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Ted A. Scambos is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Environmental Science. The subfields of study most associated with their work include Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's main research topics cover various aspects of cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, as well as winter sports injuries and performance. Additional areas of interest include geology and paleoclimatology research, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, and landslides and related hazards.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Ted A. Scambos include:

  • "Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts" (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020" (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • "Need and vision for global medium-resolution Landsat and Sentinel-2 data products" (2023), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf" (2021), published in The Cryosphere
  • "Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica" (2022), published in The Cryosphere

Ted A. Scambos frequently collaborates with a group of recurring co-authors. These include:

  • Erin C. Pettit
  • Martin Truffer
  • Karen E. Alley
  • Christian T. Wild
  • Atsuhiro Muto

The scientist's work appears regularly in specific scholarly venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Landsat-8: Science and Product Vision for Terrestrial Global Change Research

    David P. Roy;M.A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;C.E. Woodcock

  • Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast

    Julienne Stroeve;Marika M. Holland;Walt Meier;Ted Scambos

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

  • Glacier acceleration and thinning after ice shelf collapse in the Larsen B embayment, Antarctica

    T. A. Scambos;J. A. Bohlander;C. A. Shuman;P. Skvarca

  • Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

    Michael A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;David P. Roy;Christopher J. Crawford

  • The Link Between Climate Warming and Break-Up of Ice Shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula

    Ted A. Scambos;Christina L. Hulbe;Mark A. Fahnestock;Jennifer Bohlander

  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent Plummets in 2007

    Julienne Stroeve;Mark Serreze;Sheldon Drobot;Shari Gearheard

  • Greenland flow variability from ice-sheet-wide velocity mapping

    Ian Joughin;Ben E. Smith;Ian M. Howat;Ted Scambos

  • Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

    John Turner;Nicholas E Barrand;Thomas J Bracegirdle;Peter Convey

  • Application of image cross-correlation to the measurement of glacier velocity using satellite image data

    Theodore A. Scambos;Melanie J. Dutkiewicz;Jeremy C. Wilson;Robert A. Bindschadler

  • Rapid Changes in Ice Discharge from Greenland Outlet Glaciers

    Ian M. Howat;Ian M. Howat;Ian R. Joughin;Ted A. Scambos

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

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

  • MODIS-based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) data sets: Continent-wide surface morphology and snow grain size

    T.A. Scambos;T.M. Haran;M.A. Fahnestock;T.H. Painter

  • Increased West Antarctic and unchanged East Antarctic ice discharge over the last 7 years

    Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;Ted Scambos;Mark Fahnstock

  • Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy

    Zhe Zhu;Michael A. Wulder;David P. Roy;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • A record minimum arctic sea ice extent and area in 2002

    M. C. Serreze;J. A. Maslanik;T. A. Scambos;F. Fetterer

  • 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

  • Climate‐Induced Ice Shelf Disintegration in the Antarctic Peninsula

    Ted Scambos;Christina Hulbe;Mark Fahnestock

  • Rapid large-area mapping of ice flow using Landsat 8

    Mark Fahnestock;Ted Scambos;Twila Moon;Twila Moon;Alex Gardner

  • Supplementary Materials for A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;Geruo A;Valentina R. Barletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Massom
Robert A. Massom Australian Antarctic Division
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Robert Bindschadler
Robert Bindschadler Goddard Space Flight Center
Helen A. Fricker
Helen A. Fricker University of California, San Diego
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg Utrecht University
Waleed Abdalati
Waleed Abdalati University of Colorado Boulder
Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Jan T. M. Lenaerts University of Colorado Boulder
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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