Projects | Willis Group

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 and Technology (FINESST) fellowship.

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.

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 sequence of these natural hazards to cascade into large-scale disasters.

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 meltwater runoff and solid ice discharge to the oceans.

Topographic Change and Cascading Hazards Following the November 13th 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura (New Zealand) Earthquake.

Landscapes evolve extremely rapidly during and immediately after a natural disaster.

Mid 20th Century Ice Heights from Archived Antarctic Aerial Photography.

We are extracting three-dimensional topography from old air photos of Antarctica collected by Navy expeditions. We are automating the process as much as possible using python scripting.

Investigating Links Between Geodynamics and Ice Sheets - POLENET Antarctica

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment measurements from the polar regions are sparse. These observations are a critical correction for satellite missions that are measuring the changing mass of the ice sheets.

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