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68
Citations
14059
World Ranking
1170
National Ranking
532

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Andrew G. Fountain is affiliated with Portland State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications within Environmental Science. The subfields of study relevant to their work include Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The main topics addressed in their research involve cryospheric studies and observations, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, rangeland and wildlife management, geology and paleoclimatology research, microbial community ecology and physiology, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

The scientist has contributed to the academic literature with papers such as:

  • "Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity," 2021, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Biological albedo reduction on ice sheets, glaciers, and snowfields," 2021, published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Climate From the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2017: Surface Air Temperature Trends and Redefined Summer Season," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Active rock glaciers of the contiguous United States: geographic information system inventory and spatial distribution patterns," 2021, published in Earth system science data
  • "20th Century Retreat and Recent Drought Accelerated Extinction of Mountain Glaciers and Perennial Snowfields in the Trinity Alps, California," 2020, published in Northwest Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research include:

  • Stephen M. Chignell (5 joint publications)
  • Adrian Howkins (5 joint publications)
  • Alexandre M. Anesio (3 joint publications)
  • Bryce Glenn (3 joint publications)
  • Scott Hotaling (2 joint publications)

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several key publication venues, such as:

  • Earth system science data (3 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface (2 publications)
  • Hydrological Processes (2 publications)
  • The Cryosphere (2 publications)
  • Journal of Glaciology (2 publications)

Recognized within the scientific community, they have been awarded fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

    P C D Milly;R T Wetherald;K A Dunne;T L Delworth

  • Water flow through temperate glaciers

    Andrew G. Fountain;Joseph S. Walder

  • Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

    Peter T. Doran;John C. Priscu;W. Berry Lyons;John E. Walsh

  • Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000

    Peter T. Doran;Christopher P. McKay;Gary D. Clow;Gayle L. Dana

  • Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality

    R. D. Moore;S. W. Fleming;B. Menounos;R. Wheate

  • The Effect of Glaciers on Streamflow Variations

    Andrew G. Fountain;Wendell V. Tangborn

  • Glacier change (1958-1998) in the North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington, USA

    Frank D. Granshaw;Andrew G. Fountain

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Snow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

    Andrew G. Fountain;Thomas H. Nylen;Andrew Monaghan;Hassan J. Basagic

  • Glacial Ecosystems

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  • Physical Controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica

    Andrew G. Fountain;W. Berry Lyons;Melody B. Burkins;Gayle L. Dana

  • Evolution of cryoconite holes and their contribution to meltwater runoff from glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

    Andrew G. Fountain;Martyn Tranter;Thomas H. Nylen;Karen J. Lewis

  • A manual for monitoring the mass balance of mountain glaciers

    G. Kaser;A. Fountain;P. Jansson

  • Fractures as the main pathways of water flow in temperate glaciers

    Andrew G. Fountain;Robert W. Jacobel;Robert Schlichting;Peter Jansson

  • Climatology of katabatic winds in the McMurdo dry valleys, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Thomas H. Nylen;Andrew G. Fountain;Peter T. Doran

  • Biogeochemical Evolution of Cryoconite Holes on Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley, Antarctica

    Elizabeth A. Bagshaw;Martyn Tranter;Andrew G. Fountain;Kathleen A. Welch

  • The Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of Cryoconite Holes from McMurdo Dry Valley Glaciers, Antarctica

    Dorota L. Porazinska;Andrew G. Fountain;Thomas H. Nylen;Martyn Tranter

  • Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Remote Sensing and GIS Investigations of the Earth's Cryosphere

    Michael P. Bishop;Jeffrey A. Olsenholler;John F. Shroder;Roger G. Barry

  • Hydrologic response to extreme warm and cold summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica

    Peter T. Doran;Christopher P. McKay;Andrew G. Fountain;Thomas H. Nylen

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Debris-covered glaciers

    正義 中尾;C. F. Raymond;A. Fountain

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Berry Lyons
W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University
Peter T. Doran
Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Ross A. Virginia
Ross A. Virginia Dartmouth College
Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder
John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University
Kathleen A. Welch
Kathleen A. Welch The Ohio State University
Matthew J. Hoffman
Matthew J. Hoffman Los Alamos National Laboratory

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