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Anthony Arendt
Research Assistant Professor
Education
401 E, Geophysical Institute arendta [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu +1 (907) 474-7427
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About Me
Research Interests
- validation of high-resolution satellite gravimetry data
- quantifying timing and magnitude of Gulf of Alaska glacier runoff
- downscaling remote sensing data for hydrological modeling
- modeling glacier response to climate change
- Mass budgets of Alaskan glaciers: an assessment of the dynamic contribution to sea level rise. (Grant number NNH10ZDA001N-CRYO, NASA).
- Assessing the sensitivity of Alaska's coastal rainforest ecosystem to changes in glacier runoff. (Grant number G11AC2058, USGS/DOI).
- Development and validation of an updated hydrological model for Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Oil Spills Recovery Institute).
- Assessment of flood hazard potential in the Valdez Glacier watershed. (Alaska Department of Geological and Geophysical Surveys; Department of Transportation).
- Combining GRACE/ GPS data to model Earth's crustral response to seasonal hydrologic loading. (Grant EAR - Geophysics, NSF 06-546).
- Inventory of Alaska glaciers in National Park Service boundaries (Task Agreement Number J9923100009, NPS) and the remainder of Alaska in partnership with GLIMS.
- Quantifying mountain glacier and ice cap mass balances using satellite gravimetry (GRACE) (Grant number NNH07ZDA001N-CRYO, NASA).
- Field observations of glacier response to climate (National Park Service)
- Joanna Young (M.S. candidate, Geophysics)
- Jennifer Davis (M.S. student, Geophysics, co-advised with G. Wolken)
- Christian Kienholz (Ph.D. student, Geophysics, co-advised with R. Hock)
Publications
- Gardner, A., G. Moholdt, A. Arendt, B. Wouters (in press). Changes in Ban and Bylot Island Glaciers: an integrated approach using repeat airborne and satellite laser altimetry,stereoscopic imagery and satellite gravimetry.
- AMAP. Mountain Glaciers and Ice Caps: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic(SWIPA) (in press). By Sharp, M. Ananicheva, M., Arendt, A., Hagen, J.O., Hock, R. Josberger, E., Moore, R.D., Pfe er, W.T. and Wolken, G.J. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) , Oslo. 115pp.
- Burrows, R., S. Herreid, G. Adema, A. Arendt, C. Larsen. (2011) Glacier Trends and Response to Climate in Denali National Park and Preserve. Alaska Park Science Report, National Park Service 28(2).
- Arendt, A. (2011). Assessing the Status of Alaska's Glaciers. Science 332(1044), 1044-1045, doi:10.1126/science.1204400.
- Cogley, J.G., A. Arendt, A. Bauder, R.J. Braithwaite, R. Hock, P. Jansson, G. Kaser, M. Moller, L. Nicholson, L.A. Rasmussen and M. Zemp, 2011, Glossary of Glacier Mass Balance and Related Terms, IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology No. XX, IACS Contribution No. 2, UNESCO-IHP, Paris.
- Atwood, D., F. Meyer, A. Arendt (2010). Using L-band SAR Coherence to Delineate Glacier Extent. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 36(Suppl.1), S186-S195.
- Arendt, A., J. Walsh, W. Harrison (2009). Changes of Glaciers and Climate in Northwestern North America during the Late 20th Century. Journal of Climate. 22, 4117-4134.
- Arendt, A., S. Luthcke, R. Hock (2009). Glacier Changes in Alaska: Can Mass Balance Models Explain GRACE mascon trends? Annals of Glaciology. 50, 1-7.
- Arendt, A., S. Luthcke, C. Larsen, W. Abdalati, W. Krabill, M. Beedle (2008). Validation of High-Resolution GRACE mascon Estimates of Glacier Mass Changes in the St. Elias Mountains,
- Alaska, USA using Aircraft Laser Altimetry. Journal of Glaciology. 54(188), 778-787. Luthcke, S., A. Arendt, D. Rowlands, C. Larsen, J. McCarthy (2008). Recent Glacier Mass Changes in the Gulf of Alaska Region from GRACE MASCON solutions, Journal of Glaciology. 54(188), 767-777.
- Motyka, R., D. Lawson, D. Finnegan, G. Kalli, B. Molnia, A. Arendt (2008). Hubbard Glacier Update: Another Closure of Russell Fiord in the Making? Journal of Glaciology. 54(112), 562-564.
- Larsen, F., R. Motyka, A. Arendt, K. Echelmeyer, P. Geissler (2007). Glacier changes in southeast Alaska and northwest British Columbia and contribution to sea level rise. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JF000586.
- Arendt, A., K. Echelmeyer, W. Harrison, C. Lingle, S. Zirnheld, V. Valentine, J. Ritchie, M. Druckenmiller (2006). Updated estimates of glacier volume changes in the Western Chugach Mountains, Alaska, USA and a comparison of regional extrapolation methods. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi:10.1029/2005JF000436.
- Nolan, M., A. Arendt, B. Rabus, and L. Hinzman (2006). Volume change of McCall Glacier, Arctic Alaska, from 1956 to 2003. Annals of Glaciology, 42, 409-416.
- Arendt, A., K. Echelmeyer, W. Harrison, C. Lingle, and V. Valentine (2002). Rapid wastage of Alaska glaciers and their contribution to rising sea level. Science, 297, 382-386.
- Arendt, A. (1999). Approaches to modelling the surface albedo of a high Arctic glacier.
Geogra ska Annaler, 81A, 477-487. - Arendt, A. and M. Sharp (1999). Energy balance measurements on a Canadian high Arctic glacier and their implications for mass balance modelling. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 256, 165-172.
- Woodward, J., M. Sharp, and A. Arendt (1997). The infuence of superimposed ice formation on the sensitivity of glacier mass balance to climate change. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 186-190.
