Alia Lauren Khan

Position

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department

NSIDC

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and University of Colorado - Boulder
MS, Environmental Studies - Biogeoscience, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and University of Colorado - Boulder
BSPH, Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Contact

alia.khan@colorado.edu

Also on the web

NSIDC Researcher Page

Linked In

PhD INSTAAR Profile Page

Research Interests

Biogeochemistry; hydrochemistry; black carbon and light absorbing aerosols; snow/ice albedo; spectral geophysics; snow and glacial hydrology

Teaching Profile

Adjunct Associate Professor - Arctic Technology Department, University Center in Svalbard

Sampling snow in the Gokyo Valley, Nepal with Mt. Everest in the background.

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Armstrong, RL; Rittger, K; Brodzik, MJ; Racoviteanu, A; Barrett, AP; Khalsa, SJS; Raup, B; Hill, AF; Khan, AL; Wilson, AM; Kayastha, RB; Fetterer, F; Armstrong, B. (Jan 2019). Runoff from glacier ice and seasonal snow in High Asia: separating melt water sources in river flow. , 19(5). 10.1007/s10113-018-1429-0
Khan, AL, GR McMeeking, JP Schwarz, P Xian, KA Welch, WB Lyons and DM McKnight. (Mar 2018). Near-Surface Refractory Black Carbon Observations in the Atmosphere and Snow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and Potential Impacts of Foehn Winds. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 123(5). 10.1002/2017JD027696
Gutt, J, E Isla, AN Bertler, GE Bodeker, TJ Bracegirdle, RD Cavanagh, JC Comiso, P Convey, V Cummings, R De Conto, D De Master, G di Prisco, F dOvidio, HJ Griffiths, AL Khan, J Lopez-Martinez, AE Murray, UN Nielsen, S Ott, A Post, Y Ropert-Coudert, T Saucede, R Scherer, S Schiaparelli, IR Schloss, CR Smith, J Stefels, C Stevens, JM Strugnell, S Trimborn, C Verde, E Verleyen, DH Wall, NG Wilson and JC Xavier. (Feb 2018). Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research. MARINE GENOMICS , 37. 10.1016/j.margen.2017.09.006
Stibal M; Box JE; Cameron KA; Langen PL; Yallop ML; Mottram RH; Khan AL; Molotch NP; Chrismas NAM; Quaglia FC. (Nov 2017). Algae Drive Enhanced Darkening of Bare Ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters , 44(22), 11463-11471. 10.1002/2017GL075958
Khan, AL, S Wagner, R Jaffe, P Xian, M Williams, R Armstrong and D McKnight. (Jun 2017). Dissolved black carbon in the global cryosphere: Concentrations and chemical signatures. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 44(12). 10.1002/2017GL073485
Khan, AL, H Dierssen, JP Schwarz, C Schmitt, A Chlus, M Hermanson, TH Painter and DM McKnight. (Feb 2017). Impacts of coal dust from an active mine on the spectral reflectance of Arctic surface snow in Svalbard, Norway. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 122(3). 10.1002/2016JD025757
Khan, AL, R Jaffe, Y Ding and DM McKnight. (Jun 2016). Dissolved black carbon in Antarctic lakes: Chemical signatures of past and present sources. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 43(11). 10.1002/2016GL068609
Mayewski PA; Bracegirdle T; Goodwin I; Schneider D; Bertler NAN; Birkel S; Carleton A; England MH; Kang J-H; Khan A. (Jul 2015). Potential for Southern Hemisphere climate surprises. Journal of Quaternary Science , 30(5), 391-395. 10.1002/jqs.2794