Florentine, C., J. Harper, J. Johnson, T. Meierbachtol. 2018. Radiostratigraphy
reflects the present-day internal flow field in the ablation zone of western
Greenland Ice Sheet. Frontiers in Earth Science 6, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00044
Caitlyn Florentine, Ph.D.
Biography
Education
Ph.D. Geosciences. 2018. University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
M.S. Earth Sciences. 2011. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
B.A. Geology. 2007. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Research Interests
I research the cryosphere (frozen Earth) using an approach that integrates in situ data collected in the field, remotely-sensed data, and simple numerical models. My main research interest is in quantitative glaciology, especially regarding the physics of glacier flow and glacier-climate relationships. The snow and ice systems I study are intimately linked to the lithosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere. My research therefore often overlaps with avalanche science, geology, geomorphology, ecology, and hydrology in alpine and Arctic settings. Currently I work with the U.S. Geological Survey Glaciers and Climate Project and the Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems group.
Science and Products
Date published: May 5, 2016
Status: Active Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems (CCME)
Climate change is widely acknowledged to be having a profound effect on the biosphere with many and diverse impacts on global resources. Mountain ecosystems in the western U.S. and the Northern Rockies in particular are highly sensitive to climate change. In fact, the higher elevations of the Northern Rockies have experienced three times the global average temperature increase over the past...
Year Published: 2019
Glacier retreat in Glacier National Park, Montana
Currently, the volume of land ice on Earth is decreasing, driving consequential changes to global sea level and local stream habitat. Glacier retreat in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A., is one example of land ice loss and glacier change. The U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Glacier Project conducts glaciological research and collects field...
Florentine, CaitlynAttribution: Biology and Ecosystems, Land Resources, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), Ecosystems, United States of America
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Florentine, C., 2019, Glacier retreat in Glacier National Park, Montana (ver. 1.1, December 2019): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2019–3068, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20193068.
Year Published: 2019
Reanalysis of the U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Glaciers: Long-term insight into climate forcing of glacier mass balance
Mountain glaciers integrate climate processes to provide an unmatched signal of regional climate forcing. However, extracting the climate signal via intercomparison of regional glacier mass balance records can be problematic when methods for extrapolating and calibrating direct glaciological measurements are mixed or inconsistent. To address this...
O'Neel, Shad; McNeil, Christopher J.; Sass, Louis C.; Florentine, Caitlyn; Baker, Emily; Peitzsch, Erich; McGrath, Daniel J; Fountain, Andrew G.; Fagre, Daniel B.Attribution: Alaska Science Center, Region 11: Alaska
Year Published: 2018
Local topography increasingly influences the mass balance of a retreating cirque glacier
Local topographically driven processes – such as wind drifting, avalanching, and shading – are known to alter the relationship between the mass balance of small cirque glaciers and regional climate. Yet partitioning such local effects from regional climate influence has proven difficult, creating uncertainty in the climate representativeness of...
Florentine, Caitlyn; Harper, Joel T.; Fagre, Daniel B.; Moore, Johnnie; Peitzsch, Erich H.Pre-USGS Publications
Florentine, C., M. Skidmore, M. Speece, C. Link, C. Shaw. 2014. Surface morphology
and internal deformation at Lone Peak rock glacier, Big Sky, Montana, USA.
Journal of Glaciology 60, 453-462. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J160