Research Projects

Glaciology :
Thermodynamic of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet - is the collapse of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet at the end?

The basal energy balance of Ice Stream C tributaries (West-Antarctica): Are ice stream tributaries a source or a sink of water?
Development and implementation of numerical model to investigate spatial and temporal variation in the basal energy balance of Ice Stream C tributaries.
Pi: Dr. S. Tulaczyk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UC-Santa Cruz

Geochemistry of ice, subglacial waters and sediments from the Base of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica and its implication on the stability of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Combining isotopical and chemical analyzes with computer modeling to investigate the basal hydrological system and the thermal condition of Ice Stream C tributaries.
Pi: Dr. S. Tulaczyk, Dr. S. P.-Anderson, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UC-Santa Cruz
in cooperation with Dr. H. Engelhardt, Dr. B. Kamb (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena), B. Lanoil, M. Skidmoore (UC-Riverside), R. Scheerer (Northern Illinoi University,De Kalb)

Provenance study of subglacial material from the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet
Source determination of sediments using Nd/Sm isotopes ratios, Rb/Sr isotopes ratios and rare earth element analyzes.
Pi: Dr. S. Tulaczyk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UC-Santa Cruz

Particle comminution and rock erosion by deforming subglacial till
an experimental study to investigate the sustainability of deformable subglacial sediment beds.
Pi: Dr. S. Tulaczyk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UC-Santa Cruz

Remote Sensing :
The minimum extent of snow patches as a climatic indicator - usage of high resolution Landsat 7 Band8 for single band snow-cover classification (PDF-format)
presented at the "4th International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Glaciology" - June 4-8, 2001 - College Park, Maryland, USA.

Snow patch evolution of a low arctic site (Abisko, North Sweden)
- Abstract from the Arctic Workshop at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, March 16-18, 2000.

  Research & Field Experience

November 2000 - January 2001
Mechanics of Ice Stream C - West-Antarctic Ice-Sheet - What causes Ice Streams to stop?
Implementation of hot water ice drilling and insitue measurements of physical and hydrological properties of till.
PI: B. Kamb, H. Engelhardt - California Institute of Technology

September 2000
Data collection for a digital elevation model of the bedrock topography at Blue Glacier - Olympic Mountain N.P., Washington
PI: Dr. Tulazyck - University of California - Santa Cruz

August 2000
Reconstruction of past climatic variability from varved sediments in the Abisko Region (Northern Sweden)
Lake sediment coring and water depth measurements.
PI: S. W. Vogel - Geological Society of America - Student Research Grant ($1600)

August 1996 - March 1997
Snow cover dynamics and one dimensional energy fluxes at a site in the Schwarzwald (Blackforest; Germany).
Preparation and implementation of a field campaign to measure meteorological and glaciological data for energy balance calculation by testing the energy budget model of Schneider.
PI: Prof. Dr. H. Gossmann, Dr. C. Schneider - IPG - Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg

December 1995 - March 1996
Participant of an expedition to the Argentine Base San Martin (Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula)
Application of field methods in glaciological and climatological research.
PI: Prof. Dr. H. Gossmann, Dr. C. Schneider - IPG - Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg

2002
Teaching assistant for 'Oceanography'
Main instructor James C. Zachos
preparing and leading of a discussion and review session, grading of a final paper.

2001
Teaching assistant for 'Earth Catastrophies'
Main instructor Thorne Lay
preparing and leading of a discussion and review session, grading of a final paper.

1999
Course in cartography for Graduate Students
Interpretation of Maps - preparation of graduate students for the Staatsexamen
Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg

1998 - 1999
Teaching assistant for course on polar regions. Lecture of paleo climatology, marine ecosystems and research history of the Antarctic.
Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg

1998 - 1999
Teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in climatology
teaching of a undergraduate level course in climatology - planning of sections and preparing excercises in meteorology and climatology
Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg

Mai 2002
AGU student travel grant - $400 to attend the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, 9-12 July 2002

December 2001
Outstanding paper award for poster presentation
"The thermal regime at the base of the West-Antarctic Ice Stream Tributaries – is the Holocene decay of the West-Antarctic Ice-Sheet coming to an end?"
2001 Annual Meeting, AGU, December 10-14, 2001, San Francisco.

October 2001
CODEP Student Research Travel Award - $ 500 Travel grant of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California Santa Cruz

April 2000
Geological Society of America - Research Grant of US$ 1600 by the Geological Society of America
Varve chronology and past climatic variability of the Abisko Region (Northern Sweden) as an example for a mountainous, low arctic-site.

April 2000
Mc Farland Fund - Research Grant of US$ 600 by Department of Geology - University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Varve chronology and past climatic variability of the Abisko Region (Northern Sweden) as an example for a mountainous, low arctic-site.

Januar 2000
Travel grant for the oral presentation at the 30th International Arctic Workshop - March 16 -18, 2000
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co, USA
Minimum snow-cover extent and snow-cover dynamic of a low-arctic site (Abisko, North Sweden) derived from Landsat 7 images.

July 1999
Young Scientist Stipend - US$ 350 by the International Arctic Science Committee
to cover parts of the travel expenses needed to attend the Advanced Study Course 'IRISEN Integrated Regional Impact Studies in the European North. Basic Issues, Methodologies and Regional Climate Models ' at Abisko Research Station of the Royal Swedish Academy, Abisko, Sweden

Vogel, S. W., S. Tulaczyk, and I. Joughin, (in press), Distribution of basal melting and freezing beneath tributaries of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica. (preprint with color figure)
Proceedings of International Symposium on Fast Glacier Flow, June 10-14, 2002, Yakutat, Alaska, USA, Annals of Glaciology, 36.

Vogel, S. W.(2002):The minimum extent of snow patches as a climatic indicator - use of high resolution Landsat 7 Band 8 for single band snow-cover classification.
Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Glaciology, June 4-8, 2001, College Park, Maryland, USA, Annals of Glaciology, 34, 53-57.

Vogel, S. W. & C. Schneider, 2000: One dimensional energy fluxes at a site in the Schwarzwald (Blackforest; Germany).
Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulences - August 7-11,2000, AMS, 2000

Vogel, S. (1997): Vertikale Wärmeflüsse und Schneedeckenentwicklung im Winter 1996/97 am Schauinsland bei Freiburg.
Wissenschaftliche Arbeit zum Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien in Baden-Württemberg, Institut für Physische Geographie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Betreuer: Gossmann, Schneider

 Conference Presentations, Abstracts

Vogel, S. W., S. Tulaczyk, and I. Joughin (2002), Temporal Changes in Spatial Distribution of Basal Melting and Freezing in the Catchment Areas of Whillans Ice Stream and Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: Interplay of Climatic Changes and Ice Dynamics.
(Abstract in PDF-format)
AGU-2002 Fall meeting, San Francisco.

Vogel, S.W., Tulaczyk, S., Engelhardt, H.; Bolsey, R.; Anderson, S.; Kamb, B. (2002), Studying the subglacial hydrological system in West-Antarctica - Opportunities and challenges.
Poster presentation (PDF-Format),(Abstract in PDF-format)
Fastdrill - Workshop, Interdisciplinary Polar Research on Fast Ice-Sheet Drilling, October 3-6, 2002, University of California Santa Cruz.

Vogel, S.W., Tulaczyk, S., Anderson, S. (2002), Subglacial hydrology inferred from analyzes of subglacial water and basal ice from the UpC Sticky Spot, abstract accepted for
Oral Presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
WAIS-meeting, September 18-21, 2002, Algonkian meeting Center, Sterling, Virginia

Vogel, S. W., S. Tulaczyk, and I. Joughin (2002), Spatial and temporal distribution of basal melting and freezing underneath West-Antarctic ice stream tributaries - Implications for the Holocene decay of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet
Poster presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
Western Pacific Geophyiscal Meeting, July 9-12, 2002, Wellington, New Zealand

Vogel, S. W., S. Tulaczyk, and I. Joughin (2002), Distribution of basal melting and freezing beneath tributaries of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica,
Oral Presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
IGS - International Symposium on Fast Glacier Flow, June 10-14, 2002, Yakutat, Alaska, USA

Vogel, S. W., S. Tulaczyk, and I. Joughin (2002), The thermal regime at the base of West-Antarctic Ice Stream Tributaries - is the Holocene decay of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet coming to an end?
Poster presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
European Geophysical Meeting, April 22-26, 2002, Nice, France

Vogel, S. W. and Tulaczyk, S. (2001), Thick debris-bearing basal ice layer beneath Ice Stream C, West-Antarctica: Are ice stream tributaries a source or a sink of water?
Oral Presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
WAIS-meeting, September 19-22, 2001, Algonkian meeting Center, Sterling, Virginia

Vogel, S. W., Tulaczyk, S. and Joughin, I. (2001), The thermal regime at the base of the West-Antarctic Ice Stream Tributaries - is the Holocene decay of the West-Antarctic Ice-Sheet coming to an end?
Poster presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
2001 Annual Meeting AGU, December 10-14, 2001, San Francisco, Ca USA

Vogel, S. W. (2001), The minimum extent of snow patches as a climatic indicator - use of high resolution Landsat7 Band 8 for single band snow-cover classification.
Poster presentation, (Abstract in PDF-format)
4th Int. Symp. on Remote Sensing in Glaciology, June 4 - 8, 2001, College Park, Maryland, USA

Vogel, S. W. (2000), Minimum Snow-Cover Extent and Snow Cover Dynamic of a Low-Arctic Site (Abisko, North Sweden) derived from Landsat 7 Images.
Oral presentation
30th Int. Arctic Workshop, INSTAAR, University of Colorado, March 16 -18, 2000, Boulder, Co USA

Vogel, S. and C. Schneider (1999), Snow cover dynamic and one dimensional energy fluxes at the Schauinsland, Black Forest (Germany).
Arbeitskreis Klima in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, 18. Treffen, 29.- 31.10.1999. Burg Rothenfels.

Basal Conditions of West-Antarctic Ice Stream Tributaries
Department for Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University
Special seminar talk September 11, 2002, Host Dr. R. Scherer

Distribution of Basal Melting and Freezing underneath Ice Stream C Tributaries - Implication for the Holocene Decay of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Department of Geography - University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand
Special seminar talk July 24, 2002, Host. Dr. W. Lawson

Antarctica - a fascinating continent
Presentation at a center for disabled people. July 11, 2002, Wellington, New Zealand

Snow-cover dynamics and one dimensional energy balance of a snow-cover at the Schauinsland (Black Forest, Germany).
Oral presentation - Alumni Symposium - April 15, 2000
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA

4. to 16. July 1999
Participation at the EU Course 'IRISEN - Integrated Regional Impact Studies in the European North. Basic Issues, Methodologies and Regional Climate Models ' at Abisko Research Station of the Royal Swedish Academy, Abisko, Sweden

Summer 1999
Course on Remote sensing (University of Freiburg)

1.- to 8. March 1999
Participation at the EU Course on ‘Snow in North European Environment’ of the Department of Geophysics, University of Helsinki and Arctic Center, University of Lapland at Helsinki and Lammi Biological Station, Finland.

9. to 16. March 1999
Participation at the EU Course ‘Glaciological Field Course’ of the Arctic Center, University of Lapland at Tarfala Research Station, Northern Sweden.

7.-11. October 1996
Participant at the 3rd. Snowmelt-Runoff Workshop at the Department of Geography, University Berne

since 1998
CEC-Instructor for canyoning
Instructor for skiing

December 1998
Preparation and implementation of an mountaineering expedition to Mt. Aconcagua (6961m / Argentine). Reaching the summit and rescuing an Argentine mountaineer.

1997
HTML programming and making Internet-sites for the IPG-Freiburg

since 1997
Instructor for rock climbing

March 1996
High altitude mountaineering in Argentine climbing, Mt. Cathedral (5335m) and participant in a rescue attempt at Mt. Aconcagua.

since 1995
Instructor for rafting (August 3rd 1995)
IAGA-Instructor for Canyoning(August 1st 1995)
 

1994
Travel to Kenya (East-Africa) climbing to Mount Kenya and visiting a mission at Mbita (Lake Victoria)

since 1993
Guiding and teaching activities in rafting, kayaking, canyoning, climbing and skiing

1992
Participation at an expedition to caves in Kirgisia (East-Asia)

since 1972
Member of the German Mountaineering Club (DAV)
Organizing mountaineering activities in the Alps.