Dr. Caitlyn Florentine

Science, snow, ice and anything alpine/arctic/geeky. Glaciology PhD. All views expressed are her own. ❄🌐

[USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office (NUSO) @USGS_UAS]

USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) researchers Erich Peitzsch and Zach Miller are utilizing #UAS (#drones) to investigate snowpack and avalanche characteristics in Montana:

https://t.co/D5Dl5Cldqv

@USGS_MT ⛰️ @usgs_climate ⛰️ @USGS

[USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office (NUSO) @USGS_UAS]

In May 2023, we collected UAS data at @GlacierNPS for avalanche & snow research directly supporting @NatlParkServlce operations along Going-to-the Sun Road. We worked closely with NPS to obtain proper permissions for this work; recreational UAS flights are prohibited in the Park.

[USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office (NUSO) @USGS_UAS]

❄️ How can UAS #lidar be used to study avalanches?

Here is a lidar point cloud, a series of data points with x,y, and z (elevation) values colorized using natural-color imagery. It captures information about the topography and snow surface where an avalanche crossed the road.

[Ellyn Enderlin @glacier_doc]

What a super cool app for visualization of air temp anomalies by @derjaku! It will 100% be used in my meteorology class this fall! https://t.co/i9i24XmGCx

For #Boise, except for 2023, most recent non-summer months have bounced around average but summers have been scorchers

[URGE @Urgeoscience]

Dear #URGErs & nonURGEers!

We really mean, everyone in Geoscience that has been on, is on, will be on at DEI committee, or will discuss anti-racism in your workplace...

This event is for you! In true URGE fashion, we will train you on how to have these conversations! 1/n

[Dave Rounce @DaveRounce]

Looking forward to speaking with @tellusmuseum tomorrow about glacier changes. Feel free to join via Facebook and/or ask a question: https://t.co/KICEYlbfQZ

[Brian @brianmenounos]

Looking forward to visiting Combatant Col to recover ice core, a project led by @icy_pete and Eric Steig and supported by @HakaiInstitute

[Dave Rounce @DaveRounce]

Big improvements are coming for PyGEM over the summer! Working to make PyGEM more accessible, better documented, and easier to use. First step, making it accessible via PyPI: https://t.co/dTWJWXMPxR

[Matthias Huss @matthias_huss]

At Aletsch #glacier, 2200masl, already 1.7 m ice has melted since 21 Sept. 2022 as documented by our #glacierselfiestick

[Matthias Huss @matthias_huss]

How are Swiss #glaciers doing at the moment?
Even though the snow deficit was partly compensated in May, they run slightly to strongly below typical conditions in most regions.
Results based on @glamos_ch measurements and @VAW_glaciology real-time observations

[Int. Glaciol. Soc. @igsoc]

Help us design IGS’s new Firn Award for mid-career scientists! Award info here (https://t.co/CLef4CQ5yQ) and content info here (https://t.co/O87yteyxnl). Contest closes 23 May 2023.

[Int. Glaciol. Soc. @igsoc]

New AOG paper!
"Advances in understanding subglacial meltwater drainage from past ice sheets” by Lauren Simkins, Sarah Greenwood, Monica Winsborrow, Lilja Bjarnadóttir & Allison Lepp
---> https://t.co/rssTU1d15X
@ice_uva @uvaevsc @Stockholm_Uni @CAGE_COE @NGUgeology

[Matthias Huss @matthias_huss]

What a day out on Findel #Glacier today!
@glamos_ch snow measurements indicate very small winter accumulation and low snow density, more data evaluation needed though.
Delicate situation with crevasses.

[Int. Glaciol. Soc. @igsoc]

Zemp & Jakob et al presented 'GlaMBIE: an Intercomparison Exercise of Regional and Global Mass Changes' on 29/03/2023 at the International Glaciological Society's Global Seminar Series https://t.co/tMbkAOft4h via @YouTube

[Dr. Caitlyn Florentine @CatFlorentine]

@glacier_doc Little kid unabated curiosity + pure confidence. Charming and adorable in children. Toddlersplaining > academic posturing everyday!

[Dave Rounce @DaveRounce]

Internal climate variability has been found to greatly increase future risks associated with sea-level rise, especially in megacities around the world (new NCC study led by Melanie Becker shows: https://t.co/l4rkgH8vO0)

[ARCHIVED - NASA Ice @NASA_ICE]

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We’ve sampled snow on mountains, prairies and a mesa… now it’s time for Arctic tundra & boreal forests!
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For the final leg of the @NASAGoddard-led SnowEx field campaign, scientists are in Alaska to record snow measurements and test new ways to monitor the snowpack.
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[Dr. Caitlyn Florentine @CatFlorentine]

Glaciers are changing, yes, but so is the science.

The End of Climate Science https://t.co/FIWvc7isSl

[Int. Glaciol. Soc. @igsoc]

First Ann. Glaciol. paper in a long time! "Estimating local surface glacier mass balance from migration of the 1918 Katla eruption tephra layer on Sléttjökull, southern Iceland” by W Hagg, C Mayer, U Münzer, N Barbosa, H-M Schuler, M Staudacher > https://t.co/pf4Osm5Lfb @egg_igs

[Dr. Jessica Mejia @moulinology]

I'm not sure if I'm still on anyones feed at this point but I have a new paper out where we quantify lags in the timing of meltwater's propagation!
Moulin Density Controls the Timing of Peak Pressurization Within the Subglacial Drainage System https://t.co/RVTi6BhKVa