JENNIFER K. HUTCHINGS
Oregon State University
Center for Earth Ocean and Atmospheric
Sciences, 304 Burt, Corvallis, OR 97330
541 737 4453 (work)
Date of Birth: 17th May 1975
Nationality: British
U.S. Permanent Resident
APPOINTMENTS
2013-present Assistant Professor Oregon State University, CEOAS
2008-2013
Research Assistant Professor University of Alaska - Fairbanks,IARC
2005-2008
Research Associate University of Alaska - Fairbanks, IARC
2001-2005
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: University of Alaska - Fairbanks, IARC
2000-2001
Research Scientist: The Met Office (UK), NWP Division, Satellite
Applications, Satellite Radiances Assimilation Group.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
2011
ONR Summer Faculty Research Fellowship.
2001-2005
Post Doctoral Advisor: William Hibler III
2001
Ph.D. Remote Sensing, University College London, UK.
"On modelling the mass of Arctic sea ice", Supervisor: Seymour Laxon.
1996
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. Advisor: Vicky Meadows. Spectra analysis of comet
Shoemaker-Levy impact with Jupiter: Model tuning to observations.
1996
B.Sc. Physics 2:1 Honours University College London, UK
Examples of FUNDED PROJECTS
06/2014-05/2017
05/2013-05/2016
05/2013-05/2016
2011-2015
12/2010-01/2015
10/2010-09/2014
06/2010-06/2013
2008-2012
08/2006-08/2011
08/2006-08/2010
01/2006-01/2009
Applying high-resolution imagery to understand the role of
dynamics in the diminishing Arctic sea ice cover, ONR, Co-I.
Development of an accurate model of Beaufort and Chukchi ice
drift and dispersion for forecasting spill trajectories and providing
decision support for spill response, Coastal Marine Institute, Co-I
Sea ice dynamics and its role in understanding the survivability of
Arctic sea ice, NASA, Co-I.
Understanding the effects of tides and eddies on the ocean
dynamics, sea ice cover and decadal/centennial climate prediction
using the Regional Arctic Climate Model, DoE, Co-I.
Collaborative Research Sea Ice Deformation Observations within
AON. NSF OPP, PI.
The mass balance of multiyear ice in the southern Beaufort Sea,
ONR, Co-I.
Collaborative Research: Ocean Mixing Processes Associated with
high spatial heterogeneity in sea ice and the implications for
climate models. Climate Process Team NSF. Co-I.
Sea ice dynamics/thermodynamics observation in the Arctic
Ocean, JAMSTEC, $10K/year + salary, PI.
Collaborative Research: Detailed investigation of the dynamic
component of sea ice mass balance. NSF OPP, $1,423K, PI.
Ice covered ocean response to atmospheric systems, DEPSCoR
ONR, $1,017K, Co-I.
Sea ice tide-inertial interaction: Observations and modeling. NSF,
OPP and Alaska EPSCoR, $399,814, PI.
12/2004-12/2005
Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic Workshop, NSF OPP, $50K, PI.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
• Special Issue editor: Annuals of Glaciology, Polar Science & Journal of Geophysical
Research (Oceans). Associate Editor: Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans),
2009-2014. Member of search committee for Editor-in-Chief JGR-Oceans, 2014.
Associate Editor: Frontiers in Earth Science, Cryosphere, 2015-present.
• Participated in NSF OPP Committee of Visitors, 2009.
• Reviewer for Nature Geosciences, JGR, GRL, DSR, Anns. Glaciol., The Cryosphere,
NSF, NERC, NERSC. Panalist for NSF, DoE.
• Participating in polar sea ice field work (6 summer cruises, 2 ice camps) since 1999.
• Chief scientist of APLIS, an ice camp in the Beaufort Sea in Spring 2007.
• Led a community workshop, Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic, in 2005. The
discussions at this workshop have been incorporated into SEARCH, IPY and Arctic
Observing Network planning.
• Convener for four AGU fall meeting sessions, and various workshops.
• Member CliC sea ice working, and coordinates the Ice Watch program to collect and
archive ship based visual in-situ sea ice observations in the Arctic.
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
Scientific programming in UNIX environment, including shell scripting.
Operating Systems: UNIX and LINUX (various flavors), Mac, Windows
Languages: Fortran 77 & 90, C, some C++, python, IDL, Matlab, LaTEX, HTML
Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, GMT
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
1) Kohout, A. L., Williams, M. J. M., Toyota, T., Lieser, J., & Hutchings, J. In situ
observations of wave-induced sea ice breakup. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical
Studies in Oceanography, inpress . [2015]
2) Carmack, E., I. Polyakov, L. Padman, I. Fer, E. Hunke, J. Hutchings, J. Jackson, D.
Kelley, R. Kwok, C. Layton, H. Melling, D. Perovich, O. Perrson, B. Ruddick, M-L.
Timmermans, J. Toole, T. Ross, S. Ross, P. Winsor. Towards quantifying the
increasing role of oceanic heat in sea ice loss in the new Arctic, in press BAMS
[2015].
3) Lukovich J. V., J. K. Hutchings, and D. G. Barber (2015) On sea ice dynamical
regimes in the Arctic, Anns. Glaciol, 56(69):323 [2015]
4) Hutchings, J. K., D. K. Perovich. Preconditioning of the 2007 sea ice melt in the
eastern Beaufort Sea. Anns. Glaciol. 56(69) 10.3189/2015AoG69A006 [2015]
5) Hutchings, J. K., P. Heil, O. Lecomte, R. Stephens, A. Steer, J. Leiser. Comparing
methods of measuring sea ice density in the East Antarctic. Anns. Glaciol. 56(69): 77
[2015].
6) Polykov, I., L. Padman, K. Hutchings. Understanding Arctic Ocean Processes under
Changing Ice Cover. EOS 95(35):316-317 [2014].
7) Martini, Kim I., Harper L. Simmons, Chase A. Stoudt, Jennifer K. Hutchings. NearInertial Internal Waves and Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44,
2212–2234 [2014].
8) Stanton, TP, Shaw WJ, Hutchings JK. Observational study of relationships between
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incoming radiation, open water fraction, and ocean-to-ice heat flux in the Transpolar
Drift: 2002–2010. Journal of Geophysical Research. 117(C7) [2012]
Kawaguchi, Y, Hutchings JK, Kikuchi T, Morison J, Krishfield R. Anomalous seaice reduction in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean during summer 2010. Polar
Science [2012].
Hutchings, JK, Rigor IG. Role of ice dynamics in anomalous ice conditions in the
Beaufort Sea during 2006 and 2007. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 117
[2012].
Hutchings, JK, Heil P, Steer A, Hibler WD. Subsynoptic scale spatial variability of
sea ice deformation in the western Weddell Sea during early summer. Journal of
Geophysical Research. 117(C1) [2012].
Jin, M, Hutchings JK, Kawaguchi Y, Kikuchi T. Ocean mixing with lead-dependent
subgrid scale brine rejection parameterization in a climate model. Journal of Ocean
University of China. 11(4):473-480 [2012]
Hutchings, J.K., A. Roberts, C. Geiger, J. Richter-Menge, Spatial and temporal
characterisation of sea ice deformation, Ann. Glaciology [2011].
Itoh, M., J. Inoue, S. Zimmerman, T. Kikuchi, J. Hutchings, F. McLaughlin, E.
Carmack, Acceleration of sea ice melting due to transmission of solar radiation
through ponded ice area in the Arctic Ocean: results of in situ observation from ice
breakers in 2006 and 2007. Ann. Glaciology [2011].
Hutchings, J.K., W. D. Hibler. Small scale sea ice deformation in the Beaufort Sea
seasonal ice zone. Journal of Geophysical Research (113) C08032,
doi:10.1029/2006JC003971 [2008].
Hutchings, J.K., C. Geiger, A. Roberts, J. Richter-Menge, M. Doble, R. Forsberg, K.
Giles, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, C. Khambhamettu, S. Laxon, T. Martin, M. Pruis, M.
Thomas, P. Wadhams, J. Zwally. Exploring the role of ice dynamics in the sea ice
mass balance, Eos [2008].
Heil, P., J.K. Hutchings, A.P. Worby, M. Johansson, J. Launiainen, C. Haas, W.D.
Hibler III. Tidal forcing on sea-ice drift and deformation in the Western Weddell Sea
during December 2004, Deep Sea Research II (55):943-962 [2008].
Hibler, W.D., J.K. Hutchings, C.F. Ip. Sea ice arching and multiple states of arctic
pack ice, Annals of Glaciology (44):339-344 [2007].
Thomas, M., C. A. Geiger, C. Kambhamettu, J. Hutchings, J. A. Richter-Menge, M.
Engram, Near-real time application of SAR-derived sea ice differential motion
during APLIS ice camp 2007, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society [2007].
Hutchings, J. K. , P. Heil, W. D. Hibler III. On modelling linear kinematic feature in
sea ice. Monthly Weather Review (12):3481-3497 [2005]
Hutchings, J. K. , H. Jasak, S. W. Laxon. A Strength Implicit Correction Scheme for
the Viscous-Plastic Sea Ice Model. Ocean Modelling (7): 111-133 [2004]
Polyakov, I. , D. Walsh, I. Dmitrenko, R. L. Colony, J. K. Hutchings, L. Timokhov,
M. A. Johnson, E. Carmack. A Long-term circulation and water mass monitoring
program for the Arctic Ocean. EOS 84 (90):1 [2003]
Wang, J., R. Kwok, F.J. Saucier, J.K. Hutchings, M. Ikeda, W.D. Hibler III, J.
Haapala, M.D. Coon, H.E.M. Meier, H. Eicken, N. Tanaka, D. Prentki, W. Johnson.
Working towards improved small-scale sea ice and ocean modellng in the Arctic
Seas. EOS 84 (34): 326 [2003]
Books and Book Chapters
24) Hutchings, J.K., C. Petrich, R.Lindsay, A. Roberts and J. Zhang, The use of models
in the design and interpretation of field measurements, in Field Techniques for Sea
Ice Research, ed. Eicken, H., R. Gradinger, M. Salganek, K. Shirasawa, D. Perovich,
M. Lapparanta, University of Alaska Press, 566pp, [2009].
25) Hutchings, J.K. On Modelling the Mass of Arctic Sea Ice. Ph-D Thesis, University
of London [2001]
Conference Proceedings (peer reviewed)
26) Geiger, C., J. Richter-Menge, T. Deliberty, B. Elder, J. Hutchings, A. Lawson,
J.Rodrigues, N. Toberg, and P. Wadhams, A case study testing the impact of scale
on Arctic sea ice thickness distribution, accepted in Proceedings of the 20th IAHR
International Symposiumon Ice, Lahti Finland, June 2010, [2010].
27) Hutchings, J. K., C. A. Geiger, A. Roberts, J. Richter-Menge and B. Elder, On the
Spatial and Temporal Characterization of Motion Induced Sea Ice Internal Stress, in
proceedings from ICETECH10, International Conference and Exhibition on
Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice (www.icetech10.org) by SNAME, 20-23
Sep, Anchorage, AK, 8 pages, [2010]b.
28) Hutchings, J.K., C. Geiger, A. Roberts, J. Richter-Menge, M. Doble, R. Forsberg, K.
Giles, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, C. Khambhamettu, S. Laxon, T. Martin, M. Pruis, M.
Thomas, P. Wadhams, J. Zwally. Investigating the dynamic component of sea ice
mass balance Toku Geophysical Journal [2008]
29) Thomas, M., C. Kambhamettu, C. A. Geiger, J. Hutchings, M. Engram Near-real
time motion analysis for APLIS 2007: A systems modeling perspective, proceedings
to the 15th Annual ACM GIS conference in Seattle, Washington [2007].
30) Hibler, W. D. , J. K. Hutchings. Multiple Equilibrium Arctic Ice Cover States
Induced By Ice Mechanics. Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the 16th IAHR
International Symposium on Ice (Vol. 3), 114-123 [2003]
31) Hibler, W.D., J.K. Hutchings. Multiple Equilibrium Sea Ice States Induced By Ice
Mechanics, Toku Geophysical Journal 36(4) [2003]
32) Hutchings, J. K., W. D. Hibler. Modelling Sea Ice Deformation With A ViscousPlastic Isotropic Rheology. Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the 16th IAHR
International Symposium on Ice (Vol. 2), 358-366 [2002]
33) Heil, P., J. K. Hutchings, W. D. Hibler III. Modes of Variability of Arctic Sea-Ice
Motion from 1949 to 2000. Proceedings of the 16th IAHR International Symposium
on Ice: Ice in the Environment (Vol. 2), 367-374 [2002]
Reports
34) Hutchings, J.K. Comments, in retrospect, on the 2008 Arctic Summer sea ice
outlook. Sept. 25th 2008, ed Jim Overland. 2pp [2008]. Hutchings, J.K. June 2008
outlook for Arctic end of summer ice extent in 2008, Contribution to the SEARCH
sea ice outlook. June 2nd 2008, ed Jim Overland. 3pp [2008]
35) Hutchings, J.K. (ed) Sea Ice Experiment: Dynamic Nature of the Arctic (SEDNA)
Applied Physics Laboratory ice station (APLIS) 2007 Field Report. IARC Techincal
report 143pp [2008]
36) Hutchings, J.K. and A. Orlich JWACS-JOIS Cruise Ice Observations. [2007] [2008]
[2009], Hutchings, J.K. JWACS-JOIS Cruise Ice Observations. 14pp [2006]
37) Hutchings, J.K., C. Bitz. Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic (SIMBA) Workshop:
Bridging Regional to Global Scales. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 80pp [August
2005]
PRESENTATIONS
Talks (presenter, not listing talks contributed to)
06/2015
The role of sea ice dynamic preconditioning in recent Beaufort Sea change.
CMOS / Polar AMS meeting.
12/2014
The expansion of the marginal ice zone in the Pacific Arctic. AGU Fall
Meeting, San Fransisco (invited).
11/2014
The expansion of the marginal ice zone in the Pacific Arctic. POA Seminar
CEOAS.
09/2014
Mechanical processes controlling sea ice evolution. Arctic sea ice reduction:
the evidence, models and global impacts – further discussion, The Royal
Society, Chicheley Hall, UK (invited).
06/2014
Observations of Increased Sea Ice Deformation Rates. Related to Reduced
Summer Extent since 2007. Or why climate and seasonal modelers should
care about Div(s). Sea Ice Mechanics Symposium, Grenoble, France (invited)
03/2014
Lukovich, Hutchings & Barber. On sea ice dynamical regimes in the Arctic.
IGS Sea Ice Symposium, (Presented for Lukovich), Hobart, Australia.
03/2014
Sea ice deformation from drifting buoys: divergence and shear. IGS Sea Ice
Symposium, Hobart, Australia.
07/2013
Space-borne monitoring of polar sea ice project meeting, ISSI Workshop,
Bern. Deformation: Process study to monitoring redistribution. Thoughts and
discussion.
07/2013
IABP General Meeting. Status Report: UAF.
03/2013
Workshop commemorating Norbert Untersteiner. Thoughts on upper ocean
heat storage / ice melt (and retarded ice growth).
01/2013
IARC Seminar. The role of sea ice dynamics in the recent sea ice change in
the Beaufort Gyre.
01/2013
CliC Sea Ice Working Group Meeting. In-situ sea ice observations:
standardization and sharing data.
02/2013 ISAR-3, Tokyo. Sea-ice melt onset associated with ice deformation events
during early summer. Jennifer Hutchings, Yusuke Kawaguchi and Frederic
Vivier.
12/2012 AGU Fall Meeting. Recent sea ice change in the Beaufort Gyre: The role of
ice dynamics. Jennifer K. Hutchings and Ignatius Rigor. (invited)
06/2012
Space-borne monitoring of polar sea ice project meeting, ISSI Workshop,
Bern. The role of sea ice dynamics in increasing latitudinal expanse of the
Seasonal Ice Zone in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
06/2012
Space-borne monitoring of polar sea ice project meeting, ISSI Workshop,
Bern. ASPECT for the Arctic.
06/2012 IABP general meeting. IARC Status Report with JAMSTEC and French
03/2012
2011
12/2010
12/2010
09/2010
06/2010
06/2010
06/2010
06/2010
05/2010
02/2010
01/2009
11/2008
10/2007
11/2007
09/2007
contributions.
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City. The role of sea ice dynamics in
increasing latitudinal expanse of the Seasonal Ice Zone in the Chukchi and
Beaufort Seas.
AGU Fall Meeting. Scaling of sea ice deformation and related feedbacks.
(invited)
ISAR-2 Conference, Tokyo. Scaling of sea ice deformation and related
feedbacks.
ICETECH Conference, Anchorage. On the Spatial and Temporal
Characterization of Motion Induced Sea Ice Internal Stress
Space-borne monitoring of polar sea ice project meeting, ISSI Workshop,
Bern. Sea ice deformation: issues of scale (invited)
International Arctic Buoy Program Meeting, Oslo. IARC/UAF report.
CliC sea ice working group meeting, Tromso. Ice Plan, a community effort.
IGS Symposium on sea ice, Tromso. Stress and strain-rate scaling
relationships.
Complex Systems Workshop, Fairbanks. Temporal and spatial
characterization of sea ice deformation.
ARSC PI Workshop, Fairbanks. Sea ice tide-inertial interaction: observations
and modeling.
CliC Sea Ice Workshop, Tromso. Summary of US sea ice field efforts.
ISAR-1, Tokyo. Investigating the dynamic component of sea ice mass
balance
SEDNA Virtual Workshop. Relating sea ice stress and strain-rate.
Beaufort Sea fish survey planning workshop. Winter sea ice camp and survey
logisitics (invited).
ASF Science Day. Sea ice experiment: Dynamic nature of the Arctic
(invited).
Posters (and talks contributed to)
07/2015
Sea ice response to insolation changes: important differences between two
hemispheres. Pepijn Bakker and Jennifer Hutchings. INQUA meeting.
Poster.
12/2014
Changes in the Canada Basin: results from Beaufort Gyre Observing
Program/Joint Ocean Ice Studies expeditions, 2003-2014. Bill Williams,
Andrey Proshutinsky, Rick Krishfield, Mary-Louise Timmermans,Michiyo
Yamamoto-Kawai, Bill Li, Sarah Zimmermann, Jenny Hutchings, Fiona
McLaughlin, Eddy Carmack. AGU Fall Meeting, oral.
12/2014
Sea ice dynamics and the role of wind forcing over the Beaufort Sea. Alek
Petty, Jennifer Hutchings, Sinead Farrell, Jackie Richter-Menge. AGU Fall
Meeting
12/2014
Observed sea ice thickness changes in the Beaufort Gyre through synthesis of
Eulerian and Lagrangian data, Andy Mahoney, Jennifer Hutchings, Christian
Haas & Hajo Eicken. AGU Fall Meeting
12/2014
12/2014
03/2014
03/2014
03/2014
11/2013
03/2012
2011??
06/2010
03/2010
12/2009
12/2008
08/2008
Siku: A sea ice discrete element method model on a spherical Earth. Anton
Kulchitsky, Jennifer Hutchings and Jerry Johnson. AGU Fall Meeting.
Changes in Arctic sea ice deformation from 2000-2010, Kim Martini &
Jennifer Hutchings. AGU Fall Meeting, oral.
Ice Watch and ASSIST (Arctic Shipborne Sea Ice Standardization Tool).
Alice Orlich, Scott MacFarlane, Tiffany Green and Jennifer Hutchings. IGS
Sea Ice Symposium, Hobart Australia
Comparing methods of measuring sea ice density in the East Antarctic.
Jennifer Hutchings, Petra Heil, Jan Leiser, Roger Stevens, and Oliver
Lecomte. IGS Sea Ice Symposium, Hobart Australia
Automated detection of melt pond distribution during 2007-2013 summers in
the Arctic Ocean. Yasuhiro Toyota. IGS Sea Ice Symposium, Hobart
Australia
FAMOS Meeting, Woods Hole. Changes in the Beaufort Gyre between
August 2012 and 2013. Bill Williams, Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai, Jenny
Hutchings & Sarah Zimmermann.
AON Workshop, Anchorage. Sea ice deformation monitoring with drifting
buoys. Jenny Hutchings, Ignatius Rigor, Andrew Roberts, Yusuke
Kawaguchi.
IPY conference, Oslo. . J.K. Hutchings, A. Roberts, C. Geiger, J. RichterMenge, M. Thomas and C. Kambhamettu, Temporal and spatial
characterisation of sea ice deformation.
State of the Arctic Meeting, Miami. J.K. Hutchings, A. Roberts, C. Geiger, J.
Richter-Menge, M. Thomas and C. Kambhamettu, Temporal and spatial
characterisation of sea ice deformation.
AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco. J.K. Hutchings, P. Heil and A. Roberts,
Scaling properties of sea ice deformation during winter and summer.
AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco. J.K. Hutchings and I. Rigor, Mechanisms
explaining anomalous ice conditions in the Beaufort Sea during 2006 and
2007
Complex Systems Workshop, Fairbanks. J.K. Hutchings, R. Wackerbauer
and U. Bhatt, Investigating rapid sea ice decline in a GCM. Public Presentations
05/2014
“Sea Ice”. Rotary Club, Corvallis (invited)
11/2013
“Sea Ice Dynamics”. GeoClub, CEOAS
…. Elena’s workshop for teachers.
10/2012
Public talk for crew and collegues on the Aurora Australis
…. Classroom talk for Elena
08/2011
Lecture for high school students on sea ice rheology, at Naval Research
Laboratory.
10/2009
Public talk for the crew of the Louis S. St. Laurant.
Guest Lectures
11/2010
Sea ice dynamics, in Hajo Eicken’s Geophysics of Sea Ice class.
11/2010
10/2010
03/2010
11/2009
11/2009
05/2008
Sea ice mechanics, in Hajo Eicken’s Geophysics of Sea Ice class.
AOMIP School. Sea ice dynamics overview: What role do ice dynamics play
in a changing Arctic? (invited)
Introducing sea ice and climate to political science students
Sea ice dynamics, in Hajo Eicken’s Geophysics of Sea Ice class.
Sea ice rheology, in Hajo Eicken’s Geophysics of Sea Ice class.
IARC Summer School. Improving sea ice dynamics models through
validation.
Lecturing Fall 2013 Introduction to Atmospheric Science. Online Course Fall 2014 Introduction to Atmospheric Science. Online Course Fall 2014 Introduction to Matlab for Engineers and Oceanographers.