Ronan Agnew
Glacier Geophysicist
Biography
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate team, working on the GHOST (Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial Thwaites) project as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. I am interested in investigating Antarctic glaciers and ice streams using geophysics – particularly using seismology to study subglacial conditions. In recent years I have also been involved in the ITGC’s TIME project at the Thwaites Eastern shear margin, and the EGGS ON TOAST (Eastwind Glacier Geophysical Surveys ON Top Of an Antarctic Ice Shelf Transition) project studying the grounding zone of Eastwind Glacier, near to McMurdo Station.
Research interests
Geophysics
Seismology
Ice streams
Subglacial conditions
Collaborations
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Agnew, Ronan ORCID record for Ronan Agnew. (2024) Investigating the basal and englacial properties of a West Antarctic ice rise with novel active-source seismic methods. The University of Leeds, PhD thesis
2023
Agnew, Ronan S. ORCID record for Ronan S. Agnew, Clark, Roger A., Booth, Adam D., Brisbourne, Alex M. ORCID record for Alex M. Brisbourne, Smith, Andrew M. ORCID record for Andrew M. Smith. (2023) Measuring seismic attenuation in polar firn: method and application to Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, (). 12 pp. 10.1017/jog.2023.82