Member Since 1999
Helen Fricker
Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professional Experience
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professor
1999 - Present
Education
University of Tasmania
Doctorate
1999
Honors & Awards
John F. Nye Lecture
Received December 2019
Union Fellow
Received December 2017
Citation
For advances in understanding of Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves, and subglacial hydrologic systems.
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Publications
Coincident Lake Drainage and Grounding Line Retreat at Engelhardt Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica
Antarctica has an active subglacial hydrological system, with interconnected subglacial lakes fed by subglacial meltwater. Subglacial hydrology can...
September 14, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Coincident lake drainage and grounding line retreat at Engelhardt Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 12 december 2024
Bryony Freer, Oliver Marsh, Helen Amanda Fricker, ...
Antarctica has an active subglacial hydrological system, with interconnected subglacial lakes fed by subglacial meltwater. Subglacial hydrology can in...
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The Eras of Satellite Altimetry: Three decades of monitoring Antarctic mass loss processes
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Helen Amanda Fricker
Satellite altimetry has been a crucial tool for monitoring the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the first near-polar radar altimeter (RA) on ESA's ERS-1 in 1...
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Observing Antarctic grounding line migration with ICESat-2 altimetry
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
Bryony Freer, Oliver Marsh, Helen Amanda Fricker, ...
Observations of Antarctic grounding zones have been recently highlighted as the missing key to understanding ice melt in Antarctica (Rignot, 2023). Ic...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2021
Member
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
2013 - 2013
Member
Cryosphere Executive Committee
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