WA
Member Since 1993
Waleed Abdalati
Director and Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Director and Professor
2008 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1996
Honors & Awards
John Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Received December 2016
Publications
Alongshore Winds Force Warm Atlantic Water Toward Helheim Glacier in Southeast Greenland
Enhanced transport of warm subsurface Atlantic Water (AW) into Greenland fjords has driven glacier mass loss, but the mechanisms transporting AW to...
September 19, 2023
Glacier crevasses: Observations, models, and mass balance im...
February 29, 2016
AGU Abstracts
Water Depths and Incision Rates in the Petermann Ice-Shelf River/Estuary Estimated from Corresponding Worldview-2/3 Imagery and ArcticDEM Data
ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ICE SHELF PROCESSES II POSTER
cryosphere | 09 december 2024
Michela Savignano, Alison F. Banwell, Sarah Esenth...
Ice shelves can play a key role in ice-sheet mass balance by buttressing outlet glacier flow, thereby reducing contributions to sea level rise. The st...
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Towards a U.S. Framework for Continuity of Satellite Observations of Earth’s Climate and for Supporting Societal Resilience
PLANNING FOR OBSERVATION CONTINUITY: SCIENTIFIC NEEDS, DECISION SUPPORT VALUE, AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES II POSTER
science and society | 15 december 2023
Duane E. Waliser, Waleed Abdalati, Nancy L. Baker,...
There is growing urgency for improved public and commercial services to support a resilient, secure, and thriving United States in the face of mountin...
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Observing persistent polynyas at the Antarctic coastline with year-round ICESat-2 surface elevations and Landsat temperature fields
ICE SHELF PROCESSES IN GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA I ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2023
Tasha Snow, Matthew Siegfried, Mengnan Zhao, Ann-S...
Enhanced localized basal melt rates can incise ice-shelf basal channels that structurally weaken ice shelves. These channels can provide conduits for ...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Member
Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
Global Environmental Change Awards Committee
2021 - 2021
Member
Global Environmental Change Bert Bolin Award Committee
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