About Daniel

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 15 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 Outstanding Publication Award, 2016

Selected Articles

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

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

Memberships

  • International Glaciological Society
  • American Geophysical Union

Web Links

National Snow and Ice Data Center

USGS Benchmark Glaciers

Extreme Ice Survey