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Member Since 2004
Peter B. Kirchner
Physical Scientist, National Park Service Anchorage
Professional Experience
National Park Service Anchorage
Physical Scientist
2014 - Present
University of Montana
Faculty Affiliate
Education
Civil & Environmental Engineering University of California Davis
Doctorate
2013
Doctorate
Publications
LiDAR‐derived snowpack data sets from mixed conifer forests across the Western United States
Airborne‐based Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) offers the potential to measure snow depth and vegetation structure at high spatial resolu...
March 14, 2014
AGU Abstracts
Numerical modeling of current and future glacier mass balance and streamflow in Alaska
CRYOSPHERIC CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE HIGH-MOUNTAIN WATER CYCLE II ORAL
cryosphere | 12 december 2023
Trude Eidhammer, Yifan Cheng, Kevin M. Sampson, An...
Glacier covered landscapes in the Alaska National Parks are important to climate systems, ecosystems, hydrologic resources, infrastructure/safety and ...
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Multi-scale mapping of river and lake ice conditions using multi-source satellite observations over Alaska
COMMERCIAL EARTH OBSERVATION DATA: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS III POSTER
earth and space science informatics | 15 december 2022
Jinyang Du, John S. Kimball, Peter B. Kirchner
The northern high latitudes are characterized by an abundance of small water bodies, which experience a long frozen season and are highly sensitive to...
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Coordinating scientific and operational needs in region weather station network design
REGIONAL CLIMATE: MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND IMPACTS III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 17 december 2021
Stephanie A. McAfee, E. J. Trammell, Andrew J. New...
Alaskas vast area, severe weather and low population make reliable weather monitoring challenging. Consequently, the states weather station network is...
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