Office for Global Engagement

International Activities

International Publications

• Greenland: Olivia Miller, Clifford I. Voss, D. Kip Solomon, Clément Miège, Richard Forster, Nicholas Schmerr & Lynn Montgomery (2022). Hydrologic Modeling of a Perennial Firn Aquifer in Southeast Greenland. Journal of Glaciology., 10/20/2022
• Pakistan: Jewell Lund, Richard R. Forster, Elias J. Deeb, Glen E. Liston, S. McKenzie Skiles & Hans-Peter Marshall (2022). Interpreting Sentinel-1 SAR Backscatter Signals of Snowpack Surface Melt/Freeze, Warming, and Ripening, through Field Measurements and Physically-Based SnowModel. Remote Sensing. Vol. 14., 08/17/2022
• Argentina, Chile: Morgan McDonnell, Summer Rupper & Richard Forster (2022). Quantifying geodetic mass balance of the Northern and Southern Patagonian Icefields since 1976. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Cryospheric Sciences., 04/04/2022
• Antarctica: Montgomery, Lynn, Clément Miège, Julie Miller, Ted A. Scambos, Bruce Wallin, Olivia Miller, D. Kip Solomon, Richard Forster & Lora Koenig (2020). Hydrologic Properties of a Highly Permeable Firn Aquifer in the Wilkins Ice Shelf. Geophysical Research Letters. 10., 10/29/2020
• Antarctica: Keeler, D., Rupper, S, Forster, R.R & Miège, C (2020). A Probabilistic Automated Isochrone Picking Routine to Derive Annual Surface Mass Balance from Radar Echograms. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Vol. 58, 14., 05/11/2020
• Greenland: Miller , Olivia, D., Kip Solomon, Clément Miège, Lora Koenig, Richard Forster, Nicholas Schmerr, Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Anatoly Legchenko, Clifford I. Voss, Lynn Montgomery & Joseph R. McConnell (2020). Hydrology of a Perennial Firn Aquifer in Southeast Greenland: An Overview Driven by Field Data. Water Resources Research. 23., 05/04/2020
• Greenland: Pitcher, Lincoln, Laurence C. Smith, Colin J. Gleason, Clément Miège, Jonathan C. Ryan, Birgit Hagedorn, Dirk van As, Winnie Chu & Richard R. Forster (2020). Direct Observation of Winter Meltwater Drainage From the Greenland Ice Sheet,. Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 47, 10., 04/09/2020
• Pakistan: Lund, J., R. Forster, S. Rupper, H.P. Marshall, E. Deeb, M. Hashmi & E. Burgess (2019). Mapping snowmelt progression in the Upper Indus Basin with synthetic aperture radar. Front. Earth Sci. 18., 12/2019
• Denmark: “Extensive liquid meltwater storage in firn within the Greenland ice sheet”, Nature Geoscience, 22 Dec., 2013, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2043, 12/2013
• Denmark: “Summer melt regulates winter glacier flow speeds throughout Alaska”, Geophysical Research Letters., 40, 23, pp 6160–6164, DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058228, 08/2013
• Denmark: “Flow Velocities of Alaska Glaciers” Nature Communications, 4:2146 doi: 10.1038/ncomms3146., 07/2013
• Denmark: “Southeast Greenland high accumulation rates derived from firn cores and ground-penetrating radar”, Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), pp. 322-332., 06/2013
• Denmark: “The propagation of a surge front on Bering Glacier, Alaska, 2001–2011”, Annals of Glaciology 54(63) doi:10.3189/2013AoJ63A341., 05/2013
• Denmark: “Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet”, The Cryosphere, 7(5), 1433–1445, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1433-2013., 04/2013
• Denmark: Greenland ice sheet mass balance reconstruction. Part I: net snow accumulation (1600-2009). J. Climate, 26, 3919–3934. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00373.1., 03/2013
• Denmark: An observed negative trend in West Antarctin accumulation rates from 1975 to 2010 evidence form new observed and simulated records. Journal of Geophysical Research, (2012JD018579)., 02/2013
• Denmark: “Understanding Greenland ice sheet hydrology using an integrated multi-scale approach” Environmental Research Letters, 8, 015017 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015017., 01/2013
• Denmark: “Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet”, The Cryosphere Discuss., 6, 3369–3396, doi:10.5194/tcd-6-3369-2012., 08/09/2012
• Denmark: “Greenland ice sheet mass balance reconstruction. Part I: net snow accumulation (1600-2009)”, Journal of Climate, in press, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00373.1, 06/2012
• Denmark: “Proglacial river stage, discharge, and temperature datasets from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua River northern tributary, Southwest Greenland, 2008–2011”, 2012, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 4, 1-12, doi:10.5194/essd-4-1-2012, 05/12/2012
• Canada: Jeffrey A. VanLooy* and Richard R. Forster, “Use of historical elevation data to calculate surface elevation and volume changes of Ha-Iltzuk Icefield, southwest British Columbia, 1970 to mid1980s”, 2011, Annals of Glaciology, Volume 52, Number 59, December 2011 , pp. 109-115(7), 07/2011
• Mexico: Joo-Yup Han*, Richard R. Forster, D.E. Moser, A.L.J. Ford, J.Ramirez-Hernandez, K.F. Tiampo, “The spatial and temporal subsidence variability of the East Mesa Geothermal Field, CA, USA and its potential impact on the All American Canal System”, International Journal of Remote Sensing,Volume 32 Issue 12, 3427-3449, doi: 10.1080/01431161003749444, June 2011,, 06/28/2011
• Denmark: Chu, V. W., Smith, L. C., Rennermalm, A. K., Forster, R. R., and Box, J. E.: Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere, 6, 1-19, doi:10.5194/tc-6-1-2012, 2012., 05/12/2011

International Presentations

• Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan: Emma Marshall, Summer Rupper and Richard R Forster, “Investigating Recent Surface Velocity Responses to Glacier Thickness Changes in High Mountain Asia, 2013-2019”, C029-0002, AGU, Dec. 10., 12/10/2020
• Antarctica: Lynn Montgomery, Clément Miège, Julie Miller, Ted A Scambos, Bruce Wallin, Olivia Miller, Douglas Kip Solomon, Richard R Forster, and Lora Koenig, “Hydrologic Properties of a Highly Permeable Firn Aquifer in the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica”, C026-06, AGU, Dec. 9. , 12/09/2020
• Argentina, Chile: Morgan McDonnell, Summer Rupper, Richard R Forster and Josh Maurer, “Quantifying geodetic mass balance for South American glaciers since the 1970s using KH-9 Hexagon imagery and ASTER DEMs”, GC026-0006, Dec. 8. , 12/08/2020
• Greenland: Richard R Forster, Olivia Leigh Miller, Douglas Kip Solomon, Clément Miège, Lora Koenig, Ludovic Brucker, Nicholas C Schmerr and Lynn Montgomery, “The Greenland firn aquifer: Discovery and subsequent interdisciplinary field measurements”, C13C-1308, Dec. 9-13., 12/2019
• Greenland: Lincoln H Pitcher, Laurence C Smith, Colin J Gleason, Clément Miège, Johnny Ryan, Birgit Hagedorn, Dirk van As, Winnie Chu and Richard R Forster, “Meltwater export from the Greenland Ice Sheet observed during winter”, C11A-05, AGU San Francisco, Dec. 9-13, 12/2019
• Greenland: invited Rutgers University, Dean’s Distinguished Lectureship, Social and Behavioral Sciences , “Discovery and exploration of a new meltwater reservoir within the Greenland ice sheet”, , 02/2019
• Denmark: Near-surface water layer discovered within the Greenland Ice Sheet during winter conditions from firn cores, ground based radar, and Operation IceBridge radars, 01/25/2012
• Denmark: Rick Forster, Jason Box, Clement Miege, Evan Burgess, Lora Koenig, John Paden, Prasad Gogineni, Joe McConnell “Near-surface water layer discovered within the Greenland Ice Sheet during winter conditions from firn cores, ground based radar, and Operation IceBridge radars” , American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9., 12/09/2011
• Denmark: Julie Miller*; Richard R. Forster; David G. Long; Ronny Schröder; Kyle C. McDonald; Jason E. Box, “Snow accumulation rate retrieval across the Greenland ice facies using SeaWinds on QuikSCAT”, American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9., 12/2011
• Denmark: Vena W. Chu; Laurence C. Smith; Asa K. Rennermalm; Richard R. Forster; Jason E. Box, “Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet”, American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9., 12/2011
• Antarctica: Landon K. Burgener; Summer Rupper; Jessica Williams; Rachel Marker; William F. Christensen; Lora Koenig; Clement Miege; Michelle R. Koutnik; Richard R. Forster, “West Antarctic Ice Sheet temporal and spatial accumulation variability from five new snowpits and firn cores”, American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9., 12/2011
• Denmark: Asa K. Rennermalm; Laurence C. Smith; Vena W. Chu; Richard R. Forster; Birgit Hagedorn; Jason E. Box; Michiel R. van den Broeke, “Controls on Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff from a Land Terminating Glacier”, American Geophysical Union Annual meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9., 12/2011
• Denmark: invited talk at NASA meeting, Rick Forster, "Arctic Circle Traverse 2010 and 2011(ACT-10/11):South East Greenland snow accumulation variability from firn coring and ice sounding radar", 01/19/2011

International External Service

• Denmark: invited talk to West High School environmental science class,Rick Forster, "Greenland ice sheet and climate change”, , 01/09/2011

International Professional Service

• Canada: external reader for PhD dissertation defense, Aaron Thompson, “Developing Parameter Constraints for Radar-based SWE Retrievals”, University of Waterloo, 10/2021-12/2021
• Denmark: Chair of the Advisory Board for NSF Science and Technology Center “Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)” at University of Kansas, NSF, 05/2009-05/2011

International Media

• Denmark: feature arctile in Salt Lake Tribune "Getting to the bottom of Greenland's ice" by Brian Maffly. front page of Utah Section includes 4 Photos of field reserach, a map, and text describing our research expedition, 05/23/2011

International Grants

• Denmark: An initial investigation of the Greenland perennial firn aquifer. PI: Richard Forster, 01/01/2013-01/01/2015

Countries and Regions of Interest

• Antarctica
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Chile
• Greenland
• India
• Nepal