shahinmg / its_live_tutorial

instructions on how to download and work with its_live velocities on your local computer

Hi, I'm Michael 👋

About me:

• 👨‍💻 Geology Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Kansas
• 🧊 Glaciologist + 💻 Data Scientist

I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas interested in sea-level rise, iceberg calving, ice-ocean interactions, and numerical modeling. My current research focuses on developing applications for terrestrial laser scanners for glaciological purposes point set registration problems, a case study of Helheim Glacier calving dynamics using terrestrial laser scanners, and how ice melange (a mixture of sea ice and icebergs) impacts submarine melting of glaciers draining the Greenland Ice Sheet. I'm passionate about open source tools for scientific research and helping others navigate the pangeo stack.

I'm Currently

• Integrating the Segment Anything Model (SAM) with an iceberg melt model in python
• Writing my dissertation
• Creating Zarr datacubes for terrestrial laser scanner derived data
• Developing open-source tutorials using the geospatial python stack

Future Ambitions

• Write a jupyter based glaciology course textbook using sympy
• Create geospatial python workshops
• Visit Lebanon 🇱🇧

My Science

Shahin, M.G., S. Shankar, L. A. Stearns, K. Hughes, C.J. van der Veen, F. Straneo. Mélange as a heat sink: Mapping sikkusak (ice mélange) ice-ocean heat transfer around the Greenland Ice Sheet. In prep.

Shahin M.G., L.A. Stearns, C.J. van der Veen, D.C. Finnegan, A.L. LeWinter, H. Butler, S. O'Neel. Calving at Helheim Glacier dominated by large flexure events. In prep. for Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

Meng, Y., C.Y., Lai, R. Culberg, M.G. Shahin, L.A. Stearns, J. Burton, K. Nissanka. Seasonal Changes of M'elange Thickness Coincide With Greenland Calving Dynamics. Under Review at Nature Communication.

Fahrner, D., G. Catania, M.G. Shahin, D.D. Hansen, K. Löffler, J. Abermann. AAdvances in monitoring glaciological processes in Kalallit Nunaat (Greenland) over the past decades Accepted at PLOS Climate.

Melton, S. M., R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, B.R. Parizek, M.G. Shahin, L.A Stearns, A. L. LeWinter, D. C. Finnegan. 2022. Meltwater drainage and iceberg calving observed in high-spatiotemporal resolution at Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Journal of Glaciology. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.141