About Dan

I am a geoscientist who utilizes novel in situ geophysical and remote sensing tools to study earth surface processes, particularly related to the cryosphere. My research has involved more than 20 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and Patagonia.

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Education

Ph.D. , CIRES/Geography - U. of Colorado Boulder
Colorado, 2013

B.A., Geology and Environmental Studies - Bowdoin College
Maine, 2006

Awards, Honors, Grants

  • Warner College of Natural Resources Research Impact Award, 2022
  • Warner College of Natural Resources Outstanding Publication Award, 2016

Selected Articles

Dam type and lake position govern ice-marginal lake area change in Alaska and NW Canada between 1984 and 2019

The Cryosphere, 16, 297–314, doi: 10.5194/tc-16-297-2022,

Rick, B.*, D. McGrath, W. Armstrong, and S. McCoy

Reanalysis of US Geological Survey Benchmark Glaciers: long-term insight into climate forcing of glacier mass balance

Journal of Glaciology, 1-17, doi:10.1017/jog.2019.66,

O'Neel, S., C. McNeil, L. Sass, C. Florentine, E. Baker, E. Peitzsch, D. McGrath, A. Fountain, and D. Fagre

Spatially extensive ground-penetrating radar snow depth observations during NASA's 2017 SnowEx Campaign: Comparison with in situ, airborne, and satellite observations.

Water Resources Research, 55, doi:10.1029/2019WR024907,

McGrath, D., R. Webb, D. Shean, R. Bonnell, H.P. Marshall, T.H. Painter, N.P. Molotch, K. Elder, C. Hiemstra, and L. Brucker

Declines in peak snow water equivalent and elevated snowmelt rates following the 2020 Cameron Peak wildfire in Northern Colorado

Geophysical Research Letters, 50, doi:10.1029/2022GL101294,

McGrath, D., L. Zeller, R. Bonnell, W. Reis, S. Kampf, K. Williams, M. Okal, A. Olsen- Mikitowicz, E. Bump, M. Sears, and K. Rittger

Interannual snow accumulation variability on glaciers derived from repeat, spatially extensive ground-penetrating radar surveys

The Cryosphere, 12, 3617-3633. doi:10.5194/tc-12-3617-2018,

McGrath, D., L. Sass, S. O'Neel, C. McNeil, S. Candela, E. Baker, and HP Marshall

Increasing wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western U.S.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(39), doi: 10.1073/pnas.2200333119,

Kampf, S.K., D. McGrath, M.G. Sears, S.R. Fassnacht, L. Kiewiet, and J.C. Hammond

Memberships

  • American Geophysical Union
  • International Glaciological Society

Web Links

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Extreme Ice Survey