The Ice, Climate, and Environment Laboratory (ICELab) specializes in glacier research applications including field-based, remote sensing, and modelling methods. Our field-based instrumentation includes:
- Glaciological tools including ice coring and drilling systems, and essential glacier travel/safety equipment;
- Automatic weather stations (Campbell Scientific and Onset) and related instrumentation necessary for energy balance studies in the accumulation and ablation areas of glaciers;
- Geophysics tools including high (250-1000 MHz) and low (10 MHz) ice-penetrating radar systems;
- Survey instrumentation including multi-frequency Trimble GPS systems and air-photo quality camera systems for producing georectified 3D models.
These tools support investigations into Arctic glacier dynamics across a variety of spatial and temporal scales, and provide insight into the key processes driving glacier changes.
The ICELab facilities host high-quality computing systems that support our GIS, Remote sensing, statistical analysis, and modelling activities, as well as the bench-space and tools required for the development and calibration of field instruments.