{"id":12,"date":"2018-11-02T22:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:12:12","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in the UB Glacier Modeling Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A wise person once said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Ice sheets are predictable, but progress in understanding them needs to accelerate at a rate faster than the ice sheets themselves!<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Alex Gardner, NASA JPL<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<header><\/header>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">At the UB Glacier Modeling Lab, we study Earth\u2019s ice sheets, especially the Greenland Ice Sheet, as well as Antarctica, past ice sheets (e.g., the Laurentide), and smaller land ice masses and mountain glaciers around the world.\u00a0 We ask questions about ice dynamics, and different interactions between ice flow and liquid water that can influence ice dynamics.\u00a0 <\/span><\/header>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">How, when, and where does surface melt water get to the glacier bed, and how does this affect ice dynamics?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Where do fractures occur, and why? How deep do they go?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">How do glaciers interact with the environment around them, including their beds, sidewalls, and ocean?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We write and use numerical models (based on basic physics) to study specific ice sheet processes, including the above.\u00a0 We incorporate remote sensing data into developing and validating these models.<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-blog-display output-the-content jetpack-the-content\">\n<div class=\"introtext text parbase section\">\n<div class=\"hr section hrline\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33\" src=\"https:\/\/bgmlab.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/p7240112-e1531346577224.jpg\" alt=\"Ilulissat Icefjord\" width=\"339\" height=\"303\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland, where icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier float by on their journey to the ocean.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"title section\">\n<h2 id=\"title_940524706\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Student research opportunities<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"title section\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I am always looking for motivated students with skills in, or interest and motivation in developing skills in, mathematical glaciology (including coding and remote sensing). I am particularly interested in working with students from minoritized backgrounds. Members of the Glacier Modeling Lab work together to create an academically supportive and anti-racist community. My primary goal as a professor is to help my students succeed through growth in thinking capacity, research aptitude, and personal fulfillment in the UB Glacier Modeling Lab.\u00a0 If a certain research topic interests you, send me an email or drop in to my office to tell me why you\u2019d be a good fit!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Research topics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">These topics are ongoing lines of inquiry, ready to begin on, or both!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model-based investigations of glacier flow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/research\/research-formation-of-moulins\/\">Formation of moulins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/research\/research-crevasse-fields\/\">Crevasse field<\/a> locations and prediction<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/research\/research-firn-aquifer-drainage\/\">Firn aquifers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Formation and life cycle of crevasses on mountain glaciers<\/li>\n<li>Flow of surface meltwater<\/li>\n<li><em>Subsurface<\/em> meltwater<\/li>\n<li>Permafrost on the periphery of current or past ice sheets <\/li>\n<li>Recent history and near future of particular Greenland glaciers, e.g. Helheim Glacier<\/li>\n<li>Model-based investigations of glacier history (this can be related to glacial geology)<\/li>\n<li>Surging glaciers<\/li>\n<li>Supraglacial streams that incise deep <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/group-members\/joshua-charlton-research\/\">canyons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agu.confex.com\/agu\/fm18\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/453462\">Englacial fracture network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/renew\/research\/seed-projects.host.html\/content\/shared\/www\/renew\/seed-projects\/6th-Round\/probing-sub-ice-sediments.detail.html\">Detection of subglacial tills<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seismoelectric geophysics on ice<\/li>\n<li>Sidewall stresses and ice flow of outlet glaciers (Greenland\/Antarctica) or ice streams (Antarctica)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghub.org\">GHub<\/a>, an online data and computing hub centered around Greenland glaciology<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2019\/08\/IMG_5332_gilkey_crop_sm-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"Glacier flow in Alaska\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2019\/08\/IMG_5332_gilkey_crop_sm-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2019\/08\/IMG_5332_gilkey_crop_sm-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/glaciermodelinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2019\/08\/IMG_5332_gilkey_crop_sm-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gilkey Glacier has ogives (flow bands) that are like tree rings: annual layers that reveal the pattern of ice flow.  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