Luke Copland
Associate professor, Department of Geography
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Office: Simard 028
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 2826
E-mail: luke.copland@uOttawa.ca
University degrees
2001 – PhD, Glaciology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
1996 – MS, Geology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University
1994 – BA, Hons. Geography, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Fields of interest
- Glaciology
- Ice dynamics
- Cryosphere
- Remote sensing
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GPS
- Climate change
Career
2006 – Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa
2003-2005 – Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2001-2003 – Project Manager for Canada, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Scholary and professional activities
Faculty of Arts Council representative for the Department of Geography, 2006-2008.
Representative for Canada, 2006 International Arctic Science Committee Working Group on Arctic Glaciology (IASC-WAG) meeting, Obergurgl, Austria.
Invited lectures:
- Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, USA (2006)
- Centre d’études Nordiques, Université Laval, Canada (2006)
- University of Ottawa GIS day (2005)
- Centro de Estudios Cientificos, Valdivia, Chile (2004)
- Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Washington D.C. (2001)
- Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2000)
Member of glaciological field expeditions to:
- Ellesmere Island, Canada (1999, 2003)
- McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica (2003, 2004, 2005)
- Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan & India (2005, 2006)
- Mt. St. Elias Icefields, Yukon (2006)
Selected publications
Papers in refereed journals
Glasser, N., Goodsell, B., Copland, L. and Lawson, W. In press. Debris characteristics and ice-shelf dynamics in the ablation region of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology.
Bingham, R.G., Nienow, P.W., Sharp, M.J. and Copland, L. In press. Hydrology and dynamics of a polythermal (mostly cold) High Arctic Glacier. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Bishop, M.P., Olsenholler, J.A, Shroder, J.F., Barry, R.G., Raup, B.H., Bush, A., Copland, L., Dwyer, J.L., Fountain, A.G., Haeberli, W., Kaab, A., Paul, F., Hall, D.K., Kargel, J.S., Molnia, B., Trabant, D. and Wessels, R. 2004. Global Land-Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): remote sensing and GIS investigations of the Earth’s cryosphere. Geocarto International, 19(2), 57-84.
Copland, L., Sharp, M. and Dowdeswell, J. 2003. The distribution and flow characteristics of surge-type glaciers in the Canadian High Arctic. Annals of Glaciology, 36, 73-81.
Copland, L., Sharp, M., Nienow, P. and Bingham, R. 2003. The distribution of basal motion beneath a High Arctic polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 407-414.
Copland, L., Sharp, M. and Nienow, P. 2003. Links between short-term velocity variations and the subglacial hydrology of a predominantly cold polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 337-348.
Copland, L. and Sharp, M. 2001. Mapping thermal and hydrological conditions beneath a polythermal glacier with radio-echo sounding. Journal of Glaciology, 47(157), 232-242.
Gordon, S., Sharp, M., Hubbard, B., Willis, I., Smart, C., Copland, L., Harbor, J., and Ketterling, B. 2001. Borehole drainage and its implications for the investigation of glacier hydrology: experiences from Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland. Hydrological Processes, 15, 797-813.
Kieffer, H., Kargel, J., Barry, R., Bindschadler, R., Bishop, M., Mckinnon, D., Ohmura, A., Raup, B., Antoninetti, M., Bamber, J., Braun, M., Brown, I., Cohen, D., Copland, L., DueHagen, J., Engeset, R., Fitzharris, B., Fujita, K., Haeberli, W., Hagen, J.O., Hall, D., Hoelzle, M., Johansson, M., Kaab, A., Koenig, M., Konobalov, V., Maisch, M., Paul, F., Rau, F., Reeh, N., Rignot, E., Rivera, A., Wildt, M., Scambos, T., Schaper, J., Scharfen, G., Shroder, J., Solomina, O., Thompson, D., van der Veen, K., Wohlleben, T. and Young, N. 2000. New eyes in the sky measure glaciers and ice sheets. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81(24), 265 & 270-271.
Shroder, J., Bishop, M., Copland, L. and Sloan, V. 2000. Debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Nanga Parbat Himalaya, Pakistan. Geografiska Annaler, 82A, 17-31.
Papers in refereed conference proceedings
Sharp, M., Copland, L., Filbert, K., Burgess, D. and Williamson, S. 2003. Recent changes in the extent and volume of Canadian Arctic glaciers. Glaciological Data Report GD-32, Papers and Recommendations: Snow Watch 2002 Workshop and Workshop on Assessing Global Glacier Recession. National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, USA, p. 73-75.Copland, L. and Sharp, M. 2000. Radio-echo sounding determination of polythermal glacier hydrology. In: Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar. Noon, D., Stickley, G.F., Longstaff, D. (eds.). SPIE Vol. 4084, 59-64.
Technical reports
Contributor for Polar section of United Nations Global Environment Outlook Year Book: ‘An Overview of our Changing Environment’. 2006. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. 82 pp.Awards and achievements
2005 – Best poster presentation, CliC First Science Conference, Beijing.
2001 – Arctic Research Consortium of the United States outstanding student paper award for best physical sciences paper in North America.
2000 – Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize for 'excellence in research at the doctoral level', University of Alberta.
1999 – Geological Society of America grant proposal recognized as having exceptional merit and commended as one of the top 32 in North America.
1998-2000 – University of Alberta Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Ph.D. Scholarship.
