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Dr. Sergei Marchenko

Visiting Research Scholar

Permafrost Laboratory
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA

Phone:(+1)-907-474-7698
Fax: (+1)-907-474-7290
Email: ffssm1@uaf.edu

Research Interests
Mapping and modeling of permafrost distribution, active layer and ground ice conditions in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic. Interaction between recent glaciers recession, permafrost warming and changes in runoff. GIS development as a transient numerical simulator of spatial permafrost dynamics.

Current Projects

  • Co-PI, Northern Eurasia Region and Related Impacts on Surface and Sub-Surface Hydrology, NASA, 2006-2009
  • Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The US Contribution to the International Network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO), NSF, 2006-2009.
  • Permafrost Models Comparison, NSF, 2004-2007.

Selected Publications

  • Marchenko, S., Gorbunov, A. and V. Romanovsky. 2007. Permafrost Warming in the Tien Shan Mountains, Central Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 56, 311 - 327.
  • Marchenko, S. 2001. A model of permafrost formation and occurrences in the intracontinental mountains. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography. 55: 230-234. Oslo. ISSN 0029-1951.
  • Marchenko, S. S. and Gorbunov, A. P. 1997. Permafrost Changes in the Northern Tien Shan During the Holocene. J. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Vol. 8, p. 427- 435.
  • Romanovsky, V.E., Gruber, S., Instanes, A., Jin, H., Marchenko, S.S., Smith, S.L., Trombotto, D., & Walter, K.M., 2007. Frozen Ground, Chapter 7, In: Global Outlook for Ice and Snow, Earthprint, UNEP/GRID, Arendal, Norway, pp. 181-200.
  • Shiklomanov, N. I., O. A. Anisimov, T. Zhang, S. Marchenko, F. E. Nelson, and C. Oelke (2007), Comparison of model-produced active layer fields: Results for northern Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 112, F02S10, doi:10.1029/2006JF000571.
  • Marchenko, S., and V. Romanovsky. 2006. Temporal and Spatial Changes of Permafrost Distribution in the Tien Shan Mountains During the Last Millennia. Asian Conference on Permafrost. Lanzhou, China, August 7-9, 2006.
  • Marchenko, S., Romanovsky V. and Gorbunov, A. 2005. The permafrost monitoring network in Central Asia as a part of the Global Climate Observing System. Report of the GCOS Regional Workshop for Central Asia on Improving Observing System for Climate. Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 24-26, 2004, p.83-88. GCOS-94 (WMO/TD-No.1248). February 2005. Also available at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/Publications/gcos-94eng.pdf
  • Marchenko, S., Medeu, A. and Gorbunov, A. 2004. Permafrost Warming and Ground Ice as a Potential Freshwater Source in the Arid Regions of Central Asia. GCOS. GCOS Action Plan for Central Asia. Geneva, November 2004, 53-59. Also available at http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/gcos/documents/GCOS_CA_RAPeng.pdf
  • Marchenko, S. 2003. Permafrost of the Northern Tien Shan: past, present and future. Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences: Yakutsk. 206 p. (In Russian).

Appointments

2006-present Research Associate, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2003-2006 Visiting Research Scholar, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1993-2003 Senior Scientist, Yakutsk Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstan Alpine Permafrost Laboratory
1989-1993 Engineer, Yakutsk Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
1985-1989 Engineer, Research Institute of Mechanics, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Synergistic Activities

  • Co-chair Working Group on Mapping and Modeling of Mountain Permafrost, International Permafrost Association (IPA)
  • Expert on mountain permafrost in Central Asia for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

Education

2000 Moscow State University, Russia; Ph.D. - Physical Geography (Geocryology and Glaciology)
1991 Moscow State University, Russia (Geological Department); M.S. - Physical Geography (Mathematical Methods in Geocryology)
1988 Moscow Institute of Patent Expertise; Certificate of the Higher Course of Patents and Inventions
1985 Agricultural Institute (Department of Mechanics); B.S. - Mechanical Engineering (Theoretical mechanics)

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