This quarter the group is following the theme of outlet glaciers, loosely defined. Here is what we are reading! 1. Recent work on Jakobshavn Glacier Khazendar et al. (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0329-3 Joughin et al. (2014) https://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/209/2014/tc-8-209-2014.html 2. Reconstructions of a Cordilleran Ice Sheet outlet glacier Kovanen and Slaymaker (2004) https://atmos.washington.edu/marka/okanoganlobe.pdf 3. Catania G. A., Stearns, L. A., Sutherland, D. A., Fried, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Univ. Washington Glaciology
Fall 2018 reading seminar
A log of the papers that the group read this quarter under the theme of ‘Inverse theory’: Week 1/2: Monte-carlo methods with demonstrations by Daniel and David Week 3: Brinkerhoff et al. (2016), Bayesian Inference of Subglacial Topography Using Mass Conservation. Frontiers in Earth Science. Week 4/5: Tarantola (2005), Inverse problem theory and methods for … Continue reading
Spring 2018 reading seminar
Topic is glaciers and here is the reading list: 1. Rasmussen, L.A. and H. Conway (2001). Estimating South Cascade Glacier (Washington, U.S.A.) mass balance from a distant radiosonde and comparison with Blue Glacier. J. Glaciol., 47 (159). 2. Kamb and LaChapelle, 1964: Direct Observation of the mechanism of glacier sliding over bedrock. 3. Waddington & … Continue reading
Fall 2015 reading seminar: glacier variability
This quarter, Gerard Roe suggested something a bit different for a reading seminar, inspired in part by visiting professor Jamie Shulmeister and in part by paleo-glacier puzzles. The topic is ‘The Natural Variability of Glaciers’. Here is Gerard’s introduction: The widespread and ongoing retreat of glaciers is a powerful totem of anthropogenic climate change. Moreover, … Continue reading
Spring 2015 group reading seminar
This quarter we are reading “papers that we know, and want to share”. No specific theme, just that all of us are meeting and discussing things together that we are otherwise thinking about individually. Week 1: Schroeder, D., D. Blankenship, and D. Young (2013), Evidence for a water system transition beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. … Continue reading
Winter 2015 group reading seminar: Calving
This quarter we are reading papers about ice calving. Here is what we have been reading and discussing: Week 1: Benn, Warren, Mottram (2007), Calving processes and the dynamics of calving glaciers. Earth Science Reviews 82, 143-179. Week 2: van der Veen, C.J. (1996), Tidewater calving. Journal of Glaciology 42 (141), 375-385. Week 3: van … Continue reading
Fall 2014 group reading seminar: Modeling
For Fall quarter the Glaciology Group is holding the reading seminar on the very general theme, “Modeling / “Ice-flow modeling”. This will inevitably follow the interest of the group and cannot attempt to be comprehensive in only 10 weeks. Here is what we have been reading and discussing: Week 1: Oerlemans, J. (2011). Minimal Glacier … Continue reading
Spring 2014 group reading seminar: Ice from far away and long ago
During Spring quarter 2014 the Glaciology Group reading seminar (ESS 593b) is about “ice from far far away and from long long ago”. The start of the quarter this has included ice on other planets and moons. Here I will keep a log of the papers that we are reading. Week 1: Schmidt et al. … Continue reading