CHRISTOPHER A. SHUMAN 

OFFICE ADDRESS 

Building 33 Room A210 -Code 614.1 NASA/GSFC 
Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001 
301-614-5706 voice  301-614-5644 facsimile 
Christopher.A.Shuman@nasa.gov 


ACTIVITY 

2001-Present -Earth Scientist, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 
and Deputy Project Scientist for the ICESat Mission (2001-2005), Greenbelt, MD and Adjunct 
Research Faculty, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park. 

1999-2001 -Assistant Research Scientist, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of 
Maryland, College Park, Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi, Director. 

1996-1998 -Visiting Research Fellow, Universities Space Research Association, NASA Goddard 
Space Flight Center, Oceans and Ice Branch, Greenbelt, MD with Dr. Robert A. Bindschadler. 

1994-1996 -National Research Council, Resident Research Associate, NASA Goddard Space Flight 
Center, Oceans and Ice Branch, Greenbelt, MD working with Dr. Robert A. Bindschadler. 

1992-1994 -Research Associate, Earth System Science Center and Department of Geosciences, The 
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA working with Dr. Richard B. Alley. 

EDUCATION 

Ph.D. Geosciences 1992, The Pennsylvania State University, Advisor: Dr. R.R. Parizek. 

M.S. Geology 1987, The Pennsylvania State University, Advisor:Dr. R.R. Parizek. 
B.S. Geology 1982, Moravian College, Advisor: Dr. J.J. Gerencher, Jr. 
FUNDING HISTORY 

Co-Investigator, NASA IIP, Push-broom Laser Altimeter Demonstration for Space-based Cryospheric 
Mapping, with D.J. Harding PI, NASA Portion is $2,714,800K over three years after cost sharing. 

Co-Investigator, NASA Oceans and Ice NRA-04-OES-02, "At-Risk" Ice Shelves and Outlet Glaciers 
in Antarctica: Using Satellite Data to Evaluate Responses to a Changing Climate, with T. Scambos PI, 
NASA Portion is $61,400 over three years after cost sharing. 

Co-Investigator, NASA Oceans and Ice NRA-04-OES-02, Quantification of the Current State of Ice 
Caps and Outlet Glaciers in the North Atlantic, Rate of Change and their Vulnerability to Climate 
Change, with D. Hall PI, NASA portion is $599,100 over three years after cost sharing. 

Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, OPP-0125960, Collaborative Research: 
Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation, with T. 
Scambos, M. Fahnestock, and M. Albert, NASA portion is $74,712 over three years. 

Co-Investigator, NASA 01-OES-03 Grant, Multi-sensor measurements of the temporal and spatial 
pattern of ice-sheet accumulation, with R.A. Bindschadler and M. Fahnestock, NASA portion is 
$342,400 over three years. 

Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant OPP-9815200, Stable isotope studies at West 
Antarctic ITASE sites with E.J Steig and J.W.C. White ($266,367 over five years. 


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Co-Investigator, NASA EOS-IDS Grant 1996-MTPE-00027, Interdisciplinary determination of snow 
accumulation patterns on the Greenland ice sheet: Combined atmospheric modeling and field and 
remote sensing studies with R.A. Bindschadler ($280,000 over four years). 

Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant OPP-9526566, Passive Microwave Remote 
Sensing for Paleoclimate Indicators at Siple Dome, Antarctica with R.A. Bindschadler ($140,143 over 
three years). 

PUBLICATIONS 

Shuman, C.A., T.A. Scambos, W.B. Krabill, R.A. Thomas, A. Rivera, G. Casassa, C. Hulbe, C.F. 
Martin, J. Bohlander, and V.P. Suchdeo (in prep.), Significant thinning of Crane Glacier 2002-2006, 
Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters. 

Shuman, C.A., D.K. Hall, R.S. Williams, Jr., O. Sigursson and J.F. Jnsdttir, (in prep.) Detection of 
surface-elevation change on Drangajkull, Iceland, Annals of Glaciology. 

Shuman, C.A., M.A. Fahnestock, T. Scambos, R. Bauer, T. Haran, M. Albert (in prep). Antarctic 
megadunes  Form and scale, Journal of Geophysical Research. 

Humbert, A. and C.A. Shuman (in prep.). The beauty and complexity of the Brunt Ice Shelf from 
MOA and ICESat, Journal of Glaciology. 

Hanna, E., P. Huybrechts, K. Steffen, J. Cappelen, R. Huff, C.A. Shuman, T. Irvine-Fynn and S. Wise 
(2008), Increased runoff from melt from the Greenland Ice Sheet: a response to global warming?, 
Journal of Climate, vol. 21/2, pp. 331-341, DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1964 

Bell, R.E., M. Studinger, C.A. Shuman, M.A. Fahnestock, and I. Joughin, Large subglacial lakes in 
East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams, Nature, vol. 445, pp. 904-907, 
doi:10.1038/nature05554. 

Courville, Z.R., M.R. Albert, M.A. Fahnestock, L.M. Cathles, and C.A. Shuman (2007), Impacts of 
an accumulation hiatus on the physical properties of firn at a low-accumulation polar site, Journal of 
Geophysical Research, 112, F02030, doi:10.1029/2005JF000429 

Koenig, L.S., E.J. Steig, D.P. Winebrenner and C.A. Shuman (2007), A link between microwave 
extinction length, firn thermal diffusivity and accumulation rate in West Antarctic. Journal of 
Geophysical Research, 112(F3), F03018, doi:10.1029/2006JF000716. 

Shuman, C.A., H.J. Zwally, B.E. Schutz, A. Brenner, R. J. DiMarzio, H.A. Fricker, and V.P. Suchdeo 
(2006). ICESat Antarctic Ice Sheet elevations -Preliminary precision and accuracy assessments, 
Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07501, doi:10.1029/2005GL025227. 

Bell, R.E., M. Studinger, M.A. Fahnestock, and C.A. Shuman (2006). Tectonically controlled 
subglacial lakes on the flanks of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica, Geophysical 
Research Letters 33, L02504 (2006) 

Schutz, B.E., H.J. Zwally, C.A. Shuman, D. Hancock, J. DiMarzio (2005). Overview of the ICESat 
Mission, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L21S01. 

Bindschadler, R.A., H. Choi, C.A. Shuman, and T. Markus, (2005). Detecting and measuring new 
snow accumulation on ice sheets by satellite remote sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, 98, 
388402 

Stroeve, J., D. Long, J.C. Comiso T.A. Scambos, and C.A. Shuman (2005). Estimation of Glaciers 
and Sea-ice Extent and their Properties, Chapter 56 -Encyclopedia of Hydrology, M G Anderson, 
Ed., John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 


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Steig, E.J. and 11 others (2005). High-resolution ice cores from US ITASE (West Antarctica): 
development and validation of chronologies and determination of precision and accuracy, Annals of 
Glaciology, v. 41, 77-84. 

Mann, J.L., S.E. Long, C.A. Shuman, W.R. Kelly (2005). Determination of mercury content in a 
shallow firn core from Summit, Greenland by isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 163, 19-32. 

Albert, M. C.A. Shuman, Z. Courville, R. Bauer, M. Fahnestock, and T. Scambos (2005). Extreme 
firn metamorphism: Impact of decades of vapor transport on near surface firn at a low-accumulation 
glazed site on the East Antarctic Plateau, Annals of Glaciology, v. 39, 73-78. 

Scambos, T.A., J.A. Bohlander, C.A. Shuman, and P. Skvarca (2004). Glacier acceleration and 
thinning after ice shelf collapse in the Larsen B embayment, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters, 
31, 18, L18402 (noted in Discover Magazine, January 2005, #1 Science Story of 2004) 

Jacka, J. and 23 others (ISMASS Committee), (2004). Recommendations for the collection and 
synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data, Global and Planetary Change, 42, 1-4, 1-15 

Das, S.B., R.B. Alley, D.B. Reusch and C.A. Shuman (2002). Temperature variability at Siple Dome, 
West Antarctica, derived from SSM/I and SSMR brightness temperatures, ECMWF reanalyses, and 
AWS records. Annals of Glaciology, 34, 106-112. 

Shuman, C.A., and J.C. Comiso (2002). In situ and satellite surface temperature records in Antarctica, 
Annals of Glaciology, 34, 113-120. 

Fahnestock, M.A., W. Abdalati, and C.A. Shuman (2002). Long melt seasons on ice shelves of the 
Antarctic Peninsula: an analysis using satellite-based microwave emission measurements, Annals of 
Glaciology, 34, 127-133. 

Shuman, C.A., and J.C. Comiso (2002). Ice sheet temperature records -Satellite and in situ data from 
Antarctica and Greenland, Monitoring an Evolving Cryosphere, 25th Anniversary of NSIDC, 
Glaciological Data Report GD-30, 78. 

Shuman, C.A., D.H. Bromwich, J. Kipfstuhl, and M. Schwager (2001), Multi-year accumulation and 
temperature history near the NGRIP site, north-central Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research, 
106, D24, 33853-33866. 

Winebrenner, D.P., R.J. Arthern, and C.A. Shuman (2001). Mapping Greenland accumulation rates 
using observations of thermal emission at 4.5-cm wavelength, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 
D24, 33919-33934. 

Shuman, C.A. and C.R. Stearns (2001). Decadal-length composite inland West Antarctic temperature 
records, Journal of Climate, 14, 9, 1977-1988. 

Shuman, C.A., K. Steffen, J.E. Box and C.R. Stearns (2001). A dozen years of temperature 
observations at the Summit: Central Greenland automatic weather stations 1987-1999, Journal of 
Applied Meteorology, 40, 4, 741-752. 

Fahnestock, M.A., T.A. Scambos, C.A. Shuman, R.J. Arthern, D.P. Winebrenner (2000). Snow 
megadune fields on the East Antarctic plateau: Extreme atmosphere/ice interaction, Geophysical 
Research Letters, 27, 22, 3719-3722. 

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, M.S. Twickler, S.I. Whitlow, J.W.C. White, C.A. Shuman, C.F. 
Raymond, H. Conway, N.A. Nereson, J. McConnell, and K. Taylor (1999). Seasonal variations of 


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glaciochemical, isotopic, and stratigraphic properties in Siple Dome, Antarctica, surface snow, Annals 
of Glaciology, 29, 38-44. 

Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, M.A. Fahnestock, R.A. Bindschadler, J.W.C. White, J.R. McConnell, and 

J. Winterle (1998). Temperature history and accumulation timing for the snow pack at GISP2, central 
Greenland, Journal of Glaciology, 44, 146, 21-30. 
Bindschadler, R.A., R.B. Alley, J. Anderson, S. Shipp, H. Borns, J. Fastook, S. Jacobs, C.F. 
Raymond, and C.A. Shuman (1998). What is happening to the West Antarctic ice sheet?, EOS, 79, 
22, 257, 264-265. 

Jouzel J., R.B. Alley, K.M. Cuffey, W. Dansgaard, P. Grootes, G. Hoffmann, S.J. Johnsen, R.D. 
Koster, D. Peel, C.A. Shuman, M. Stievenard, M. Stuiver and J.W.C. White (1997). Validity of the 
temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores, GISP2-GRIP Compendium Volume, 
Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, C12, 26471-26488. 

Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, M.A. Fahnestock, P.J. Fawcett, R.A. Bindschadler, S. Anandakrishnan, 
and C.R. Stearns (1997). Detection and monitoring of annual indicators and temperature trends at 
GISP2 using passive microwave remote sensing data, GISP2-GRIP Compendium Volume, Journal of 
Geophysical Research, 102, C12, 26877-26886. 

Alley, R.B., C.A. Shuman, D.A. Meese, A.J. Gow, K.C. Taylor, K.M. Cuffey, J.J. Fitzpatrick, G. 
Spinelli, G.A. Zielinski, M. Ram, P.M. Grootes, B. Elder (1997). Visual-stratigraphic dating of the 
GISP2 ice core: basis, reproducibility, and application, GISP2-GRIP Compendium Volume, Journal of 
Geophysical Research, 102, C12, 26367-26381. 

Fawcett, P.J., A.M. gstsdttir, R.B. Alley, and C.A. Shuman (1997). The Younger Dryas 
termination and North Atlantic deepwater formation: Insights from climate model simulations and 
Greenland ice core data, Paleoceanography, 12, 1, 23-38. 

Shuman, C.A., M.A. Fahnestock, R.A. Bindschadler, R.B. Alley, and C.R. Stearns (1996). 
Composite temperature record from the Greenland summit, 1987-1994: Synthesis of multiple 
automatic weather station records and SSM/I brightness temperatures, Journal of Climate, 9, 6, 14211428. 


Alley, R.B., R.C. Finkel, K. Nishiizumi, S. Anandakrishnan, C.A. Shuman, G.R. Mershon, G.A. 
Zielinski, and P.A. Mayewski (1995). Changes in continental and sea salt atmospheric loadings in 
central Greenland during the recent deglaciation, Journal of Glaciology, 41, 139, 503-514. 

Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, J.W.C. White, P.M. Grootes, and C.R. Stearns 
(1995). Temperature and accumulation at the Greenland Summit: Comparison of high-resolution 
isotope profiles and passive microwave brightness temperature trends, Journal of Geophysical 
Research (Atmospheres), 100, D5, 9165-9177. 

Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, and C.R. Stearns (1995). An empirical technique for 
estimating near-surface air temperatures in central Greenland from SSM/I brightness temperatures, 
Remote Sensing of Environment, 51, 245-252. 

Kapsner, W.R., R.B. Alley, C.A. Shuman, S. Anandakrishnan, and P.M. Grootes (1995). Dominant 
influence of atmospheric circulation on snow accumulation in Greenland over the past 18,000 years, 
Nature, 373, 6509, 52-54. 

Shuman, C.A. and R.B. Alley (1993). Spatial and temporal characterization of hoar formation in central 
Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 23, 2643-2646. 


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Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, and S. Anandakrishnan (1993). Characterization of a hoar-development 
episode using SSM/I brightness temperatures in the vicinity of the GISP2 site, Greenland, Annals of 
Glaciology, 17, 183-188. 

Alley, R.B., D. Meese, C.A. Shuman, A.J. Gow, K. Taylor, M. Ram, E.D. Waddington, and P.A. 
Mayewski (1993). Abrupt accumulation increase at the Younger Dryas termination in the GISP2 ice 
core. Nature, 362, 6420, 527-529. 

SELECTED ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS 

AGU Cryosphere Focus Group, Executive Committee Member, 2004-Present. 
Group Award, Peer Award, Special Act Awards, 2002, 2004, 2005 for ICESat Mission, Education 
and Outreach, and Field Work, Science Data Processing, and Mission Development, NASA Goddard 
Space Flight Center 
American Geophysical Union Special Session Co-Convener and Co-Chair, ICESat Mission, Fall AGU 
Meeting, 2003-2005. 
American Geophysical Union Special Session Co-Convenor and Co-Chair, Ice Cores: Paleoclimates 
and Glaciology, Spring AGU Meeting, 1996-2004. 
Mentioned in some detail in both R.B. Alleys Two Mile Time Machine (2000) and P.A. Mayewskis 

The Ice Chronicles (2002) books for contributions to ice core science. 
Polar DAAC Advisory Group (PoDAG) Member, 1995-Present, NASA Advisory Panel. 
American Meteorological Society, Polar Meteorology Committee member, 2001-2003 
International Glaciological Society, Local Committee Member, International Symposium on Remote 

Sensing in Glaciology, University of Maryland, College Park, June 4-8, 2002. 
Member, 1999-2001, NSFs Ice Core Working Group, in support of the National Ice Core 
Laboratory, West Denver, CO. 
National Research Council Resident Research Associateship, 1994-1996, NASA Goddard Space 
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. 
Field work: Greenland -1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2006 summer seasons (varying 
durations and accommodations). 
Field work: Antarctica -1996, 1997, 2000 (2x), and 2002 (2x) summer seasons (varying durations 
and accommodations). 

REFERENCES 

Dr. Richard Alley Dr. David Harding 
517 Deike Building Mail Code 698 
Department of Geosciences Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory 
The Pennsylvania State University NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
University Park, PA 16802 Greenbelt, MD 20771 

(814) 863-1700 Voice (814) 865-3191 Fax (301) 614-6503 Voice (301) 614-6522 Fax 
ralley@mcfeely.geosc.psu.edu david.j.harding@nasa.gov 
Dr. Mark Fahnestock Dr. Ted Scambos 
Morse Hall, 39 College Road Campus Box 449, 1540 30th Street 
Inst. for Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space National Snow and Ice Data Center 
University of New Hampshire University of Colorado 


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Durham, NH 03824 Boulder, CO 80309 
(603) 862-5065 Voice 603-862-1915 Fax (303) 492-1113 Voice (303) 492-2468 Fax 
mark.fahnestock@unh.edu teds@icehouse.colorado.edu