Helen Fricker

Research Professor

Room: Revelle Lab 3202

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA.

Telephone: (858) 534-6145

Email: hafricker@ucsd.edu

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Research Interests:

• Antarctic ice sheet mass balance
• Glaciology of ice shelves and ice streams
• Satellite radar and laser altimetry

Courses Taught:

• SIO236 (Satellite Remote Sensing)
• SIO299 (Research)

Recent publications: ^†

• The ISMASS Committee (2004) Recommenations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data. Global and Planetary Change, 42, pp. 1-15.
• SHUMAN, C. A., H. J. ZWALLY, B. E. SCHUTZ, A. C. BRENNER, J. P. DIMARZIO, V. P. SUCHDEO, H. A. FRICKER (2006) ICESat Antarctic elevation data: Preliminary precision and accuracy assessment, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L07501, doi:10.1029/2005GL025227.
• RIDLEY, J.K. F. STRAWBRIDGE, H.A. PHILLIPS and R. CARD (1996) Radar backscatter characteristics of a desert surface. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 57 pp. 63-78.
• PHILLIPS, H. A., I. ALLISON, R. COLEMAN, G. HYLAND, P.J. MORGAN and N.W. YOUNG (1998) Comparison of ERS satellite radar altimeter heights with GPS-derived heights on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac. 27, pp. 19-24.
• PHILLIPS, H. A. and S.W. LAXON (1995) Tracking of Antarctic Tabular Icebergs using Passive Microwave Radiometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16 (2), pp. 399-405.
• PHILLIPS, H. A. (1998) Surface Meltstreams on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac. 27, pp. 177-181.
• PADMAN, L., L. EROFEEVA, H.A. FRICKER (2008) Improving Antarctic tide models by assimilation of ICESat laser altimetry over ice shelves, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L22504, doi:10.1029/2008GL035592.
• PADMAN, L., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, S. HOWARD AND L. EROFEEVA (2002). A New Tide Model for the Antarctic Ice Shelves and Seas. Ann. Glac., 34, pp. 247-254.
• PADMAN, L., and H. A. FRICKER (2005). Tides on the Ross Ice Shelf observed with ICESat, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L14503, doi:10.1029/2005GL023214.
• MACAYEAL, D. R., E. A. OKAL, R. C. ASTER, J. N. BASSIS, K. M. BRUNT, L. MAC. CATHLES, R. DRUCKER, H. A. FRICKER, YOUNG-JIN K., S. MARTIN, M. H. OKAL, O. V. SERGIENKO, M. P. SPONSLER and J. E. THOM (2006) Transoceanic wave propagation links iceberg calving margins of Antarctica with storms in tropics and Northern Hemisphere, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L17502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027235.
• KING. M.A., R. COLEMAN, A-J. FREEMANTLE, H.A. FRICKER, J. HUNTER, R.S. HURD, B. LEGRESY, L. PADMAN, R. WARNER (2008) A four decade record of elevation change of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
• FRICKER, H.A., N.W. YOUNG, R. COLEMAN, J.N. BASSIS and J-B. MINSTER (2005), Multi-year monitoring of rift propagation on Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L02502, 10.1029/2004GL021036.
• FRICKER, H. A., T. A. SCAMBOS, R. A. BINDSCHADLER, L. PADMAN (2007) An Active Subglacial Water System in West Antarctica Mapped from Space, Science, Research Article Published Online February 15, 2007 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1136897.
• FRICKER, H. A., S. POPOV, I. ALLISON, N. YOUNG (2001). Distribution of marine ice beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Letts., 28(11), 2241-2244.
• FRICKER, H. A., R. C. WARNER and I. ALLISON (2000). Mass budget of the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica: a comparison of computed balance fluxes and measured fluxes. J. Glac., 46(155), pp. 561-570.
• FRICKER, H. A., N.W. YOUNG, I. ALLISON and R. COLEMAN (2002). Iceberg calving from the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Ann. Glac., 34, pp. 241-246.
• FRICKER, H. A., J. BASSIS, J-B. MINSTER and D. R. MACAYEAL (2005) ICESat’s new perspective on ice shelf rifts: the vertical dimension, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L23S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL025070.
• FRICKER, H. A., I. ALLISON, M. CRAVEN, G. HYLAND, A. RUDDELL, N. YOUNG, R. COLEMAN, M. KING, K. KREBS AND S. POPOV (2002). Redefinition of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, grounding zone. J. Geophys. Res., 107(0), 10.1029/2001JB000383. [Paper highlighted by AGU].
• FRICKER, H. A., G. HYLAND, R. COLEMAN, N.W. YOUNG (2000) Digital Elevation Models for the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, from ERS 1 satellite radar altimetry. J. Glac., 46(155), pp. 553-560.
• FRICKER, H. A., and L. PADMAN (2006) Ice shelf grounding zone structure from ICESat laser altimetry, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, L15502, doi:10.1029/2006GL026907.
• FRICKER, H. A., A BORSA, J-B MINSTER, C CARABAJAL, K QUINN, B BILLS (2005) Assessment of ICESat performance at salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S06, doi:10.1029/2005GL023423.
• FRICKER, H. A. and L. PADMAN (2002), Tides on the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf from ERS radar altimetry. Geophys. Res. Letts., 29(12), 50-1, 50-4. [Paper highlighted by AGU: EOS 83 (31), p. 335.]
• FRICKER, H. A. (2008) Glaciology: Water slide, Nature Geoscience, published online: 16 November 2008, doi:10.1038/ngeo367.
• CUDLIP, W., H. A. PHILLIPS and A.H.W. KEARSLEY (1995) The Use of Reference Surfaces to Determine Repeat-Orbit Variability in Satellite Altimetry. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 61 (7), pp. 881-890.
• BORSA, A. A., J-B. MINSTER, B.G. BILLS and H. A FRICKER (2007) Modeling long-period noise in kinematic GPS applications. Journal of Geodesy, 81(2), doi: 10.1007/s00190-006-0097-x.
• BORSA, A. A. H. A. FRICKER, B. G. BILLS, J.-B. MINSTER, C. C. CARABAJAL, K. J. QUINN (2008) Topography of the salar de Uyuni, Bolivia from kinematic GPS, Geophysical Journal International, 172(1), 31-40.
• BASSIS, J.N., R. COLEMAN, H. A FRICKER and J-B MINSTER (2005), Episodic propagation of a rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Letts., 32, L06502, 10.1029/2004GL022048.
• BASSIS, J.N., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, Y. BOCK, J. BEHRENS, D. DARNELL, J-B MINSTER (2007) Seismicity and Deformation Associated with Ice Shelf Rift Propagation, Journal of Glaciology, 53(183), 523-536.
• BASSIS, J.N., H. A. FRICKER, R. COLEMAN, J-B MINSTER (2008) An investigation into the forces that drive ice-shelf rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 54(184), 17-27.