Martin Truffer

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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

    Alaska + NW Pacific

  • 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

    • Greenland

  • 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)

    • Antarctica

  • 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

    • Theory

  • 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

Teaching

Publications

2019

J. Wellner, Scambos, T., Domack, E., Vernet, M., Leventer, A., Balco, G., Brachfeld, S., Cape, M., Huber, B., Ishman, S., McCormick, M., Mosley-Thompson, E., Pettit, E., Smith, C., Truffer, M., Van Dover, C., and Yoo, K. - C., “The Larsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA): Polar Systems Bound Together, Changing Fast”, GSA Today, vol. 29, pp. 4–10, 2019.
A. Aschwanden, Fahnestock, M. A., Truffer, M., Brinkerhoff, D. J., Hock, R., Khroulev, C., Mottram, R., and S. Khan, A., “Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level over the next millennium”, Science Advances, vol. 5, p. eaav9396, 2019.
R. Cassotto, Fahnestock, M., Amundson, J. M., Truffer, M., Boettcher, M. S., De La Peña, S., and Howat, I., “Non-linear glacier response to calving events, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 65, pp. 39–54, 2019.
M. R. Cape, Vernet, M., Pettit, E. C., Wellner, J., Truffer, M., Akie, G., Domack, E., Leventer, A., Smith, C. R., and Huber, B. A., “Circumpolar Deep Water Impacts Glacial Meltwater Export and Coastal Biogeochemical Cycling Along the West Antarctic Peninsula”, Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6, pp. 1–23, 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.
A. N. Moyer, Nienow, P. W., Gourmelen, N., Sole, A. J., Truffer, M., Fahnestock, M., and Slater, D. A., “Spatio-temporal variations in seasonal ice tongue submarine melt rate at a tidewater glacier in southwest Greenland”, J. Glaciol., pp. 1–8, 2019.

2018

J. E. N. N. A. M. ZECHMANN, BOOTH, A. D. A. M. D., Truffer, M., Gusmeroli, A., Amundson, J. M., and Larsen, C. F., “Active seismic studies in valley glacier settings: strategies and limitations”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 64, pp. 796–810, 2018.

2017

M. Habermann, Truffer, M., and Maxwell, D., “Error sources in basal yield stress inversions for Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, derived from residual patterns of misfit to observations”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 63, pp. 999–1011, 2017.
C. Kienholz, Hock, R., Truffer, M., Bieniek, P., and Lader, R., “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.
J. A. Smith, Andersen, T. J., Shortt, M., Gaffney, A. M., Truffer, M., Stanton, T. P., Bindschadler, R., Dutrieux, P., Jenkins, A., Hillenbrand, C. - D., Ehrmann, W., Corr, H. F. J., Farley, N., Crowhurst, S., and Vaughan, D. G., “Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier”, Nature, vol. 541, pp. 77–80, 2017.

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