Oliver Marsh

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Oliver Marsh

Biography

Oliver Marsh is a glaciologist responsible for the monitoring and assessment of glaciological change on the Brunt Ice Shelf and around Halley VI Research Station.  He has participated in eight field seasons in Antarctica with the US, NZ and British Antarctic Programs.

Employment:

  • Sep 2018 – Present: Glaciologist, British Antarctic Survey
  • Jul 2015 – Aug 2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Canterbury, NZ
  • Jun 2014 – Jun 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA

Education:

  • Feb 2010 – Jul 2013: PhD, University of Canterbury, NZ
  • Sep 2008 – Jul 2009: MPhil, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
  • Sep 2005 – Jul 2008: BSc in Physical Geography, Durham University

Research interests

  • Ice-shelf ocean interaction
  • Grounding line ice dynamics
  • Satellite interferometry & altimetry
  • Fracture mechanics & calving
  • Wild, C.T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2019), Differential InSAR for tide modelling in Antarctic ice-shelf grounding zones, The Cryosphere, doi:10.5194/tc-2018-269
  • Begeman, C.B., Tulaczyk, S., Marsh, O.J., Mikucki, J.A., Stanton, T.P., Hodson, T.O., Siegfried, M.R., Powell, R.D., Christianson, K. and King, M.A., (2018), Ocean stratification reduces melt rates at the grounding zone of the Ross Ice Shelf, Journal of Geophyscial Research – Oceans, 123 (10), 7438-7452
  • Wild, C.T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2018), Unravelling InSAR observed Antarctic ice-shelf flexure using 2-D elastic and viscoelastic modelling, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00028
  • Bingham, R.G., King, E.C., Davies, D., Cornford, S.L., Smith, A.M., Arthern, R.J., Brisbourne, A.M., De Rydt, J., Graham, A.G.C., Spagnolo, M., Marsh, O.J., Shean, D.M., Joughin, I.R. and Vaughan, D.G., (2017), Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence rates of ice loss, Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y
  • Rosier, S. H. R., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Gudmundsson, G.H., Wild, C.T. and Ryan, M., (2017), On the interpretation of ice shelf flexure measurements, Journal of Glaciology, 1-9, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.44
  • Rack, W., King, M.A., Marsh, O.J., Wild, C.T. and Floricioiu, D., (2017), Analysis of ice shelf flexure and its InSAR representation in the grounding zone of the Southern McMurdo Ice Shelf, The Cryosphere, doi:10.5194/tc-2017-13
  • Wild, C. T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2017), Viscosity and elasticity: a model intercomparison of ice shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone, Journal of Glaciology, 15, 1-8, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.15
  • Marsh, O.J., Fricker, H.A., Siegfried, M.R., Christianson, K., Nicholls, K.W., Corr, H.F.J. and Catania, G., (2016), High basal melting forming a channel at the grounding line of Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2015GL066612
  • Golledge, N.R., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Jones, R.S., (2014), Basal conditions of two Transantarctic Mountain outlet glaciers from observation-constrained diagnostic modeling, Journal of Glaciology, doi:10.3189/2014JoG13J131
  • Marsh, O.J., Rack., W., Lawson, W., Golledge, N., Floricioiu, D., (2014), Grounding zone ice thickness from satellite: Inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending, Journal of Glaciology, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J033
  • Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Floricioiu, D., Golledge, N., Lawson, W., (2013), Tidally-induced velocity variations of the Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica, and their representation in satellite measurements of ice velocity, The Cryosphere, 7, 1761-1785, doi:10.5194/tcd-7-1761-2013.
  • Price, D., Rack., W., Haas, C., Langhorne, P. and Marsh, O.J., (2013), Sea ice freeboard in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, derived by surface-validated ICESat laser altimeter data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1-17, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20266.
  • Marsh, O.J., Rack., W., (2012), A method of calculating ice-shelf surface velocity using ICESat altimetry, Polar Record, 48, 25-30, doi:10.1017/S0032247411000362.
  • Hibbins, R.E., Marsh, O.J., McDonald, A.J., Jarvis, M.J., (2010), A new perspective on the longitudinal variability of the semidiurnal tide, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L14804, doi:10.1029/2010GL044015.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Gomez-Fell, Rodrigo, Rack, Wolfgang, Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Purdie, Heather. (2024) Lateral flexure of Erebus Ice Tongue due to ocean current forcing and fast ice coupling. Journal of Glaciology. 30 pp. 10.1017/jog.2024.21

Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Luckman, Adrian J., Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCIDORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson. (2024) Brief communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-81. The Cryosphere, 18. 6 pp. 10.5194/tc-18-705-2024

2023

Freer, Bryony I.D. ORCIDORCID record for Bryony I.D. Freer, Marsh, Oliver ORCIDORCID record for Oliver Marsh, Hogg, Anna E., Fricker, Helen Amanda, Padman, Laurie. (2023) Modes of Antarctic tidal grounding line migration revealed by Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) laser altimetry. The Cryosphere, 17. 23 pp. 10.5194/tc-17-4079-2023

Gomez-Fell, Rodrigo, Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Rack, Wolfgang, Wild, Christian T., Purdie, Heather. (2023) Basal mass balance and prevalence of ice tongues in the Western ross sea. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11. 17 pp. 10.3389/feart.2023.1057761

2022

Francis, Diana, Fonseca, Ricardo, Mattingly, Kyle S., Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Lhermitte, Stef, Cherif, Charfeddine. (2022) Atmospheric triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf calving in February 2021. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127. 15 pp. 10.1029/2021JD036424

Gomez-Fell, Rodrigo, Rack, Wolfgang, Purdie, Heather, Marsh, Oliver ORCIDORCID record for Oliver Marsh. (2022) Parker Ice Tongue collapse, Antarctica, triggered by loss of stabilizing land-fast sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters, 49. 11 pp. 10.1029/2021GL096156

2021

Drews, Reinhard, Wild, Christian T, Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Rack, Wolfgang, Ehlers, Todd A., Neckel, Nikals, Helm, Veit. (2021) Grounding-zone flow variability of Priestley Glacier, Antarctica, in a diurnal tidal regime. Geophysical Research Letters, 48. 10 pp. 10.1029/2021GL093853

Marsh, O.J. ORCIDORCID record for O.J. Marsh, Price, D., Courville, Z.R., Floricioiu, D.. (2021) Crevasse and rift detection in Antarctica from TerraSAR-X satellite imagery. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 187. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2021.103284

Purdie, Heather, Bealing, Paul, Gomez, Christopher, Anderson, Brian, Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh. (2021) Morphological changes to the terminus of a maritime glacier during advance and retreat phases: Fox Glacier/Te Moeka o Tuawe, New Zealand. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 103. 167-185. 10.1080/04353676.2020.1840179

2019

Wild, Christian T., Marsh, Oliver J. ORCIDORCID record for Oliver J. Marsh, Rack, Wolfgang. (2019) Differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar for tide modelling in Antarctic ice-shelf grounding zones. The Cryosphere, 13. 3171-3191. 10.5194/tc-13-3171-2019

2010

Hibbins, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Hibbins, Marsh, Oliver ORCIDORCID record for Oliver Marsh, mcdonald, Adrian, Jarvis, Martin. (2010) Interannual variability of the S=1 and S=2 components of the semidiurnal tide in the Antarctic MLT. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 72. 794-800. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2010.03.026