David Alexander
PostDoc
Earth System Analysis
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany
Biography
Education: 2014 - Ph.D. in Glaciology. Thesis: “Internal and basal melting of temperate glaciers”. University of Queensland, Australia 2009 - B.Sc. Honours (First Class) in Hazard and Disaster Management. Thesis: “Effects of climate change and rock avalanches on glacier behaviour”. University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2008 - B.Sc. in Geology with Endorsement in Environmental Science. Areas of Concentration: Geology, Geography, Statistics. University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Research Interest
Earth system analysis
Publications
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Alexander, DJ, TRH Davies, J Shulmeister (2011): A steady-state mass-balance model for the Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand: testing and application. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 93: 41-54 (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00003.x)
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Alexander, DJ, TRH Davies, J Shulmeister (2013): Basal melting beneath a fast-flowing temperate tidewater glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 63, 265-271 (doi: 10.3189/2013AoG63A259)
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Alexander, DJ, TRH Davies, J Shulmeister (2014): Evolution of the Waiho Loop terminal moraine, New Zealand. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(4), 361-369 (doi: 10.1002/jqs.2707)
