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Gleason, C.J., Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Pitcher, L.H., Overstreet, B.O., Rennermalm, A.K., Legleiter, C.J., Forster, R.R., and K. Yang. Characterizing supraglacial meltwater channel hydraulics on the Greenland Ice Sheet from in situ observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
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Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Leglieter, C.J., Gleason, C.J., and A.K. Rennermalm. Adaptation of Manning's equation for remote estimation of supraglacial river discharge using GIS modeling and WorldView-2 satellite imagery. GIScience & Remote Sensing.

Yang, K.; Smith, L.C.; Chu, V.W.; Pitcher, L.H.; Gleason, C.J.; Rennermalm, A.K.; Li, M. Fluvial morphometry of supraglacial river networks on the southwest Greenland Ice Sheet. GIScience & Remote Sensing, doi:10.1080/15481603.2016.1162345

Gleason, C.J., Smith, L.C., Finnegan, D.C., LeWinter, A.L., Pitcher, L.H., and V.W. Chu. Technical Note: Semi-automated classification of time-lapse RGB imagery for a remote Greenlandic river. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19:1-8, doi:10.5194/hessd-12-1311-2015.     download PDF

Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Yang, K., Gleason, C.J., Pitcher, L.H., Rennermalm, A.K., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Overstreet, B.T., Moustafa, S.E., Tedesco, M., Forster, R.R., LeWinter, A.L., Finnegan, D.C., Sheng, Y., and J. Balog. Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland ice sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4):1001-1006, doi:10.1073/pnas.1413024112.     download PDF

Yang, K., Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Gleason, C.J., and M. Li. A caution on the use of digital elevation models to simulate supraglacial hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, PP(99):1-13, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2483483.​     download PDF
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Chu, V.W. (2014). Greenland Ice Sheet hydrology: a review. Progress in Physical Geography, 38(1): 19-54, doi:10.1177/0309133313507075.    download PDF

Rennermalm, A.K., Moustafa, S.E., Mioduszewski, J., Chu, V.W., Forster, R.R., Hagedorn, B., Harper, J.T., Mote, T.L., Robinson, D.A., Shuman, C.A., Smith, L.C., and M. Tedesco (2013). Understanding Greenland ice sheet hydrology using an integrated multi-scale approach. Environmental Research Letters, 8(1): 1-14, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015017.     download PDF

Rennermalm, A.K., Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Box, J.E., Forster, R.R., van den Broeke, M., van As, D., and S. E. Moustafa (2013). Evidence of meltwater retention within the Greenland ice sheet. The Cryosphere, 7(5):1433–1445, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1433-2013.     download PDF              
  
Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., and J.E. Box (2012). Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 6(1): 1-19, doi:10.5194/tc-6-1-2012.     download PDF

Rennermalm, A.K., Smith, L.C., Chu, V.W., Forster, R.R., Box, J.E., and B. Hagedorn (2012). Proglacial river stage, discharge, and temperature datasets from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua River northern tributary, Southwest Greenland, 2008–2011. Earth System Science Data, 4: 1-12, doi:10.5194/essd-4-1-2012.     download PDF

Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Box, J.E., and N. Reeh (2009). Sediment plume response to surface melting and supraglacial lake drainages on the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology, 55(104): 1072-1082, doi:10.3189/002214309790794904.     download PDF

Rennermalm, A.K., Smith, L.C., Stroeve, J.C., and V.W. Chu (2009). Does sea ice influence Greenland ice sheet surface-melt?, Environmental Research Letters, 4, 024011, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024011.     download PDF


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UC Merced Sustainability Symposium, Merced, CA, 25 February 2016. Chu, V.W. Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. ​

San Francisco State University Department of Geography & Environment, San Francisco, CA, 10 February 2016. Chu, V.W. Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. ​

UC Berkeley Department of Geography, Berkeley, CA, 27 January 2016. Chu, V.W. Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. ​

Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment, Greenbelt, MD, 20 January 2016. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Gleason, C.J., Yang, K., Pitcher, L.H., Poinar, K., I.R. Joughin, and K. Cuffey. Moulin distribution and formation on the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet.​

University of Oregon Department of Geological Sciences, Eugene, OR, 13 January 2016. Chu, V.W. Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. ​

UC Santa Barbara Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, 7 January 2016.​ Chu, V.W. Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. ​

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 December 2015. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Gleason, C.J., Yang, K., Pitcher, L.H., Poinar, K., I.R. Joughin, and K. Cuffey. Moulin distribution and formation on the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet.​

Ilulissat Climate Days, Ilulissat, Greenland, 2-5 June 2015. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Legleiter, C.J., Gleason, C.J., and A.K. Rennermalm. Remote estimation of Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial river discharge. 

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 21-25 April 2015. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Legleiter, C.J., Gleason, C.J., and A.K. Rennermalm. Supraglacial streamflow into moulins on the Greenland ice sheet. 

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December 2014. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Legleiter, C.J., Gleason, C.J., Rennermalm, A.K., Pitcher, L.H., and R.R. Forster. Remote estimation of Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial river discharge using GIS modeling and WorldView-2 satellite imagery. 

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Palisades, NY, 8 September 2014. Chu, V.W. Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial rivers.

Joint Science Education Program (JSEP), Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 8 July 2014. Chu, V.W. Greenland Ice Sheet hydrology.

Society of Women Geographers Triennial Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 23-26 May 2014. Chu, V.W. Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial rivers.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, 8-12 April, 2014. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Tedesco, M., Overstreet, B.T., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., and C.J. Gleason. Remote sensing of supraglacial river discharge on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment (PARCA) Meeting, Greenbelt, MD, 28-29 January 2013. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Gleason, C.J., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Tedesco, M., Overstreet, B.T., Pitcher, L.H., and S.E. Moustafa. Remote sensing of supraglacial river discharge on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 December 2013. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Yang, K., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Gleason, C.J., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Tedesco, M., Overstreet, B.T., Pitcher, L.H., and S.E. Moustafa. Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial stream morphology and remotely sensed discharge retrieval.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 9-13 April 2013. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Gleason, C.J., Pitcher, L.H., Moustafa, S.E., and K. Yang. Hydraulic geometry of Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial streams.

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 December, 2012. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Gleason, C.J., Pitcher, L.H., Moustafa, S.E., Overstreet, B.T., Legleiter, C.J., Behar, A.E., Tedesco, M., and K. Yang. Hydraulic geometry of Greenland Ice Sheet supraglacial streams: Field measurements from 2012.

Magrann Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ, 12-14 April 2012. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., and J.E. Box. Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 24-28 February 2012. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., and J.E. Box. Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet.

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December 2011. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C.,  Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., and J.E. Box. Hydrologic controls on coastal suspended sediment plumes around the Greenland Ice Sheet.

UCLA Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Coastal Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 11 May 2011. Chu, V.W. Hydrologic controls of sediment plume behavior around the Greenland Ice Sheet. 

Los Angeles Geographical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 6 May 2011. Water quality & the relation to fish kills and wind-driven upwelling in the Salton Sea. 

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April 2011. Chu, V.W. Investigating water quality response to wind-driven upwelling events at the Salton Sea using MODIS satellite imagery. 

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 December 2010. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., and S.J. Hook. Investigating water quality response to wind-driven upwelling events in the Salton Sea, CA using multi-temporal MODIS satellite imagery. 

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., MD, 14-18 April 2010. Chu, V.W., Smith, L.C., Rennermalm, A.K., Forster, R.R., Box, J.E., and N. Reeh. Estuary sediment plume response to surface melting and supraglacial lake drainages on the Greenland Ice Sheet. 

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 December 2009. Chu, V.W., L.C. Smith, A.K. Rennermalm, R.R. Forster, J.E. Box, and N. Reeh. Estuary sediment plume response to surface melting and supraglacial lake drainages on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 22-26March 2009. Chu, V.W., L.C. Smith, A.K. Rennermalm, R.R. Forster, J.E. Box, and N. Reeh. Sediment plume response to surface melting and supraglacial lake drainages on the Greenland Ice Sheet. 

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December 2008. Chu, V.W., L.C. Smith, A.K. Rennermalm, R.R. Forster, J.E. Box, and N. Reeh. Response of sediment plumes to Greenland ice sheet surface melt.
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