Gordon Hamilton (glaciologist)

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Gordon Stuart Hamilton (born July 22, 1966 - October 22, 2016 on White Island , Antarctica ) was a Scottish glaciologist .

Life

Hamilton received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Aberdeen in 1988 and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge four years later . From 1992 to 1994 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian Polar Institute . From 1994 to 2000 he worked at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University as a research associate and from then on until 2005 as an assistant professor , then as an associate professor of glaciology at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine . He has also been a member of NASA's ASTER observation team since 2004 and an author at the Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface since 2007 .

Hamilton worked as a glaciologist on both poles of the earth, both in Greenland , for example on the Helheim Glacier or the Kangerlussuaq Glacier , and in Antarctica . His special topic was the glacial melt caused by climate change and its effects. According to the university president, his research was more important than any other.

On October 22, 2016, he was traveling on White Island in Antarctica when his snowmobile fell about 30 meters into a crevasse . He could only be recovered dead.

He leaves behind a wife and two grown sons.

The Hamilton Glacier on the Edward VII Peninsula in Antarctica has been named after him since 2003.

Works

  • 1988: GS Hamilton. The development, age, and present status of a rock glacier in the Posets Massif, Spanish Pyrenees . Pirineos, 131, 43-56.
  • 1991: JA Dowdeswell, GS Hamilton, JO Hagen. The duration of the active phase on surge-type glaciers: contrasts between Svalbard and other regions . Journal of Glaciology, 37 (127), 388-400.
  • 1995: JA Dowdeswell, R. Hodgkins, A.-M. Nuttal, JO Hagen, GS Hamilton. Mass balance as a control on the frequency and occurrence of glacier surges in Svalbard, Norwegian High Arctic . Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 2909-2912.
  • 1996: GS Hamilton, JA Dowdeswell. Controls on glacier surging in Svalbard . Journal of Glaciology, 42 (140), 157-168.
  • 1997: IM Whillans, CJ Merry, GS Hamilton. Investigation of a possible crevasse near the main airstrip on McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 24, 152-157.
  • 1998: GS Hamilton, IM Whillans, PJ Morgan. First point measurements of ice sheet thickness change in Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 27, 125-131.
  • 2000: GS Hamilton, IM Whillans. Point measurements of mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet using precision vertical GPS surveys . Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (B7), 16,295-16,301.
  • 2002: GS Hamilton, IM Whillans. Local rates of ice sheet thickness change in Greenland . Annals of Glaciology, 35, 79-83.
  • 2002: GS Hamilton. Mass balance and accumulation rate across Siple Dome, West Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 35, 102-107.
  • 2003: VB Spikes, GS Hamilton, B. Csatho, IM Whillans. Thickness changes on Whillans Ice Stream and Ice Stream C, West Antarctica, derived from airborne laser altimeter measurements . Journal of Glaciology, 49 (165), 223-230.
  • 2003: MJ Siegert, RCA Hindmarsh, GS Hamilton. Spatial variation in mass balance and the possible exposure of ancient (85 ka) ice at a site in central East Antarctica . Quaternary Research, 59, 114-121.
  • 2004: VB Spikes, GS Hamilton, SA Arcone, DA Dixon, SD Kaspari, PA Mayewski. Variability in accumulation rates from GPR profiling of firn in West Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 39, 238-243.
  • 2004: SD Kaspari, PA Mayewski, DA Dixon, VB Spikes, SB Sneed, MJ Handley, GS Hamilton. Climatic variability in West Antarctica derived from annual accumulation rate records from ITASE firn / ice cores . Annals of Glaciology, 39, 585-591.
  • 2004: TH Jacka, GS Hamilton, 8 others. A strategy for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data . Global and Planetary Change, 42 (1–4), 1–16.
  • 2004: GS Hamilton, VB Spikes. Evaluating a satellite-altimeter derived digital elevation model of Antarctica using precision kinematic GPS profiling . Global and Planetary Change, 42 (1-4), 17-30.
  • 2005: EJ Steig, 16 others. High-resolution ice cores from US ITASE (West Antarctica): development and validation of chronologies and determination of precision and accuracy. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 77-85.
  • 2005: LA Stearns, GS Hamilton, N. Reeh. Multi-decadal record of ice dynamics on Daugaard Jensen Gletscher, East Greenland, from satellite imagery and terrestrial measurements . Annals of Glaciology, 42, 53-58.
  • 2005: LA Stearns, GS Hamilton. A new velocity map for Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica, from sequential ASTER satellite imagery . Annals of Glaciology, 41, 71-76.
  • 2005: JS Kargel, MJ Abrams, MP Bishop, GS Hamilton, A. Kääb, HH Kieffer, F. Paul, F. Rau, B. Raup, LA Stearns. ASTER imaging contributions to Global Land Ice Measurements from Space . Remote Sensing of the Environment, 99, 187-219.
  • 2005: GS Hamilton, VB Spikes, LA Stearns. Spatial patterns in mass balance of the Amundsen Sea and Siple Coast sectors of West Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, v. 41, 105-112.
  • 2005: GS Hamilton. Topographic control of regional accumulation rate variability at South Pole and implications for ice core interpretation . Annals of Glaciology, 39, 214-219.
  • 2005: DA Dixon, PA Mayewski, SD Kaspari, K. Kreutz, GS Hamilton, K. Maasch, SB Sneed, MJ Handley. A 200-year sulfate record from 16 Antarctic ice cores and associations with Southern Ocean sea ice extent . Annals of Glaciology, 41, 155-166.
  • 2005: B. Csatho, Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C .J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, GS Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith, VB Spikes. ICESat measurements reveal complex pattern of elevation changes on Siple Coast ice streams, Antarctica . Geophysical Research Letters, 32.
  • 2005: N. Bertler, 48 others. Snow chemistry across Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 41, 167-180.
  • 2005: SA Arcone, VB Spikes, GS Hamilton. Stratigraphic continuity in 400 MHz radar profiles in West Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology, 39, 195-201.
  • 2005: SA Arcone, VB Spikes, GS Hamilton. Deformation of polar firn by differential accumulation and ice flow: interpretation of a 400-MHz short-pulse radar profile from West Antarctica . Journal of Glaciology, 51 (174), 407-422.
  • 2007: LA Stearns, GS Hamilton. Rapid volume loss from two East Greenland outlet glaciers quantified using repeat stereo satellite imagery . Geophysical Research Letters, 34.
  • 2007: WA Sneed, GS Hamilton. Evolution of melt pond volume on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet . Geophysical Research Letters, 34.
  • 2007: B. Raup, A. Kääb, J. Kargel, MP Bishop, GS Hamilton, E. Lee, F. Rau, F. Paul, D. Soltesz, SJ Singh Kalsa, M. Beedle, C. Helm. Remote Sensing and GIS technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project . Computers and Geoscience, 33, 104-125.
  • 2007: SA Khan, J. Wahr, LA Stearns, GS Hamilton, T. van Dam, KM Larson, O. Francis. Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss . Geophysical Research Letters, 34.
  • 2008: WA Sneed, R. LeB. Hooke, GS Hamilton. Accelerating thinning rate of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada . Geology, 36, 71-74.
  • 2008: LA Stearns, BL Smith, GS Hamilton. Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods . Nature Geoscience, 1, 827-831.
  • 2008: M. Nettles, T. Larsen, P. Elosegui, GS Hamilton, LA Stearns, A. Ahlstrom, JL Davis, ML Andersen, J. de Juan, SA Khan, L. Stenseng, G. Ekstrom, R. Forsberg. Step-wise changes in glacier flow speed coincide with calving and glacial earthquakes at Helheim Glacier, Greenland . Geophysical Research Letters, 35.
  • 2009: PA Mayewski, MP Meredith, CP Summerhayes, J. Turner, A. Worby, PJ Barrett, G. Casassa, NAN Bertler, T. Bracegirdle, AC Naveira Garabato, D. Bromwich, H. Campbell, GS Hamilton, WB Lyons , KA Maasch, S. Aoki, C. Xiao, T. van Ommen. State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system . Reviews of Geophysics, 47.
  • 2009: DJ Breton, GS Hamilton. Design, optimization and calibration of an automated density gauge for firn and ice cores . Journal of Glaciology.
  • 2009: NE Spaulding, DA Meese, I. Baker, PA Mayewski, GS Hamilton. A new technique for firn grain size measurements . Journal of Glaciology.
  • 2009: GS Hamilton, LA Stearns, P. Elosegui, JL Davis, ML Andersen. Tidal modulation of ice flow on Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, East Greenland, from high-rate GPS observations . Journal of Geodesy.

Source:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gordon Stuart Hamilton Obituary on obittree.com, accessed January 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Short biography ( memento of the original from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Maine page @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / climatechange.umaine.edu
  3. ↑ Gordon Hamilton has died on the side of the Greenland government
  4. ↑ University of Maine professor, 50, dies after crashing his snowmobile and plummeting down 100-foot crevasse while conducting research in Antarctica in the Daily Mail
  5. ^ Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies at 50 in Antarctica Accident in the New York Times
  6. ↑ Hamilton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
  7. ↑ Publications ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Maine site @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / climatechange.umaine.edu
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Gordon Stuart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish glaciologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1966
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2016
Place of death White Island , Antarctica