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  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James L. Davis is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research topics include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Dynamic Sea Level Variation From GNSS: 2020 Shumagin Earthquake Tsunami Resonance and Hurricane Laura," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Complex Patterns of Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change Resolved by Time-Dependent Rate Modeling of GRACE and GRACE Follow-On Observations," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Helheim Glacier diurnal velocity fluctuations driven by surface melt forcing," 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • "Tidewater-glacier response to supraglacial lake drainage," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "The Global Fingerprint of Modern Ice-Mass Loss on 3-D Crustal Motion," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors include J. X. Mitrovica, Evelyn Powell, M. Nettles, Sophie Coulson, and Mila Lubeck.

Their publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Nature Communications

James L. Davis has contributed to book publications, including the title "The Character of a Nation," published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc in 2025.

In recognition of their contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Electromagnetic determination of soil water content: Measurements in coaxial transmission lines

    G. C. Topp;J. L. Davis;A. P. Annan

  • Geodesy by radio interferometry: Effects of atmospheric modeling errors on estimates of baseline length

    J.L Davis;T.A. Herring;I.I. Shapiro;A.E.E. Rogers

  • Recent mass balance of polar ice sheets inferred from patterns of global sea-level change

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Mark E. Tamisiea;James L. Davis;Glenn A. Milne

  • Space-Geodetic Constraints on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Fennoscandia

    Glenn A. Milne;James L. Davis;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Hans-Georg Scherneck

  • Geodesy by radio interferometry: The application of Kalman Filtering to the analysis of very long baseline interferometry data

    Thomas A. Herring;James L. Davis;Irwin I. Shapiro

  • Electromagnetic Determination of Soil Water Content Using TDR: I. Applications to Wetting Fronts and Steep Gradients1

    G. C. Topp;J. L. Davis;A. P. Annan

  • Contemporary strain rates in the northern Basin and Range province from GPS data

    R. A. Bennett;B. P. Wernicke;N. A. Niemi;A. M. Friedrich

  • Geodesy by radio interferometry - Water vapor radiometry for estimation of the wet delay

    Gunnar Elgered;J.L. Davis;T.A. Herring;I.I. Shapiro

  • Measurement of the Solar Gravitational Deflection of Radio Waves using Geodetic Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry Data, 1979-1999

    S. S. Shapiro;S. S. Shapiro;J. L. Davis;D. E. Lebach;J. S. Gregory

  • GPS APPLICATIONS FOR GEODYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE STUDIES

    Paul Segall;James L. Davis

  • Impulse radar sounding in permafrost

    A. P. Annan;J. L. Davis

  • Comparison of geodetic and geologic data from the Wasatch region, Utah, and implications for the spectral character of Earth deformation at periods of 10 to 10 million years

    Anke M. Friedrich;Brian P. Wernicke;Nathan A. Niemi;Richard A. Bennett

  • Continuous GPS measurements of postglacial adjustment in Fennoscandia 1. Geodetic results

    Glenn A. Milne;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Hans-Georg Scherneck;James L. Davis

  • Measurement of the Solar Gravitational Deflection of Radio Waves Using Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry.

    DE Lebach;BE Corey;II Ii Shapiro;MI Ratner

  • Climate‐driven deformation of the solid Earth from GRACE and GPS

    J. L. Davis;P. Elósegui;J. X. Mitrovica;M. E. Tamisiea

  • Ground‐based measurement of gradients in the “wet” radio refractivity of air

    James L. Davis;Gunnar Elgered;Arthur E. Niell;Clara E. Kuehn

  • Geodesy using the Global Positioning System: The effects of signal scattering on estimates of site position

    P. Elósegui;J. L. Davis;R. T. K. Jaldehag;J. M. Johansson

  • Land Water Storage within the Congo Basin Inferred from GRACE Satellite Gravity Data

    John W. Crowley;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Richard C. Bailey;Mark E. Tamisiea

  • A spectral formalism for computing three‐dimensional deformations due to surface loads: 2. Present‐day glacial isostatic adjustment

    J. X. Mitrovica;J. L. Davis;I. I. Shapiro

  • On seasonal signals in geodetic time series

    James L. Davis;Brian P. Wernicke;Mark E. Tamisiea

  • A spectral formalism for computing three‐dimensional deformations due to surface loads: 1. Theory

    J. X. Mitrovica;J. L. Davis;I. I. Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Brian P. Wernicke
Brian P. Wernicke California Institute of Technology
Göran Ekström
Göran Ekström Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gordon S. Hamilton
Gordon S. Hamilton University of Maine
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Richard A. Bennett
Richard A. Bennett University of Arizona
René Forsberg
René Forsberg Technical University of Denmark
Emma M. Hill
Emma M. Hill Nanyang Technological University
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Irwin I. Shapiro
Irwin I. Shapiro Harvard University

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