John Paden is the signal processing lead at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. He is a Co-Investigator on the MELT project. Paden will assist in the Accumulation Radar system engineering and he and a graduate student will process the Accumulation Radar data. This radar is taking airborne measurements along flow-lines aligned with each of the MELT field sites. The measurements will be repeated three times to measure melt rates. These measurements will also assist in choosing the locations for ground based work.
Elena Field leads the UK Thwaites–related map products for the ITGC.
Education: Antarctic Field Update #2, AUV, for Ages 11 to 18
Educators: this worksheet about an autonomous underwater vehicle was designed for students ages 11 to 18 and accompanies our Snow on Ice blog from early 2019.
Education: Antarctic Field Update #2, AUV, for Ages 5 to 11
Educators: this worksheet about an autonomous underwater vehicle was designed for students ages 5 to 11 and accompanies our Snow on Ice blog from early 2019.
Amundsen Sea Embayment Coastal Changes Time Series - High Resolution
See ThwaitesGlacierProjectCompositeFiles_v1.xlsx for more information.
List of Thwaites Glacier Composite Files
This file accompanies ASECompositeLandsatTimeSeries.pptx.
Educational infographic - Issued by NERC and NSF, this provides an overview of what ITGC scientists are doing, and why.
Snow on Ice: Synergizing Science #9
The crane lowered the little orange submarine until it finally touched down snuggly onto its ramp on the back deck of the Palmer. Behind it, the overcast, foggy skies blended into the glacier front a few kilometers away and down to the rest of the ocean surrounding us. As soon as the Hugin rested in its aluminum cradle, Anna Wåhlin, eyes bright and a devious smile beaming across her face, gave a giant high five to Aleksandra Mazur.
Carolyn Beeler of PRI's The World reports: The research team aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer is starting to wrap up their work studying Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. As the Amundsen Sea starts to freeze up, the captain of the ship will be constantly on the lookout for gaps in the ice that will carry the ship home.
Retrieving good mud from the bottom of the ocean is just the beginning of telling a story about Antarctica, by Jeff Goodell of Rolling Stone magazine.
