Expert Profile
Isabella Velicogna
Professor, Earth System Science, Physical Sciences Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Equity and Inclusion
Isabella Velicogna is a Professor of Earth System Sciences and a Faculty Part time at NASA/Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Areas of Expertise
- Physical Climate
- Sea Level Rise
- GRACE Satellite
- Climate Change
Biography
Isabella Velicogna is a Professor of Earth System Sciences at the University of California Irvine and a Faculty Part time at NASA/Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. She uses novel geophysical methods and satellite remote sensing techniques to understand the physical processes governing ice sheet mass balance and the hydrologic cycle of high latitude regions, with an emphasis on time-variable gravity from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, follow-on gravity missions, and other geophysical data (GPS, precipitation reanalysis, laser altimetry, regional climate models, and in situ observations).
Media
Media Appearances
UCI Researchers Receive More Than $8 Million to Advance California's Climate Goals
AzoCleantech, 8/24/2023
Women on the front lines of climate science
ABC News, 4/20/2023
Parts of Greenland now hotter than at any time in the last 1,000 years, scientists say
The Washington Post, 1/18/2023
A forgotten Cold War experiment has revealed its icy secret. It’s bad news for the planet.
The Washington Post, 3/15/2021
Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster
AP, 6/11/2021
How climate change moved Earth's axis
Mashable, 4/29/2021
Women on the front lines of climate science
ABC News, 4/23/2021
Articles
Satellite detection of varying seasonal water supply restrictions on grassland productivity in the Missouri basin, USA
Remote Sensing of Environment
Below-surface water mediates the response of African forests to reduced rainfall
Environmental Research Letters
Planning for a Changing Mountain Hydroclimate: Using Large Ensembles to Assess Future Risks (Invited Presentation)
100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
Self‐Consistent Ice Mass Balance and Regional Sea Level From Time‐Variable Gravity
Earth and Space Science
Evaluation of Regional Climate Models Using Regionally Optimized GRACE Mascons in the Amery and Getz Ice Shelves Basins, Antarctica
Geophysical Research Letters
Education
University of Trieste, Italy
PhD, Engineering (Geodynamics), 1999
University of Trieste, Italy
MS, Physics, 1995
University of Trieste, Italy
BS, Physics, 1995
Accomplishments
- UCI School of Physical Sciences award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
- NASA Group Achievement Award
Affiliations
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- International Glaciological Society (IGS)
- European Geophysical Union (EGU)