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Will   Harrison

Faculty Emeritus in Physics

Office:     Elvey 401
Phone:   (907) 474-7706
Email:     harrison@gi.alaska.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Caltech, 1966

Current interests:

  • Glacier response to climate
  • Instability mechanisms in glaciers, especially surging glaciers
  • Glacier changes, especially in Alaska and the Yukon Territory

Publications

2014

W. D. Harrison, Osipova, G. B., Nosenko, G. A., Espizua, L., Kääb, A., Fischer , L., Huggel, C., Burns, P. A. Craw, Truffer, M., and Lai, A. W., “Glacier Surges”, in Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2014.

2011

E. C. Pettit, Waddington, E. D., Harrison, W. D., Thorsteinsson, T., Elsberg, D., Morack, J., and Zumberge, M. A., “The crossover stress, anisotropy and the ice flow law at Siple Dome, West Antarctica”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 57, pp. 39–52, 2011.

2009

W. Harrison, Cox, L. H., Hock, R., March, R. S., and Pettit, E. C., “Implications for the dynamic health of a glacier from comparison of conventional and reference-surface balances”, Annals of Glaciology, vol. 50, pp. 25–30, 2009.
A. A. Arendt, Walsh, J., and Harrison, W., “Changes of glaciers and climate in northwestern North America during the late twentieth century”, Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 4117–4134, 2009.

2008

W. Harrison, Motyka, R. J., and Truffer, M., “Correspondence: Another surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska, USA, 2003/04”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 54, pp. 192-200, 2008.

2006

M. Truffer and Harrison, W. D., “In situ measurements of till deformation and water pressure”, J. Glaciol., vol. 52, pp. 175–182, 2006.

2005

M. Truffer, Harrison, W. D., and March, R. S., “Record negative glacier balances and low velocities during the 2004 heatwave in Alaska, USA: implications for the interpretation of observations by Zwally and others in Greenland”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 51, pp. 663–664, 2005.

2004

D. H. Elsberg, Harrison, W. D., Zumberge, M. A., Morack, J. L., Pettit, E. C., Waddington, E. D., and Husmann, E., “Depth-and time-dependent vertical strain rates at Siple Dome, Antarctica”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 50, pp. 511–521, 2004.
W. D. Harrison, Truffer, M., Echelmeyer, K. A., Pomraning, D. A., Abnett, K. A., and Ruhkick, R. H., “Probing the till beneath Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, USA”, J. Glaciol., vol. 50, pp. 608–614, 2004.

2002

M. A. Zumberge, Elsberg, D. H., Harrison, W. D., Husmann, E., Morack, J. L., Pettit, E. C., and Waddington, E. D., “Measurement of vertical strain and velocity at Siple Dome, Antarctica, with optical sensors”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 48, pp. 217–225, 2002.

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