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Research Programmes

Listed below are the research programmes for CPOM. Please click on the arrow to the right of each project for a background and rationale of the project. If the link is not active, please contact the Project Manager or Principal Investigator for further details.


Sea Ice Dynamics and Thermodynamics

Leader: Dr S. Laxon

Programme Background


Detailed Models of Sea Ice Dynamics

Project Manager: Dr Daniel Feltham, UCL  

Detailed Thermodynamics of Sea Ice

Project Manager: Dr Daniel Feltham, UCL  

Optimisation of an Arctic Sea Ice Model using spaceborne estimates of ice thickness

Project Manager: Dr Seymour Laxon, UCL
Co-investigator: Dr Daniel Feltham, UCL  

Ice Sheet and Glacier Dynamics

Leader: Prof. A.J. Payne

Programme Background


A suite of models for studying the dynamics of ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers

Project Manager: Prof. Antony Payne, Bristol  

Morphology and dynamics of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

Project Manager: Prof. Jonathan Bamber, Bristol  

Large ice caps dynamics and mass balance

Project Manager: Prof. Julian Dowdeswell, Cambridge  

Earth's Ice Mass Fluxes

Leader: Prof. D.J. Wingham

Programme Background


Antarctic Ice Mass Fluxes

Project Manager: Prof. Duncan Wingham, UCL  

Arctic Ice Mass Fluxes

Project Manager: Dr. Seymour Laxon, UCL

Topography and Buoyancy in Polar Atmosphere and Ocean

Leader: Dr D.L. Feltham

Programme Background


Effects on Weather and Climate of Topography and Buoyancy in the Polar Atmosphere and Oceans

Project Manager: Prof. Julian Hunt, UCL  

Ocean Conditions and Processes Beneath the Ronne Ice Shelf

Project Manager: Dr. Daniel Feltham, UCL  

Other


CryoSat Data Processing

Project Manager: Steve Baker, UCL