Ted Scambos

Current research

Glaciology; remote sensing of the poles; climate change effects on the cryosphere; Antarctic history; geochemistry; and planetary science.

• International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC): Science Coordination Office
• ITGC Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN)
• Antarctic Firn Aquifers: detection, mapping and in situ characteristics
• Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Land Ice and Sea Level Team
• Development of Automated Measurement Systems for Remote Geophysical Observations in the Polar Regions
• Surface Mass Balance and Wind Glaze Mapping in East Antarctica, and remote sensing characterization of extreme low temperatures
• Cryospheric Applications of the LandSAT Data Continuity Mission (LandSAT 8)
• Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs): Global, Antarctic, and Greenland Ice Velocity Data Sets
• The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center: Continued Data Collection, Archiving, and Distribution of Results of NSF-OPP Funded Research in Antarctic Glaciology