Scientists at NSIDC
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 |
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NSIDC Director, CIRES Fellow |
Arctic climate; global implications; climate warming in the Arctic |
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
Collaborative Research – IPY: Arctic System Reanalysis
Hydrologic Responses to a Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Cover
Interactions Between Frozen Ground in the Russian Arctic and Atmospheric Circulation
Seasons of Change in the Arctic Environment
Synthesis of Modes of Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Covariability in the Arctic System from Multivariate Century-Scale Observations |
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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 |
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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CIRES Fellow Emeritus,
CU
Professor Emeritus, CU Department of Geography |
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
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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Snow
properties; snow hydrology; snow depth mapping; climate change impacts on
snow and water resources; LIDAR remote sensing; avalanche formation;
hydrologic modeling |
Operation IceBridge |
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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
Collaborative Research: Linking Inuit Knowledge and
Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing
Weather on Human Activities at Clyde River, Nunavut
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
Inuit Women and Subsistence: Social and Environmental Change |
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Remote sensing and geographic information systems; client interface and metadata; data tool development; algorithm support |
Cryospheric Change Analysis Web Services Project
Data Conservancy
Detecting Change in Glacier Systems (GLIMS) |
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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
A Product Development Team for Snow and Ice Climate Data Records |
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Data management; traditional and community-based knowledge; web-based mapping and visualization applications |
Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA)
Inuit Knowledge, Data Management, Stewardship and Representation
Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project (ISIUOP)
Semantic Sea Ice Interoperability Initiative |
|
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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Remotely-sensed snow cover; vegetation phenology; soil freeze/thaw dynamics |
Exploring the Dynamics of the Active Layer and Near-Surface Permafrost across the North Slope of Alaska
Exploring the Dynamics of High Latitude Carbon Balance
The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project
Quantifying Uncertainty in the Permafrost Carbon Feedback
Seasons of Change in the Arctic Environment
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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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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
Cryospheric Change Analysis Web Services Project
Diagnosing the Declining Arctic Ice Cover
Impact of the Future Loss of Arctic Sea Ice on Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover
Investigations of Sea Ice State using Multisensor Data, Time History and Lagrangian Tracking
A Product Development Team for Snow and Ice Climate Data Records
Satellite
Studies of Arctic Climate Connections between Sea Ice, the Greenland
Ice Sheet, the Adjacent Land and Atmospheric Cloud Properties |
|
CIRES Fellow |
Permafrost
and seasonally frozen ground; remote sensing of near-surface soil
freeze/thaw cycle; snow cover and soil thermal dynamics |
Biogenic Heat Production in Frozen Tundra and Permafrost: Adaptation to Cold and Impact on Biogeochemical Processes
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
Exploring the Dynamics of the Active Layer and Near-Surface Permafrost across the North Slope of Alaska
Exploring the Dynamics of High Latitude Carbon Balance
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
Quantifying Uncertainty in the Permafrost Carbon Feedback
Seasons of Change in the Arctic Environment |
