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OTHER ALASKA AREA
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• • Alaska Volcano Observatory

Cold Regions Lake and Landscape Research

Alaska Landscape Studies

Current Alaska Landscape Studies Project Publications

Rocha, A.V., M.M. Loranty, P.E. Higuera, M.C. Mack, F.S. Hu, B.M. Jones, A.L. Breen, E.B. Bastetter, S.J. Goetz, and G.R. Shaver. 2012. The footprint of Alaskan tundra fires during the past half-century: implications for surface properties and radiative forcing. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 044039, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044039

Beck, R.A., Rettig, A.J., Ivenso, C., Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M., Arp, C.D., Grosse, G., Whiteman, D. 2010. Sikuliqiruq: Ice dynamics of the Meade River - Arctic Alaska, from Freezeup to Breakup from time-series ground imagery. Polar Geography 33:115-137.

Jones, B. M., C. A. Kolden, R. Jandt, J. Abatzoglou, F. Urban, and C. D. Arp. 2009. Fire behavior, weather, and burn severity of the 2007 Anaktuvuk River tundra fire, North Slope, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 41 (3):309-316, doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.3.309.

Eisner, W. R., C. J. Cuomo, K. M. Hinkel, B. M. Jones, and R.H. Brower. 2009. Advancing landscape change research through the incorporation of Inupiaq Knowledge. Arctic 62(4):429-442.

Jones, B. M., R. Rykhus, Z. Lu, C. D. Arp, and D. J. Selkowitz. 2008. Radar imaging of winter seismic survey activity in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Polar Record 44(3).

Eisner, W. R., K. M. Hinkel, B. M. Jones, and C. J. Cuomo. 2008. Using Indigenous Knowledge to assess environmental impacts of overland travel routes, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost Proceedings.