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My research focuses on using numerical models and machine learning methods to better understand complex physical processes like how glaciers flow or fires spread over the landscape. Much of my work has focused on glaciology, particularly looking at how glaciers and ice sheets respond to changes in climate.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Physics-informed Machine Learning of Ice Calving and Sliding
Downs, J. (PI) & Brinkerhoff, D. (CoPI)
01/1/26 → 12/31/28
Project: Research
Research output
- 7 Article
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Equilibrium line altitudes, accumulation areas and the vulnerability of glaciers in Alaska
Zeller, L., McGrath, D., Sass, L., Florentine, C. & Downs, J., Apr 7 2025, In: Journal of Glaciology. 71, e28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Scopus citations -
Application of LiDAR Derived Fuel Cells to Wildfire Modeling at Laboratory Scale
Marcozzi, A. A., Johnson, J. V., Parsons, R. A., Flanary, S. J., Seielstad, C. A. & Downs, J. Z., Oct 2023, In: Fire. 6, 10, 394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Scopus citations -
A rapidly retreating, marine-terminating glacier's modeled response to perturbations in basal traction
Downs, J. & Johnson, J. V., Oct 8 2022, In: Journal of Glaciology. 68, 271, p. 891-900 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century
Briner, J. P., Cuzzone, J. K., Badgeley, J. A., Young, N. E., Steig, E. J., Morlighem, M., Schlegel, N. J., Hakim, G. J., Schaefer, J. M., Johnson, J. V., Lesnek, A. J., Thomas, E. K., Allan, E., Bennike, O., Cluett, A. A., Csatho, B., de Vernal, A., Downs, J., Larour, E. & Nowicki, S., Oct 1 2020, In: Nature. 586, 7827, p. 70-74 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Western greenland ice sheet retreat history reveals elevated precipitation during the holocene thermal maximum
Downs, J., Johnson, J., Briner, J., Young, N., Lesnek, A. & Cuzzone, J., Mar 31 2020, In: Cryosphere. 14, 3, p. 1121-1137 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations