Martin Truffer
Martin Truffer
Faculty in Physics
Office:
Elvey 401
Phone:
(907) 474-5359
Email:
mtruffer2@alaska.edu
Education:
1995 dipl. phys. ETH Zurich
1999 Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Research Interest
- Glacier dynamics
- Subglacial processes
- Ice-ocean interaction
- Fast glacier flow
- Geophysical applications to glaciology
- Hot water drilling
- Numerical modeling
- Geophysical inverse methods
Some of my older projects are on my old homepage. I will slowly migrate to here.
Check out my field blog for current activities
Research Projects
- Operation IceBridge Alaska. Funded by NASA. PI: C. Larsen, co-I: M. Truffer, J. Holt (Arizona)
- Collaborative Research: RUI: A Half Century of Changing Glacier Dynamics at Athabasca Glacier. Funded by NSF. PI: William Armstrong, Co-I: M.Truffer
- Collaborative Research: Dynamics of subglacial erosion of soft sediments and its consequences for glacier evolution. PI: M. Truffer, co-I: R. Motyka, J. Amundson, C. Larsen
- The role of tributaries in glacier surges. Funded by NSF. PI: M. Truffer, co-I: C. Larsen.
- Dynamics of Lake-Calving Glaciers: Yaktutat Glacier, Alaska. Funded by NSF OPP. PI: M. Motyka, Co-Is: M. Truffer and C. Larsen
- Ice depths on the Harding Icefield. Funded by NPS. PI: M. Truffer
- Quantifying Glacier-Fjord-Ocean Interactions and Their Impact on Changing Ice Discharge: Kangia Nunata Sermia and Other Outlets, West Greenland. Funded by NSF-OPP. Co-PIs: R. Motyka and M. Fahnestock
- Development of Drifting Buoys for Measuring Upper Ocean Properties in Heavily Ice Covered Fjords. Funded by the Greenland Climate Research Center. Co-I: Peter Winsor, SFOS-UAF
- A glacier-ocean observatory for tidewater glaciers Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Co-I: M. Fahnestock
- The rapid retreat of Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland Funded by NASA. Co-I: M. Fahnestock, R. Motyka, M. Luethi (ETHZ)
- NSF-NERC: Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN) Integrating Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Processes affecting the Sub-Ice-Shelf Environment. PI: E. Pettit, Co-Is: K. Heywood (Southhampton), M. Truffer, T. Scambos (U Col), Atsu Muto (Temple), J. Lennarts (U Col), S. Tyler (U Nev)
- RAPID: Observing the Disintegration of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf. PI: E. Pettit, Co-I: M. Truffer, T. Scambos (U Col)
- Collaborative Research: Fjord Ecosystem Structure and Function on the West Antarctic Peninsula - Hotspots of Productivity and Biodiversity? (FjordEco). PI: C. Smith (Hawai'i), co-I: P. Winsor, M. Truffer, M. Vernet (Scripps).
- Ocean-Ice Sheet Interaction in the Amundsen Sea: The Keystone of West Antarctic Stability. Funded by NSF-OPP. Collaborators: NASA, Naval Postgraduate School, Penn State, New York University, British Antarctic Survey
- The LARsen IceShelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA). Funded by NSF-OPP. Collaborators: Hamilton College, the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Byrd Polar Institute, the Lamont-Doherty Observatory, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Colgate College
- Boundary inverse problems in glaciology. Funded by NSF-CMG. Collaborators: D. Maxwell, S. Avdonin,
- The Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM) . Funded by NASA. PIs: E. Bueler, D. Maxwell, R. Hock, M. Truffer
Alaska + NW Pacific
Greenland
Antarctica
Theory
Teaching
2017
“Mass Balance Evolution of Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, 1980–2100, and Its Implications for Surge Recurrence”, Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 5, p. 56, 2017. ,
“Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier”, Nature, vol. 541, pp. 77–80, 2017. ,
“Asynchronous behavior of outlet glaciers feeding Godth\aabsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua) and the triggering of Narsap Sermia's retreat in SW Greenland”, J. Glaciol., vol. 63, pp. 288–308, 2017. ,
2016
“Complex Greenland outlet glacier flow captured”, Nature Communications, vol. 7, p. 10524, 2016. ,
“Inversion of a glacier hydrology model”, Ann. Glaciol., vol. 57, pp. 84–95, 2016. ,
“Automated detection of unstable glacier flow and a spectrum of speedup behavior in the Alaska Range”, Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface, vol. 121, pp. 64–81, 2016. ,
“The taphonomy of human remains in a glacial environment”, Forensic Science International, vol. 261, pp. 161.e1–161.e8, 2016. ,
“Geodetic mass balance of surge-type Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, 1980–2001–2010, including role of rockslide deposition and earthquake displacement”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2016. ,
“Where Glaciers Meet Water: Subaqueous Melt and its Relevance to Glaciers in Various Settings”, Reviews of Geophysics, p. n/a–n/a, 2016. ,
“Sensitivity of Pine Island Glacier to observed ocean forcing”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, pp. 10,817–10,825, 2016. ,