Bruce C. Elder
Research Scientist
Phone: 603-646-4637
E-mail: Bruce.C.Elder@usace.army.mil
Mr. Elder began working at CRREL in 1985 as a summer employee. This led to a full-time position after graduating from the University of New Hampshire in the winter of 1990. While at CRREL, he has participated in numerous projects related to sea ice, glacial ice, and snow, including:
- Four months at Ice Station Weddell in the Antarctic
- Four months over 3 years on the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
- Three months in the Beaufort Sea at the Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative camp
- Five months at Ice Station SHEBA in the Arctic Ocean
- Three months in Barrow, Alaska, on three different projects from 1994 to the present
- Two weeks in Denver, Colorado, working on the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet deep ice core
Bruce has worked aboard nine ice breakers:
- U.S.
- Russian
- Akademic Federov
- Canadian
- CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
- CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- NGCC Des Groseilliers
Areas of Specialization
- Data collection using Campbell Scientific data loggers, incorporating standard and nonstandard instruments into a complete collection system
- Data analysis using Excel, Origin, C++, PC208W, and imaging software
- Sat ARGOS transmission of data from buoys in both the Arctic and the Antarctic
Current Projects
- Southern Globec
- Energy and Mass Balance of Coastal Ice Covers in Northern Alaska
- North Pole Environmental Observatory
- Ice stress and dynamics study in the Beaufort Sea
Notable Contributions or Highlights from Past Projects
- ISW: Ice Station Weddell
- GISP2: Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
- SIMI: Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative
- SHEBA: Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic
- WAIS: Western Antarctic Ice Sheet Deep Core
- Ice performance testing on the USCGC Healy
Education
- B.S., Geology, University of New Hampshire, 1990.
Contact Information
Phone: 603-646-4637
Fax: 603-646-4644
E-mail: Bruce.C.Elder@usace.army.mil
USACE Engineer Research and Development Center
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA 03755-1290
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Updated: 22 Sep 2008 (kjc)