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Member Since 2008
John Drysdale Paden
Associate Scientist, University of Kansas
Dr. John Paden is an associate scientist at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) at the University of Kansas and a courtesy associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. His work focuses on radar system engineering and signal processing and he leads the signal and data processing group at CReSIS.
Professional Experience
University of Kansas
Associate Scientist
1999 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2006
Honors & Awards
Cryosphere Early Career Award
Received 2016
A key to understanding the history, structure, and evolution of ice sheets is being able to observe the geometry and characteristics of the ice/bed interface, as well as the internal structure of the ice. John Paden’s pioneering efforts led to the fi...
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Publications
Stochastic Simulations of Bed Topography Constrain Geothermal Heat Flow and Subglacial Drainage Near...

Topographic variability beneath ice sheets regulates ice flow, basal melting, refreezing processes, and meltwater drainage. The preservation of old...

November 27, 2023
AGU Abstracts
An updated radiostratigraphy of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its value for model initialization and projections
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS II ORAL
cryosphere | 15 december 2023
Joseph A. MacGregor, Andy Aschwanden, Mark A. Fahn...
Ice sheets have long memories, yet these memories are often cast aside in modeling studies to focus on reproducing recent observations of dramatic cha...
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Stochastic Simulations of Bed Topography Constrain Geothermal Heat Flow and Subglacial Drainage near Dome Fuji, East Antarctica
ARCHIVES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM SUBICE ENVIRONMENTS I POSTER
cryosphere | 11 december 2023
Calvin Shackleton, Kenichi Matsuoka, Geir Moholdt,...
Subglacial topography controls local to catchment-scale glacial and subglacial processes and is a persistent source of uncertainty in investigations o...
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Catchment-Scale Measurement of Englacial Deformation in Greenland
HOW STABLE IS THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET? PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE II POSTER
cryosphere | 16 december 2022
Nicholas Holschuh, Gordon Ariho, Knut A. Christian...
Over the last decade, time-lapse radar campaigns designed to measure glacier change have proliferated. These commonly leverage interferometric techniq...
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Volunteer History
2017 - 2018
Member
Cryosphere Nye and Early Career Award Committee
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