Bill Sneed

Peer-reviewed Publications

Sneed, W.A., R. LeB. Hooke & G.S. Hamilton. 2008. Accelerating thinning rate of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Geology, 36, 71-74, doi: 10.1130/G24013A.1. [pdf]

Khan, S.A., J. Wahr, L.A. Stearns, G.S. Hamilton, T. van Dam, K.M. Larson & O. Francis. 2007. Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21701, doi:10.1029/2007GL031468. [pdf]

Raup, B., A. Kääb, J. Kargel, M.P. Bishop, G.S. Hamilton, E. Lee, F. Rau, F. Paul, D. Soltesz, S.J. Singh Kalsa, M. Beedle & C. Helm. 2007. Remote Sensing and GIS technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project. Computers and Geoscience, 33, 104-125.

Sneed, W.A. & G.S. Hamilton. 2007. Evolution of melt pond volume on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L03501, doi:10.1029/2006GL028697. [pdf]

Stearns, L.A. & G.S. Hamilton. 2007. Rapid volume loss from two East Greenland outlet glaciers quantified using repeat stereo satellite imagery. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L05503, doi:10.1029/2006GL028982. [pdf]

Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes & G.S. Hamilton. 2005. Deformation of polar firn by differential accumulation and ice flow: interpretation of a 400-MHz short-pulse radar profile from West Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 51(174), 407-422.

Arcone, S.A., V.B. Spikes & G.S. Hamilton. 2005. Stratigraphic continuity in 400-MHz radar profiles in West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 39, 195-201.

Bertler, N. & 48 others. 2005. Snow chemistry across Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 167-180.

Csatho, B., Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C.J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, G.S. Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith & V.B. Spikes. 2005. ICESat measurements reveal complex pattern of elevation changes on Siple Coast ice streams, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23S04, doi:10.1029/2005GL024289.

Dixon, D.A., P.A. Mayewski, S.D. Kaspari, K. Kreutz, G.S. Hamilton, K. Maasch, S.B. Sneed & M.J. Handley. 2005. A 200-year sulfate record from 16 Antarctic ice cores and associations with Southern Ocean sea ice extent. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 155-166.

Hamilton, G.S. 2005. Topographic control of regional accumulation rate variability at South Pole and implications for ice core interpretation. Annals of Glaciology, 39, 214-219.

Hamilton, G.S., V.B. Spikes & L.A. Stearns. 2005. Spatial patterns in mass balance of the Amundsen Sea and Siple Coast sectors of West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, v. 41, 105-112.

Kargel, J.S., M.J. Abrams, M.P. Bishop, G.S. Hamilton, A. Kääb, H.H. Kieffer,  F. Paul, F. Rau, B. Raup & L.A. Stearns. 2005. ASTER imaging contributions to Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 99, 187-219.

Stearns, L.A. & G.S. Hamilton. 2005. A new velocity map for Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica, from sequential ASTER satellite imagery. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 71-76.

Stearns, L.A., G.S. Hamilton & N. Reeh. 2005. Multi-decadal record of ice dynamics on Daugaard Jensen Gletscher, East Greenland, from satellite imagery and terrestrial measurements. Annals of Glaciology, 42, 53-58.  

Steig, E.J. & 16 others. 2005. High-resolution ice cores from US ITASE (West Antarctica): development and validation of chronologies and determination of precision and accuracy. Annals of Glaciology, 41, 77-85.

Hamilton, G.S. and V.B. Spikes. 2004. Evaluating a satellite-altimeter derived digital elevation model of Antarctica using precision kinematic GPS profiling. Global and Planetary Change, 42(1-4), 17-30.

Jacka, T.H., G.S. Hamilton & 8 others. 2004. A strategy for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data. Global and Planetary Change, 42 (1-4), 1-16.

Kaspari, S.D., P.A. Mayewski, D.A. Dixon, V.B. Spikes, S.B. Sneed, M.J. Handley & G.S. Hamilton. 2004. Climatic variability in West Antarctica derived from annual accumulation rate records from ITASE firn/ice cores. Annals of Glaciology, 39, 585-591.

Spikes, V.B., G.S. Hamilton, S.A. Arcone, D.A. Dixon, S.D. Kaspari & P.A. Mayewski. 2004. Variability in accumulation rates from GPR profiling of firn in West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 39, 238-243.

Siegert, M.J., R.C.A. Hindmarsh and G.S. Hamilton. 2003. Spatial variation in mass balance and the possible exposure of ancient (85 ka) ice at a site in central East Antarctica. Quaternary Research, 59, 114-121.

Spikes, V.B., G.S. Hamilton, B. Csatho and I.M. Whillans. 2003. Thickness changes on Whillans Ice Stream and Ice Stream C, West Antarctica, derived from airborne laser altimeter measurements. Journal of Glaciology, 49(165), 223-230.

Hamilton, G.S. 2002. Mass balance and accumulation rate across Siple Dome, West Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 35, 102-107.

Hamilton, G.S. and I.M. Whillans. 2002. Local rates of ice sheet thickness change in Greenland. Annals of Glaciology, 35, 79-83.

Hamilton, G.S. and I.M. Whillans. 2000. Point measurements of mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet using precision vertical GPS surveys. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B7), 16,295-16,301.

Hamilton, G.S., I.M. Whillans & P.J. Morgan. 1998. First point measurements of ice sheet thickness change in Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 27, 125-131.

Whillans, I.M., C.J. Merry & G.S. Hamilton. 1997. Investigation of a possible crevasse near the main airstrip on McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 152-157.

Hamilton, G.S. & J.A. Dowdeswell. 1996. Controls on glacier surging in Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology, 42(140), 157-168.

Dowdeswell, J.A., R. Hodgkins, A.-M. Nuttal, J.O. Hagen & G.S. Hamilton. 1995. Mass balance as a control on the frequency and occurrence of glacier surges in Svalbard, Norwegian High Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 2909-2912.

Dowdeswell, J.A., G.S. Hamilton & J.O. Hagen. 1991. The duration of the active phase on surge-type glaciers: contrasts between Svalbard and other regions. Journal of Glaciology, 37(127), 388-400.

Hamilton, G.S. 1988. The development, age, and present status of a rock glacier in the Posets Massif, Spanish Pyrenees. Pirineos, 131, 43-56.