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I am a physicist who uses Earth Observation (EO) data, primarily from satellites but also airborne platforms, to study the cryosphere. My research interests are broad but can loosely be described as cryospheric processes and their interaction with the rest of the climate system. Most of my research focuses on using EO techniques, including laser and radar altimetry, Synthetic Aperture Radar, imaging spectrometry and gravimetry, to investigate the behaviour of the ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland. I have, however, also applied similar methods to study the Patagonian Ice Caps, Svalbard, Himalayan glaciers and Arctic sea ice. Much of my most recent research relates to the impact of melting land ice on sea level rise (SLR) and also the response of the ocean to changes in freshwater forcing. Thus, I have worked on investigating the stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) among other oceanogrpahy problems.
Most of the EO techniques I employ fall into the category of satellite geodesy and I have used the same methods to produce digital elevation models of various land surfaces. Digital terrain modelling is, therefore, another aspect of my research.
External positions
Guest Professor, Technical University of Munich
30 Sep 2021 → …
Structured keywords and research groupings
- Cabot Institute Environmental Change Research
- GlobalMass
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Research output
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An expert judgement assessment of future sea level rise from the ice sheets
Bamber, J. L. & Aspinall, W. P., Apr 2013, In: Nature Climate Change. 3, 4, p. 424-427 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Paleofluvial Mega-Canyon Beneath the Central Greenland Ice Sheet
Bamber, J. L., Siegert, M. J., Griggs, J. A., Marshall, S. J. & Spada, G., 30 Aug 2013, In: Science. 341, 6149, p. 997-999 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
57 Citations (Scopus) -
Calving fluxes and basal melt rates of Antarctic ice shelves
Depoorter, M. A., Bamber, J. L., Griggs, J. A., Lenaerts, JTM., Ligtenberg, SRM., Van den Broeke, M. & Moholdt, G., 3 Oct 2013, In: Nature. 502, 7469, p. 89-92 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
374 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Grounding zone location across Antarctica from CryoSat-2 radar altimetry 2010-2017
Bamber, J. L. (Contributor) & Dawson, G. J. (Contributor), British Antarctic Survey, 20 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.5285/40c0b0c6-533c-43e7-9761-38225dac3084, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01231
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Processed bed elevation picks from airborne radar depth sounding across the region of three tributaries of Slessor Glacier, Coats Land, East Antarctica (2001/02 season)
Rippin, D. (Contributor), Bamber, J. L. (Contributor), Siegert, M. (Contributor), Vaughan, D. (Creator) & Corr, H. (Creator), British Antarctic Survey, 3 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.5285/c5175014-a056-4799-a8c0-65b5fc433743, https://doi.org/10.5285%2Fc5175014-a056-4799-a8c0-65b5fc433743
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Spatiotemporal mass balance trends for the Antarctic Ice Sheet, 2003-2013
Espanol, A. (Contributor) & Bamber, J. L. (Contributor), Natural Environment Research Council, 14 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.5285/f657816c-dc0c-41ca-945d-a08620494d5b, https://doi.org/10.5285%2Ff657816c-dc0c-41ca-945d-a08620494d5b
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Prizes
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European Geosciences Union Service Award
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), Apr 2007
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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Fellow of American Geophysical Union
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), Dec 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
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Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), 2015
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A global, simultaneous inversion for the components of the sea level budget, 2005-2015
Sam J Royston (Speaker), Aoibheann Brady (Contributor), Stephen J Chuter (Contributor), Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma (Contributor), Yann Ziegler (Contributor), Jonty C Rougier (Contributor) & Jonathan L Bamber (Contributor)
15 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
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How much of the decadal, coastal sea level variability can we describe by climate modes
Sam J Royston (Speaker), Jonathan L Bamber (Contributor) & Rory J Bingham (Contributor)
30 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
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Evaluating linear trends with respect to past decadal variability can help us assess the severity of GRACE observed water storage change
Jonathan L Bamber (Contributor), Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma (Speaker), Paul D Bates (Contributor), Nico Sneeuw (Contributor) & Richard M Westaway (Contributor)
30 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion