Climate Change Institute
University of Maine
4 Sawyer Annex
Orono, ME 04469
207-581-3446 Ph/Voicemail
207-581-1203 Fax
gordon.hamilton at maine.edu
My research activities are in polar glaciology. I am interested in ice sheet mass balance and the role ice sheets play in modulating global sea levels. The work involves field experiments in Greenland ad Antarctica, using GPS and GPR to study flow dynamics and snow accumulation, as well as satellite remote sensing. Currently, my two main projects are an interdisciplinary study of rapid glacier changes in East Greenland, and ITASE. I am also a member of NASA's science team for Terra/ASTER
Prior to coming to UMaine, I was at the Ohio State's Byrd
Polar Research Center, and the Norwegian Polar Institute.
I did my PhD work at the University of Cambridge's Scott
Polar Research Institute.
Hamilton, G.S., Spikes, V.B., Stearns, L.A. 2005. Spatial patterns in mass balance of the Siple Coast and Amundsen Sea sectors, West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 105-106.
Raup, B., A. Kääb, J. Kargel, M.P. Bishop, G.S. Hamilton, E. Lee, F. Rau, F. Paul, D. Soltesz, S.J. Singh Kalsa, M. Beedle & C. Helm. 2007. Remote Sensing and GIS technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project. Computers and Geoscience, 33, 104–125.
Sneed, W.A. & G.S. Hamilton. 2007 Evolution of melt pond volume on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L03501, doi:10.1029/2006GL028697.
Stearns, L.A. & G.S. Hamilton. 2007 Rapid volume loss from two East Greenland outlet glaciers quantified using repeat stereo satellite imagery. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, in press, doi:10.1029/2006GL028982
Csatho, B., Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C.J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, G.S. Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith & V.B. Spikes. 2005. ICESat measurements reveal complex pattern of elevation changes on Siple Coast ice streams, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL024289.
Hamilton, G.S., V.B. Spikes & L.A. Stearns. 2005. Spatial patterns in mass balance of the Amundsen Sea and Siple Coast sectors of West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, v. 41, 105–112.
Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes & G.S. Hamilton. 2005. 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.