Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Queen's University
$120,000.00
Integrated Glacier Monitoring Practices
EF 2023-24
Résumé
Canada hosts the largest area of glaciers outside of Greenland and Antarctica and is a leading contributor to rising sea-level due to greater warming in the high-Arctic than elsewhere. It is therefore essential that we improve our ability to anticipate glacier changes quickly. This Chair program seeks to: 1) Determine the processes controlling the total volume and chemistry of glacier runoff and 2) Develop models that provide rapid estimates of glacier runoff in regions without observations. In addition to helping predict sea-level rise, this research will reveal how changing glaciers impact the creation and alteration of Arctic landscapes, watersheds, and ecosystems.
Programme
Canada Research Chairs
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
CRC-2019-00233
Name nom
Thomson, Laura
Department département
Geography and Planning - Queen's University
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
120000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF105;RDF10506
Field of research list names en
Earth and related environmental sciences;Environmental geoscience
Field of research list names fr
Sciences de la Terre et sciences de l'environnement connexes;Géosciences de l'environnement
Application title
Integrated Glacier Monitoring Practices
Keyword
Arctic Glaciology
Glacier mass balance and monitoring
ice dynamics
cryosphere processes
ice-penetrating radar
automatic weather stations
Global Positioning Systems
GIS
Application summary
Canada hosts the largest area of glaciers outside of Greenland and Antarctica and is a leading contributor to rising sea-level due to greater warming in the high-Arctic than elsewhere. It is therefore essential that we improve our ability to anticipate glacier changes quickly. This Chair program seeks to: 1) Determine the processes controlling the total volume and chemistry of glacier runoff and 2) Develop models that provide rapid estimates of glacier runoff in regions without observations. In addition to helping predict sea-level rise, this research will reveal how changing glaciers impact the creation and alteration of Arctic landscapes, watersheds, and ecosystems.
