Joel is the Principal and Owner of Aesir Consulting LLC. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics/Astronomy from the University of Montana, his M.S. in Geology from the University of Montana and his PhD in Geophysics from Boise State University. He has experience conducting field work on both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, small mountain glaciers, and seasonal snowpack. He has also conducted geophysical surveys related to archaeological kiln detection, grave detection, hydraulic permittivity of soils, and sewer line mapping. Joel is familiar with large-scale modeling projects from editing, compiling, and loading model code to conducting large-scale glacial flow modeling of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet on multiple model platforms. Joel uses his experience in coding, GIS, modeling, and general glaciology to solve problems in a detailed accurate manner.
List of peer reviewed publications by Dr. Brown
Goel, V., Brown, J., and Matsuoka, K. (2017), Glaciological settings and recent mass balance of Blåskimen Island in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, The Cryosphere, 11, 2883-2896, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2883-2017, 2017.
Brown, J., Harper, J., and Humphrey, N. (2017), Liquid water content in ice estimated through a full-depth ground radar profile and borehole measurements in western Greenland, The Cryosphere, 11, 669-679, doi:10.5194/tc-11-669-2017, 2017.
Drews, R., J. Brown, K. Matsuoka, E. Witrant, M. Philippe, B. Hubbard, and F. Pattyn (2016), Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements, The Cryosphere, 10, 811-823, doi:10.5194/tc-10-811-2016.
Matsuoka, K., R. C. A. Hindmarsh, G. Moholdt, M. J. Bentley, H. D. Pritchard, J. Brown, H. Conway, R. Drews, G. Durand, D. Goldberg, T. Hattermann, J. Kingslake, J. T. M. Lenaerts, C. Martín, R. Mulvaney, K. Nicholls, F. Pattyn, N. Ross, T. Scambos, and P. L. Whitehouse (2015), Antarctic ice rises and rumples: their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution, Earth-Science Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.09.004.
Lenaerts, J. T. M., J. Brown, M. R. Van Den Broeke, K. Matsuoka, R. Drews, D. Callens, M. Philippe, I. V. Gorodetskaya, E. Van Meijgaard, C. H. Reijmer, F. Pattyn, and N. P. M. Van Lipzig (2014), High variability of climate and surface mass balance induced by Antarctic ice rises, Journal of Glaciology, 60(224), 1101-1110.
Harper, J., N. Humphrey, W. T Pfeffer, J. Brown, and X. Fettweis (2012), Greenland ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise buffered by meltwater storage in firn, Nature, 491(7423), doi:10.1038/nature11566
Brown, J., J. Bradford, J. Harper, W. T. Pfeffer, N. Humphrey, and E. Mosley-Thompson (2012), Georadar-derived estimates of firn density in the percolation zone, western Greenland ice sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F01011, doi:10.1029/2011JF002089.
Brown, J., J. Harper, W.T. Pfeffer, N. Humphrey, and J. Bradford (2011), High resolution study of layering within the percolation and soaked facies of the Greenland ice sheet, Annals of Glaciology, 52(59).
Brown, J., J. Harper, and N. Humphrey (2010), Cirque Glacier Sensitivity to 21st Century Warming: Sperry Glacier, Rocky Mountains, U.S.A., Global planetary Change, 74, 91-98, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.09.001.
Bradford, J. H., J. T. Harper, and J. Brown (2009), Complex dielectric permittivity measurements from ground-penetrating radar data to estimate snow liquid water content in the pendular regime, Water Resources Research., 45, W08403, doi:10.1029/2008WR007341.
Brown, J, J.T. Harper, and J.H. Bradford (2009), A radar transparent layer in a temperate valley glacier: Bench Glacier, Alaska, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(11), 1497-1506.
Brown, J.M., L. Steinbronn, J. Nichols, and J. Bradford (2009), Improved GPR interpretation through resolution of lateral velocity heterogeneity: Example from an archaeological site investigation, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 68(1), 3-8.
Brown, J., Harper, J., and Humphrey, N. (2017), Liquid water content in ice estimated through a full-depth ground radar profile and borehole measurements in western Greenland, The Cryosphere, 11, 669-679, doi:10.5194/tc-11-669-2017, 2017.
Drews, R., J. Brown, K. Matsuoka, E. Witrant, M. Philippe, B. Hubbard, and F. Pattyn (2016), Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements, The Cryosphere, 10, 811-823, doi:10.5194/tc-10-811-2016.
Matsuoka, K., R. C. A. Hindmarsh, G. Moholdt, M. J. Bentley, H. D. Pritchard, J. Brown, H. Conway, R. Drews, G. Durand, D. Goldberg, T. Hattermann, J. Kingslake, J. T. M. Lenaerts, C. Martín, R. Mulvaney, K. Nicholls, F. Pattyn, N. Ross, T. Scambos, and P. L. Whitehouse (2015), Antarctic ice rises and rumples: their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution, Earth-Science Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.09.004.
Lenaerts, J. T. M., J. Brown, M. R. Van Den Broeke, K. Matsuoka, R. Drews, D. Callens, M. Philippe, I. V. Gorodetskaya, E. Van Meijgaard, C. H. Reijmer, F. Pattyn, and N. P. M. Van Lipzig (2014), High variability of climate and surface mass balance induced by Antarctic ice rises, Journal of Glaciology, 60(224), 1101-1110.
Harper, J., N. Humphrey, W. T Pfeffer, J. Brown, and X. Fettweis (2012), Greenland ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise buffered by meltwater storage in firn, Nature, 491(7423), doi:10.1038/nature11566
Brown, J., J. Bradford, J. Harper, W. T. Pfeffer, N. Humphrey, and E. Mosley-Thompson (2012), Georadar-derived estimates of firn density in the percolation zone, western Greenland ice sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F01011, doi:10.1029/2011JF002089.
Brown, J., J. Harper, W.T. Pfeffer, N. Humphrey, and J. Bradford (2011), High resolution study of layering within the percolation and soaked facies of the Greenland ice sheet, Annals of Glaciology, 52(59).
Brown, J., J. Harper, and N. Humphrey (2010), Cirque Glacier Sensitivity to 21st Century Warming: Sperry Glacier, Rocky Mountains, U.S.A., Global planetary Change, 74, 91-98, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.09.001.
Bradford, J. H., J. T. Harper, and J. Brown (2009), Complex dielectric permittivity measurements from ground-penetrating radar data to estimate snow liquid water content in the pendular regime, Water Resources Research., 45, W08403, doi:10.1029/2008WR007341.
Brown, J, J.T. Harper, and J.H. Bradford (2009), A radar transparent layer in a temperate valley glacier: Bench Glacier, Alaska, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(11), 1497-1506.
Brown, J.M., L. Steinbronn, J. Nichols, and J. Bradford (2009), Improved GPR interpretation through resolution of lateral velocity heterogeneity: Example from an archaeological site investigation, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 68(1), 3-8.