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2023

Bash, E.A., Wecker, L., Rahman, M.M., Dow, C.F., McDermid, G., Samavati, F.F., Whitehead, K., Moorman, B.J., Medrzycka, D. and Copland, L. 2023. A multi-resolution approach to point cloud registration without control points. Remote Sensing, 15(4), 1161. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15041161 (PDF)

Culley, A.I., Thaler, M., Kochtitzky, W., Iqaluk, P., Rapp, J.Z., Rautio, M., Kumagai, M., Copland, L., Vincent, W. and Girard, C. 2023. The Thores Lake proglacial system: remnant stability in the rapidly changing Canadian High Arctic. Arctic Science, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0023 (PDF)

Ford, J. D., Clark, D.G., Copland, L., Pearce, T., IHACC Research Team and Harper, S.L. 2023. Projected decrease in trail access in the Arctic. Communications Earth and Environment, 4, 23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00685-w (PDF)

Medrzycka, D., Copland, L. and Noël, B. 2023. Rapid demise and committed loss of Bowman Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.119 (PDF)

Rounce, D.R., Hock, R., Maussion, F., Hugonnet, R., Kochtitzky, W., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Brinkerhoff, D., Compagno, L., Copland, L., Farinotti, D., Menounos, B. and McNabb, R.W. 2023. Global glacier changes in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters. Science, 379, 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo1324 (PDF) (Supplementary Materials)

2022

Main, B., Copland, L., Smeda, B., Kochtitzky, W., Samsonov, S., Dudley, J., Skidmore, M., Dow, C., Van Wychen, W., Medrzycka, D., Higgs, E. and Mingo, L. 2022. Terminus change of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, under a warming climate: retreat, thinning, slowdown and modified proglacial lake geometry. Journal of Glaciology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.114 (PDF)

Bash, E., Shellian, C., Dow, C., McDermid, G., Kochtitzky, W., Medrzycka, D. and Copland, L. 2022. A semi-automated, GIS-based framework for the mapping of supraglacial hydrology. Journal of Glaciology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.92 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W., Copland, L., Wohlleben, T., Iqaluk, P., Girard, C., Vincent, W.F. and Culley, A.I. 2022. Slow change since the Little Ice Age at a far northern glacier with the potential for system reorganization: Thores Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0012 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W., Copland, L., Van Wychen, W., Hugonnet, R., Hock, R., Dowdeswell, J.A., Benham, T., Strozzi, T., Glazovsky, A., Lavrentiev, I., Rounce, D., Millan, R., Cook, A., Dalton, A., Jiskoot, H., Cooley, J., Jania, J. and Navarro, F. 2022. The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020. Nature Communications, 13, 5835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33231-x (PDF)

Kindstedt, I., Schild, K., Winski, D., Kreutz, K., Copland, L., Campbell, S. and McConnell, E. 2022. Offset of MODIS land surface temperatures from in situ air temperatures in the upper Kaskawulsh Glacier region (St. Elias Mountains) indicates near-surface temperature inversions. The Cryosphere, 16, 3051-3070. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3051-2022 (PDF)

Dawson, J., Cook, A., Holloway, J. and Copland, L. 2022. Analysis of changing levels of ice strengthening (ice class) among vessels operating in the Canadian Arctic over the past 30 years. Arctic, 75(4), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic75553 (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Halle, D.A.M., Copland, L. and Gray, L. 2022. Anomalous surface elevation, velocity and area changes of Split Lake Glacier, western Prince of Wales Icefield, Canadian High Arctic. Arctic Science, 8(4), 1288-1304. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2021-0039 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W. and Copland, L. 2022. The retreat of Arctic glaciers that end in the ocean since 2000. CMOS Bulletin. https://bulletin.cmos.ca/the-retreat-of-arctic-glaciers-that-end-in-the-ocean-since-2000/

Dalton, A., Van Wychen, W., Copland, L., Gray, L. and Burgess, D. 2022. Seasonal and multiyear flow variability on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, 2009-2019. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 127(4), e2021JF006501. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006501 (PDF)

Coffey, N.B., MacAyeal, D.R., Copland, L., Mueller, D.R., Sergienko, O.V., Banwell, A.F. and Lai, C.-Y. 2022. Enigmatic surface rolls of the Ellesmere Ice Shelf. Journal of Glaciology, 68(271), 867-878. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.3 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W. and Copland, L. 2022. Retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers, 2000-2020. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL096501. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096501 (PDF)

Stevenard, N., Montero-Serrano, J.-C., Eynaud, F., St-Onge, G., Zaragosi, S. and Copland, L. 2022. Lateglacial and Holocene sedimentary dynamics in northwestern Baffin Bay as recorded in sediment cores from Cape Norton Shaw Inlet (Nunavut, Canada). Boreas, 51(3), 532-552. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12575 (PDF)

2021

Kochanowicz, Z., Dawson, J., Halliday, W.D., Sawada, M., Copland, L., Carter, N.A., Nicoll, A., Ferguson, S.H., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Marcoux, M., Watt, C. and Yurkowski, D.J. 2021. Using western science and Inuit knowledge to model ship-source noise exposure for cetaceans (marine mammals) in Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound), Nunavut, Canada. Marine Policy, 130, 104557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104557 (PDF)

Copland, L., Dawson, J., Tivy, A., Delaney, F. and Cook, A. 2021. Changes in shipping navigability in the Canadian Arctic between 1972 and 2016. Facets, 6, 1069-1087. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0096 (PDF)

Ochwat, N.E., Marshall, S.J., Moorman, B.J., Criscitiello, A.S. and Copland, L. 2021. Evolution of the firn pack of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon: meltwater effects, densification, and the development of a perennial firn aquifer. The Cryosphere, 15, 2021-2040. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021 (PDF)

Curley, A., Kochtitzky, W., Edwards, B. and Copland, L. 2021. Glacier changes over the past 144 years at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 67(263), 511-522. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.4 (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Burgess, D., Kochtitzky, W., Nikolic, N., Copland, L. and Gray, L. 2021. RADARSAT-2 derived glacier velocities and dynamic discharge estimates for the Canadian High Arctic: 2015-2020. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 46(6), 695-714. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2020.1859359 (PDF)

Copland, L., Lacelle, D., Fisher, D., Delaney, F., Thomson, L., Main, B. and Burgess, D. 2021. Warmer-wetter climate drives shift in δD-δ18O composition of precipitation across the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada. Arctic Science, 7, 136-157. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2020-0009 (PDF)

Hill, T., Dow, C., Bash, E.A. and Copland, L. 2021. Application of an improved surface energy balance model to two large valley glaciers in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon. Journal of Glaciology, 67(262), 297-312. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.106 (PDF)

2020

Copland, L. 2020. Properties of Glacial Ice and Glacier Classification. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00014-6 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W., Winski, D., McConnell, E., Kreutz, K., Campbell, S., Enderlin, E., Copland, L., Williamson, S., Main, B. and Jiskoot, H. 2020. Climate and surging of Donjek Glacier, Yukon, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 52(1), 264-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2020.1744397 (PDF)

Schaffer, N., Copland, L., Zdanowicz, C., Burgess, D. and Nilsson, J. 2020. Revised estimates of recent mass loss rates for Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, based on 2005-2014 elevation changes modified for firn densification. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(8), e2019JF005440, 17pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005440 (PDF)

Williamson, S.N., Copland, L., Thomson, L. and Burgess, D. 2020. Comparing simple albedo scaling methods for estimating Arctic glacier mass balance. Remote Sensing of Environment, 246, 111858, 14pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111858 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W., Copland, L., Painter, M. and Dow, C. 2020. Draining and filling of ice dammed lakes at the terminus of surge-type Dań Zhùr (Donjek) Glacier, Yukon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57, 1337-1348. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0233 (PDF)

Williamson, S.N., Zdanowicz, C., Anslow, F.S., Clarke, G.K.C., Copland, L., Danby, R., Flowers, G.E., Holdsworth, G., Jarosch, A.H. and Hik, D.S. 2020. Evidence for elevation-dependent warming in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Journal of Climate, 33, 3253-3269. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0405.1 (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Copland, L. and Burgess, D. 2020. Ice masses of the Eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In: Slaymaker, O. and Catto, N. (eds.). Landscapes and Landforms of Eastern Canada. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham., Ch. 13, p.297-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35137-3_13 (PDF)

2019

Dalton, A., Copland, L., Tivy, A., Van Wychen, W. and Cook, A. 2019. Iceberg production and characteristics around the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, 1997-2015. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 51(1), 412-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1634442 (PDF)

Gray, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Langley, K., Gogineni, P., Paden, J., Leuschen, C., van As, D. , Fausto, R., Joughin, I. and Smith, B. 2019. Measuring height change around the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet with radar altimetry. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7(146), 14pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00146 (PDF)

Kochtitzky, W., Jiskoot, H., Copland, L., Enderlin, E., McNabb, R., Kreutz, K. and Main, B. 2019. Terminus advance, kinematics, and mass redistribution during eight surges of Donjek Glacier, St. Elias Range, Canada, 1935 to 2016. Journal of Glaciology, 65(252), 565-579. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.34 (PDF)

Medrzycka, D., Copland, L., Van Wychen, L. and Burgess, D. 2019. Seven decades of uninterrupted advance of Good Friday Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 65(251), 440-452. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.21 (PDF)

White, A. and Copland, L. 2019. Loss of floating glacier tongues from the Yelverton Bay region, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 65(251), 376-394. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.15 (PDF)

Ford, J.D, Clark, D., Pearce, T., Berrang-Ford, L., Copland, L., Dawson, J., New, M. and Harper, S.L. 2019. Changing access to ice, land and water in Arctic communities. Nature Climate Change, 9, 335-339. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0435-7 (PDF). Supplementary material: (PDF). Commentary: (URL)

Cook, A., Copland, L., Noël, B., Stokes, C., Bentley, M., Sharp, M., Bingham, R., Van den Broeke, M. 2019. Atmospheric forcing of rapid marine-terminating glacier retreat in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Science Advances¸ 5(3), 11pp, eaau8507. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau8507 (PDF). Supplementary material: (URL)

2018

Sharp, M., Wouters, B., Wolken, G., Andreassen, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Kohler, J., O’Neel, S., Pelto, M., Thomson, L. and Thorsteinsson, T. 2018. Glaciers and ice caps outside Greenland. In: Blunden, J. and Arndt, D.S. (eds.). State of the Climate in 2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society¸ 99(8), S156-S161, https://doi.org/10.1175/2018BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 (PDF)

Copland, L., White, A., Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Van Wychen, W., Thomson, L. and Vincent, W.F. 2018. Glaciers, Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. In: Bell, T. and Brown, T.M. From Science to Policy in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of Climate Change and Modernization. ArcticNet, Quebec City, 95-117, Ch. 3 (PDF)

Andersson, L.E., Scibilia, F., Copland, L. and Imsland, L. 2018. Comparison of statistical iceberg forecast models. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 155, 69-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.07.003 (PDF)

White, A. and Copland, L. 2018. Area changes of glaciers across Northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, between ~1999 and ~2015. Journal of Glaciology, 64(246), 609-623. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.49 (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Copland, L., Jiskoot, H., Gray, L., Sharp, M. and Burgess, D. 2018. Surface velocities of glaciers in western Canada from speckle-tracking of ALOS PALSAR and RADARSAT-2 data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 44(1), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2018.1433529 (PDF)

Dawson, J., Pizzolato, L., Howell, S., Copland, L. and Johnston, M. 2018. Temporal and spatial patterns of ship traffic in the Canadian Arctic from 1990 to 2015. Arctic, 71(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4698 (PDF). Supplementary material: (PDF)

Thomson, L. and Copland, L. 2018. Changing contribution of peak velocity events to annual velocities following a multi-decadal slowdown at White Glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 58(75pt2), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.46 (PDF)

2017

Box, J.E. and Sharp, M. 2017. Changes to Arctic land ice. In: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017. p. 137-168. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. Chapter contributing authors: G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, M. Ananicheva, M. L. Andersen, R. Carr, C. Clason, W. T. Colgan, L. Copland, A. Glazovsky, A. Hubbard, K. K. Kjeldsen, S. Mernild, G. Moholdt, T. Wagner, B. Wouters, W. Van Wychen. (URL) (PDF)

Hamilton, A.K., Laval, B.E, Mueller, D.R., Vincent, W.F. and Copland, L. 2017. Dynamic response of an Arctic epishelf lake to seasonal and long-term forcing: implications for ice shelf thickness. The Cryosphere, 11, 2189-2211. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-2189-2017. (URL) (PDF)

Wolken, G., Sharp, M., Andreassen, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Kohler, J., O’Neel, S., Pelto, M., Thomson, L. and Wouters, B. 2017. Glaciers and ice caps outside Greenland. In: Blunden, J. and Arndt, D.S. (eds.). State of the Climate in 2016. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society¸ 98(8), S140-S143, doi: 10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 (URL) (PDF)

Pimentel, S., Flowers, G.E., Sharp, M.J., Danielson, B., Copland, L., Van Wychen, W., Duncan, A. and Kavanaugh, J. 2017. Modelling intra-annual dynamics of a major marine-terminating Arctic glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 58(74), 118-130. doi: 10.1017/aog.2017.23 (URL) (PDF)

Schaffer, N., Copland, L. and Zdanowicz, C. 2017. Ice velocity changes on Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, since the 1950s. Journal of Glaciology, 63(240), 716-730. doi: 10.1017/jog.2017.40 (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (eds.). (2017). Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. Springer Nature, Dordrecht, 425pp. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-1101-0 (URL)

Mueller, D., Copland, L. and Jeffries, M.O. (2017). Changes in Canadian Arctic ice shelf extent since 1906. In: Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (eds.). Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands, Ch. 5, p.109-140. Springer Nature, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Mortimer, C., White, A., Richer McCallum, M. and Mueller, D. (2017). Factors contributing to recent Arctic ice shelf losses. In: Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (eds.). Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands, Ch. 10, p.263-286. Springer Nature, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

VanWychen, W. and Copland, L. (2017). Ice island drift mechanisms in the Canadian High Arctic. In: Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (eds.). Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. Ch. 11, p.287-316. Springer Nature, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

Pope, S., Copland, L., and Alt, B. (2017). Recent changes in sea ice plugs along the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In: Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (eds.). Arctic Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. Ch. 12, p.317-342. Springer Nature, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

Gray, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Dunse, T., Langley, K. and Moholdt, G. (2017): A revised calibration of the interferometric mode of the CryoSat-2 radar altimeter improves ice height and height change measurements in western Greenland. The Cryosphere, 11, 1041-1058. (URL) (PDF)

Shugar, D.H., Clague, J.J., Best, J.L., Schoof, C., Willis, M.J., Copland, L. and Roe, G.H. (2017): River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat. Nature Geoscience, 10, 370-375. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2932. (URL) (PDF)

Thomson, L. and Copland, L. (2017) Multi-decadal reduction in glacier velocities and mechanisms driving deceleration at polythermal White Glacier, Arctic Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 63(239), 450-463. doi: 10.1017/jog/2017.3. (URL) (PDF)

Mueller, D.R., Copland, L., Jeffries, M.O. (2017): Northern Ellesmere Island ice shelf and ice tongue extents, v. 1.0 (1906-2015). Nordicana, D28, doi: 10.5885/45455XD-24C73A8A736446CC. (URL)

Thomson, L., Zemp, M., Copland, L., Cogley, G. and Ecclestone, M. (2017): Comparison of geodetic and glaciological mass budgets for White Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 63(237), 55-66. doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.112 (URL) (PDF)

Van Wychen , W., Davis, J., Copland, L., Burgess, D.O., Gray, L., Sharp, M., Dowdeswell, J. and Benham, T. (2017) Variability in ice motion and dynamic discharge from Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 63(239), 436-449. doi: 10.1017/jog/2017.2. (URL) (PDF)

2016

Copland, L., Gray, L. and Burgess, D. (2016): Applications of CryoSat to measure the surface elevation and mass balance of Canadian Arctic glaciers and ice caps. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Bulletin, 44(6), 13-16. (URL) (PDF)

Pizzolato, L., Howell, S., Dawson, J., Laliberte, F. and Copland, L. (2016): The influence of declining sea ice on shipping activity in the Canadian Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters., 43(23), 12146-12158. doi: 10.1002/2016GL071489 (URL) (PDF)

Schellenberger, T., Van Wychen, W., Copland, L., Kaab, A. and Gray, L. (2016): An inter-comparison of techniques for determining velocities of maritime Arctic glaciers, Svalbard, using Radarsat-2 Wide Fine mode data. Remote Sensing, 8, 785, doi: 10.3390/rs8090785. (URL) (PDF)

Wolken, G., Sharp, Andreassen, L., Arendt, A., Burgess, D., Cogley, J.G., Copland, L., Kohler, J., O’Neel, S., Pelto, M., Thomson, L. and Wouters, B. (2016): Glaciers and ice caps outside Greenland. In: Blunden, J. and Arndt, D.S. (eds.). State of the Climate in 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society¸ 97(8), S142-S144, doi: 10.1175/2016BAMSStateoftheClimate.1. (URL) (PDF).

Gilbert, A., Flowers, G.E., Miller, G.H., Rabus, B.T., Van Wychen, W., Gardner, A.S. and Copland, L. (2016): Sensitivity of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada, to climate state and internal dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 121(8), 1516-1539. doi: 10.1002/2016JF003839. (URL) (PDF)

Williamson, S., Copland, L. and Hik, D.S. (2016): The accuracy of satellite-derived albedo for northern alpine and glaciated land covers. Polar Science, 10(3), 262-269.  doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2016.06.006. (URL) (PDF)

Medrzycka, M., Benn, D.I., Box, J.E., Copland, L. and Balog, J. (2016): Calving behavior at Rink Isbrae, west Greenland, from time-lapse photos. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 48(2), 263-277. (URL) (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Davis, J., Burgess, D.O., Copland, L., Gray, L., Sharp, M. and Mortimer, C. (2016): Characterizing interannual variability of glacier dynamics and dynamic discharge (1999-2015) for the ice masses of Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 121(1), 39-63. doi: 10.1002/2015JF003708. (URL) (PDF)

Thomson, L. and Copland, L. (2016): White Glacier 2014, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut: mapped using Structure from Motion methods. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 1063-1071. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2015.1124057. (URL) (PDF) (Supplementary Material – Map of White Glacier)

2015

Gray, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Demuth, M.N., Dunse, T., Langley, K. and Schuler, T. (2015): CryoSat-2 delivers monthly and inter-annual surface elevation change for Arctic ice caps. The Cryosphere, 9, 1895-1913. doi: 10.5194/tc-9/1895-2015. (URL) (PDF)

Haritashya, U., Pleasants, M. and Copland, L. (2015): Assessment of the evolution in velocity of two debris-covered valley glaciers in Nepal and New Zealand. Geografiska Annaler, 97(3), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/geoa.12112. (URL) (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Copland, L., Burgess, D., Gray, L. and Schaffer, N. (2015): Glacier velocities and dynamic discharge from the ice masses of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52(11), 980-989. doi: 10.1139/cjes-2015-0087 (URL) (PDF)

Sharp, M., Wolken, G., Burgess, D., Cogley, J.G., Copland, L., Thomson, L., Arendt, A., Wouters, B., Kohler, J., Andreassen, L., O’Neel, S. and Pelto, M. (2015): Glaciers and ice caps outside Greenland [in “State of the Climate in 2014”]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(7), 135-137. (URL) (PDF)

Waechter, A., Copland, L. and Herdes, E. (2015): Modern glacier velocities across the Icefield Ranges, St. Elias Mountains, and variability at selected glaciers from 1959 to 2012. Journal of Glaciology, 61(228), 624-634. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J147. (URL) (PDF)

White, A., Mueller, D. and Copland, L. (2015): Reconstructing hydrographic change in Petersen Bay, Ellesmere Island, Canada, inferred from SAR imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 165, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.rse/2015.o4.017. (URL) (PDF)

White, A. and Copland, L. (2015): Decadal-scale variations in glacier area changes across the Southern Patagonian Icefield since the 1970s. Arctic, Alpine and Antarctic Research, 47(1), 147-167. doi: 10.1657/AAAR0013-102. (URL) (PDF)

White, A., Copland, L., Mueller, D. and Van Wychen, W. (2015): Assessment of historical changes (1959-2012) and the causes of recent break-ups of the Petersen ice shelf, Nunavut, Canada. Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), 65-76. doi: 10.3189/2015AoG69A687. (URL) (PDF)

2014

Pfeffer, W.T. and 73 others (including L. Copland). (2014): The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 60(221), 537-552. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J176. (URL) (PDF)

Sharp, M., Burgess, D.O., Cawkwell, F., Copland, L., Davis, J.A., Dowdeswell, E.K., Dowdeswell, J.A., Gardner, A.S., Mair, D., Wang, L., Williamson, S.N.,  Wolken, G. J. and Wyatt, F. (2014): Remote sensing of recent glacier changes in the Canadian Arctic. In: Kargel, J.S., Leonard, G.J., Bishop, M.P., Kääb, A. and Raup, B.H. (eds). Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, Ch. 9, pp. 205-228. Praxis-Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-79818-7_9. (URL) (PDF)

Flowers, G.E., Copland, L. and Schoof, C.G. (2014): Contemporary glacier processes and global change: recent observations from Kaskawulsh Glacier and the Donjek Range, St. Elias Mountains. Arctic, 67(5), 22-34. doi: 10.14430/arctic4356. (URL) (PDF)

Bevington, A. and Copland, L. (2014): Characteristics of the last five surges of Lowell Glacier, Yukon, Canada, since 1948. Journal of Glaciology, 60(219), 113-123. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J134. (URL) (PDF)

Van Wychen, W., Burgess, D.O., Gray, L., Copland, L., Sharp, M., Dowdeswell, J. and Benham, T. (2014): Glacier velocities and dynamic ice discharge from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(2), 484-490. doi: 10.1002/2013GL058558. (URL) (PDF)

Pizzolato, L., Howell, S.E.L., Derksen, C., Dawson, J. and Copland, L. (2014): Changing sea ice conditions and marine transportation activity in Canadian Arctic waters between 1990 and 2012. Climatic Change, 123(2), 161-173. doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-1038-3. (URL) (PDF)

2013

Pizzolato, L., Howell, S.E.L., Dawson, J., Copland, L., Derksen, C. and Johnston, M.E. (2013): Climate Change Adaptation Assessment for Transportation in Arctic Waters (CATAW) Scoping Study: Summary Report. A report prepared for Transport Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. (PDF)

Gray, L., Burgess, D., Copland, L., Cullen, R., Galin, N., Hawley, R. and Helm, V. (2013): Interferometric swath processing of Cryosat data for glacial ice topography. The Cryosphere, 7, 1857-1867. (URL) (PDF)

Sylvestre, T., Copland, L., Demuth, M.N. and Sharp, M. (2013): Spatial patterns of snow accumulation across Belcher Glacier, Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 59(217), 874-882. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L. (2013): Classification of ice masses. In: Shroder, J.F. (ed.). Treatise on Geomorphology, Ch. 8.4, pp. 45-52. Elsevier, Oxford. (URL) (PDF)

2012

McLennan, D., Bell, T., Berteaux, D., Chen, W., Copland, L., Fraser, R., Gallant, D., Gauthier, G., Hik, D., Krebs, C.J., Myers-Smith, I., Olthof, I., Reid, D., Sladen, W., Tarnocai, C., Vincent, W., and Zhang, Y. (2012): Recent climate-related terrestrial biodiversity research in Canada’s Arctic national parks: review, summary, and management implications. Biodiversity, 13(3-4), 157-173. (URL) (PDF)

Mortimer, C., Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (2012): Volume and area changes of the Milne Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, since 1950. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 117, F04011. doi:10.1029/2011JF002074. (URL) (PDF)

Derksen, C., Smith, S.L., Sharp, M., Brown, L., Howell, S., Copland, L, Mueller, D., Gauthier, Y., Fletcher, C., Tivy, A., Bernier, M., Bourgeois, J., Brown, R., Burn, C., Duguay, C., Kushner, P., Langlois, A., Lewkowicz, A.G., Royer, A. and Walker, A. (2012): Variability and change in the Canadian cryosphere. Climatic Change, 115(1), 58-88. doi: 10.1007/s10584-012-0470-0. (URL) (PDF)

VanWychen, W., Copland, L., Gray, L., Burgess, D., Danielson, B. and Sharp, M. (2012): Spatial and temporal variation of ice motion and ice flux from Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 58(210), 657-664. (URL) (PDF)

Zdanowicz, C., Smetny-Sowa, A., Fisher, D., Schaffer, N., Copland, L. Eley, J. and Dupont, F. (2012): Summer melt rates on Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island: past and recent trends and implications for regional climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 117, F02006, doi: 10.1029/2011JF002248. (URL) (PDF)

Pope, S., Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (2012): Loss of multiyear landfast sea ice from Yelverton Bay, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 44(2), 210-221. (URL) (PDF)

Herdes, E., Copland, L., Danielson, B. and Sharp, M. (2012): Relationships between iceberg plumes and sea-ice conditions on northeast Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut. Annals of Glaciology, 53(60), 1-9. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L and Paterson, W.S.B. (2012): Ice cap. In: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation of Canada. (URL)

Halliday, E.J., King, A., Bobby, P., Copland, L. and Mueller, D. (2012): Petermann Ice Island ‘A’ survey results, offshore Labrador. In: Proceedings, Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, USA. doi: 10.4043/23714-MS. (URL) (PDF)

2011

Copland, L., Sylvestre, T., Bishop, M.P., Shroder, J.F., Seong, Y.B. Owen, L.A., Bush, A. and Kamp, U. (2011): Expanded and recently increased glacier surging in the Karakoram. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43(4), 503-516. (URL) (PDF)

Foy, N., Copland, L., Zdanowicz, C., M. Demuth, and C. Hopkinson (2011): Recent volume and area changes of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 57 (203), 515-525. (URL) (PDF)

Falkner, K.K., Melling, H., Munchow, A.M., Box, J.E., Wohlleben, T., Johnson, H., Gudmandsen, P., Samelson, R. Copland, L., Steffen, K., Rignot, E. and Higgins, A.K. (2011): Context for the recent massive Petermann Glacier calving event. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 92(114), 117-118. (URL) (PDF)

Shroder, J.F., Owen, L.A., Seong, Y.B., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Caffee, M.W., Copland, L., Finkel, R.C., Kamp, U. (2011): The role of mass movements on landscape evolution in the Central Karakoram: Discussion and speculation. Quaternary International, 236, 34-47, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.05. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L. (2011): Melting processes. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P and Haritashya, U.K. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, 733-735. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L. (2011): Retreat/advance of glaciers. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P and Haritashya, U.K. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, 934-939. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht. (URL) (PDF)

2010

Bishop, M.P., Bush, A.B.G., Copland, L., Kamp, U., Owen, L.A., Seong, Y.B., and Shroder, J.F. (2010): Climate change and mountain topographic evolution in the central Karakoram, Pakistan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 100(4), 772-793, doi: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521. (URL) (PDF)

2009

Quincey, D.J., Copland, L., Mayer, C., Bishop, M., Luckman, A. and Belo, M. (2009): Ice velocity and climate variations for Baltoro Glacier, Pakistan. Journal of Glaciology, 55(194), 1061-1071. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., S. Pope, M.P. Bishop, J.F. Shroder, Jr, P. Clendon, A. Bush, U. Kamp, Y.B. Seong, L.A. Owen (2009): Glacier velocities across the central Karakoram. Annals of Glaciology, 50 (52), 1-9. (URL) (PDF)

Seong, Y.B., Owen. L.A., Caffee, M.W., Kamp, U., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Copland, L. and Shroder, J.F. (2009): Rates of basin-wide rockwall retreat in the K2 region of the Central Karakoram defined by terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide 10Be. Geomorphology, 107, 254-262. (URL) (PDF)

Seong, Y.B., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, L., Finkel, R., Kamp, U., Owen, L.A., Shroder, J.F. (2009): Landforms and landscape evolution in the Skardu, Shigar and Braldu Valleys, Central Karakoram. Geomorphology, 103(2), 251-267. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.026 (URL) (PDF)

2008

Mueller, D., Copland, L., Hamilton, A. and Stern, D. (2008): Examining Arctic ice shelves prior to the 2008 breakup. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89(49), 502-503. (URL) (PDF)

Seong, Y.B., Owen, L.A., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, L., Finkel, R.C., Kamp, U., Shroder, J.F. (2008): Reply to comments by Matthias Kuhle on “Quaternary glacial history of the central Karakoram”. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, 1656-1658. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.04.016 (URL) (PDF)

Seong, Y.B., Owen, L.A., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, L., Finkel, R., Kamp, U. and Shroder, J.F. (2008): Rates of fluvial bedrock incision within an actively uplifting orogen: Central Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan. Geomorphology, 97, 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.011 (URL) (PDF)

2007

Copland, L., Mueller, D. and Weir, L. (2007): Rapid loss of the Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21501, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031809. (URL) (PDF)

Seong, Y.B., Owen, L.A., Bishop, M.P., Bush, A., Clendon, P., Copland, L., Finkel, R.C., Kamp, U., Shroder, J.F. (2007): Quaternary glacial history of the Central Karakoram. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, 3384-3405, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.015. (URL) (PDF)

2006

Glasser, N., Goodsell, B., Copland, L. and Lawson, W. (2006): Debris characteristics and ice-shelf dynamics in the ablation region of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 52(177), 223-234. (URL) (PDF)

Bingham, R., Nienow, P. Sharp, M. and Copland, L. (2006): Hydrology and dynamics of a polythermal (mostly cold) High Arctic glacier. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 1463-1479. (URL) (PDF)

2004

Bishop, M.P., Olsenholler, J.A, Shroder, J.F., Barry, R.G., Raup, B.H., Bush, A., Copland, L., Dwyer, J.L., Fountain, A.G., Haeberli, W., Kaab, A., Paul, F., Hall, D.K., Kargel, J.S., Molnia, B., Trabant, D. and Wessels, R. (2004): Global Land-Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): remote sensing and GIS investigations of the Earth’s cryosphere. Geocarto International, 19(2), 57-84. (URL) (PDF)

2003

Copland, L., Sharp, M., Nienow, P. and Bingham, R. (2003): The distribution of basal motion beneath a High Arctic polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 407-414. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Sharp, M. and Nienow, P. (2003): Links between short-term velocity variations and the subglacial hydrology of a predominantly cold polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 337-348. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Sharp, M. and Dowdeswell, J. (2003): The distribution and flow characteristics of surge-type glaciers in the Canadian High Arctic. Annals of Glaciology, 36, 73-81. (URL) (PDF)

2001

Copland, L. and Sharp, M. (2001): Mapping thermal and hydrological conditions beneath a polythermal glacier with radio-echo sounding. Journal of Glaciology, 47(157), 232-242. (URL) (PDF)

Gordon, S., Sharp, M., Hubbard, B., Willis, I., Smart, C., Copland, L., Harbor, J., and Ketterling, B. (2001): Borehole drainage and its implications for the investigation of glacier hydrology: experiences from Haut Glacier d’Arolla, Switzerland. Hydrological Processes, 15, 797-813. (URL) (PDF)

2000

Copland, L. and Sharp, M. (2000): Radio-echo sounding determination of polythermal glacier hydrology. In: Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar. Noon, D., Stickley, G.F., Longstaff, D. (eds.). SPIE Vol. 4084, 59-64. (URL) (PDF)

Kieffer, H. et al. (including L. Copland). (2000): New eyes in the sky measure glaciers and ice sheets. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81(24), 265 & 270-271. (URL) (PDF)

Shroder, J., Bishop, M., Copland, L. and Sloan, V. (2000): Debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Nanga Parbat Himalaya, Pakistan. Geografiska Annaler, 82A, 17-31. (URL) (PDF)

1998

Bishop, M.P., Shroder, J.F. Jr., Sloan, V.F., Copland, L., Colby, J.D. (1998): Remote sensing and GIS technology for studying lithospheric processes in a mountain environment. Geocarto International, 13, 75-87. (URL) (PDF)

Bishop, M.P., Shroder, J.F. Jr., Hickman, B.L., and Copland, L. (1998): Scale-dependent analysis of satellite imagery for characterization of glacier surfaces in the Karakoram Himalaya. Geomorphology, 21, 217-232. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L. (1998): The use of terrain analysis in the evaluation of snow cover over an alpine glacier. In: Lane, S.N., Richards, K.S., and Chandler, J.H. (eds.). Landform Monitoring, Modelling and Analysis. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 385-404. (URL) (PDF)

1997

Harbor, J., Sharp, M., Copland, L., Hubbard, B., Nienow, P., Mair, D. (1997): Influence of subglacial drainage conditions on the velocity distribution within a glacier cross section. Geology, 27, 739-742. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Harbor, J., Minner, M., and Sharp, M. (1997): The use of borehole inclinometry in determining basal sliding and internal deformation at Haut Glacier d’Arolla, Switzerland. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 331-337. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Harbor, J., and Sharp, M. (1997): Borehole video observation of englacial and basal ice conditions in a temperate valley glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 277-282. (URL) (PDF)

Copland, L., Harbor, J., Gordon, S., and Sharp, M. (1997): The use of borehole video in investigating the hydrology of a temperate glacier. Hydrological Processes, 11, 211-224. (URL) (PDF)