Mike Willis

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Ikertivaq Glacier, East Greenland

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Our workgroup deals with problems in two main domains, the cryosphere and the coasts. Our subjects are broad ranging from geophysical loading changes to natural hazards, coastal erosion to glacier dynamics, to urbanization, hydrology and ecology.

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Vavilov Ice Cap, Russia

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Several recent manuscripts have been published!

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Naomi Ochwat
Naomi is a PhD student working on Antarctic glacier dynamics. She is utilizing multiple remote sensing datasets (Landsat, SPOT, ICEsat-1… Read More
Teodora Mitroi
I am interested in understanding the mobility of landslides and their evolution by integrating machine learning techniques in remote… Read More
Harnessing Geodesy to Detect Arctic Sediment Mass Transfer
This project is the focus of PhD candidate Jasmine Hansen's research, funded through a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science… Read More
Collaborative Proposal: Earthcube Integration: ICEBERG: Imagery Cyberinfrastructure and Extensible Building-blocks To Enhance Research in the Geosciences.
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Using Satellite Measurements to Improve Regional Estimates of the Impacts of Sea Level Change.
Changes in sea level already impact coastal communities through erosion, storm surge, saltwater intrusion, and other effects. Projections… Read More
The Interaction of Mass Movements with Natural Hazards Under Changing Hydrologic Conditions.
We assess the interactions between mass movements, extreme precipitation, wildfire damage, and earthquakes and the potential for some… Read More
Contributions of Glaciers to Sea Level Rise Over the Past Half-Century
The largest source of eustatic sea level rise during the past century is mass loss from land ice (ice sheets and glaciers) through… Read More
Lincoln Pitcher
I use satellite, aircraft and ground based remote sensing along with spatial data science and glaciohydrologic field methods to study ice… Read More
Characterizing the evolution of the 2014 Vulcan Creek landslide-dammed lake, Yukon, Canada – using field and remote survey techniques, led by Marc-André Brideau has been published
The Vulcan Creek landslide occurred in southwest Yukon in the fall of 2014. No distinct trigger was identified for this landslide; however… Read More

Publications

Pitcher L.H., Smith L.C., Cooley S.W., Zaino A., Carlson R., Pettit J., Gleason C.J., Minear J.T., Fayne J.V., Willis M.J., Hansen J.S.S., Easterday K.J., Harlan M.E., Langhorst T., Topp S.N., Dolan W., Kyzivat E.D., Pietroniro A., Marsh P., Yang D., Carter T., Onclin C., Hosseini N., Wilcox E., Moreira D., Berge-Nguyen M., Cretaux J-F., Pavelsky T.M. (2020) "Advancing Field-Based GNSS Surveying for Validation of Remotely Sensed Water Surface Elevation Products." Frontiers in Earth Science, 8.  https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00278

Hamlington, B.D., and the NASA Sea Level Team (2020) “Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea Level Change and the Implications for the Future.” Reviews of Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000672

Zheng, W.*, Pritchard, M.E., Willis, M.J., Stearns., L.E. (2019) “The possible transition from glacial surge to ice stream on Vavilov Ice Cap.” Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084948

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Characterizing the evolution of the 2014 Vulcan Creek landslide-dammed lake, Yukon, Canada – using field and remote survey techniques, led by Marc-André Brideau has been published
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The Possible Transition from Glacial Surge to Ice Stream on Vavilov Ice Cap, led by Whyjay Zheng has been published
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Aerodynamic and Structural Controls on the Emergent Forms of Wind-eroded Bedrock Landscapes, led by Jonathan Perkins has been accepted for publication
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Projects

Harnessing Geodesy to Detect Arctic Sediment Mass Transfer
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Collaborative Proposal: Earthcube Integration: ICEBERG: Imagery Cyberinfrastructure and Extensible Building-blocks To Enhance Research in the Geosciences.
Read More
Using Satellite Measurements to Improve Regional Estimates of the Impacts of Sea Level Change.
Read More
The Interaction of Mass Movements with Natural Hazards Under Changing Hydrologic Conditions.
Read More
Contributions of Glaciers to Sea Level Rise Over the Past Half-Century
Read More