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Hugh F. J. Corr is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant contribution to Atmospheric Science within this field. They also have work spanning Medicine, particularly Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Environmental Science, including subfields related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Central to Corr's work is the study of cryospheric processes, examining ice dynamics, climate interactions, and geological contexts in polar regions. Their research covers several main topics:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Polar Research and Ecology

The scientist's publication venues reveal a concentration in specialized journals related to their field, such as The Cryosphere with six publications, and Earth System Science Data with two publications. Other venues include IET Radar Sonar & Navigation, Science, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum, 2021, Science
  • Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Polarimetric radar reveals the spatial distribution of ice fabric at domes and divides in East Antarctica, 2022, The Cryosphere
  • Observations of Tidal Melt and Vertical Strain at the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Large-scale englacial folding and deep-ice stratigraphy within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere

Frequent co-authors contributing to this body of work include Angelika Humbert, Tom A. Jordan, Daniel Steinhage, Olaf Eisen, and Ole Zeising. These collaborations have occurred across various projects and publications, highlighting a network of researchers active in glaciology and polar studies.

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    C. S. M. Doake;H. F. J. Corr;H. Rott;P. Skvarca

  • Inland Thinning of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

    Andrew Shepherd;Duncan J. Wingham;Justin A. D. Mansley;Hugh F. J. Corr

  • 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

  • Widespread Persistent Thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by Freezing from the Base

    Robin E. Bell;Fausto Ferraccioli;Timothy T. Creyts;David Braaten

  • Observation and Parameterization of Ablation at the Base of Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Adrian Jenkins;Keith W. Nicholls;Hugh F. J. Corr

  • Evidence from ice shelves for channelized meltwater flow beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Anne M. Le Brocq;Neil Ross;Jennifer A. Griggs;Robert G. Bingham

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier

    David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli;Nicholas Frearson

  • Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Christo Buizert;T. J. Fudge;William H. G. Roberts;Eric J. Steig

  • Distortion of isochronous layers in ice revealed by ground-penetrating radar

    David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Christopher S. M. Doake;Ed. D. Waddington

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Subglacial topography of the Thwaites and Smith glacier catchments

    John W. Holt;Donald D. Blankenship;David L. Morse;Duncan A. Young

  • Sub-ice-shelf sediments record history of twentieth-century retreat of Pine Island Glacier

    J. A. Smith;T. J. Andersen;M. Shortt;A. M. Gaffney

  • Aeromagnetic exploration over the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: a new view of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

    Fausto Ferraccioli;Egidio Armadillo;Tom Jordan;Emanuele Bozzo

  • Channelized Ice Melting in the Ocean Boundary Layer Beneath Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

    T. P. Stanton;W. J. Shaw;M. Truffer;H. F. J. Corr

  • Pine Island glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales

    P. Dutrieux;D. G. Vaughan;H. F. J. Corr;Adrian Jenkins

  • A ground-based radar for measuring vertical strain rates and time-varying basal melt rates in ice sheets and shelves

    Keith W. Nicholls;Hugh F.J. Corr;Craig L. Stewart;Lai Bun Lok

  • Subglacial melt channels and fracture in the floating part of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

    David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Robert A. Bindschadler;Pierre Dutrieux

  • Steep reverse bed slope at the grounding line of the Weddell Sea sector in West Antarctica

    Neil Ross;Robert George Bingham;Hugh F.J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli

  • Marine ice in Larsen Ice Shelf

    Paul R. Holland;Hugh F. J. Corr;David G. Vaughan;Adrian Jenkins

  • Phase-sensitive FMCW radar system for high-precision Antarctic ice shelf profile monitoring

    Paul V. Brennan;Lai Bun Lok;Keith Nicholls;Hugh Corr

  • Interactions between ice and ocean observed with phase-sensitive radar near an Antarctic ice-shelf grounding line

    Adrian Jenkins;Hugh F.J. Corr;Keith W. Nicholls;Craig L. Stewart

  • Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales

    Pierre Dutrieux;David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Adrian Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Fausto Ferraccioli
Fausto Ferraccioli National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
Tom A. Jordan
Tom A. Jordan British Antarctic Survey
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Neil Ross
Neil Ross Newcastle University
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Adrian Jenkins
Adrian Jenkins Durham University
Richard C. A. Hindmarsh
Richard C. A. Hindmarsh British Antarctic Survey
Edward C. King
Edward C. King British Antarctic Survey
Olaf Eisen
Olaf Eisen University of Bremen

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