Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere

Affiliations

University of Reading, UK

About the authors

Melody Sandells

Research Fellow at the Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading.

Research interests include earth observation of snow and soil moisture, snow physics, snowvegetation radiative interactions, microwave remote sensing and hydrology. Current research includes the development of a data assimilation system to improve snow mass retrievals, coupling of snow and soil systems, modelling and remote sensing of snow grain size evolution, the role of snow in the accumulation of water on ice shelves and improvement of snow microwave emission models. Fieldwork experience in North America, sub-Arctic and Arctic regions.

Daniela Flocco earned a degree in Environmental Sciences, majoring in oceanography at the Universita` Parthenope in Naples. She submitted her PhD thesis on the geophysics of Antarctic coastal polynyas and their impact on dense water production based on her studies at SPRI and DAMTP at the University of Cambridge. She is now working with Daniel Feltham as a PDRA on the inclusion of the physics of melt ponds in the CICE model.