative Research: A Land Surface Model Hind-cast of the Terrestrial Arctic Drainage System
Improving Operational Streamflow Forecasting in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Pan-Arctic Land Surface Modeling
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| Julienne Stroeve [top] |
Remote sensing of snow and ice in the visible, infrared, and microwave wavelengths |
Bridging Perspectives from Remote Sensing and Inuit Communities on Changing Sea Ice Cover in the Baffin Bay Region
Diagnosing the Declining Arctic Ice Cover
Investigations of Sea Ice State using Multisensor Data, Time History and Lagrangian Tracking
Satellite Studies of Arctic Climate Connections between Sea Ice, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Adjacent Land and Atmospheric Cloud Properties
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Tingjun Zhang [top]
CIRES Fellow |
Permafrost and seasonally frozen ground; remote sensing of near-surface soil freeze/thaw cycle; snow cover and soil thermal dynamics |
Assessment of Recent Hydrologic Change over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System
Changes in Freeze-Thaw Cycle and Permafrost Dynamics, and their Hydrological Implications over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin
The Contribution of Land-Surface Processes to Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau
Freezing and Thawing Cycle of Soils at Local, Regional, and Global Scales
Hydrological Response to Changes in Active Layer and Permafrost Conditions in the Russian Arctic
Interactions Between Frozen Ground in the Russian Arctic and Atmospheric Circulation
Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Seasonally Frozen Ground in the Contiguous United States
Permafrost Models Intercomparison Project
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| GRADUATE STUDENTS |
RESEARCH INTEREST |
ADVISOR |
| Maureen Cassidy |
Dust effects on snow cover in the western United States |
Roger Barry |
| Joel Finnis |
Integrated freshwater budget of the Arctic Ocean and its relation to climate change |
Marika Holland (NCAR) |
| David Korn |
Mountain glaciology; mountain climatology; climate change |
Roger Barry |
| Atsuhiro Muto |
Glaciology; climate change; Antarctica |
Ted Scambos |
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