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What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? 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 (see list below), providing both context and input concerning our data management activities. NSIDC also works with a network of affiliated scientists. 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 Science; Nature; Nature Geoscience; 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.
| Scientist | Specialties |
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NSIDC Director |
Arctic climate; global implications; and climate warming in the Arctic |
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Senior Research Scientist |
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 |
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Professional Research Assistant |
Land surface hydrology and modeling |
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Senior Associate Scientist |
Remote sensing of snow and ice, data processing algorithm development for passive microwave |
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Research Scientist II |
Snow properties; snow hydrology; snow depth mapping; climate change impacts on snow and water resources; LIDAR remote sensing; avalanche formation; hydrologic modeling |
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Research Scientist II |
Coastal sea-ice dynamics; Collaborating with Indigenous sea-ice experts; Community-based monitoring; Arctic observing; Communicating the societal implications of diminishing Arctic sea ice; Sea ice and marine mammals; Science policy |
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Principal Investigator, NOAA@NSIDC |
Sea ice; applications-oriented remote sensing; data rescue; data product development |
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Research Scientist III |
Arctic environment and change; sea ice; collaborative research with Inuit hunters, Elders, and communities; leading multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural research teams; knowledge co-production; community-led research and monitoring; environmental geography |
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Research Scientist III |
Remote sensing and geographic information systems; client interface and metadata; data tool development; algorithm support |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Biogeochemistry; hydrochemistry; black carbon and light absorbing aerosols; snow/ice albedo; spectral geophysics; snow and glacial hydrology |
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Senior Research Scientist |
Remote sensing of ice sheets and seasonal snow, surface mass balance of the Greenland and Antarcitc ice sheets, patterns of snow accumulation on ice sheets, englacial water and firn aquifers. |
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Senior Research Scientist |
Sea ice; passive microwave remote sensing; Arctic climate change; climate change |
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Research Scientist I |
Ice dynamics, ice sheet-ocean interaction, ice loss and freshwater flux, ice-ecosystem connections, hydrology of glaciers and ice sheets, glacier-sea ice interaction |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Remote sensing of snow and ice; satellite laser and radar altimetry; remote sensing of vegetation; satellite image processing |
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Research Scientist |
Remote sensing of the cryosphere; glaciology; Landsat 8; Antarctica/Greenland/glacier surface hydrology |
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Research Scientist I |
Establishment of data management and sharing protocols; understanding terminology related to traditional and community-based knowledge; and the development of web-based mapping and visualization applications |
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Senior Associate Scientist |
Remote sensing of glaciers; geographic information systems and software development; Web-based client interfaces; metadata; data tool development; algorithm development |
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Senior Research Scientist, Earth Science Observation Center, CIRES |
Glaciology; remote sensing of the poles; climate change effects on the cryosphere; Antarctic history; geochemistry; and planetary science |
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Research Scientist III |
Permafrost carbon feedback, modeling of the terrestrial biosphere, biogeochemistry, remote sensing of active layer thickness |
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Senior Research Scientist |
Remote sensing of snow and ice in the visible, infrared, and microwave wavelengths |
