The Department of Earth Sciences at UNH aims to improve our understanding of the Earth, and the processes that affect it, through excellence in teaching, research, and service. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees encompassing a broad spectrum of disciplines including geology, hydrology, oceanography, ocean mapping, geochemistry, climate science, and geophysics.
Faculty may submit research here.
Submissions from 1998
Soluble species in aerosol and snow and their relationship at Glacier 1, Tien Shan, China, Junying Sun, Dahe Qin, Paul A. Mayewski, Jack E. Dibb, Sallie I. Whitlow, Zhongqin Lee, and Qinzhao Yang
The ECLIPSE drill: A field-portable intermediate-depth ice-coring drill, Erik W. Blake, Cameron P. Wake, and Michael Gerasimoff
The pursuit of isotopic and molecular fire tracers in the polar atmosphere and cryosphere, L A. Currie, Jack E. Dibb, G A. Klouda, B A. Benner Jr., J M. Conny, S R. Biegalski, D B. Klinedinst, D R. Cahoon, and N C. Hsu
Tropospheric sulfate distribution during SUCCESS: Contributions from jet exhaust and surface sources, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, and M Loomis
Wet deposition in a global size-dependent aerosol transport model: 2. Influence of the scavenging scheme on 210Pb vertical profiles, surface concentrations, and deposition, W Guelle, Y J. Balkanski, Jack E. Dibb, M Schulz, and F Dulac
Submissions from 1997
A 200-year 210Pb record from Greenland, Jack E. Dibb and Henrick B. Clausen
A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments, P Smith, J U. Smith, D S. Powlson, W B. McGill, J.R.M. Arah, O G. Chertov, K Coleman, U Franko, Steve Frolking, D S. Jenkinson, Leif Jensen, R H. Kelly, H Klein-Gunnewiek, A S. Komarov, Changsheng Li, J.A.E. Molina, T Mueller, W J. Parton, J.H.M. Thornley, and A P. Whitmore
Air-snow exchange investigations at Summit, Greenland: An overview, Jack E. Dibb and J L. Jaffrezo
Assessment of the record of the 1982 El Chichón eruption as preserved in Greenland snow, Gregory A. Zielinski, Jack E. Dibb, Qinzhao Yang, Paul A. Mayewski, Sallie I. Whitlow, Mark S. Twickler, and Mark S. Germani
Chemical characteristics of continental outflow from Asia to the troposphere over the western Pacific Ocean during February-March 1994: Results from PEM-West B, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb, Barry Lefer, J D. Bradshaw, S T. Sandholm, D R. Blake, N J. Blake, G W. Sachse, J E. Collins Jr, B J. Heikes, J T. Merrill, G L. Gregory, B E. Anderson, H B. Singh, D C. Thornton, A R. Bandy, and R F. Pueschel
Chemical composition of aerosol and snow in the high Himalaya during the summer monsoon season, Arun B. Shrestha, Cameron P. Wake, and Jack E. Dibb
Comparisons of trace constituents from ground stations and the DC-8 aircraft during PEM-West B, Richard Arimoto, R A. Duce, J M. Prospero, D L. Savoie, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb, B J. Heikes, B J. Ray, N F. Lewis, and U Tomza
Continental scale variability in ecosystem processes: Models, data, and the role of disturbance, David S. Schimel and Rob Braswell
Distributions of beryllium 7 and lead 2109, and soluble aerosol-associated ionic species over the western Pacific: PEM West B, February-March 1994, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, Barry Lefer, Eric Scheuer, G L. Gregory, E V. Browell, J D. Bradshaw, S T. Sandholm, and H B. Singh
Equilibration of the terrestrial water, nitrogen, and carbon cycles, David S. Schimel, Rob Braswell, and W J. Parton
Large-scale distributions of tropospheric nitric, formic, and acetic acids over the western Pacific basin during wintertime, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb, Barry Lefer, Eric Scheuer, J D. Bradshaw, S T. Sandholm, S Smyth, D R. Blake, N J. Blake, G W. Sachse, J E. Collins Jr, and G L. Gregory
Sensitivity of spruce/moss boreal forest carbon balance to seasonal anomalies in weather, Steve Frolking
Temporal and spatial variability of snow accumulation in central Greenland, H Kuhns, C Davidson, Jack E. Dibb, C Stearns, M H. Bergin, and J L. Jaffrezo
The response of global terrestrial ecosystems to interannual temperature variability, Rob Braswell, David S. Schimel, and B Moore
Transport of sulfur dioxide from the Asian Pacific Rim to the North Pacific troposphere, D C. Thornton, A R. Bandy, Byrin W. Blomquist, R. Talbot, and Jack E. Dibb
Variations in the predicted spatial distribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and their impact on carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems, Elisabeth A. Holland, Rob Braswell, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Alan R. Townsend, James Sulzman, Jean-Francois Muller, Frank Dentener, Guy Brasseur, H Levy II, Joyce E. Penner, and Geert-Jan Roelofs
Submissions from 1996
Asian influence over the western North Pacific during the fall season: Inferences from lead 210, soluble ionic species and ozone, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, Anthony Klemm, G L. Gregory, H B. Singh, J D. Bradshaw, and S T. Sandholm
Atmospheric sampling of Supertyphoon Mireille with NASA DC-8 aircraft on September 27,1991, during PEM-West A, G W. Sachse, R E. Newall, W Hu, Z X. Wu, H Akimoto, B E. Anderson, E V. Browell, G L. Gregory, G W. Sachse, M C. Shipman, A S. Bachmeier, A R. Bandy, D C. Thornton, D R. Blake, F Sherwood Rowland, J D. Bradshaw, J H. Crawford, D D. Davis, S T. Sandholm, W Brockett, L DeGreef, D Lewis, D McCormick, E Monitz, J E. Collins Jr, B J. Heikes, J T. Merrill, K K. Kelly, S C. Liu, Y Kondo, M Koike, C M. Liu, F Sakama, H B. Singh, Jack E. Dibb, and R. Talbot
Biomass burning signatures in the atmosphere and snow at Summit, Greenland: An event on 5 August 1994, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, Sallie I. Whitlow, M C. Shipman, James Winterle, Joe McConnell, and R Bales
Chemical characteristics of continental outflow from Asia to the troposphere over the western Pacific Ocean during September-October 1991: Results from PEM-West A, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb, K I. Klemm, J D. Bradshaw, S T. Sandholm, D R. Blake, G W. Sachse, J E. Collins Jr, B J. Heikes, G L. Gregory, B E. Anderson, H B. Singh, D C. Thornton, and J T. Merrill
Climate and nitrogen controls on the geography and timescales of terrestrial biogeochemical cycling, David S. Schimel, Rob Braswell, R McKeown, Dennis S. Ojima, W J. Parton, and W Pulliam
Extracting ecological and biophysical information from AVHRR optical data: An integrated algorithm based on inverse modeling, Rob Braswell, David S. Schimel, Jeffrey L. Privette, B Moore, W J. Emery, E W. Sulzman, and A T. Hudak
Modeling of the processing and removal of trace gas and aerosol species by Arctic radiation fogs and comparison with measurements, M H. Bergin, S N. Pandis, C Davidson, J L. Jaffrezo, Jack E. Dibb, A G. Russell, and H D. Kuhns
Recent climate anomalies and their impact on snow chemistry at South Pole, 1987 - 1994, Jack E. Dibb and Sallie I. Whitlow
Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Terrestrial Carbon Storage Due to Deposition of Fossil Fuel Nitrogen, A R. Townsend, Rob Braswell, and J E. Penner
Submissions from 1995
An Ice-Core-Based, Late Holocene History for the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Paul A. Mayewski, W. Berry Lyons, Gregory A. Zielinski, Mark S. Twickler, Sallie I. Whitlow, Jack E. Dibb, P Grootes, K Taylor, P-Y Whung, L Fosberry, Cameron P. Wake, and K Welch
A simple model to estimate atmospheric concentrations of aerosol chemical species based on snow core chemistry at Summit, Greenland, M H. Bergin, C Davidson, Jack E. Dibb, J L. Jaffrezo, H D. Kuhns, and S N. Pandis
Diel variations of H2O2 in Greenland: A discussion of the cause and effect relationship, R Bales, Joe McConnell, Mark V. Losleben, Martha H. Conklin, Katrin Fuhrer, Albrecht Neftel, Jack E. Dibb, D W. Kahl, and C Stearns
Global perspective of nitrate flux in ice cores, Qinzhao Yang, Paul A. Mayewski, Sallie I. Whitlow, Mark S. Twickler, Michael Morrison, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb, and Ernst Linder
Process controls and similarity in the us continental-scale hydrological cycle from eof analysis of regional climate model simulations, J S. Famiglietti, Rob Braswell, and F Giorgi
The contributions of snow, fog, and dry deposition to the summer flux of anions and cations at Summit, Greenland, M H. Bergin, J L. Jaffrezo, C Davidson, Jack E. Dibb, S N. Pandis, R Hillamo, W Maenhaut, H D. Kuhns, and T Makela
Submissions from 1994
137CS gamma-ray detection at Summit, Greenland, P. P. Dunphy and Jack E. Dibb
A gamma-ray detector for in-situ measurement of 137Cs radioactivity in snowfields and glaciers, P. P. Dunphy, Jack E. Dibb, and E. L. Chupp
An ice-core-based record of biomass burning in the Arctic and Subarctic, 1750-1980, Sallie I. Whitlow, Paul A. Mayewski, Jack E. Dibb, Mark S. Twickler, and G Holdsworth
Climate controls on temporal variability of methane flux from a poor fen in southeastern New Hampshire: Measurement and modeling, Steve Frolking and P Crill
Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils, David S. Schimel, Rob Braswell, Elisabeth A. Holland, R McKeown, Dennis S. Ojima, Thomas H. Painter, W J. Parton, and Alan R. Townsend
Estimation of stratospheric input to the Arctic troposphere: 7Be and 10Be in aerosols at Alert, Canada, Jack E. Dibb, David Meeker, R C. Finkel, J Southon, Marc W. Caffee, and Leonard A. Barrie
Fluxes of chemical species to the Greenland ice sheet at Summit by fog and dry deposition, M H. Bergin, J L. Jaffrezo, C Davidson, R Caldow, and Jack E. Dibb
Modern eolian dust deposition in central Asia, Cameron P. Wake, Paul A. Mayewski, and Dahe Qin
Planetary metabolism: Understanding the carbon-cycle, B Moore and Rob Braswell
Soluble acidic species in air and snow at Summit, Greenland, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, and M H. Bergin
Sulfate and MSA in the air and snow on the Greenland Ice Sheet, J L. Jaffrezo, C Davidson, M Legrand, and Jack E. Dibb
The chemical composition of aerosols over the Eastern Himalayas and Tibetan plateau during low dust periods, Jack E. Dibb, Cameron P. Wake, and Paul A. Mayewski
The lifetime of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, B Moore and Rob Braswell
Submissions from 1993
Beryllium-7 and lead-210 in aerosol and snow in the dye 3 gas, aerosol and snow sampling program, Jack E. Dibb and J L. Jaffrezo
Chemical constituents in the air and snow at Dye 3, Greenland—II. Analysis of episodes in April 1989, C Davidson, J L. Jaffrezo, B W. Mosher, Jack E. Dibb, R D. Borys, B A. Bodhaine, R A. Rasmussen, C F. Boutron, F M. Ducroz, M Cahier, J Ducret, J.-L. Colin, N Z. Heidam, K Kemp, and R Hillamo
Chemical constituents in the air and snow at Dye 3, Greenland—I. Seasonal variations, C Davidson, J L. Jaffrezo, B W. Mosher, Jack E. Dibb, R D. Borys, B A. Bodhaine, R A. Rasmussen, C F. Boutron, U Gorlach, H Cachier, J Ducret, J.-L. Colin, N Z. Heidam, K Kemp, and R Hillamo
Early Diagenesis of Plant Pigments in Hudson River Sediments, Thomas S. Bianchi, Jack E. Dibb, and Stuart Findlay
Methane emissions from northern high latitude wetlands, Robert Harriss, Karen B. Bartlett, Steve Frolking, and P Crill
Northern hemisphere concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide since 1800: Results from the Mt. Logan and 20D ice cores, Jack E. Dibb, R A. Rasmussen, Paul A. Mayewski, and G Holdsworth
Rapid advance of Pumarikish Glaner, Hispar Glacier Basin, Karakoram Himalaya, Cameron P. Wake and Mike P. Searle
Submissions from 1992
A comparison of major chemical species seasonal concentration and accumulation at the South Pole and summit, Greenland, Sallie I. Whitlow, Paul A. Mayewski, and Jack E. Dibb
A model of nitrous oxide evolution from soil driven by rainfall events: 1. Model structure and sensitivity, Changsheng Li, Steve Frolking, and Tod A. Frolking
A model of nitrous oxide evolution from soil driven by rainfall events: 2. Model applications, Changsheng Li, Steve Frolking, and Tod A. Frolking
Anthropogenic Sulfate and Asian Dust Signals in Snow from Tien Shan, Northwest China, Cameron P. Wake, Paul A. Mayewski, Wang Ping, Qinzhao Yang, Han Jianking, and Xie Zichu
Beryllium 7 and Lead 210 in the western hemisphere Arctic atmosphere: Observations from three recent aircraft-based sampling programs, Jack E. Dibb, R. Talbot, and G L. Gregory
COSMOGENIC ISOTOPIC TRACER STUDIES OF GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT, Jack E. Dibb
Initial findings of recent investigations of air-snow relationships in the summit region of the Greenland ice sheet, Jack E. Dibb, J L. Jaffrezo, and M Legrand
The accumulation of 210Pb at Summit, Greenland since 1855, Jack E. Dibb
The Sensitivity of Methane Emissions from Northern Freshwater Wetlands to Global Warming, Robert Harriss and Steve Frolking
The spatial variation of Asian dust and marine aerosol contributions to glaciochemical signals in central Asia, Cameron P. Wake and Paul A. Mayewski
Submissions from 1991
Chemistry of snow from high altitude, mid/low latitude glaciers, W. Berry Lyons, Cameron P. Wake, and Paul A. Mayewski
Submissions from 1990
A review of Central Asian glaciochemical data, Cameron P. Wake, Paul A. Mayewski, and Mary Jo Spencer
Beryllium-7 and Lead-210 in the atmosphere and surface snow over the Greenland ice sheet in the summer of 1989, Jack E. Dibb
Beta radiation from snow, Jack E. Dibb, Paul A. Mayewski, Christopher S. Buck, and Scott M. Drumney
Recent deposition of 210Pb on the Greenland ice sheet: variations in space and time, Jack E. Dibb
Submissions from 1989
Atmospheric deposition of beryllium 7 in the Chesapeake Bay region, Jack E. Dibb
Hydrological Investigations at Biafo Glacier, Karakoram Range, Himalaya; an Important Source of Water For the Indus River, K Hewitt, Cameron P. Wake, G J. Young, and C David
The Chernobyl Reference Horizon (?) in the Greenland Ice Sheet, Jack E. Dibb
Submissions from 1988
Chernobyl fallout in the chesapeake bay region, Jack E. Dibb