Martin Truffer
Biographical Sketch:
Present Research Interests:
- Glacier dynamics
- Subglacial processes
- Ice-ocean interaction
- Fast glacier flow
- Geophysical applications to glaciology
- Hot water drilling
- Numerical modeling
- Geophysical inverse methods
Selected Publications:
- Glasser, N. F., T.A. Scambos, J. Bohlander, M. Truffer, E. Pettit, and B.J. Davies (2011). From ice-shelf tributary to tidewater glacier: continued rapid recession, acceleration and thinning of Röhss Glacier following the 1995 collapse of the Prince Gustav Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology, 57(203), 397-406. doi:10.3189/002214311796905578.
- Motyka, R. J., M. Fahnestock, M. Truffer, J. Mortensen, and S. Rysgaard. (2011). Submarine melting of the 1985 Jakobshavn Isbrae floating tongue and the triggering of the current retreat, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, 116(F1), doi:10.1029/2009JF001632.
- Amundson, J. M., M. Fahnestock, M. Truffer, J. Brown, M.P. Lüthi, and R. J. Motyka. (2010), Ice mélange dynamics and implications for terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland . J. Geoph. Res., Earth Surface, 115, F01005, doi:10.1029/2009JF001405.
- Amundson, J.M. and M. Truffer, (2010) A unifying framework for iceberg-calving models. Journal of Glaciology, 56(199), pp.822-830.
- Motyka, R. J., M. Fahnestock, and M. Truffer, (2010), Volume Change of Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland: 1985 – 1997 – 2007. Journal of Glaciology, 56(198), 635-646.
- ¾¾West, M., C.F. Larsen, M. Truffer, S. O'Neel, and L. LeBlanc. (2010). Glacier microseismicity. Geology, 38(4), pp.319-322.
- Truffer, M. , R. J. Motyka, M. Hekkers, I. Howat, and M. King, (2009), Terminus dynamics at an advancing glacier: Taku Glacier, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology, 55(194), 1052-1060.
- Lüthi, M., M. Fahnestock, and M. Truffer, (2009). Calving icebergs indicate a thick layer of temperate ice at the base of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 55(191), 563-565.
- Farinotti, D., M. Huss, A. Bauder. M. Funk, and M. Truffer (2009). A method to estimate the ice volume and ice-thickness distribution of alpine glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 55(191), 422-430.
- Avdonin, S., V. Kozlov, D. Maxwell, and M. Truffer. (2009). Iterative methods for solving a nonlinear boundary inverse problem in glaciology. Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems, 17(3), 239-258, doi:10.1515/JIIP.2009.018.
- Thost, D.E. and M. Truffer (2008). Glacier recession on Heard Island, southern Indian Ocean. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research , 40(1), 199-214.
- Ritchie, J.B., C. Lingle, R.J. Motyka, and M. Truffer (2008). Seasonal fluctuations in the advance of a tidewater glacier and potential causes: Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, USA. Journal of Glaciology , 54 (186), 401-411.
- Maxwell, D., M. Truffer, S. Avdonin, and M. Stuefer (2008). An iterative scheme for determining glacier velocities and stresses. Journal of Glaciology , 54 (188), 888-898
- Joughin, I., I.M. Howat, M. Fahnestock, B. Smith, W. Krabill, R.B. Alley, H. Stern, and M. Truffer (2008). Continued evolution of Jakobshavn Isbræ following its rapid speedup. Journal of Geophysical Research , 113 (F04006) doi:10.1029/2008JF001023.
- Joughin, I., I.M. Howat, R.B. Alley, D.L. Egholm, M. Fahnestock, T. Moon, M. Nettles, M. Truffer, and V. Tsai (2008). Ice-front variation and tidewater behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland. J. Geophys. Res., 113(F1), pp.1-11.
- Kanamori, S., C.S. Benson, M. Truffer, S. Matoba, D.J. Solie, and T. Shiraiwa (2008). Seasonality of snow accumulation at Mount Wrangell, Alaska, USA. Journal of Glaciology , 54 (185), 273-278.
- Harrison, W. D., R.J. Motyka, M. Truffer, O. Eisen, M.T. Moran, C.F. Raymond, M. Fahnestock, and M. Nolan (2008). Glacier, fjord, and seismic response to recent large calving events, Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland. Geophys. Res. Lett , 35, L22501, doi:10.1029/2008GL03528..
- Boyce, E.S., R.J. Motyka, and M. Truffer (2007). Flotation and retreat of lake-calving terminus, Mendenhall Glacier, southeast Alaska, USA. Journal of Glaciology , 53 (181), 211-224.
- Benson, C.S., R.J. Motyka, S. McNutt, M. Lüthi, M. Truffer (2007). Glacier-volcano interactions in the North Crater of Mt Wrangell, Alaska. Annals of Glaciology , 45, 48-57.
- ŸŸMotyka, R.J. and M. Truffer, (2007). Hubbard Glacier, Alaska: 2002 closure and outburst of Russell Fjord and postflood conditions at Gilbert Point. J. Geophys. Res., 112(F2), pp.1-15.
- Truffer, M. and M. Fahnestock (2007). Rethinking Ice Sheet Time Scales. Science , 315 1508-1509. doi:10.1126/science.11404.
