Christophe Kinnard
Ph.D. Candidate
Research
Christophe Kinnard is a geographer with strong interests in cryospheric systems, climate change and geomorphology. His current PhD research is focused on Arctic paleoclimatology and sea-ice changes. The extent of Arctic sea-ice has decreased dramatically over the past few decades and Christophe is working to reconstruct and understand long-term (millennial) sea ice conditions from natural climate archives (proxies) such as glacier ice cores and tree rings. His current research also involves the study of recent sea-ice changes from historical and remotely-sensed observations, and the development of new ice core analysis methods. Christophe’s research aims toward a better understanding of current Arctic cryospheric changes in the context of long-term climate change.
Publications
Papers in refereed journals:
Kinnard, C., R. M. Koerner, C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, J. Zheng, M. J. Sharp, and L. Nicholson. 2008. High-resolution stratigraphic analysis of an ice core from the Prince of Wales icefield, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, using digital image analysis. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, August 2008.
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, and R. M. Koener. 2008. A changing Arctic seasonal ice zone: Observations from 1870–2003 and possible oceanographic consequences. 2008. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02507, doi:10.1029/2007GL032507.
Kinnard, C., C. M Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, and C. Wake. 2006. Calibration
of an ice-core glaciochemical (sea salt) record with sea ice variability
in the Canadian Arctic. Annals of Glaciology, 44(1), 383-390.
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, B. Alt, and S. McCourt. 2006.
Climatic analysis of sea ice variability in the Canadian Arctic from operational
charts, 1980-2004. Annals of Glaciology, 44(1), 391-402.
Fisher, D.A., A. Dyke, R. Koerner, J. Bourgeois, C. Kinnard, C. Zdanowicz,
A. de Vernal, C. Hillaire-Marcel, J. Savelle, and A. Rochon. Natural variability
of Arctic sea ice over the Holocene. Eos, 87(28), 273-275.
Kinnard, C., and A. G. Lewkowicz. 2005. Frontal advance of turf-banked
solifluction lobes, Kluane Range, Yukon Territory. Geomorphology, 73,
261-276.
Kinnard, C., and A. G. Lewkowicz. 2005. Movement, moisture and thermal
conditions at a turf-banked solifluction lobe, Kluane Range, Yukon Territory,
Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Research, 16(3), 261-275.
Recent conference presentations:
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, R. M. Koerner, J. Zheng,
M. Sharp, and L. Nicholson. 2007. Optical stratigraphy of a new ice core
from the Prince of Wales icefield, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. 37th
Annual International Arctic Workshop, May 2-4, Skaftafell, Iceland.
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, and D. A. Fisher. 2006. Toward a multiproxy
reconstruction of past (~1000 yrs) Arctic sea-ice. IGS Annual Nordic Branch
Meeting, Oct. 26-28, Polar Environmental Centre, Tromsø, Norway.
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, and C. Wake. 2005. Calibration
of an ice-core glaciochemical (sea salt) record with sea ice variability
in the Canadian Arctic. International Symposium on Sea Ice, Dec. 5-9,
Dunedin, New Zealand.
Kinnard, C., C. M. Zdanowicz, D. A. Fisher, B. Alt, and S. McCourt. 2005.
Climatic analysis of Arctic sea ice variability from operational charts,
1980-2004. International Symposium on Sea Ice, Dec. 5-9, Dunedin, New-Zealand.
Career
Christophe has worked as a research assistant with the National Glaciology Group at the Geological Survey of Canada, with whom he is presently involved for his PhD research. He has also conducted collaborative research with various institutions including the Canadian Ice Service, The Norwegian Polar Institute and the University of Alberta.
Bio
Christophe Kinnard holds a BSc in environmental geography from the University of Montreal and an MSc in geography from the University of Ottawa.
