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FRICKER, HELEN AMANDA

Associate Professor

Degrees:

  • B.S., University College, London
  • Ph.D., University of Tasmania

Research Interests:

  • Glaciology of ice shelves and ice streams
  • Antarctic ice sheet mass balance
  • Satellite radar and laser altimetry

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO 115: Ice and the Climate System
  • SIO 135: Satellite Remote Sensing
  • SIO 236: Satellite Remote Sensing
  • SIO115: Ice and the Climate System
  • SIO135: Satellite Remote Sensing
  • SIO236: Satellite Remote Sensing

Honors and Awards:

  • Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica, 2010.
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for role on the ICESat Mission Development Team, 2004
  • Royal Society of Tasmania Doctoral Award for PhD thesis, 2000.

Mentoring:

  • Siegfried, Matthew (Graduate; 2010-)
  • Paolo, Fernando (Graduate; 2009-)
  • Brunt, Kelly (Post Doc; 2008-2010)
  • Carter, Sasha (Post Doc; 2008-)
  • Li, Linghan (Graduate; 2008-)
  • Walter, Fabian (Post Doc; 2008-)
  • O'Neel, Shad (Post Doc; 2007-2008)
  • Bassis, Jeremy (Post Doc; 2006-2008)
  • Bassis, Jeremy (Graduate; 2001-2006)


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Home Department:
IGPP

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0225

Email: hafricker@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/hafricker

Lab Website: http://glaciology.ucsd.edu
WWW: glaciology.ucsd.edu/sio115

Publications:

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1. R. BINDSCHADLER, H. CHOI, A. WICHLACZ, R. BINGHAM, J. BOHLANDER, K. BRUNT, H. CORR, R. DREWS, H. FRICKER, M. HALL, R. HINDMARSH, J. KOHLER, L. PADMAN, W. RACK, G. ROTSCHKY, S. URBINI, P. VORNBERGER and N. YOUNG. Getting around Antarctica: New high-resolution mappings of the grounded and freely-floating boundaries of the Antarctic ice sheet created for the International Polar Year, The Cryosphere

2. BRUNT, K. M., H. A. FRICKER and L. PADMAN Analysis of ice plains of Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using ICESat laser altimetry, Journal of Glaciology, in press.

3. CHEN, X., P. SHEARER, F. WALTER, AND H. A. FRICKER (2011) Seventeen Antarctic seismic events detected by global surface waves and a possible link to calving events from satellite images, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JB008262, in press. (accepted 6 April 2011).

4. WALTER, F. S. O’NEEL, D. MCNAMARA, T. PFEFFER, J. BASSIS AND H. A. FRICKER (2010), Iceberg calving during transition from grounded to floating ice: Columbia Glacier. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(15) L15501.

5. MASSOM, R. A., A. B. GILES, H. A. FRICKER, R. C. WARNER, B. LEGRÉSY, G. HYLAND, N. YOUNG, AND A. D. FRASER (2010), Examining the interaction between multi‐year landfast sea ice and the Mertz Glacier Tongue, East Antarctica: Another factor in ice sheet stability?, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C12027, doi:10.1029/2009JC006083.

6. FRICKER, H.A., R. POWELL, J. PRISCU, S. TULACZYK, S. ANANDAKRISHNAN, B. CHRISTNER, D. HOLLAND, H. HORGAN, R. JACOBEL, J. MIKUCKI, A. MITCHELL, R. SCHERER, J. SEVERINGHAUS (2010). Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project. In Subglacial Antarctic Aquatic Environments (M. Siegert, C. Kennicutt, B. Bindschadler, eds.). AGU Monograph. Washington DC.

7. BRUNT, K.M., M.A. KING, H. A. FRICKER and D.R. MacAYEAL (2010) Flow of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, is modulated by the ocean tide, Journal of Glaciology, 56(195), 157-161.

8. BRUNT, K.M., H. A. FRICKER, L. PADMAN, T.A. SCAMBOS, S. O’NEEL (2010) Mapping the grounding zone of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using ICESat laser altimetry, Annals of Glaciology, 51(55), 71-79.

9. FRICKER, H.A., T. A. SCAMBOS, S. CARTER, C. DAVIS, T. HARAN, I. JOUGHIN (2010) Synthesizing multiple remote-sensing techniques for subglacial hydrologic mapping: application to a lake system beneath MacAyeal Ice Stream, West Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 56(196), 187-199.

10. W. ABDALATI, H. J. ZWALLY, R. BINDSCHADLER, B. CSATHO, S. L. FARRELL, H. A. FRICKER, D. HARDING, R. KWOK, M. LEFSKY, T. MARKUS, A. MARSHAK, T. NEUMANN, S. PALM, B. SCHUTZ, B. SMITH, J. SPINHIRNE, C. WEBB (2010), The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission, Proceedings of the IEEE, 98(5), 735-751.

11. SMITH, B., H.A. FRICKER, I. JOUGHIN, S. TULACZYK (2009) An Inventory of Active Subglacial Lakes in Antarctica Detected by ICESat (2003-2008), Journal of Glaciology, 55(102), 573-595.

12. CRAVEN, M., I. ALLISON, H.A. FRICKER, R.C. WARNER (2009) Properties of a marine ice layer under the Amery Ice Shelf, Journal of Glaciology, 55(192), 717-728.

13. FRICKER, H.A., R. COLEMAN, L. PADMAN, T.A. SCAMBOS, J. BOHLANDER, K.M. BRUNT (2009) Mapping the grounding zone of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica using InSAR, MODIS and ICESat, Antarctic Science, 21(5), 515-532.

14. ALLISON, I., R.B., ALLEY, H.A. FRICKER, R.H. THOMAS, R. WARNER (2009) Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level, Antarctic Science, 21(5), 413-426.

15. FRICKER, H.A., T. SCAMBOS (2009) Connected subglacial lake activity on lower Mercer and Whillans ice streams, West Antarctica, 2003-2008, Journal of Glaciology, 55(190), 303-315.

16. SCAMBOS, T., H.A. FRICKER, C. LIU, J. BOHLANDER, J. FASTOOK, A. SARGENT, R. MASSOM, A. WU (2009), Ice shelf disintegration by plate bending and hydro-fracture: Satellite observations and model results of the 2008 Wilkins ice shelf break-ups, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2009), doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.027.

17. KING. M.A., R. COLEMAN, A-J. FREEMANTLE, H.A. FRICKER, J. HUNTER, R.S. HURD, B. LEGRESY, L. PADMAN, R. WARNER (2009) A 4-decade record of elevation change of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, F01010, doi:10.1029/2008JF001094.

18. FRICKER, H. A. (2008) Glaciology: Water slide, Nature Geoscience, published online: 16 November 2008, doi:10.1038/ngeo367.

19. PADMAN, L., L. EROFEEVA, H.A. FRICKER (2008) Improving Antarctic tide models by assimilation of ICESat laser altimetry over ice shelves, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L22504, doi:10.1029/2008GL035592.

20. BASSIS, J.N., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, J-B MINSTER (2008) An investigation into the forces that drive ice-shelf rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 54(184), 17-27.

21. BORSA, A. A. H. A. FRICKER, B. G. BILLS, J.-B. MINSTER, C. C. CARABAJAL, K. J. QUINN (2008) Topography of the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia from kinematic GPS, Geophysical Journal International, 172(1), 31-40.

22. BASSIS, J.N., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, Y. BOCK, J. BEHRENS, D. DARNELL, J-B MINSTER (2007) Seismicity and Deformation Associated with Ice Shelf Rift Propagation, Journal of Glaciology, 53(183), 523-536.

23. FRICKER, H. A., T. A. SCAMBOS, R. A. BINDSCHADLER, L. PADMAN (2007) An Active Subglacial Water System in West Antarctica Mapped from Space, Science, Research Article Published Online February 15, 2007 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1136897.

24. BORSA, A. A., J-B. MINSTER, B.G. BILLS, H. A. FRICKER (2007) Modeling long-period noise in kinematic GPS applications. Journal of Geodesy, 81(2), doi: 10.1007/s00190-006-0097-x.

25. MACAYEAL, D. R., E. A. OKAL, R. C. ASTER, J. N. BASSIS, K. M. BRUNT, L. MAC. CATHLES, R. DRUCKER, H. A. FRICKER, YOUNG-JIN K., S. MARTIN, M. H. OKAL, O. V. SERGIENKO, M. P. SPONSLER, J. E. THOM (2006) Transoceanic wave propagation links iceberg calving margins of Antarctica with storms in tropics and Northern Hemisphere, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L17502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027235.

26. FRICKER, H. A., L. PADMAN (2006) Ice shelf grounding zone structure from ICESat laser altimetry, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L15502, doi:10.1029/2006GL026907.

27. SHUMAN, C. A., H. J. ZWALLY, B. E. SCHUTZ, A. C. BRENNER, J. P. DIMARZIO, V. P. SUCHDEO, H. A. FRICKER (2006) ICESat Antarctic elevation data: Preliminary precision and accuracy assessment, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L07501, doi:10.1029/2005GL025227.

28. FRICKER, H. A., J. BASSIS, J-B. MINSTER, D. R. MACAYEAL (2005) ICESat’s new perspective on ice shelf rifts: the vertical dimension, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L23S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL025070.

29. FRICKER, H. A., A BORSA, J-B MINSTER, C CARABAJAL, K QUINN, B BILLS (2005) Assessment of ICESat performance at salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S06, doi:10.1029/2005GL023423.

30. PADMAN, L., H. A. FRICKER (2005). Tides on the Ross Ice Shelf observed with ICESat, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L14503, doi:10.1029/2005GL023214.

31. BASSIS, J.N., R. COLEMAN, H. A FRICKER, J-B MINSTER (2005), Episodic propagation of a rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L06502, 10.1029/2004GL022048.

32. FRICKER, H.A., N.W. YOUNG, R. COLEMAN, J.N. BASSIS, J-B. MINSTER (2005), Multi-year monitoring of rift propagation on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L02502, 10.1029/2004GL021036.

33. The ISMASS Committee (2004) Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data. Global and Planetary Change, 42, pp. 1-15.

34. FRICKER, H. A., L. PADMAN (2002), Tides on the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf from ERS radar altimetry. Geophys. Res. Letts., 29(12), 50-1, 50-4. [Paper highlighted by AGU: EOS 83 (31), p. 335.]

35. PADMAN, L., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, S. HOWARD AND L. EROFEEVA (2002). A New Tide Model for the Antarctic Ice Shelves and Seas. Ann. Glac., 34, pp. 247-254.

36. FRICKER, H. A., N.W. YOUNG, I. ALLISON, R. COLEMAN (2002). Iceberg calving from the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac., 34, pp. 241-246.

37. FRICKER, H. A., I. ALLISON, M. CRAVEN, G. HYLAND, A. RUDDELL, N. YOUNG, R. COLEMAN, M. KING, K. KREBS, S. POPOV (2002). Redefinition of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, grounding zone. J. Geophys. Res., 107(0), 10.1029/2001JB000383. [Paper highlighted by AGU].

38. FRICKER, H. A., S. POPOV, I. ALLISON, N. YOUNG (2001). Distribution of marine ice beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Letts., 28(11), 2241-2244.

39. FRICKER, H. A., R. C. WARNER, I. ALLISON (2000). Mass budget of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica: a comparison of computed balance fluxes and measured fluxes. J. Glac., 46(155), pp. 561-570.

40. FRICKER, H. A., G. HYLAND, R. COLEMAN, N.W. YOUNG (2000) Digital Elevation Models for the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, from ERS 1 satellite radar altimetry. J. Glac., 46(155), pp. 553-560.

41. PHILLIPS, H. A., I. ALLISON, R. COLEMAN, G. HYLAND, P.J. MORGAN, N.W. YOUNG (1998) Comparison of ERS satellite radar altimeter heights with GPS-derived heights on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac. 27, pp. 19-24.

42. PHILLIPS, H. A. (1998) Surface Meltstreams on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac. 27, pp. 177-181.

43. RIDLEY, J.K. F. STRAWBRIDGE, H.A. PHILLIPS, R. CARD (1996) Radar backscatter characteristics of a desert surface. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 57 pp. 63-78.

44. PHILLIPS, H. A., S.W. LAXON (1995) Tracking of Antarctic Tabular Icebergs using Passive Microwave Radiometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16 (2), pp. 399-405.

45. CUDLIP, W., H. A. PHILLIPS, A.H.W. KEARSLEY (1995) The Use of Reference Surfaces to Determine Repeat-Orbit Variability in Satellite Altimetry. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 61 (7), pp. 881-890.


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