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Ms. Katherine Leonard
Graduate Student
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ocean and Climate Physics
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204F Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8317
Fields of interest: 
Glaciology, Geomorphology

Some of my projects include:

  • Iceberg Calving Rifts and Ice Melange ( details )
  • Sea Ice Mass Balance of Antarctica ( details )
  • Ice Flow Over Lake Vostok (no longer directly associated with this project) ( details )
  • Harvest Ants and Desert Pavement, SE Oregon (masters thesis) ( details )
  • Valley Glacier Mass Balance Estimation (with Andrew Fountain, Portland State University)

 

 

Education
M. Phil. Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
2007
M.S. Geology
Portland State University, Portland, OR
2002
B.S. Earth Sciences
University of California at Santa Cruz
1997
Educational Activities: 
Geology Instructor, Portland Community College, 2002-2003
Ship-board Environmental Education, Schooner Adventuress
Advisor List: 
Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Selected Publications: 
Interactions of wind-transported snow with a rift in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Leonard, K. C.; Tremblay, L. B.; MacAyeal, D. R.; Jacobs, S. S. , Geophysical Research Letters, Mar 14, Volume 35, Issue 5, p.-, (2008), Doi 10.1029/2007gl033005

Anomalous accumulation rates in the Vostok ice-core resulting from ice flow over Lake Vostok, Leonard, K.; Bell, R. E.; Studinger, M.; Tremblay, B. , Geophysical Research Letters, Dec 17, Volume 31, Issue 24, p.-, (2004), Doi 10.1029/2004gl021102

Map-based methods for estimating glacier equilibrium-line altitudes, Leonard, K. C.; Fountain, A. G. , Journal of Glaciology, Volume 49, Issue 166, p.329-336, (2003)