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Kees van der Veen

Kees van der Veen
Associate Professor

Office: 203 Lindley Hall
Phone: 785-864-7725
Email: cjvdv@ku.edu

Office Hours: T R 2:00-4:00 PM or by appt.

  • Ph.D., University of Utrecht, the Netherlands (1986)

Vita (pdf)
 
 
 
   
   
   

Research Interests and Current Projects
Dynamics of tidewater glaciers and iceberg calving.
Greenland outlet glaciers:  history and dynamics since the Little Ice Age.
Remote sensing applications for glacial geomorphology.
Sustainability and Earth's resources: the role of population growth.
 
Courses Taught and Teaching Awards
GEOG. 531: Topics in Physical Geography: Glaciers & Landscape.
GEOG 556: Geography of the Energy Crisis
ATMO 660: Advanced Dynamic Meteorology
 
Publications During the Last 5 Years

Nick, F.M., C.J. van der Veen, and J. Oerlemans,  Controls on advance of tidewater glaciers: results from numerical modeling applied to Columbia Glacier.  Journal of Geophysical Research (in press)

Forman, S.L., L. Marin, C.J. van der Veen, C. Tremper, and B. Csatho,  Little Ice Age and neoglacial landforms at the Inland Ice margin, Isunguata sermia, west Greenland.  Boreas (in press)

2007 - Van der Veen, C.J., K.C. Jezek, and L. Stearns,  Shear measurements across the northern margin of Whillans Ice Stream.  Journal of Glaciology, 53, 17-29.
2007 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Fracture propagation as means of rapidly transferring surface meltwater to the base of glaciers.  Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L01501, doi: 10.1029/2006/GL028385.
2006 - Van der Veen, C.J. (ed.),  Oil’s History of Booms and Busts: Towards the Ultimate Downturn.  BPRC Report No. 21, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 46 pp.
2006 - Monaghan, A.J., D.H. Bromwich, R.L. Fogt, S-H. Wang, P.A. Mayewski, D.A. Dixon, A. Ekaykin, M. Frezzotti, I. Goodwin, E. Isaksson, S.D. Kaspari, V.I. Morgan, H. Oerter, T.D. Van Ommen, C.J. van der Veen, and J. Wen,  Insignificant change in Antarctic snowfall since the International Geophysical Year.  Science, 313, 827-831.
2006 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Reevaluating Hubbert’s Prediction of U.S. Peak Oil.  EOS, 87, 199&202.

2006 - Raymond, C.F., G.A. Catania, N. Nereson, and C.J. van der Veen,  Bed radar reflectivity across the north margin of Whillans Ice stream, West Antarctica, and implications for margin processes.  Journal of Glaciology, 52, 3-10.

2005 - Van der Veen, C.J., and B. Csatho,  Spectral characteristics of Greenland lichen.  Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 59, 63-73.

2005 - Csatho, B., C.J. van der Veen, and C. Tremper,  Trimline mapping from multispectral Landsat ETM+ imagery.  Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 59, 49-62.

2005 - Stearns, L., K. Jezek, and C.J. van der Veen,  Decadal scale variations in ice flow along Whillans Ice Stream and its tributaries, West Antarctica.  Journal of Glaciology, 51, 147-157.

2005 - Schenk, T., B. Csatho, C.J. van der Veen, H. Brecher, Y. Ahn, and T. Yoon,  Registering imagery to ICESat data for measuring elevation changes on Byrd Glacier, Antarctica.  Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23S05. doi: 1029/2005GL024328.

2005 - Csatho, B., Y. Ahn, T. Yoon, C.J. van der Veen, S. Vogel, G. Hamilton, D. Morse, B. Smith, and V.B. Spikes.,  ICESat measurements reveal complex pattern of elevation changes on Siple Coast ice streams, Antarctica.  Geophysical Research Letters, 32, LS23S04, doi: 1029/2005GL024289.

2004 - Van der Veen, C. J and A.J. Payne, Modelling land-ice dynamics.  In: Mass balance of the Cryosphere: Observations and Modelling of Contemporary and Future Changes) eds. J.L. Bamber and A.J. Payne), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 183-246.

2004 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Glacier Mass Balance.  In: Encyclopedia of the Arctic, volume 2 (G-N) (ed. M. Nuttall), 744-745.

2004 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Glacier Ice.  In: Encyclopedia of the Arctic, volume 2 (G-N) (ed. M. Nuttall), 742-744.

2002 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Recent accumulation rate changes in south Greenland from internal layering.  Polar Geography, 26(4), 308-320.

2002 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Polar ice sheets and global sea level: how well can we predict the future?  Global and Planetary Change, 32, 165-194.

2002 - Van der Veen, C.J.,  Calving Glaciers.  Progress in Physical Geography, 26(1), 96-122.