Dr Gwenn Flowers

B.A., Colorado, 1994; Ph.D., UBC, 2000.

Research Interests

I am a glaciologist with interests in glacier and ice-sheet dynamics, the hydrology of glacierized systems and the relationship of these systems to climate. More broadly, I am interested in the glaciological elements of watershed hydrology, natural hazards and climate change. My interests have led me to explore the subglacial hydrology and dynamics of alpine glaciers, glacier surge dynamics, outburst floods from ice-dammed lakes, ice-cap climate sensitivity and the hydraulics of ancient ice sheets. Field-based and modelling techniques complement one another in most of these pursuits. In the field, geophysical, meteorological and hydrological measurements are used to evaluate the geometry, mass balance and flow structure of a glacier. These data are the foundation for the development of theoretical and numerical models used to better understand the physics of various glaciohydraulic processes. My current focus, geographically speaking, is on glaciers in the Yukon and Iceland.

Teaching

• EASC 207 - Introduction to Geophysics
• EASC 304 - Physical Hydrogeology
• EASC 314 - Principles of Glaciology
• EASC 406 - Field School III
• EASC 605 - Advanced Glaciology