About Dan

I am a geoscientist who utilizes geophysical and remote sensing tools to study the changing cryosphere, with a particular focus on glaciers and seasonal snow. My research has involved more than 20 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Nepal, 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

  • International Glaciological Society
  • American Geophysical Union

Web Links

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Extreme Ice Survey