• Derivation of High Spatial Resolution Albedo from UAV Digital Imagery: Application over the Greenland Ice Sheet 

      Ryan, Jonathan C.; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Box, Jason E.; Brough, Stephen; Cameron, Karen; Cook, Joseph M.; Cooper, Matthew; Doyle, Samuel H.; Edwards, Arwyn; Holt, Tom; Irvine-Fynn, Tristram; Jones, Christine; Pitcher, Lincoln H.; Rennermalm, Åsa K.; Smith, Laurence C.; Stibal, Marek; Snooke, Neal (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-23)
      Measurements of albedo are a prerequisite for modeling surface melt across the Earth’s cryosphere, yet available satellite products are limited in spatial and/or temporal resolution. Here, we present a practical methodology to obtain centimeter resolution albedo products with accuracies of ±5% using consumer-grade digital camera and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies. Our method comprises ...
    • Direct measurements of meltwater runoff on the Greenland ice sheet surface 

      Smith, Laurence C.; Yang, Kang; Pitcher, Lincoln H.; Overstreet, Brandon T.; Chu, Vena W.; Rennermalm, Åsa K.; Ryan, Jonathan C.; Cooper, Matthew G.; Gleason, Colin J.; Tedesco, Marco; Jeyaratnam, Jeyavinoth; van As, Dirk; van den Broeke, Michiel R.; van de Berg, Willem Jan; Noël, Brice; Langen, Peter L.; Cullather, Richard I.; Zhao, Bin; Willis, Michael J.; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Box, Jason E.; Jenner, Brittany A.; Behar, Alberto E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-05)
      Meltwater runoff from the Greenland ice sheet surface influences surface mass balance (SMB), ice dynamics, and global sea level rise, but is estimated with climate models and thus difficult to validate. We present a way to measure ice surface runoff directly, from hourly in situ supraglacial river discharge measurements and simultaneous high-resolution satellite/drone remote sensing of upstream ...
    • Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise 

      Box, Jason E.; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Bahr, David B.; Colgan, William T.; Fettweis, Xavier; Mankoff, Kenneth D.; Wehrlé, Adrien; Noel, Brice; Van Den Broeke, Michiel R.; Wouters, Bert; Bjørk, Anders A.; Fausto, Robert S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-29)
      Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet is one of the largest sources of contemporary sea-level rise (SLR). While process-based models place timescales on Greenland’s deglaciation, their confidence is obscured by model shortcomings including imprecise atmospheric and oceanic couplings. Here, we present a complementary approach resolving ice sheet disequilibrium with climate constrained by satellite-derived ...
    • UAV photogrammetry and structure from motion to assess calving dynamics at Store Glacier, a large outlet draining the Greenland ice sheet 

      Ryan, Johnny C.; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Box, Jason E.; Todd, Joe; Christoffersen, Poul; Carr, J. Rachel; Holt, Tom O.; Snooke, Neal A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-06)
      This study presents the application of a costeffective, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to investigate calving dynamics at a major marine-terminating outlet glacier draining the western sector of the Greenland ice sheet. The UAV was flown over Store Glacier on three sorties during summer 2013 and acquired over 2000 overlapping, geotagged images of the calving front at an ∼ 40 cm ground sampling ...
    • The urgency of Arctic change 

      Overland, James; Dunlea, Edward; Box, Jason E.; Corell, Robert; Forsius, Martin; Kattsov, Vladimir; Olsen, Morten Skovgård; Pawlak, Janet; Reiersen, Lars Otto; Wang, Muyin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-27)
      This article provides a synthesis of the latest observational trends and projections for the future of the Arctic. First, the Arctic is already changing rapidly as a result of climate change. Contemporary warm Arctic temperatures and large sea ice deficits (75% volume loss) demonstrate climate states outside of previous experience. Modeled changes of the Arctic cryosphere demonstrate that even ...