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Faezeh Nick
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Project: Numerical modeling of Greenland outlet glaciers and the implementation of calving criteria in 3-D ice sheet modelsFaezeh Nick is a postdoctoral researcher at the IMAU and at the Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Belgium. While at CIRES, she will collaborate with Konrad Steffen’s group to investigate how Greenland’s outlet glaciers—fast-flowing tongues of ice that extend from the main ice sheet—contribute to the loss of ice mass into the ocean and rising sea levels. The Greenland ice sheet is changing significantly in coastal regions, with several of its outlet glaciers thinning and retreating. Icebergs calving off these outlet glaciers account for an estimated half of the ice transferred from the ice sheet into the ocean. Using CIRES data on the Greenland ice sheet’s velocity and net mass loss, Nick will refine models to account for the unique dynamics of these narrow, fast-flowing outlet glaciers. Successful results will allow scientists to more accurately predict future ice sheet changes and sea level rise. While in Boulder, Nick is looking forward to seeing mountains every day, like in her home city of Tehran. “For the last 10 years, I have been living in the flattest countries in Europe—Belgium, The Netherlands, and Denmark,” she says. “I had to use my imagination to see mountains instead of the clouds.” |
