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Abstract: This talk provides an in-depth exploration of a single science question, How much have glaciers contributed to sea level rise over the past 60 years?, for which data science techniques are applied to help bring together disparate observations and modeling to advance our understanding of the Earth System. The talk takes a utilitarian perspective to advancing scientific understanding through embracing of data science.

Author Details: Dr. Gardner is a Research Scientist in JPLs Sea Level And Ice Group since 2014. He studies the Earth's cryosphere (frozen Earth) with a particular focus on glaciers and ice sheets and their impacts on sea level rise and water resources. He is most interested in how glaciers respond to natural and human induced forcing and the implications for our future. Alex is a member of NASA's ICESat-2, NISAR, GRACE, Surface Topography and Vegetation, Surface Deformation and Change, and Sea Level Change Science Teams. He is also involved with many novel initiatives to measure ice on Earth, and elsewhere, including the use of snakelike robots (EELS) to look for life under Enceladus icy shell. Alex is also PI of the ITS_LIVE NASA MEaSUREs initiative.

WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m67864565d359f465f890770c2a039347)

Meeting number (access code): 2763 831 4152

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Dying glaciers, rising oceans, sparse data, uncalibrated models and the beauty of Gaussian Processes Regression | Science and Technology - Science and...