Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Brett GM., Irvin A., Rack W., Haas C., Langhorne PJ. and Leonard GH. (2020) Variability in the Distribution of Fast Ice and the Sub-ice Platelet Layer Near McMurdo Ice Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015678.

• Farooq U., Rack W., McDonald A. and Howell S. (2020) Long-term analysis of sea ice drift in the western Ross sea, Antarctica, at high and low spatial resolution. Remote Sensing 12(9) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/RS12091402.

• Montie S., Thomsen MS., Rack W. and Broady PA. (2020) Extreme summer marine heatwaves increase chlorophyll a in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science : 1-2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102020000401.

• Rott H., Wuite J., De Rydt J., Gudmundsson GH., Floricioiu D. and Rack W. (2020) Impact of marine processes on flow dynamics of northern Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers. Nature Communications 11(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16658-y.

• Tan AE-C., McCulloch J., Rack W., Platt I. and Woodhead I. (2020) Radar Measurements of Snow Depth Over Sea Ice on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing : 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2020.3006182.

• Price D., Soltanzadeh I., Rack W. and Dale E. (2019) Snow-driven uncertainty in cryosat-2-derived antarctic sea ice thickness - Insights from McMurdo sound. Cryosphere 13(4): 1409-1422. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1409-2019.

• Wild CC., Marsh OO. and Rack W. (2019) Differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar for tide modelling in Antarctic ice-shelf grounding zones. Cryosphere 13(12): 3171-3191. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3171-2019.

• Wild CT., Marsh OJ. and Rack W. (2018) Unraveling inSAR observed antarctic ice-shelf flexure using 2-D elastic and viscoelastic modeling. Frontiers in Earth Science 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00028.

• Dale ER., McDonald AJ., Coggins JHJ. and Rack W. (2017) Atmospheric forcing of sea ice anomalies in the Ross Sea polynya region. Cryosphere 11(1): 267-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-267-2017.

• Gillespie MK., Lawson W., Rack W., Anderson B., Blankenship DD., Young DA. and Holt JW. (2017) Geometry and ice dynamics of the Darwin-Hatherton glacial system, Transantarctic Mountains. Journal of Glaciology 63(242): 959-972. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.60.

• Rack W., King MA., Marsh OJ., Wild CT. and Floricioiu D. (2017) Analysis of ice shelf flexure and its InSAR representation in the grounding zone of the southern McMurdo Ice Shelf. Cryosphere 11(6): 2481-2490. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2481-2017.

• Rack W., King MA., Marsh OJ., Wild CT. 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 11(6): 2481-2490. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-2017-13.

• Rack W., King MA., Marsh OJ., Wild CT. 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 Discussions 10.5194/tc-2017-13.

• Rosier SHR., Marsh OJ., Rack W., Gudmundsson GH., Wild CT. and Ryan M. (2017) On the interpretation of ice-shelf flexure measurements. Journal of Glaciology 63(241): 783-791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.44.

• Wild CT., Marsh OJ. and Rack W. (2017) Viscosity and elasticity: a model intercomparison of ice-shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone. Journal of Glaciology 63(240): 573-580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.15.

• Gessese A., Heining C., Sellier M., McNish R. and Rack W. (2015) Direct reconstruction of glacier bedrock from known free surface data using the one-dimensional shallow ice approximation. Geomorphology 228: 356-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.015.

• Langhorne PJ., Hughes KG., Gough AJ., Smith IJ., Williams MJM., Robinson NJ., Stevens CL., Rack W., Price D. and Leonard GH. (2015) Observed platelet ice distributions in Antarctic sea ice: An index for ocean-ice shelf heat flux. Geophysical Research Letters 42(13): 5442-5451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064508.

• Price D., Beckers J., Ricker R., Kurtz N., Rack W., Haas C., Helm V., Hendricks S., Leonard G. and Langhorne PJ. (2015) Evaluation of CryoSat-2 derived sea-ice freeboard over fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology 61(226): 285-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG14J157.

• Purdie H., Rack W., Anderson B., Kerr T., Chinn T., Owens I. and Linton M. (2015) The Impact of Extreme Summer Melt on Net Accumulation of an Avalanche Fed Glacier, as Determined by Ground-Penetrating Radar. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 97(4): 779-791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geoa.12117.

• Sohrabinia M., Zawar-Reza P. and Rack W. (2015) Spatio-temporal analysis of the relationship between LST from MODIS and air temperature in New Zealand. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 119(3-4): 567-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-014-1106-2.

• Golledge NR., Marsh OJ., Rack W., Braaten D. and Jones RS. (2014) Basal conditions of two Transantarctic Mountains outlet glaciers from observation-constrained diagnostic modelling. Journal of Glaciology 60(223): 855-866. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J131.

• Marsh OJ., Rack W., Golledge NR., Lawson W. and Floricioiu D. (2014) Grounding-zone ice thickness from InSAR: inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending. Journal of Glaciology 60(221): 526-536. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J033.

• Price D., Rack W., Langhorne PJ., Haas C., Leonard G. and Barnsdale K. (2014) The sub-ice platelet layer and its influence on freeboard to thickness conversion of Antarctic sea ice. The Cryosphere 8(3): 1031-1039. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1031-2014.

• Sohrabinia M., Rack W. and Zawar-Reza P. (2014) Erratum: Soil moisture derived using two apparent thermal inertia functions over Canterbury, New Zealand(INNC08112014116158763). Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 8(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.089999.

• Sohrabinia M., Rack W. and Zawar-Reza P. (2014) Soil moisture derived using two Apparent Thermal Inertia functions over Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 8(1): 83624-83624. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.083624.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Nghiem S., Busche T., Kraus T., Bachmann M., Kurtz N., Sonntag J., Woods J., Ackley S., Xie H. and Maksym T.. (2018) Remote Sensing of Antarctic Sea Ice with Coordinated Aircraft and Satellite Data Acquisitions. In IGARSS 2018 Proceedings: 8531-8534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518550.

• Tan A., Eccleston K., Platt I., Woodhead I., Rack W. and McCulloch J.. (2018) The design of a UAV mounted snow depth radar: Results of measurements on Antarctic sea ice. In CAMA 2017 Proceedings: 316-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CAMA.2017.8273437.

• Tan AEC., Eccleston KW., Platt I., Woodhead I., Rack W. and Mc Culloch J.. (2018) Microwave Measurements of Snow over Sea-Ice in Antarctica. In ISEMA 2018 Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISEMA.2018.8442319.

• Dierking W., Linow S. and Rack W.. (2014) Space Mission Concepts for the Retrieval of Accumulation Rates in Polar Regions. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Lindsay J., Purdie H., Rack W., Bealing P. and Harrison J. (2019) Processes and feedbacks associated with calving and subaqueous terminus morphology, Tasman Glacier, New Zealand. Kurow, New Zealand: Snow and Ice Research Group (SIRG) New Zealand Annual Workshop, 20-22 Feb 2019.

• Kerr T., Purdie HL. and Rack W. (2017) Rolleston Glacier Mass balance. Wellington, New Zealand: International Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, 12-17 Feb 2017.

• Marsh OJ., Rack W. and Floricioiu D. (2017) Grounding zone heterogeneity around the Ross Ice Shelf. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, 25 Apr 2017.

• Marsh OJ., Rack W. and Floricioiu D. (2017) Grounding-zone heterogeneity around the Ross Ice Shelf. Wellington, NZ: International Symposium on Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, 12-17 Feb 2017.

• Rack W., Marsh, O., Wild, C., King, M. and Floricioiou, D. (2017) Tidal bending stress and strain as observed by ground-validated InSAR: a case study at the McMurdo Ice Shelf. Wellington: International Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, 13 Feb 2017.

• Rack W., Marsh, O., Wild, C., King, M., Floricioiu, D. and Rosier, S. (2017) Witnessing the bending of thick ice shelves – implications and further progress. Dunedin, NZ: Antarctic Science Conference - Challenging Science in a Challenging Environment, 26 Jun-28 Jul 2017.

• Rack W., Price, D., Kurtz, N. and Helm, V. (2016) Evaluation of CryoSat-2 derived freeboard over fast ice. Christchurch: NZ Biennieal Sea Ice Symposium, 3 Feb 2017.

• Marsh O., Rack W., Golledge N., Lawson W. and Floricioiu D. (2014) Grounding-zone ice thickness from InSAR: Inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 (EGU), 27 Apr-2 May 2014.

• Rack W., Haas C., Langhorne P., Leonard G., Price D., Barnsdale K. and Soltanzadeh I. (2014) Airborne and ground based measurements in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, for the validation of satellite derived ice thickness. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, 27 Apr-2 May 2014.

• Rack W., Haas, C. and Langhorne, P. (2014) Characteristics of ice shelf and sea ice in the McMurdo Sound assessed by ground validated helicopter EM measurements. Auckland, NZ: 27 Aug 2014.

• Rack W., Price, D., Haas, C., Langhorne, P., Leonard, G., Barnsdale, K., Soltanzadeh, I., Dierking, W., Wesche, C. and Braaten, D. (2014) Ground validated remote sensing data of cryospheric processes in the Ross Sea: current state and future opportunities. Orokonui, Dunedin: 3 Feb 2014.

Additional Publications

• Rack W. (2015) Frühere und heutige Änderungen des antarktischen Eisschildes (Past and Recent Changes of the Antarctic Ice Sheet). In Lozán JL; Grassl H; Kasang D; Notz D; Escher-Vetter H (Ed.), Warnsignal Klima: Das Eis der Erde (Warning Signal Climate: The World's Ice): 231-237. Hamburg: Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen.

Review and Refereeing

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• Annals of Glaciology ( 2010 )
• Antarctic Science ( 2009 )
• The Cryosphere ( 2010 )

Research Groups

Future Research

• Mass balance of Antarctic Glaciers in the Ross Sea region
• Change detection of the cryosphere in Antarctica and New Zealand
• Dry snow line mapping
• Antarctic snow morphological studies using remote sensing & field measurements