Dr. Vena Chu sitting on ice

Seminar: Hydrologic Dynamics of Greenland Ice Sheet presented by Dr. Vena Chu

Dr. Vena Chu is a distinguished scholar and an expert on the Greenland ice sheet. Dr. Chu is a UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the UC Berkeley Department of Geography.

The Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group has invited Dr. Chu to come to UC Davis and speak on the hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland ice sheet.

Below is the abstract for her presentation. We hope you join us for an invigorating discussion.

"The current need for forecasting Greenland Ice Sheet contributions to global sea level rise is complicated by the lack of understanding of ice sheet hydrology. The proportion of meltwater contributing to sea level rise, as well as the pathways transporting meltwater on, through, and out of the ice sheet, are not well understood. This presentation examines components of the Greenland hydrologic system (including supraglacial rivers and moulins, proglacial rivers, and fjord sediment plumes) to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of meltwater runoff. Geospatial technologies are combined with field measurements to answer: Where does water escape the ice sheet? Does all the water come out? What are the dominant physical processes for water transport?"

Seminar details:

When: 12:10 pm on Thursday May 5, 2016

Where: 2005 Plant and Environmental Science Building

 

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