Andrew Bliss, Physical Scientist

Andrew Bliss is a physical scientist for the Southeast Alaska Network and leads weather and climate and glacier dynamics vital signs monitoring.

Physical Scientist
Southeast Alaska Network
3100 National Park Road
Juneau, AK 99801
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Andy first became interested in glaciers while working for a summer in Olympic National Park. He went on to spend two summers on the Juneau Icefield Research Program. The cold glaciers of Antarctica were the focus of his PhD, and he came back to Alaska to join the glacier group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for his postdoc. He taught at Colorado State University for a few years before joining the National Park Service in 2020. His work focuses on the response of glaciers to climate change. He leads the Weather and Climate vital sign and co-leads the Glacier Dynamics vital sign for the Southeast Alaska Network.


Education
Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, Geography
M.A.  University of California Berkeley, Geography
B.S.  University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Kaluzienski, L., J. Amundson, J. Womble, A. K. Bliss, and L. Pearson. 2023. Impacts of tidewater glacier advance on iceberg habitat. Annals of Glaciology pp. 1-11.

Edwards, T. L., Nowicki, S., Marzeion, B., Hock, R., et al. 2021. Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise. Nature 593(7857): 74-82.

Bliss, A., R. Hock, G. Wolken, E. Whorton, C. Aubry-Wake, J. Braun, A. Gusmeroli, W. Harrison, A. Hoffman, A. Liljedahl, and J. Zhang. 2020. Glaciers and climate of the upper Susitna Basin, Alaska. Earth Syst. Sci. Data. 12(1): 403-427. doi:10.5194/essd-12-403-2020.

Marzeion, B., R. Hock, B. Anderson, A. Bliss, N. Champollion, K. Fujita, M. Huss, W.W. Immerzeel, P. Kraaijenbrink, J.H. Malles, F. Maussion, V. Radić, D. Rounce, A. Sakai, S. Shannon, R. van de Wal, H. Zekollari. 2020. Partitioning the uncertainty of ensemble projections of global glacier mass change. Earth's Future 8(7). doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001470.

Hock, R., Bliss, A., Marzeion, B., Giesen, R., Hirabayashi, Y., Huss, M., Radić, V., Slangen, A. 2019. GlacierMIP - A model intercomparison of global-scale glacier mass-balance models and projections. Journal of Glaciology 1-15. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.22.

Bliss, A., R. Hock, V. Radić. 2014. Global response of glacier runoff to twenty-first century climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface. 119(4); 717–730. doi:10.1002/2013JF002931.

Pfeffer, W.T., A.A. Arendt, A. Bliss, T. Bolch, J.G. Cogley, A.S. Gardner, J.-O. Hagen, R. Hock, G. Kaser, C. Kienholz, E.S. Miles, G. Moholdt, N. Mölg, F. Paul, V. Radić, P. Rastner, B.H. Raup, J. Rich, M.J. Sharp and the Randolph Consortium. 2014. The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers. Journal of Glaciology 60(221): 537-552. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J176.

Bliss, A., R. Hock, and J.G. Cogley. 2013. A new inventory of mountain glaciers and ice caps for the Antarctic periphery. Annals of Glaciology 54(63): 191-199. doi:10.3189/2013AoG63A377.

Radić, V., A. Bliss, A.C. Beedlow, R. Hock, E. Miles, J.G. Cogley. 2013. Regional and global projections of 21st century glacier mass changes in response to climate scenarios from global climate models. Climate Dynamics 1-22. doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1719-7.

Bliss, A., K.M. Cuffey, and J.L. Kavanaugh. 2011. Sublimation and Surface Energy Budget of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology 57(204): 684-696.

Kavanaugh, J.L., K.M. Cuffey, D.L. Morse, A. Bliss, and S.M. Aciego. 2009. Dynamics and mass balance of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica: 3. State of mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, F04012. doi:10.1029/2009JF001331.

MacAyeal, D.R., M.H. Okal, J.E. Thom, K.M. Brunt, Y.J. Kim and A. Bliss. 2008. Tabular iceberg collisions within the coastal regime. Journal of Glaciology. 54(185): 371-386.