Member Since 1998
Isabella Velicogna
University of California Irvine
Professional Experience
University of California Irvine
Education
Doctorate
1999
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
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For groundbreaking research to document and explain the evolution of ice sheets and groundwater resources using gravity remote sensing technologies
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Joanne Simpson Medal
Received December 2020
Citation For groundbreaking research to understand the evolution of ice sheets and groundwater resources using time-variable gravity remote sensing technology. Field Photos    
Citation For groundbreaking research to understand the evolution of ice sheets and groundwater resources using time-variable gravity remote sensing technology. Field Photos    
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John F. Nye Lecture
Received December 2020
Lecture Title: Weighting climate change in the cryosphere from space Field Photo:
Lecture Title: Weighting climate change in the cryosphere from space Field Photo:
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Publications
Synergistic Satellite Assessment of Global Vegetation Health in Relation to ENSO‐Induced Droughts an...

We used environmental metrics developed from multi‐source satellite observations to quantify the global influence of El Niño‐South...

May 19, 2021
AGU Abstracts
On the Role of Extreme Precipitation Events in the Mass Balance of Antarctica from GRACE and other data
QUANTIFYING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SNOW AND SNOW PROCESSES II POSTER
cryosphere | 15 december 2023
Collin Richardson, Isabella Velicogna, Geruo A, Ty...
Determining the role and relative contribution of anomalously large snowfall events to surface mass balance (SMB) in Antarctica is essential for our a...
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Improving ice sheet mass balance estimates using Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI) and Microwave Instrument (MWI) GRACE-FO and GRACE data
GEODESY FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH III ELIGHTNING
geodesy | 11 december 2023
Isabella Velicogna, Chia Chun Liang, Tyler C. Sutt...
The ice mass balance of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets and the World's Glaciers and Ice Caps (GIC) is of considerable importance to sea level ...
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Satellite Observations Constrain Water Supply Buffering Plant Drought Response
THE GLOBAL WATER CYCLE: COUPLING AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE OCEAN, LAND, AND ATMOSPHERE I ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
global environmental change | 16 december 2022
Geruo A, Isabella Velicogna, Meng Zhao
Land water supply influences how plant production responds to climate extremes such as drought, especially for ecosystems where water is the primary f...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Chair
Whitten Medal Committee
2020 - 2021
Member
Whitten Medal Committee
2018 - 2019
Member
Whitten Medal Committee
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