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VideoChristopher M. Polashenski
Research Geophysicist, USACE-CRREL
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering
chris.polashenski@gmail.com
Education
- A.B., Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2007
- B.E., Environmental Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, 2007
- Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, 2011
Research Interests
Sea ice geophysics; the interaction of sunlight with ice and snow; the Arctic system and climate change
Selected Publications
- Petrich, C., H. Eicken, C.M. Polashenski, M. Sturm, J.P. Harbeck, D.K. Perovich, and D.C. Finnegan (2012), Snow dunes: A controlling factor of melt pond distribution on Arctic sea ice, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C09029, doi:10.1029/2012JC008192, 10 pg.
- Arrigo, K., D. Perovich, R. Pickart, Z. Brown, G. van Dijken, K. Lowry, M. Mills, M. Palmer, W. Balch, F. Bahr, N. Bates, C. Benitez-Nelson, B. Bowler, E. Brownlee, J. Ehn, K. Frey, R. Garley, S. Laney, L. Lubelczyk, J. Mathis, A. Matsuoka, B.G. Mitchell, G.W.K. Moore, E. Ortega-Retuerta, S. Pal, C. Polashenski, R. Reynolds, Schieber, H. Sosik, M. Stephens, J. Swift (2012), Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice, Science, 336/6087, p. 1408 DOI: 10.1126/science.1215065, 2 pg.
- Perovich, D.K. and C. Polashenski (2012), Albedo evolution of seasonal Arctic sea ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08501, doi:10:1029/2012GL051432, 6pg.
- Polashenski, C., D.K. Perovich, and Z. Courville (2012), The Mechanisms of Sea Ice Melt Pond Formation and Evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C1, doi:10.1029/2011JC007231, 23 pg.
- Polashenski, C., D.K. Perovich, J.A. Richter-Menge, B. Elder, (2011) Seasonal Ice Mass-Balance Buoys: Adapting tools to the changing Arctic. Ann. Glaciol., 52 (57), 9 pg.
- Perovich, D.K., J.M. Richter-Menge, K.F. Jones, B. Light, B.C. Elder, C. Polashenski, D. Laroche, T. Markus, and R. Lindsay (2011), Arctic sea-ice melt in 2008 and the role of solar heating, Ann. Glaciol., 52 (57), 5 pg.
- Perovich, D.K., T.C. Grenfell, B. Light, B.C. Elder, J. Harbeck, C. Polashenski, W.B. Tucker, and C. Stelmach (2009), Transpolar Observations of the Morphological Properties of Arctic Sea Ice, J. Geophys. Res. 114, C00A04, doi:10.1029/2008JC004892, 17 pg.
Awards
- DISCCRS Scholar Award, 2012
Selected Patents
- J.A. Richter-Menge, D.K. Perovich, C. Polashenski, B. Elder, Buoy for Automated Data Collection and Transmittal, U.S. Patent App. 20110076904 (pending)