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Roman   Motyka

Faculty Emeritus in Geophysical Institute


Phone:   (907) 796-6307
Email:     roman.motyka@uas.alaska.edu

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Publications

2019

C. Kienholz, Amundson, J. M., Motyka, R. J., Jackson, R. H., Mickett, J. B., Sutherland, D. A., Nash, J. D., Winters, D. S., Dryer, W. P., and Truffer, M., “Tracking icebergs with time-lapse photography and sparse optical flow , LeConte Bay , Alaska , 2016 – 2017”, J. Glaciol., vol. 65, pp. 195–211, 2019.

2017

R. J. Motyka, Cassotto, R., Truffer, M., Kjeldsen, K. K., Van As, D., Korsgaard, N. J., Fahnestock, M., Howat, I., Langen, P. L., Mortensen, J., Lennert, K., and Rysgaard, S., “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

M. Truffer and Motyka, R., “Where Glaciers Meet Water: Subaqueous Melt and its Relevance to Glaciers in Various Settings”, Reviews of Geophysics, p. n/a–n/a, 2016.

2015

B. Truessel, Truffer, M., Hock, R., Motyka, R., Huss, M., and Zhang, J., “Run-away thinning of the low elevation Yakutat Glacier and its sensitivity to climate change”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 61, 2015.

2013

J. Mortensen, Bendtsen, J., Motyka, R. J., Lennert, K., Truffer, M., Fahnestock, M., and Rysgaard, S., “On the seasonal freshwater stratification in the proximity of fast-flowing tidewater outlet glaciers in a sub-Arctic sill fjord”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 118, pp. 1382–1395, 2013.
F. Straneo, Heimbach, P., Sergienko, O., Hamilton, G., Catania, G., Griffies, S., Hallberg, R., Jenkins, A., Joughin, I., Motyka, R., W. Pfeffer, T., Price, S. F., Rignot, E., Scambos, T., Truffer, M., and Vieli, A., “Challenges to Understanding the Dynamic Response of Greenland's Marine Terminating Glaciers to Oceanic and Atmospheric Forcing”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 94, no. 8, pp. 1131 - 1144, 2013.
B. L. Trüssel, Motyka, R. J., Truffer, M., and Larsen, C. F., “Rapid thinning of lake-calving Yakutat Glacier and the collapse of the Yakutat Icefield, southeast Alaska, USA”, J. Glaciol., vol. 59, pp. 149–161, 2013.
R. J. Motyka, Dryer, W. P., Amundson, J. M., Truffer, M., and Fahnestock, M., “Rapid Submarine Melting Driven by Subglacial Discharge, LeConte Glacier, Alaska”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 40, 2013.

2012

T. Sato, Miura, S., Sun, W., Sugano, T., Freymueller, J. T., Larsen, C. F., Ohta, Y., Fujimoto, H., Inazu, D., and Motyka, R. J., “Gravity and uplift rates observed in southeast Alaska and their comparison with GIA model predictions”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 117, p. B01401, 2012.
J. M. Amundson, Clinton, J. F., Fahnestock, M. A., Truffer, M., Motyka, R. J., and Lüthi, M. P., “Observing calving-generated ocean waves with coastal broadband seismometers, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland”, Annals Of Glaciology, vol. 53, pp. 79–84, 2012.

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