Hi! I'm a 3rd year graduate studying meltwater in the polar regions. I came to CU from Colorado School of Mines where I recieved a BS in Geophysical Engineering. In 2019 I recieved a NASA FINESST Fellowship to study subsurface lakes in Antarctica. Currently I am working on a project that analyses global climate model CESM2's performance over Antarctica and a separate project that uses a snow model to analyze firn properties on Antarctic ice shelves.
Outside of research, I enjoy hiking, camping, skiing, playing soccer, and painting!
Publications:
Dunmire, D.; Lenaerts, J.T.M.; Banwell, A.F.; Wever, N.; Shragge, J.; Lhermitte, S.; Drews, R.; Pattyn, F.; Hansen, J.S.S.; Willis, I.C.; et al. Observations of Buried Lake Drainage on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters. 47. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087970, 2020.
Dunmire, D., Banwell, A. F., Lenaerts, J. T. M., and Datta, R. T.: Contrasting regional variability of buried meltwater extent over two years across the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-3, in review, 2021.