AntPen_NSF_NERC
NSFGEO-NERC: Investigating the Direct Influence of Meltwater on Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics
A temporary site for hosting information about the Antarctic Peninslula project. Initially this will be for use across the team and for storing useful information (pictures, news etc.). Later we could turn this into a more public facing site. The github reposoitory behind the site can be found here.
About the project
This project is jointly funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF hosts a page about the project here. It is inspired by a paper published by the UK members of the team, (Tuckett et al., 2019).
The current project team (in alphabetical order):
- Isabel Cordero, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University, USA
- Jeremy Ely , University of Sheffield, UK
- Nick Frearson, (LDEO), Columbia University, USA
- Stephen Livingstone, University of Sheffield, UK
- Jonathan Kingslake, LDEO, Columbia University, USA
- Andrew Sole, University of Sheffield, UK
- Kate Winter, Northumbria University, UK
The are currently advertising for a postdoctoral researchers to work on the project, one at LDEO and another at Sheffield. The adverts can be found here and here. The closing date for the Sheffield position is Monday 5th February.
The project will fund two field seasons on Flask Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula, and continent wide remote sensing.
The field plan includes:
- Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements of ice flow
- Automatic weather station (AWS) measurements of surface melt
- Measurements of near surface temperatures with a thermister string
- Uncrewed aerial system (UAS) measurements of ice flow
- Ice-penetrating radar measurements of ice flow
- Passive seismic detection of subglacial water flow
The preliminary field plan is shown below.
News
Jan 24th 2024
The UAS arrived and Jonny went through unpacking everything and checking what’s there. Looks like almost everything is present and correct! Next steps are to register it, assemble it, and start testing for (hopefully) a testing season in Alaska this summer.
Jan 23rd 2024
The UAS has arrived! Yesterday we received the WingtraOne uncrewed aerial system. More photos to follow.
Dec 15, 2023
We advertised a Sheffiled-based postdoctoral research associate to work on the project. Details about the job and how to apply can be found here. Apologies for the incorrect closing date and typos at this link; the closing date is Monday 5th February and we anticipate interviewing for the post later in February.
Sep 21, 2023
We had Tom from Wingtra at LDEO today demonstrating their UAS.
Sep 19, 2023
Excited to hear that we will be getting a demo from a company called Wingtra of their vertical take off, fixed-wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) tomorrow on the Lamont campus.
Sep 06, 2023
We advertised for an LDEO-based postdoctoral researcher to work on the project. The advert can be found here.
Aug 2023
The US side of the project kicks off!