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MODELING MOUNTAIN GLACIERS TO INFER PAST CLIMATE CHANGES – ALICE DOUGHTY
November 13, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
CLIMATE CHANGE INSTITUTE LECTURE SERIES
MODELING MOUNTAIN GLACIERS TO INFER PAST CLIMATE CHANGES
Alice Doughty
Visiting Assistant Professor in Geology
Bates College
Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 1 PM
307 Bryand Global Science Center
Abstract: Glaciers advance in response to cooling temperatures and retreat in response to warming temperatures. In addition to this general relationship, glaciers also respond to changes in precipitation, lapse rate, wind speed, radiation, and topography, among other factors. To examine glacier sensitivity and infer past climate changes, I use a spatially-distributed, coupled ice-flow and mass balance model to reconstruct past glacier extents based on modern climate, topography, and dated moraines. In this talk, I will share some of my current findings and possible future collaborations with UMaine faculty.
