Dr Alex Fraser - Remote Sensing Specialist
Meet Alex
Dr Fraser completed a BComp-BSc combined degree (physics major) in 2006, closely followed by a BSc. (hons, first class) where he studied techniques for remote detection of Antarctic polar stratospheric clouds, a critical component in stratospheric ozone depletion. He completed his PhD at UTAS/ACE CRC, with a thesis entitled “East Antarctic Landfast Sea Ice Distribution and Variability”. As part of this work, he produced the first high spatio-temporal resolution maps of landfast sea ice in East Antarctica.
Following his PhD, Dr Fraser commenced a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at ACE CRC (2010-2013), working on active microwave remote sensing of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. From 2013-2015, Dr Fraser worked as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Hokkaido University’s Institute of Low Temperature Science. During this time, he worked on the interaction between landfast ice and coastal polynya sea ice production. Dr Fraser returned to ACE CRC in 2015 to work as a remote sensing specialist.
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Awards/Grants:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellowship – 2013-2015
Selected Publications:
Fraser, A. D., M. A. Nigro, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, B. Legresy, M. Inoue, J. J. Cassano, P. Kuipers Munneke, J. T. M. Lenaerts, N. W. Young, A. Treverrow, M. van den Broeke & H. Enomoto (in press). Drivers of ASCAT C band backscatter variability in the dry snow zone of Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology. doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.29
Fraser, A. D., N. W. Young & N. Adams (2014). Comparison of Microwave Backscatter Anisotropy Parameterizations of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Using ASCAT. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(3):1583-1595. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2252621