Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gator Glaciology lab
Led by Emma MacKie · Geological Sciences
What we study
The lab studies the rough terrain beneath glaciers using machine learning and geostatistical methods to improve ice sheet models. They apply these tools in Greenland and Antarctica.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Geostatistical methods for subglacial topography
Developing methods to simulate realistic rough terrain beneath glaciers for better ice sheet models.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Next-generation radar bed measurements should be optimized for assimilation or repeat-pass profiling
2026 · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Argues that future radar surveys should focus on repeated measurements for better ice bed mapping.
- Modified Von Mises Stress a Robust Predictor of the Spatial Distribution of Ice Slab Crevasse Fields in Greenland
2026 · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Links ice slab fractures in Greenland to surface stress, using imagery to predict where crevasses form.
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- Impacts of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on Antarctic Subglacial Water Routing Since the Last Glacial Maximum
2026 · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Models how changes in bedrock shape over time affect water flow under Antarctic ice sheets.
- Toward an Improved Understanding of the Antarctic Coastal Zone and Its Contribution to Future Global Sea Level
2026 · Reviews of Geophysics
Reviews knowledge of Antarctica's coastal zone and its role in sea level rise, highlighting gaps in bed topography data.
- Gravity topography modeling of the Denman Glacier region using a geostatistical approach
2026 · The Cryosphere
Uses gravity measurements to map the bed of Denman Glacier, improving estimates of its contribution to sea level rise.
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