Dr Tristram Irvine-Fynn

Lecturer in Glaciology
PhD in Geography – Glaciology (University of Sheffield, UK, 2008)
MSc in Geography – Glaciology (University of Calgary, Canada, 2004)
BA in Geography (University of Cambridge, UK, 2001)
Photograph of Dr Tristram Irvine-Fynn.

Contact

Email: tdi@aber.ac.uk
Office: J12
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622784
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622659

Responsibilities

  • MSc Glaciology Coordinator

Teaching Areas

  • Geohazards (EA22810)
  • Geography Tutorial (GG22110)
  • Process Glaciology (GG30320)
  • Approaches to Glaciology (EAM0820)
  • Research Dissertation in Glaciology (EAM3360)

Research

Group Affiliation

  • Centre for Glaciology
  • Climate Change Consortium of Wales (C3W)

Research Interests

Tris’ research interests are focussed on process glaciology and hydrology, particularly in the High-Arctic:

  • Glacier thermal regime and hydrology
  • Supraglacial processes and ecology
  • Method development for process glaciology
  • Paraglacial dynamics in arctic catchments

Biography

Tris initially joined IGES in Feb 2011 as a process glaciologist Research Fellow employed through the C3W initiative. With earlier experience on temperate alpine glaciers, Tris started researching High-Arctic glaciology on Svalbard in 2000. Supported by a Canadian Memorial Foundation Scholarship, he worked on utilising ground penetrating radar (GPR) to delineate hydrological connections and changes within Stagnation Glacier, Bylot Island, Canadian Arctic; this project yielded an MSc from University of Calgary which was awarded the Chancellors Medal. Subsequently, he returned to the University of Sheffield for his PhD research: a detailed hydrological study of Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard. Tris was then employed at Sheffield – funded by The Leverhulme Trust as a PDRA and NERC as a Research Co-Investigator – focusing on projects exploring the “greening of retreating arctic glaciers” in collaboration with the University of Bristol. This area of research has continued in Tris’ tenure of the C3W Fellowship, with focus on novel techniques to monitor supraglacial characteristics and processes and close collaboration with colleagues in IBERS. In particular, his interests include the hydraulics of near-surface ice, the seasonal development of ice surface roughness and albedo, and feedbacks linked to the important ecological niche that glacier surfaces represent. Throughout his research career Tris has contributed to teaching across a wide range of physical geography courses, including ones based at UNIS (Svalbard).

Staff Publications

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters, Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

2012

  1. J Telling, AM Anesio, M Tranter, M Stibal, J Hawkings, TDL Irvine-Fynn, AJ Hodson, C Butler, M Yallop, and J Wadham. 2012. Controls on the autochthonous production and respiration of organic matter in cryoconite holes on high Arctic glaciers, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, G01017, 10pp, DOI

2011

  1. TDL Irvine-Fynn, AJ Hodson, BJ Moorman, G Vatne, and AL Hubbard. 2011. Polythermal glacier hydrology: a review, Reviews of Geophysics, 49, RG4002, 37pp DOI
  2. N Rutter, A Hodson, TDL Irvine-Fynn, M Kristiansen Solas. 2011. Hydrology and hydrochemistry of a deglaciating high-Arctic catchment, Svalbard, Journal of Hydrology, 410, 1-2, 39-50, DOI
  3. TDL, Irvine-Fynn, Bridge, J W, Hodson, A J. 2011. In situ quantification of supraglacial cryoconite morphodynamics using time-lapse imaging: an example from Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology, 57, 651-657.
  4. J Telling, AM Anesio, M Tranter, TDL Irvine-Fynn, A Hodson, C Butler, and J Wadham. 2011. Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard, Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 116, G03039, 8pp, DOI.
  5. TDL Irvine-Fynn, NE Barrand, PR Porter, AJ Hodson, T Murray. 2011. Recent High-Arctic proglacial sediment redistribution: a process perspective using airborne lidar. Geomorphology, 125: 27-39. DOI

2010

  1. TDL Irvine-Fynn, AJ Hodson. 2010. Biogeochemistry and dissolved oxygen dynamics at a subglacial upwelling, Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56): 41-46. DOI
  2. TDL Irvine-Fynn, JW Bridge, AJ Hodson. 2010. Rapid quantification of cryoconite: granule geometry and in situ supraglacial extent, using examples from Greenland and Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology, 56: 297-308. DOI
  3. A Hodson, K Cameron, C Bøggild, T Irvine-Fynn, H Langford, D Pearce, S Banwart. 2010. The structure, biogeochemistry and formation of cryoconite aggregates upon an Arctic valley glacier; Longyearbreen, Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology, 56: 349-362. DOI
  4. J Cook, A Hodson, J Telling, A Anesio, TDL Irvine-Fynn, C Bellas. 2010. The mass-area relationship within cryoconite holes and its implications for primary production. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56): 106-110 DOI
  5. J Telling, AM Anesio, J Hawkings, M Tranter, JL Wadham, AJ Hodson, TDL Irvine-Fynn, M Yallop. 2010. Measuring rates of gross photosynthesis and net production in cryoconite holes: a comparison of field methods. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56): 153-162 DOI
  6. TDL Irvine-Fynn, PR Porter, NE Barrand, DI Benn, M Temminghoff, S Lukas. 2010. High-Arctic glacial-periglacial interactions and the development of terrain morphology on Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard. Proceedings of Geo2010: 63rd Canadian Geotechnical and 6th Canadian Permafrost Conferences, Calgary, AB., Canada: 8pp.
  7. PR Porter, G Vatne, FSL Ng, TDL Irvine-Fynn. 2010. Ice-marginal sediment delivery to the surface of a High-Arctic glacier: Austre Brøggerbreen, Svalbard. Geografiska Annaler, 92A: 439-451.

2009

  1. AM Curry, PR Porter, TDL Irvine-Fynn, G Rees, TB Sands, J Puttick. 2009. Quantitative particle size, microtextural and outline shape analyses of glacigenic sediment reworked by paraglacial debris flows. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34: 48-62.

2008

  1. E Hanna, P Huybrechts, K Steffen, J Cappelen, R Huff, C Shuman, T Irvine-Fynn, S Wise, M Griffiths. 2008. Increased runoff from melt from the Greenland Ice Sheet: a response to global warming? Journal of Climate, 21: 331-341.
  2. TDL Irvine-Fynn, BJ Moorman. 2008. Arctic glaciers and ground-penetrating radar case study: Stagnation Glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. In: C Hauck and C Kneisel (Eds), Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments, Cambridge University Press, pp.179-190.
  3. S Wise, E Hanna, TDL Irvine-Fynn. 2008. The accuracy of gridded elevation models interpolated to higher resolutions. Proceedings of GISRUK 16th Annual Conference: 150-155.

2007

  1. A Hodson, AM Anesio, F Ng, R Watson, J Quirk, T Irvine-Fynn, A Dye, C Clark, P McCloy, J Kohler, B Sattler. 2007. A glacier respires: quantifying the distribution and respiration CO2 flux of cryoconite across an entire Arctic supraglacial ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research (Bioscience), 112, G04S36: 9pp. DOI.

2006

  1. TDL Irvine-Fynn, BJ Moorman, JLM Williams and FSA Walter. 2006. Seasonal changes in ground-penetrating radar signature observed at a polythermal glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31: 892-909.

2005

  1. TDL Irvine-Fynn, BJ Moorman, IC Willis, DB Sjogren, AJ Hodson, PN Mumford, FSA Walter, JLM Williams. 2005. Geocryological processes linked to High-Arctic proglacial stream suspended sediment dynamics: examples from Bylot Island, Nunavut and Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Hydrological Processes, 19: 115-135.
  2. TDL Irvine-Fynn, BJ Moorman, DB Sjogren, FSA Walter, IC Willis, AJ Hodson, JLM Williams, PN Mumford. 2005. Cryological processes implied in Arctic proglacial stream sediment dynamics using principal components analysis and regression. In: Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost, Geological Society Special Publication 242: 83-98.
  3. TDL Irvine-Fynn, AJ Hodson, J Kohler, PR Porter, G Vatne. 2005. Dye tracing experiments at Midtre Lovénbreen Svalbard: preliminary results and interpretations. In: B. R. Mavlyudov (Editor), Glacier Caves and Glacial Karst in High Mountains and Polar Regions. Proceedings 7th GLACKIPR Conference, Sept 2005, Azau. Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, pp.36-43.