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Thomas Van Der Weide pilots a drone near a sea ice camp near Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April as part of research by Boise State University and University of Alaska Fairbanks to study ice depth in the Arctic.
Sea Ice is Thinning. Here’s how Boise State Researchers are Measuring its Change
Sea Ice is Thinning. Here’s how Boise State Researchers are Measuring its Change
A new tool from Boise State University researchers, alongside an Alaska team, could help protect arctic communities as they deal with changing landscapes and inform future policy decisions on climate change in the coming decades...(click here to continue reading on the Idaho Statesman).
Hannah Wittman, researcher with CRREL, sits on a snowmobile loaded with field gear in Grand Mesa, CO, as part of a research campaign with the NASA SNOWWI project.
NASA's SNOWWI Mission on the Grand Mesa
NASA's SNOWWI Mission on the Grand Mesa
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Snow scientists from NASA and Boise State University were up on the Grand Mesa testing new radar technology to monitor snow cover Thursday, which is a part of NASA's SnowEx campaign. According to NASA, "No single satellite-borne sensor has been demonstrated to accurately measure all of the planet's snow water equivalent." The team of snow scientists gathered on the Grand Mesa from their base of operations, the Grand Mesa Lodge, to work with aircraft... (click here to continue reading on KKCO News).
In situ measurements: paired with airborne ones in the Canadian high artic in 2016 were part of a US-Canada effort to test methods for measuring water content in snow.
Extreme Weather Makes Monitoring Snowpack Increasingly Relevant
Extreme Weather Makes Monitoring Snowpack Increasingly Relevant
What do salmon, hydroelectric power, and agriculture have in common? They all depend on snowmelt. So do floods and wildfires. "We are seeing more fires because the snow is melting earlier," says Ana Barrow, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, recalling how swaths of the US were shrouded in smoke from the record fires in Canada this past summer... (click here to continue reading on Physics Today).
Poster Titled Ice Flow Acceleration During Glacier Surges in The St. Elias Mountain Range, Jukes Liu.
Graduate Student Showcase Awards!
Graduate Student Showcase Awards!
A big congratulations to graduate students Jukes Liu, Greg Shafer, and Karina Zikan, for receiving College of Arts and Sciences awards for their Graduate Student Showcase presentations. Jukes was awarded the Top Honor for her poster titled “Ice flow acceleration during glacier surges in the St. Elias mountain range”. Greg and Karina both won Dean’s awards... (click here to continue reading on Boise State website).
SnowEx research at Lower Deer Point, Hp Marshall and Geophysics students conducting snow research during helicopter flyover, John Kelly photo.
Hans Peter (HP) Marshall, an associate professor of geosciences, recently received $1 million from the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory to advance snow monitoring using optical, microwave, acoustic, and seismic techniques... (click here to continue reading on Boise State website).
Chris McCaslin, Ph.D. candidate in Geosciences, presenting his research focused on developing an ultrasound laser for CryoGARS research.
Geophysics PhD Student Wins Fellowship to Work with the Department of Defense
Geophysics PhD Student Wins Fellowship to Work with the Department of Defense
Chris McCaslin, a PhD student in the Department of Geosciences under advisors, Dylan Mikesell and HP Marshall accepted a Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) fellowship... (click here to continue reading on Boise State website).
HP Marshall on a field day taking data for the NASA SnowEx mission. SnowEx is a project testing techniques and instrumentation for mapping snow water equivalent.
The Hill Highlights Geoscience Student and Faculty for Snow and Water Research
The Hill Highlights Geoscience Student and Faculty for Snow and Water Research
Geoscience faculty HP Marshall, Jeff Johnson and doctoral student Naheem Adebisi recently made national news for their Cryosphere Geophysics and Remote Sensing research... (click here to continue reading on the Boise State website).
Work in cryoscience requires accessing remote field sites in winter. Zaxh Hoppinen (middle) and advisor HP Marshall (left) visit their instruments with skis.
Listen: Boise State Researchers Record World's Loudest Sound since 1883, Hunga Tonga Eruption
Listen: Boise State Researchers Record World's Loudest Sound since 1883, Hunga Tonga Eruption
Doctoral geophysics student Zach Keskinen deployed specialized microphones near Stanley, Idaho to understand how sensors buried in the snowpack affect the character of recorded sounds... (click here to continue reading on the Boise State website).
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