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Publications - Glaciology and Climate Change

Publications - Glaciology and Climate Change

Recent publications on this area of research are listed here.

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Books

  • Charlier, G., de Pomereu, J., Dowdeswell, J. and Macleod, A., 2020. Shackleton’s Endurance: the Photographs of Frank Hurley, Salto Ulbeek Publishers, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), and the Scott Polar Research Institute.
  • Charlier, G., de Pomereu, J. and Dowdeswell, J., 2019. Captain Scott's Antarctic Photographs, 1911, Salto Ulbeek Publishers and the Scott Polar Research Institute. 84pp.
  • Dowdeswell, J.A. and Hambrey, M., 2018. The Continent of Antarctica, Papadakis. 298pp.

The Continent of Antarctica

Journal articles

2023

  • Batchelor, C.L., Christie, F.D.W., Ottesen, D., Montelli, A., Evans, J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Bjarnadóttir, L.R. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2023. Rapid, buoyancy-driven ice-sheet retreat of hundreds of metres per day. Nature, v. 617, p.105-110. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05876-1.
  • Büntgen, U. and Rees, G., 2023. Global change research needs international collaboration. The Science of The Total Environment, v. 902, p.166054-. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166054.
  • Butcher, F.E.G., Arnold, N.S., Conway, S.J., Berman, D.C., Davis, J.M. and Balme, M.R., 2023. The internal structure of a debris-covered glacier on Mars revealed by gully incision. Icarus, p.115717-. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115717.
  • Hogan, K.A., Warburton, K.L.P., Graham, A.G.C., Neufeld, J.A., Hewitt, D.R., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Larter, R.D., 2023. Towards modelling of corrugation ridges at ice-sheet grounding lines. The Cryosphere, v. 17, p.2645-2664. doi:10.5194/tc-17-2645-2023.
  • Lintott, B. and Rees, G., 2023. Arctic Heritage at Risk: Insights into How Remote Sensing, Robotics and Simulation Can Improve Risk Analysis and Enhance Safety. Remote Sensing, v. 15, p.675-. doi:10.3390/rs15030675.
  • Rees, G., 2023. Lake Ladoga. The coastal history of the greatest lake in Europe. Maria Lähteenmäki and Isaac Land, editors. Helsinki: Finnish Literary Society, SKS. 2023. 233 p, paperback, epub and pdf. ISBN 978-951-858-628-2 (print). €45. Also available as a free open-access download (https://doi.org/10.21435/sfh.27). Polar Record, v. 59, p.e30-. doi:10.1017/s0032247423000207.
  • Rees, G., Büntgen, U. and Stenseth, N.C., 2023. Arctic science: resume collaborations with Russian scholars. Nature, v. 613, p.243-243. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00008-1.

2022

  • , 2022. Boreal forest on the move. Nature, doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02008-z.
  • Arnold, N.S., Butcher, F.E.G., Conway, S.J., Gallagher, C. and Balme, M.R., 2022. Surface topographic impact of subglacial water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Nature Astronomy, v. 6, p.1256-1262. doi:10.1038/s41550-022-01782-0.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Frinault, B.A.V., Christie, F.D.W., Montelli, A. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2022. The morphology of pockmarks on the north-east Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf. Antarctic Science, v. 34, p.313-324. doi:10.1017/s0954102022000177.
  • Boxall, K., Christie, F.D.W., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T., 2022. Seasonal land ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. v. 2022, p.1-37. doi:10.5194/tc-2022-55.
  • Boxall, K., Christie, F.D.W., Willis, I.C., Wuite, J. and Nagler, T., 2022. Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. The Cryosphere, v. 16, p.3907-3932. doi:10.5194/tc-16-3907-2022.
  • Butcher, F.E.G., Arnold, N.S., Balme, M.R., Conway, S.J., Clark, C.D., Gallagher, C., Hagermann, A., Lewis, S.R., Rutledge, A.M., Storrar, R.D. and Woodley, S.Z., 2022. Eskers associated with buried glaciers in Mars' mid latitudes: recent advances and future directions. Annals of Glaciology, v. 63, p.33-38. doi:10.1017/aog.2023.7.
  • Christie, F.D.W., Benham, T.J., Batchelor, C.L., Rack, W., Montelli, A. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2022. Antarctic ice-shelf advance driven by anomalous atmospheric and sea-ice circulation. Nature Geoscience, v. 15, p.356-362. doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00938-x.
  • Cooper, M.A., Lewińska, P., Smith, W.A.P., Hancock, E.R., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Rippin, D.M., 2022. Unravelling the long-term, locally heterogenous response of Greenland glaciers observed in archival photography. The Cryosphere, v. 16, p.2449-2470. doi:10.5194/tc-16-2449-2022.
  • Dell, R.L., Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C., Arnold, N.S., Halberstadt, A.R.W., Chudley, T.R. and Pritchard, H.D., 2022. Supervised classification of slush and ponded water on Antarctic ice shelves using Landsat 8 imagery. Journal of Glaciology, v. 68, p.401-414. doi:10.1017/jog.2021.114.
  • Dell, R.L., Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C., Arnold, N.S., Halberstadt, A.R.W., Chudley, T.R. and Pritchard, H.D., 2022. Supervised classification of slush and ponded water on Antarctic ice shelves using Landsat 8 imagery – CORRIGENDUM. Journal of Glaciology, v. 68, p.415-416. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.15.
  • Golubeva, E.I., Rees, W.G., Zimin, M.V., Kovalchuk, M.L. and Timokhina, Y.L., 2022. DYNAMICS of FLORISTIC COMPOSITION and BOUNDARIES of the ALTITUDE ZONES within MOUNTAIN MASSIFS of the KOLA PENINSULA under the ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya Geografiya, v. 5, p.58-68.
  • Hogan, K.A., Arnold, N.S., Larter, R.D., Kirkham, J.D., Noormets, R., Cofaigh, C.Ó., Golledge, N.R. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2022. Subglacial Water Flow Over an Antarctic Palaeo‐Ice Stream Bed. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, v. 127, doi:10.1029/2021jf006442.
  • Kirkham, J.D., Hogan, K.A., Larter, R.D., Arnold, N.S., Ely, J.C., Clark, C.D., Self, E., Games, K., Huuse, M., Stewart, M.A., Ottesen, D. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2022. Tunnel valley formation beneath deglaciating mid-latitude ice sheets: Observations and modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, p.107680-. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107680.
  • Kochtitzky, W., Copland, L., Van Wychen, W., Hugonnet, R., Hock, R., Dowdeswell, J.A., Benham, T., Strozzi, T., Glazovsky, A., Lavrentiev, I., Rounce, D.R., Millan, R., Cook, A., Dalton, A., Jiskoot, H., Cooley, J., Jania, J. and Navarro, F., 2022. The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020. Nature Communications, v. 13, p.5835-. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33231-x.
  • Rees, W.G., Tutubalina, O.V., Medvedev, A., Marshall, G.J., Golubeva, E.I., Telnova, N., Zimin, M., Mikhaylykova, P., Terskaia, A., Sklyar, E. and Tomaney, J.A., 2022. Three decades of remote sensing subarctic vegetation in northern Russia: A case study in science diplomacy. Polar Record, v. 58, p.e37-. doi:10.1017/s0032247422000304.
  • Sklyar, E. and Rees, G., 2022. Assessing Changes in Boreal Vegetation of Kola Peninsula via Large-Scale Land Cover Classification between 1985 and 2021. Remote Sensing, v. 14, p.5616-. doi:10.3390/rs14215616.
  • Smith, W.A.P., Lewińska, P., Cooper, M.A., Hancock, E.R., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Rippin, D.M., 2022. Structure-From-Motion With Varying Principal Point. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, v. 19, p.1-5. doi:10.1109/lgrs.2022.3179645.

2021

2020

  • Batchelor, C., Dowdeswell, J., Rignot, E. and Millan, R., 2020. Submarine glacial landforms in Southeast Greenland fjords reveal contrasting outlet-glacier behaviour since the Last Glacial Maximum. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3417.
  • Batchelor, C., Ottesen, D., Bellwald, B., Planke, S., Løseth, H., Henriksen, S., Johansen, S. and Dowdeswell, J., 2020. Quaternary evolution of the northern North Sea. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10118.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Montelli, A., Ottesen, D., Evans, J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Christie, F.D.W. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2020. New insights into the formation of submarine glacial landforms from high-resolution Autonomous Underwater Vehicle data. Geomorphology, v. 370, p.107396-. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107396.
  • Benedek, C. and Willis, I., 2020. Winter drainage of surface lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery. The Cryosphere Discussions, doi:10.5194/tc-2020-70.
  • Benham, T., Christie, F. and Dowdeswell, J., 2020. Sea ice in the Weddell Sea: use of moderate resolution imagery to summarize inter-annual variation in conditions and support operational ship survey. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21821.
  • Butcher, F.E.G., Balme, M.R., Conway, S.J., Gallagher, C., Arnold, N.S., Storrar, R.D., Lewis, S.R. and Hagermann, A., 2020. Morphometry of a glacier-linked esker in NW Tempe Terra, Mars, and implications for sediment-discharge dynamics of subglacial drainage. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 542, art. 116325, p.116325-116325. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116325.
  • Christie, F., Benham, T. and Dowdeswell, J., 2020. Recent glacial advance in the western Weddell Sea Sector driven by anomalous sea ice circulation. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7801.
  • Cooper, M., Lewinska, P., Dowdeswell, J., Hancock, E., Smith, W. and Rippin, D., 2020. Unearthing the forgotten record of glacier change in southeast Greenland. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19910.
  • Cubaynes, H.C., Rees, W.G., Jackson, J.A., Moore, M., Sformo, T.L., McLellan, W.A., Niemeyer, M.E., George, J.C., Hoop, J., Forcada, J., Trathan, P. and Fretwell, P.T., 2020. Spectral reflectance of whale skin above the sea surface: a proposed measurement protocol. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, v. 6, p.411-423. doi:10.1002/rse2.155.
  • Davies, B.J., Darvill, C.M., Lovell, H., Bendle, J.M., Dowdeswell, J.A., Fabel, D., García, J.-.L., Geiger, A., Glasser, N.F., Gheorghiu, D.M., Harrison, S., Hein, A.S., Kaplan, M.R., Martin, J.R.V., Mendelova, M., Palmer, A., Pelto, M., Rodés, Á., Sagredo, E.A., Smedley, R.K., Smellie, J.L. and Thorndycraft, V.R., 2020. The evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the present day (PATICE). Earth-Science Reviews, v. 204, p.103152-. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103152.
  • Dell, R., Arnold, N., Willis, I., Banwell, A., Williamson, A. and Pritchard, H., 2020. Supplementary material to "Lateral meltwater transfer across an Antarctic ice shelf". The Cryosphere Discussions, doi:10.5194/tc-2019-316-supplement.
  • Dell, R., Arnold, N., Willis, I., Banwell, A., Williamson, A. and Pritchard, H., 2020. Lateral meltwater transfer across an Antarctic ice shelf. p.1-24. doi:10.5194/tc-2019-316.
  • Dell, R., Arnold, N., Willis, I., Banwell, A., Williamson, A., Pritchard, H. and Orr, A., 2020. Lateral meltwater transfer across an Antarctic ice shelf. The Cryosphere, v. 14, p.2313-2330. doi:10.5194/tc-14-2313-2020.
  • Dowdeswell, J., Batchelor, C., Montelli, S., Ottesen, D., Dowdeswell, E. and Evans, J., 2020. Submarine landforms on the Weddell Sea shelf imaged at high resolution using AUVs. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1603.
  • Dowdeswell, J.A., Batchelor, C.L., Dorschel, B., Benham, T.J., Christie, F.D.W., Dowdeswell, E.K., Montelli, A., Arndt, J.E. and Gebhardt, C., 2020. Sea-floor and sea-ice conditions in the western Weddell Sea, Antarctica, around the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance. Antarctic Science, v. 32, p.301-313. doi:10.1017/s0954102020000103.
  • Dowdeswell, J.A., Batchelor, C.L., Montelli, A., Ottesen, D., Christie, F.D.W., Dowdeswell, E.K. and Evans, J., 2020. Delicate seafloor landforms reveal past Antarctic grounding-line retreat of kilometers per year. Science, v. 368, p.1020-1024. doi:10.1126/science.aaz3059.
  • Dowdeswell, J.A., Ottesen, D. and Bellec, V.K., 2020. The changing extent of marine-terminating glaciers and ice caps in northeastern Svalbard since the ‘Little Ice Age’ from marine-geophysical records. The Holocene, v. 30, p.389-401. doi:10.1177/0959683619887429.
  • Dunmire, D., Lenaerts, J.T.M., Banwell, A.F., Wever, N., Shragge, J., Lhermitte, S., Drews, R., Pattyn, F., Hansen, J.S.S., Willis, I.C., Miller, J. and Keenan, E., 2020. Observations of Buried Lake Drainage on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 47, p.e2020gl087970-. doi:10.1029/2020gl087970.
  • Gallagher, C., Butcher, F.E.G., Balme, M., Smith, I. and Arnold, N., 2020. Landforms indicative of regional warm based glaciation, Phlegra Montes, Mars. Icarus, art. 114173, p.114173-114173. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114173.
  • Guo, W., Rees, G. and Hofgaard, A., 2020. Delineation of the forest-tundra ecotone using texture-based classification of satellite imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 41, p.6384-6408. doi:10.1080/01431161.2020.1734254.
  • Harcourt, W.D., Palmer, S.J., Mansell, D.T., Le Brocq, A., Bartlett, O., Gourmelen, N., Tepes, P., Dowdeswell, J.A., Blankenship, D.D. and Young, D.A., 2020. Subglacial controls on dynamic thinning at Trinity-Wykeham Glacier, Prince of Wales Ice Field, Canadian Arctic. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 41, p.1191-1213. doi:10.1080/01431161.2019.1658238.
  • Hutchinson, K., Deshayes, J., Sallee, J.-.B., Dowdeswell, J., de Lavergne, C., Ansorge, I., Luyt, H., Henry, T. and Fawcett, S., 2020. Water Mass Characteristics and Distribution Adjacent to Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-112.
  • Hutchinson, K., Deshayes, J., Sallee, J., Dowdeswell, J.A., Lavergne, C., Ansorge, I., Luyt, H., Henry, T. and Fawcett, S.E., 2020. Water Mass Characteristics and Distribution Adjacent to Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, v. 125, doi:10.1029/2019jc015855.
  • Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L.A., Bringensparr, C., Castro, C.F., Mohammad, R., Johnson, P., Ketter, T., Accettella, D., Amblas, D., An, L., Arndt, J.E., Canals, M., Casamor, J.L., Chauché, N., Coakley, B., Danielson, S., Demarte, M., Dickson, M.-.L., Dorschel, B., Dowdeswell, J.A., Dreutter, S., Fremand, A.C., Gallant, D., Hall, J.K., Hehemann, L., Hodnesdal, H., Hong, J., Ivaldi, R., Kane, E., Klaucke, I., Krawczyk, D.W., Kristoffersen, Y., Kuipers, B.R., Millan, R., Masetti, G., Morlighem, M., Noormets, R., Prescott, M.M., Rebesco, M., Rignot, E., Semiletov, I., Tate, A.J., Travaglini, P., Velicogna, I., Weatherall, P., Weinrebe, W., Willis, J.K., Wood, M., Zarayskaya, Y., Zhang, T., Zimmermann, M. and Zinglersen, K.B., 2020. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Scientific Data, v. 7, p.176-. doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9.
  • Kirkham, J.D., Hogan, K.A., Larter, R.D., Arnold, N.S., Nitsche, F.O., Kuhn, G., Gohl, K., Anderson, J.B. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2020. Morphometry of bedrock meltwater channels on Antarctic inner continental shelves: Implications for channel development and subglacial hydrology. Geomorphology, v. 370, p.107369-. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107369.
  • Law, R., Arnold, N., Benedek, C., Tedesco, M., Banwell, A. and Willis, I., 2020. Over-winter persistence of supraglacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet: Results and insights from a new model. Journal of Glaciology, v. 66, p.362-372. doi:10.1017/jog.2020.7.
  • Løseth, H., Dowdeswell, J.A., Batchelor, C.L. and Ottesen, D., 2020. 3D sedimentary architecture showing the inception of an Ice Age. Nature Communications, v. 11, p.2975-. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16776-7.
  • MacAyeal, D.R., Willis, I.C., Banwell, A.F., MacDonald, G.J. and Goodsell, B., 2020. Diurnal lake-level cycles on ice shelves driven by meltwater input and ocean tidal tilt. Journal of Glaciology, v. 66, p.231-247. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.98.
  • Montelli, A., Batchelor, C., Ottesen, D., Dowdeswell, J., Evans, J. and Dowdeswell, E., 2020. Tidally influenced iceberg motion: sub-metre resolution imaging of iceberg ploughmarks using autonomous underwater vehicles in the Weddell Sea. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2726.
  • Montelli, A., Dowdeswell, J.A., Pirogova, A., Terekhina, Y., Tokarev, M., Rybin, N., Martyn, A. and Khoshtariya, V., 2020. Deep and extensive meltwater system beneath the former Eurasian Ice Sheet in the Kara Sea. Geology, v. 48, p.179-183. doi:10.1130/g46968.1.
  • Potter, E.R., Orr, A., Willis, I.C., Bannister, D. and Wagnon, P., 2020. Meteorological impacts of a novel debris‐covered glacier category in a regional climate model across a Himalayan catchment. Atmospheric Science Letters, doi:10.1002/asl.1018.
  • Rack, W., Christie, F., Dowdeswell, E., Dowdeswell, J., Wachter, P., Benham, T., Haas, C. and Bealing, P., 2020. Sea ice characteristics during the Weddell Sea expedition explored by geophysical and remote sensing methods. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20610.
  • Rees, W.G., Golubeva, E.I., Tutubalina, O.V., Zimin, M.V. and Derkacheva, A.A., 2020. Relation between leaf area index and NDVI for subarctic deciduous vegetation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 41, p.8573-8589. doi:10.1080/01431161.2020.1782505.
  • Rees, W.G., Hofgaard, A., Boudreau, S., Cairns, D.M., Harper, K., Mamet, S., Mathisen, I., Swirad, Z. and Tutubalina, O., 2020. Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change?. Global Change Biology, v. 26, p.3965-3977. doi:10.1111/gcb.15113.
  • SÁNCHEZ-GÁMEZ, P., NAVARRO, F.J., DOWDESWELL, J.A. and DE ANDRÉS, E., 2020. ПОВЕРХНОСТНЫЕ СКОРОСТИ И АЙСБЕРГОВЫЙ СТОК ЛЕДНИКОВОГО КУПОЛА АКАДЕМИИ НАУК НА СЕВЕРНОЙ ЗЕМЛЕ. Ice and Snow, v. 60, p.19-28. doi:10.31857/s2076673420010020.
  • Shears, J., Dowdeswell, J., Ligthelm, F. and Wachter, P., 2020. The Weddell Sea Expedition 2019. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21896.

2019

  • Arnold, N., 2019. A New Model for Esker Formation Sheds Light on the Processes Within Subglacial Tunnels. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 124, p.700-704. doi:10.1029/2019JF005001.
  • Arnold, N.S., Conway, S.J., Butcher, F.E.G. and Balme, M.R., 2019. Modeled Subglacial Water Flow Routing Supports Localized Intrusive Heating as a Possible Cause of Basal Melting of Mars' South Polar Ice Cap. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, v. 124, p.2101-2116. doi:10.1029/2019je006061.
  • Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C., Macdonald, G.J., Goodsell, B. and MacAyeal, D.R., 2019. Direct measurements of ice-shelf flexure caused by surface meltwater ponding and drainage. Nat Commun, v. 10, p.730-. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08522-5.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A., Hogan, K.A., Larter, R.D., Parsons, E. and West, O., 2019. Processes and patterns of glacier-influenced sedimentation and recent tidewater glacier dynamics in Darbel Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, v. 31, p.218-227. doi:10.1017/s0954102019000191.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A., Rignot, E. and Millan, R., 2019. Submarine Moraines in Southeast Greenland Fjords Reveal Contrasting Outlet‐Glacier Behavior since the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 46, p.3279-3286. doi:10.1029/2019gl082556.
  • CHUDLEY, T.R. and WILLIS, I.C., 2019. Glacier surges in the north-west West Kunlun Shan inferred from 1972 to 2017 Landsat imagery. Journal of Glaciology, v. 65, p.1-12. doi:10.1017/jog.2018.94.
  • Dickens, W.A., Kuhn, G., Leng, M.J., Graham, A.G.C., Dowdeswell, J.A., Meredith, M.P., Hillenbrand, C.-.D., Hodgson, D.A., Roberts, S.J., Sloane, H. and Smith, J.A., 2019. Enhanced glacial discharge from the eastern Antarctic Peninsula since the 1700s associated with a positive Southern Annular Mode. Scientific Reports, v. 9, p.14606-. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50897-4.
  • Fyffe, C.L., Brock, B.W., Kirkbride, M.P., Mair, D.W.F., Arnold, N.S., C.Smiraglia, ., Diolaiuti, G. and Diotri, F., 2019. Do debris-covered glaciers demonstrate distinctive hydrological behaviour compared to clean glaciers?. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.069.
  • Guo, W. and Rees, W.G., 2019. Altitudinal forest-tundra ecotone categorization using texture-based classification. Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 232, p.111312-. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111312.
  • Kirkham, J.D., Hogan, K.A., Larter, R.D., Arnold, N.S., Nitsche, F.O., Golledge, N.R. and Dowdeswell, J.A., accepted 2019. Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere Discussions, doi:10.5194/tc-2019-67.
  • Kirkham, J.D., Hogan, K.A., Larter, R.D., Arnold, N.S., Nitsche, F.O., Golledge, N.R. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2019. Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, v. 13, p.1959-1981. doi:10.5194/tc-13-1959-2019.
  • Larter, R.D., Hogan, K.A., Hillenbrand, C.-.D., Smith, J.A., Batchelor, C.L., Cartigny, M., Tate, A.J., Kirkham, J.D., Roseby, Z.A., Kuhn, G., Graham, A.G.C. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2019. Subglacial hydrological control on flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream. The Cryosphere, v. 13, p.1583-1596. doi:10.5194/tc-13-1583-2019.
  • Larter, R.D., Hogan, K.A., Hillenbrand, C.-.D., Smith, J.A., Batchelor, C.L., Cartigny, M., Tate, A.J., Kirkham, J.D., Roseby, Z.A., Kuhn, G., Graham, A.G.C. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2019. Supplementary material to "Subglacial hydrological control on flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream". doi:10.5194/tc-2018-273-supplement.
  • MacAyeal, D.R., Banwell, A.F., Okal, E.A., Lin, J., Willis, I.C., Goodsell, B. and MacDonald, G.J., 2019. Diurnal seismicity cycle linked to subsurface melting on an ice shelf. Annals of Glaciology, v. 60, p.137-157. doi:10.1017/aog.2018.29.
  • MACDONALD, G.J., BANWELL, A.F., WILLIS, I.C., MAYER, D.P., GOODSELL, B. and MacAYEAL, D.R., 2019. Formation of pedestalled, relict lakes on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, v. 65, p.337-343. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.17.
  • Sánchez-Gámez, P., Navarro, F.J., Benham, T.J., Glazovsky, A.F., Bassford, R.P. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2019. Intra- and inter-annual variability in dynamic discharge from the Academy of Sciences Ice Cap, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic, and its role in modulating mass balance. Journal of Glaciology, v. 65, p.780-797. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.58.
  • Schroeder, D.M., Dowdeswell, J.A., Siegert, M.J., Bingham, R.G., Chu, W., MacKie, E.J., Siegfried, M.R., Vega, K.I., Emmons, J.R. and Winstein, K., 2019. Multidecadal observations of the Antarctic ice sheet from restored analog radar records. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 116, p.18867-18873. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821646116.
  • Stewart, C.L., Christoffersen, P., Nicholls, K.W., Williams, M.J.M. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2019. Basal melting of Ross Ice Shelf from solar heat absorption in an ice-front polynya. Nature Geoscience, v. 12, p.435-440. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0356-0.
  • Teleti, P., Rees, W.G., Dowdeswell, J. and Wilkinson, C., 2019. A historical Southern Ocean climate dataset from whaling ships’ logbooks. Geoscience Data Journal, v. 6, p.30-40. doi:10.17863/CAM.31530.
  • Vignols, R.M., Marshall, G.J., Rees, W.G., Zaika, Y., Phillips, T. and Blinova, I., 2019. Assessing snow cover changes in the Kola Peninsula, Arctic Russia, using a synthesis of MODIS snow products and station observations. v. 2019, p.1-33. doi:10.5194/tc-2019-9.

2018

  • Amblas, D. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2018. Physiographic influences on dense shelf-water cascading down the Antarctic continental slope. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 185, p.887-900. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.07.014.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Rignot, E., 2018. Submarine landforms reveal varying rates and styles of deglaciation in North-West Greenland fjords. Marine Geology, v. 402, p.60-80. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.08.003.
  • Cofaigh, C.Ó., Hogan, K.A., Jennings, A.E., Callard, S.L., Dowdeswell, J.A., Noormets, R. and Evans, J., 2018. The role of meltwater in high-latitude trough-mouth fan development: The Disko Trough-Mouth Fan, West Greenland. Marine Geology, v. 402, p.17-32. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2018.02.001.
  • Fransner, O., Noormets, R., Flink, A.E., Hogan, K.A. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2018. Sedimentary processes on the continental slope off Kvitøya and Albertini troughs north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard – The importance of structural-geological setting in trough-mouth fan development. Marine Geology, v. 402, p.194-208. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.10.008.
  • Fürst, J.J., Navarro, F., Gillet‐Chaulet, F., Huss, M., Moholdt, G., Fettweis, X., Lang, C., Seehaus, T., Ai, S., Benham, T.J., Benn, D.I., Björnsson, H., Dowdeswell, J.A., Grabiec, M., Kohler, J., Lavrentiev, I., Lindbäck, K., Melvold, K., Pettersson, R., Rippin, D., Saintenoy, A., Sánchez‐Gámez, P., Schuler, T.V., Sevestre, H., Vasilenko, E. and Braun, M.H., 2018. The Ice‐Free Topography of Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 45, p.11-769. doi:10.1029/2018gl079734.
  • Koziol, C.P. and Arnold, N., accepted 2018. Supplementary material to Modelling seasonal meltwater forcing of the velocity of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, doi:10.5194/tc-2017-225-supplement.
  • Koziol, C.P. and Arnold, N., accepted 2018. Modelling seasonal meltwater forcing of the velocity of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, p.1-35.
  • Koziol, C.P. and Arnold, N., 2018. Modelling seasonal meltwater forcing of the velocity of land-terminating margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, v. 12, p.971-991. doi:10.5194/tc-12-971-2018.
  • Marshall, G.J., Kivinen, S., Jylhä, K., Vignols, R.M. and Rees, W.G., 2018. The accuracy of climate variability and trends across Arctic Fennoscandia in four reanalyses. International Journal of Climatology, v. 38, p.3878-3895. doi:10.1002/joc.5541.
  • Miles, E.S., Willis, I., Buri, P., Steiner, J.F., Arnold, N.S. and Pellicciotti, F., 2018. Surface Pond Energy Absorption Across Four Himalayan Glaciers Accounts for 1/8 of Total Catchment Ice Loss. Geophys Res Lett, v. 45, p.10464-10473. doi:10.1029/2018GL079678.
  • Montelli, A., Dowdeswell, J.A., Ottesen, D. and Johansen, S.E., 2018. Architecture and sedimentary processes on the mid-Norwegian continental slope: A 2.7 Myr record from extensive seismic evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 192, p.185-207. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.05.034.
  • Montelli, A., Dowdeswell, J.A., Ottesen, D. and Johansen, S.E., 2018. 3D seismic evidence of buried iceberg ploughmarks from the mid-Norwegian continental margin reveals largely persistent North Atlantic Current through the Quaternary. Marine Geology, v. 399, p.66-83. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.11.016.
  • Nicholson, L.I., McCarthy, M., Pritchard, H.D. and Willis, I., 2018. Supraglacial debris thickness variability: impact on ablation and relation to terrain properties. The Cryosphere, v. 12, p.3719-3734. doi:10.5194/tc-12-3719-2018.
  • Ottesen, D., Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Løseth, H., 2018. Morphology and pattern of Quaternary sedimentation in the North Sea Basin (52–62°N). Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 98, p.836-859. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.08.022.
  • Potter, E.R., Orr, A., Willis, I.C., Bannister, D. and Salerno, F., 2018. Dynamical Drivers of the Local Wind Regime in a Himalayan Valley. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, v. 123, p.13-202. doi:10.1029/2018jd029427.
  • Rutishauser, A., Blankenship, D.D., Sharp, M., Skidmore, M.L., Greenbaum, J.S., Grima, C., Schroeder, D.M., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Young, D.A., 2018. Discovery of a hypersaline subglacial lake complex beneath Devon Ice Cap, Canadian Arctic. Science Advances, v. 4, p.eaar4353-. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aar4353.
  • Williamson, A.G., Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C. and Arnold, N.S., 2018. Supplementary material to "Dual-satellite (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8) remote sensing of supraglacial lakes in Greenland". doi:10.5194/tc-2018-56-supplement.
  • Williamson, A.G., Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C. and Arnold, N.S., 2018. Dual-satellite (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8) remote sensing of supraglacial lakes in Greenland. Cryosphere, v. 12, p.3045-3065. doi:10.5194/tc-12-3045-2018.
  • Williamson, A.G., Banwell, A.F., Willis, I.C. and Arnold, N.S., 2018. Dual-satellite (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8) remote sensing of supraglacial lakes in Greenland. The Cryosphere, v. 12, p.3045-3065. doi:10.5194/tc-12-3045-2018.
  • WILLIAMSON, A.G., WILLIS, I.C., ARNOLD, N.S. and BANWELL, A.F., 2018. Controls on rapid supraglacial lake drainage in West Greenland: an Exploratory Data Analysis approach. Journal of Glaciology, v. 64, p.208-226. doi:10.1017/jog.2018.8.
  • Willis, M.J., Zheng, W., Durkin, W.J., Pritchard, M.E., Ramage, J.M., Dowdeswell, J.A., Benham, T.J., Bassford, R.P., Stearns, L.A., Glazovsky, A.F., Macheret, Y.Y. and Porter, C.C., 2018. Massive destabilization of an Arctic ice cap. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 502, p.146-155. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.049.
  • Zheng, W., Pritchard, M.E., Willis, M.J., Tepes, P., Gourmelen, N., Benham, T.J. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2018. Accelerating glacier mass loss on Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic. Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 211, p.357-375. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.004.

Book chapters

  • Dowdeswell, J., 2020. Ice, in Earth 2020, Open Book Publishers. p.101-110. doi:10.11647/obp.0193.13.
  • Dowdeswell, J.A., Hogan, K.A. and Le Heron, D.P., 2019. The glacier-influenced marine record on high-latitude continental margins: synergies between modern, Quaternary and ancient evidence, Geological Society of London. v. 475, p.261-279. doi:10.1144/sp475.13.
  • Amblas, D., Ceramicola, S., Gerber, T.P., Canals, M., Chiocci, F.L., Dowdeswell, J.A., Harris, P.T., Huvenne, V.A.I., Lai, S.Y.J., Lastras, G., Iacono, C.L., Micallef, A., Mountjoy, J.J., Paull, C.K., Puig, P. and Sanchez-Vidal, A., 2018. Submarine Canyons and Gullies, in Submarine Geomorphology, Springer Nature. p.251-272. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57852-1_14.
  • Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Ottesen, D., 2018. Submarine Glacial Landforms, in Submarine Geomorphology, Springer Nature. p.207-234. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57852-1_12.

Conference proceedings

Reports

  • Dowdeswell, J., Shears, J., Batchelor, C., Christie, F., Rack, W., Montelli, A., Evans, J., Dowdeswell, E., Ottesen, D., Fawcett, S., Bornman, T., Hutchinson, K., Audh, R., Burger, J., Flynn, R., Henry, T., Luyt, H., Smith, S., Spence, K., Woodall, L., Taylor, M., Frinault, B., Bekker, A., Zu, L., van Zilj, C., Matthee, J.-.J. and Makgabutlane, M., 2019. The Weddell Sea Expedition 2019: Cruise Scientific Report. art. 1, doi:10.17863/CAM.58103.

Other publications

Theses / dissertations

  • Reilly, T.B.T., 2022. TOWARDS POLYCENTRIC REGIONALISM: SINO-RUSSIAN GEO-ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND THE FORMATION OF THE PACIFIC ARCTIC REGION.
  • Dell, R., 2021. Investigating the surface hydrology of Antarctic ice shelves using remote sensing and machine learning. doi:10.17863/CAM.77341.
  • Reilly, T.B.T., 2021. Towards Polycentric Regionalism: Sino-Russian Geo-Economic Relations and the Formation of the Pacific Arctic Region. doi:10.17863/CAM.84435.
  • Teleti, P., 2020. Reconstruction of the historical climate of the Southern Ocean from whaling ships’ logbooks. doi:10.17863/CAM.55560.

Software

  • Rees, G. and Swirad, Z., 2023. Transverse Mercator coordinate conversions. doi:10.17863/CAM.96761.
  • Rees, W., 2023. Stackfit: Fitting the parameters of a two-stream optical model to reflectance measurements of stacks of plant leaves. doi:10.17863/CAM.96760.
  • Rees, W., 2023. Walking time in rugged terrain. doi:10.17863/CAM.96625.
  • Law, R., Arnold, N. and Benedek, C., 2020. GlacierLake2 - Code supporting [Over-winter persistence of supraglacial lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet: results and insights from a new model]. doi:10.17863/CAM.47791.
  • Williamson, A.G., 2018. Full source code for the Fully Automated Supraglacial lake Tracking at Enhanced Resolution ("FASTER") algorithm. doi:10.17863/CAM.25769.

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