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  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Helen A. Fricker is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine. The subfields of their work include Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of study that define their research include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Helen A. Fricker has been a frequent contributor to several academic publication venues. These include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Cryosphere
  • Science
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

The following recent papers illustrate the scope of their research work:

  • "Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes" (2020) published in Science
  • "Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves" (2020) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate" (2022) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "ICESat-2 Meltwater Depth Estimates: Application to Surface Melt on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica" (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations" (2021) published in Annals of Glaciology

They have collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Matthew R. Siegfried
  • Susheel Adusumilli
  • Laurie Padman
  • Ryan A. Venturelli
  • Alex Gardner

Among professional recognitions, Helen A. Fricker was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves

    H. D. Pritchard;S. R. M. Ligtenberg;H. A. Fricker;D. G. Vaughan

  • The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science requirements, concept, and implementation

    Thorsten Markus;Tom Neumann;Anthony Martino;Waleed Abdalati

  • Volume loss from Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating

    Fernando S. Paolo;Helen A. Fricker;Laurie Padman

  • Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes.

    Ben Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Alex S. Gardner;Brooke Medley

  • An Active Subglacial Water System in West Antarctica Mapped from Space

    Helen Amanda Fricker;Ted Scambos;Robert Bindschadler;Laurie Padman

  • The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

    Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

  • A new tide model for the Antarctic ice shelves and seas

    Laurie Padman;Helen A. Fricker;Richard Coleman;Susan Howard

  • An inventory of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica detected by ICESat (2003-2008)

    Benjamin E. Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Ian R. Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • Ice shelf disintegration by plate bending and hydro-fracture: Satellite observations and model results of the 2008 Wilkins ice shelf break-ups

    Ted Scambos;Helen Amanda Fricker;Cheng Chien Liu;Jennifer Bohlander

  • Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves

    Susheel Adusumilli;Helen Amanda Fricker;Brooke Medley;Laurie Padman

  • Instantaneous Antarctic ice sheet mass loss driven by thinning ice shelves

    G. Hilmar Gudmundsson;Fernando S. Paolo;Susheel Adusumilli;Helen A. Fricker

  • Getting around Antarctica: new high-resolution mappings of the grounded and freely-floating boundaries of the Antarctic ice sheet created for the International Polar Year

    Robert Bindschadler;Hyeungu Choi;Amy Wichlacz;Robert George Bingham

  • Land ice height-retrieval algorithm for NASA's ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimeter

    Benjamin Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Nicholas Holschuh;Alex S. Gardner

  • A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond

    M.C. Kennicutt;S.L. Chown;J.J. Cassano;D. Liggett

  • Choosing the future of Antarctica

    S. R. Rintoul;S. R. Rintoul;S. L. Chown;R. M. DeConto;M. H. England

  • How Much, How Fast?: A Science Review and Outlook for Research on the Instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st Century

    Ted A. Scambos;Robin E. Bell;Richard B. Alley;S. Anandakrishnan

  • Assessment of ICESat performance at the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

    H. A. Fricker;A. Borsa;B. Minster;C. Carabajal

  • Connected subglacial lake activity on lower Mercer and Whillans Ice Streams, West Antarctica, 2003–2008

    Helen Amanda Fricker;Ted Scambos

  • Ice shelf grounding zone structure from ICESat laser altimetry

    Helen Amanda Fricker;Laurie Padman

  • ICESat Antarctic elevation data: Preliminary precision and accuracy assessment

    Christopher A. Shuman;H. J. Zwally;B. E. Schutz;A. C. Brenner

  • Ocean Tide Influences on the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets

    Laurie Padman;Matthew R. Siegfried;Matthew R. Siegfried;Helen A. Fricker

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew R. Siegfried
Matthew R. Siegfried Colorado School of Mines
Laurie Padman
Laurie Padman Oregon State University
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman University of Tasmania
Slawek Tulaczyk
Slawek Tulaczyk University of California, Santa Cruz
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
Ian Allison
Ian Allison University of Tasmania
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey
Alex S. Gardner
Alex S. Gardner California Institute of Technology
Matt A. King
Matt A. King University of Tasmania

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