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Shawn J. Marshall

Shawn J. Marshall

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
10464
World Ranking
5133
National Ranking
248

Overview

Shawn J. Marshall is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary research topics of Marshall focus on cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, landslides and related hazards, winter sports injuries and performance, soil moisture and remote sensing, and Indigenous studies and ecology.

Marshall has a notable record of frequent collaboration with several coauthors, including Aerin L. Jacob, Katherine Hanly, Graham McDowell, Samira Samimi, and Madison Stevens. These collaborations have contributed to their body of work published in several renowned scientific venues.

  • The Cryosphere
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Marshall are the following:

  • "The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet" (2020) in The Cryosphere
  • "Key information needs to move from knowledge to action for biodiversity conservation in Canada" (2021) in Biological Conservation
  • "Time-Domain Reflectometry Measurements and Modeling of Firn Meltwater Infiltration at DYE-2, Greenland" (2021) in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada - Part 2: Future change in cryosphere, vegetation, and hydrology" (2021) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Seasonal and interannual variability of melt-season albedo at Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains" (2020) in The Cryosphere

Marshall has also contributed to book publications with the University of Calgary Press, including two editions of the "Canadian Mountain Assessment" released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • Simulating Arctic climate warmth and icefield retreat in the last interglaciation.

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Shawn J. Marshall;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Gifford H. Miller

  • Freshwater Forcing of Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Glaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K. C. Clarke;Steven W. Hostetler

  • Substantial contribution to sea-level rise during the last interglacial from the Greenland ice sheet

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Shawn J. Marshall;Shawn J. Marshall

  • Ongoing climate change following a complete cessation of carbon dioxide emissions

    Nathan P. Gillett;Vivek K. Arora;Kirsten Zickfeld;Shawn J. Marshall

  • History of the Greenland Ice Sheet: paleoclimatic insights

    Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;J. Brigham-Grette;G.K.C. Clarke

  • Results from the EISMINT model intercomparison : the effects of thermomechanical coupling

    A. J. Payne;Philippe Huybrechts;A. Abe-Ouchi;R. Calov

  • Near-Surface Temperature Lapse Rates over Arctic Glaciers and Their Implications for Temperature Downscaling

    Alex S. Gardner;Martin J. Sharp;Roy M. Koerner;Claude Labine

  • A continuum mixture model of ice stream thermomechanics in the Laurentide Ice Sheet 2. Application to the Hudson Strait Ice Stream

    Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • North American Ice Sheet reconstructions at the Last Glacial Maximum

    Shawn J. Marshall;Thomas S. James;Garry K.C. Clarke

  • Glaciological reconstruction of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: physical processes and modelling challenges

    Shawn J. Marshall;Lev Tarasov;Garry K.C. Clarke;W. Richard Peltier

  • Near‐surface‐temperature lapse rates on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Canada: implications for regional downscaling of temperature

    Shawn J. Marshall;Martin J. Sharp;David O. Burgess;Faron S. Anslow

  • A continuum mixture model of ice stream thermomechanics in the Laurentide Ice Sheet 1. Theory

    Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Glacier Water Resources on the Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

    Shawn J. Marshall;Eric C. White;Michael N. Demuth;Tobias Bolch

  • Modeling North American Freshwater Runoff through the Last Glacial Cycle

    Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K.C. Clarke

  • Basal temperature evolution of North American ice sheets and implications for the 100-kyr cycle

    Shawn J. Marshall;Peter U. Clark

  • Recent advances in understanding ice sheet dynamics

    Shawn J. Marshall

  • Geologic and topographic controls on fast flow in the Laurentide and Cordilleran Ice Sheets

    Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K. C. Clarke;Art S. Dyke;David A. Fisher

  • Coupled energy‐balance/ice‐sheet model simulations of the glacial cycle: A possible connection between terminations and terrigenous dust

    W. Richard Peltier;Shawn Marshall

  • Sensitivity of Vatnajökull ice cap hydrology and dynamics to climate warming over the next 2 centuries

    Gwenn E. Flowers;Gwenn E. Flowers;Shawn J. Marshall;Helgi Björnsson;Garry K. C. Clarke

  • Tracer transport in the Greenland Ice Sheet: constraints on ice cores and glacial history

    Nicolas Lhomme;Nicolas Lhomme;Garry K.C. Clarke;Shawn J. Marshall

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry K. C. Clarke
Garry K. C. Clarke University of British Columbia
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
Gwenn E. Flowers
Gwenn E. Flowers Simon Fraser University
Joseph M. Shea
Joseph M. Shea University of Northern British Columbia
William H. Lipscomb
William H. Lipscomb National Center for Atmospheric Research
Philippe Huybrechts
Philippe Huybrechts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson University of Iceland
Richard B. Alley
Richard B. Alley Pennsylvania State University
Lev Tarasov
Lev Tarasov Memorial University of Newfoundland

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