Main profile

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
2014
“Glacier Surges”, in Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2014. ,
2011
“The crossover stress, anisotropy and the ice flow law at Siple Dome, West Antarctica”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 57, pp. 39–52, 2011. ,
2009
“Changes of glaciers and climate in northwestern North America during the late twentieth century”, Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 4117–4134, 2009. ,
“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. ,
2008
“Correspondence: Another surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska, USA, 2003/04”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 54, pp. 192-200, 2008. ,
2006
“In situ measurements of till deformation and water pressure”, J. Glaciol., vol. 52, pp. 175–182, 2006. ,
2005
“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
“Probing the till beneath Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, USA”, J. Glaciol., vol. 50, pp. 608–614, 2004. ,
“Depth-and time-dependent vertical strain rates at Siple Dome, Antarctica”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 50, pp. 511–521, 2004. ,
2002
“Measurement of vertical strain and velocity at Siple Dome, Antarctica, with optical sensors”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 48, pp. 217–225, 2002. ,