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  • 2016 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Ian Allison is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses substantially on Atmospheric Science as a subfield, with additional contributions related to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research spans multiple topics, with a prominent emphasis on cryospheric studies and observations. Other notable topics include winter sports injuries and performance, polar research and ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, and geophysics and gravity measurements.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The PANDA automatic weather station network between the coast and Dome A, East Antarctica, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Brief communication: Evaluation of multiple density-dependent empirical snow conductivity relationships in East Antarctica, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Subsurface heat conduction along the CHINARE traverse route, East Antarctica, 2022, Journal of Glaciology
  • The Dawning of Antarctica: Through Exploration to Occupation Patrick G. Quilty Published by Dr Eva Meidl, Hobart (2021) ISBN 978-0-646-84234-9. xviii + 474 pp. 75.00 AUD., 2022, Antarctic Science
  • William (Bill) Francis Budd 1938-2022, 2023, Historical Records of Australian Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include Minghu Ding, Diyi Yang, Cunde Xiao, Xiaowei Zou, and Lingen Bian.

Publications have appeared in venues such as Historical Records of Australian Science, Earth system science data, The Cryosphere, Journal of Glaciology, and Antarctic Science. The researcher has contributed multiple papers to Historical Records of Australian Science and a number of other specialized journals.

Regarding recognition, they were awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground

    Peter Lemke;Jian Ren;R. B. Alley;I. Allison

  • The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science

    I. Allison;N. L. Bindoff;R. A. Bindschadler;P. M. Cox

  • Snow on Antarctic sea ice

    Robert A. Massom;Hajo Eicken;Christian Hass;Martin O. Jeffries

  • East Antarctic sea ice: Albedo, thickness distribution, and snow cover

    Ian Allison;Richard E. Brandt;Stephen G. Warren

  • 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

  • Distribution of marine ice beneath the Amery Ice Shelf

    Helen Amanda Fricker;Sergey Popov;Ian Allison;Neal Young

  • East Antarctic sea ice: A review of its structure, properties and drift

    A. P. Worby;R. A. Massom;I. Allison;V. I. Lytle

  • Effects of regional fast-ice and iceberg distributions on the behaviour of the Mertz Glacier polynya, East Antarctica

    R. A. Massom;K. L. Hill;V. I. Lytle;A. P. Worby

  • The mass budget of the Lambert Glacier drainage basin, Antarctica

    Ian Allison

  • Iceberg calving from the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

    Helen A. Fricker;Neal W. Young;Ian Allison;Richard Coleman

  • Properties of a marine ice layer under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

    Mike Craven;Ian Allison;Helen Amanda Fricker;Roland Warner

  • Seasonal and interannual variations of the oceanic heat flux under a landfast Antarctic sea ice cover

    Petra Heil;Ian Allison;Victoria I. Lytle

  • Ice sheet mass balance and sea level

    I. Allison;R. B. Alley;H. A. Fricker;R. H. Thomas

  • Mass balance of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica : a comparison of computed balance fluxes and measured fluxes

    Helen A. Fricker;Roland C. Warner;I. A. N. Allison

  • Near surface climate of the traverse route from Zhongshan Station to Dome A, East Antarctica

    Yongfeng Ma;Lingen Bian;Cunde Xiao;Ian Allison

  • Climatology of the East Antarctic ice sheet (100°E to 140°E) derived from automatic weather stations

    Ian Allison;Gerd Wendler;Uwe Radok

  • Redefinition of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, grounding zone

    Helen Amanda Fricker;Ian Allison;Mike Craven;Glenn Hyland

  • Circulation of modified Circumpolar Deep Water and basal melt beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

    Laura Herraiz-Borreguero;Laura Herraiz-Borreguero;Richard Coleman;Richard Coleman;Ian Allison;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul;Stephen R. Rintoul

  • The pattern and variability of Antarctic sea-ice drift in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific sectors

    Petra Heil;Ian Allison

  • The Copenhagen Diagnosis

    I Allison;NL Bindoff;R Bindschadler;PM Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony P. Worby
Anthony P. Worby Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Robert A. Massom
Robert A. Massom Australian Antarctic Division
Petra Heil
Petra Heil Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Helen A. Fricker
Helen A. Fricker University of California, San Diego
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman University of Tasmania
Dahe Qin
Dahe Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Colin Summerhayes
Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge
Ian D. Goodwin
Ian D. Goodwin Macquarie University

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