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.