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

2011

R. J. Motyka, Truffer, M., Fahnestock, M., Mortensen, J., Rysgaard, S., and Howat, I. M., “Submarine melting of the 1985 Jakobshavn Isbræ floating tongue and the triggering of the current retreat”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, p. F01007, 2011.

2010

M. West, Larsen, C. F., Truffer, M., OʼNeel, S., and LeBlanc, L., “Glacier microseismicity”, Geology, vol. 38, pp. 319-322, 2010.
J. M. Amundson and Truffer, M., “A unifying framework for iceberg-calving models”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 56, pp. 822–830, 2010.
J. M. Amundson, Fahnestock, M., Truffer, M., Brown, J., Lüthi, M. P., and Motyka, R. J., “Ice mélange dynamics and implications for terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 115, p. F01005, 2010.
R. J. Motyka, Fahnestock, M., and Truffer, M., “Volume change of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland:: 198519972007”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 56, pp. 635–646, 2010.

2009

D. Farinotti, Huss, M., Bauder, A., Funk, M., and Truffer, M., “A method to estimate the ice volume and ice-thickness distribution of alpine glaciers”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 55, pp. 422–430, 2009.
S. Avdonin, Kozlov, V., Maxwell, D., and Truffer, M., “Iterative methods for solving a nonlinear boundary inverse problem in glaciology”, Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems, vol. 17, pp. 239–258, 2009.
M. P. Lüthi, Fahnestock, M., and Truffer, M., “Calving icebergs indicate a thick layer of temperate ice at the base of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 55, pp. 563–566, 2009.
M. Truffer, Motyka, R. J., Hekkers, M., Howat, I. M., and King, M. A., “Terminus dynamics at an advancing glacier: Taku Glacier, Alaska”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 55, pp. 1052–1060, 2009.

2008

J. M. Amundson, Truffer, M., Lüthi, M. P., Fahnestock, M., West, M., and Motyka, R. J., “Glacier, fjord, and seismic response to recent large calving events, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, p. L22501, 2008.

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