Prof Benjamin Brock

Professor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

EE Benbrock Staffprofile 255 I am a physical geographer with expertise in the following areas:

Glacier-climate relationships
Remote sensing and numerical melt modelling of snow and ice masses
Meteorology and water resources in upland environments
Debris-covered glaciers
Volcano-ice interactions
Quaternary evolution of glaciated landscapes

1995 – 1996 Affiliated Lecturer in Geography, University of Cambridge.

1996 – 2011 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Dundee.

2011 – Present Reader in Remote Sensing, Northumbria University

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Key Publications

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Debris cover effects on energy and mass balance of Batura Glacier in the Karakoram over the past 20 years, Zhu, Y., Liu, S., Brock, B., Tian, L., Yi, Y., Xie, F., Shangguan, D., Shen, Y. 7 May 2024, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Carbon flux in supraglacial debris over two ablation seasons at Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc massif, European Alps, Brown, G., Brock, B. 5 Jul 2023, In: Frontiers in Earth Science
Using climate reanalysis data in conjunction with multi-temporal satellite thermal imagery to derive supraglacial debris thickness changes from energy balance modelling, Stewart, R., Westoby, M., Pellicciotti, F., Rowan, A., Swift, D., Brock, B., Woodward, J. 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Glaciology
Geomorphological evolution of a debris‐covered glacier surface, Westoby, M., Rounce, D., Shaw, T., Fyffe, C., Moore, P., Stewart, R., Brock, B. 1 Nov 2020, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Inter‐annual variability in snow cover depletion patterns and atmospheric circulation indices in the Upper Irtysh basin, Central Asia, Fugazza, D., Shaw, T., Mashtayeva, S., Brock, B. 30 Aug 2020, In: Hydrological Processes
Modelling spatial patterns of near-surface air temperature over a decade of melt seasons on McCall Glacier, Alaska, Troxler, P., Ayala, Á., Shaw, T., Nolan, M., Brock, B., Pellicciotti, F. 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Glaciology
Processes at the margins of supraglacial debris cover: quantifying dirty ice ablation and debris redistribution, Fyffe, C., Woodget, A., Kirkbride, M., Deline, P., Westoby, M., Brock, B. 1 Aug 2020, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Air Temperature Characteristics, Distribution, and Impact on Modeled Ablation for the South Patagonia Icefield, Bravo, C., Quincey, D., Ross, A., Rivera, A., Brock, B., Miles, E., Silva, A. Jan 2019, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Do debris-covered glaciers demonstrate distinctive hydrological behaviour compared to clean glaciers?, Fyffe, C., Brock, B., Kirkbride, M., Mair, D., Arnold, N., Smiraglia, C., Diolaiuti, G., Diotri, F. 1 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Hydrology
Interannual variability in glacier contribution to runoff from a high-elevation Andean catchment: understanding the role of debris cover in glacier hydrology, Burger, F., Ayala, A., Farias, D., Shaw, T., Macdonell, S., Brock, B., Mcphee, J., Pellicciotti, F. 15 Jan 2019, In: Hydrological Processes

PGR Supervision

Flavia Burger Acevedo Climatic Fluctuations and Glacier Response in Central Chile Start Date: 08/09/2014 End Date: 10/05/2019
Thomas Shaw Air Temperature Distribution Across Mountain Glaciers Start Date: 27/11/2013 End Date: 20/04/2017

Qualifications

Geography PhD September 01 1992
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2001

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