Research output per year
Research output per year
BS8 1SS
I am interested in the profound impacts of climate change on polar glaciers and ice sheets. I use deep learning and Bayesian statistical models with extensive satellite remote sensing data to study glacier dynamics in the polar regions. My current research focuses on the calving processes of marine-terminating glaciers in the Arctic.
I completed my PhD at the Bristol Glaciology Centre, where I studied the grounding zone dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet using NASA's ICESat-2 satellite laser altimetry data. During my PhD, I developed novel methodologies for mapping the Antarctic grounding zone, leading to the creation of the first ICESat-2-derived Antarctic Ice Sheet grounding zone data product. This dataset was published by the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center, and revealed significant retreats in the grounding lines of Moscow University and Totten Glacier ice shelves in East Antarctica over the past two decades. This research contributes to a better understanding of East Antarctic Ice Sheet instability and its potential implications for future sea-level rise.
My work is also driven by a passion for applying deep learning techniques to polar glaciology. In 2022, I received a PGR seed-corn research grant from the Jean-Golding Institute on using deep learning to map the grounding zone with ICESat-2 data. In 2023, I was a Visiting Research Fellow at the AI4EO Future Lab of the Technical University of Munich, where I collaborated on projects at the intersection of AI and Earth Observation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Li, T. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/22 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Bamber, J. L. (Principal Investigator), Li, T. (Researcher), Igneczi, A. (Researcher) & Westaway, R. M. (Manager)
1/07/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
Li, T. (Creator), Dawson, G. J. (Creator), Chuter, S. J. (Creator) & Bamber, J. L. (Creator), NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 26 May 2022
DOI: 10.5067/RI67B92708M9
Dataset
Li, T. (Creator), Heidler, K. (Creator), Mou, L. (Creator), Igneczi, A. (Creator), Zhu, X. X. (Creator) & Bamber, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10407266, https://zenodo.org10407266
Dataset
Li, T. (Creator), Heidler, K. (Creator), Mou, L. (Creator), Igneczi, A. (Creator), Zhu, X. X. (Creator) & Bamber, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8387051, https://zenodo.org/record/8387051
Dataset
Li, T. (Contributor), Bamber, J. L. (Contributor) & Heidler, K. (Contributor)
Activity: Other activity types › Media coverage or participation
Li, T. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)