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Research interests
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.
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- Cabot Institute Environmental Change Research
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Projects
Research Output
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)
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)
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)
Datasets
Data from GlobalMass (02-2019)
Bamber, J. L. (Creator), University of Bristol, 15 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.5523/bris.23k1jbtan6sjv2huakf63cqgav, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/23k1jbtan6sjv2huakf63cqgav
Dataset
Elevation change maps of Pine Island Glacier from CryoSat-2 radar altimetry 2010-2018
Bamber, J. L. (Creator) & Dawson, G. J. (Creator), University of Bristol, 1 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.5523/bris.xzwd95jqfpok2hi0tkxs5r6at, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/xzwd95jqfpok2hi0tkxs5r6at
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Prizes
European Geosciences Union Service Award
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), Apr 2007
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Fellow of American Geophysical Union
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), Dec 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Bamber, Jonathan L (Recipient), 2015
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Activities
Interpretation and Analysis of Projected Ice Sheet Contributions from a Structured Expert Judgement
Willy P Aspinall (Contributor), , Roger M. Cooke (Contributor), , Robert E. Kopp (Contributor), , Jonathan L Bamber (Speaker), & Michael Oppenheimer (Contributor)
7 May 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
Spatio-temporal decomposition of geophysical signals in North America
Aoibheann Brady (Speaker), , Jonty C Rougier (Contributor), , Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma (Contributor), , Yann Ziegler (Contributor), , Richard M Westaway (Contributor), & Jonathan L Bamber (Contributor)
8 May 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
Antarctic Peninsula mass trends from 2003 - 2016 using a Bayesian hierarchical model approach
Stephen J Chuter (Speaker), , Jonty C Rougier (Contributor), , Geoffrey J Dawson (Contributor), & Jonathan L Bamber (Contributor)
7 May 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
Supervised Work
Clouds over Greenland: The influence of clouds on contemporary and future Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt
Author: Hofer, S., 23 Jan 2020Supervisor: Tedstone, A. (Supervisor) & Bamber, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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The development, benchmarking and application of a three dimensional thermomechanical finite volume model of ice sheet flow
Author: Bradford, S., 2003Supervisor: Bamber, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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What lies beneath: A radioglaciological study of Greenland
Author: Cooper, M., 23 Jan 2019Supervisor: Bamber, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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