| David
Schuler
M.S. Candidate
Glaciology
Office: SC 338
Ph: 406-243-2341 (department office)
E-mail:
Dept. of Geosciences
Univ. of Montana
32 Campus Drive #1296
Missoula Mt, 59812 |
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Education
A.A. Portland Community College
B.S. Geology, University of Montana
Thesis advisor:
Joel Harper
Thesis project:
The fate of meltwater
in snow and firn in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Physical conditions in the area of transition
from vertical to lateral flow in the firn of the
Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) are not well understood, and are a source of error
for mass-balance calculations through two processes. In the transition-area
refreezing of melt water increases the density of sub-freezing firn
with no net water mass lost, while at the same time increasing the lateral
continuity of ice layers. Connectivity of ice layers increases the
potential rate at which melt flows out of the system. This thesis
will quantify the amount of densification through refreezing in relation
to meteorological conditions in order to refine estimates for the run-off
limit and its response to climatic change.
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Logging
a section of a 10m ice core in the field. |
| Base
camp near Crawford point, on the Greenland Ice Sheet during the 2007
field season. |
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Hobbies
| When not in school I like to
spend time with my wife, outside anywhere in the west… |
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…which
usually involves some climbing. |
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