Dr Benjamin Davison

School of Geography and Planning

Research Associate in Glaciology

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b.j.davison@sheffield.ac.uk
Geography and Planning Building

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Dr Benjamin Davison
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
Profile

Benjamin Davison received a BSc (First Class) in Physical Geography from the ±¬ÁÏTV in 2016, an MSc (First Class) in Polar and Alpine Change from the ±¬ÁÏTV in 2017 and a PhD in glaciology (entitled 'Investigating the Dynamics of Greenland’s Glacier-Fjord Systems') from the University of St Andrews in 2021. From 2021 to 2024 Ben worked on the ESA 'Polar+ Ice Shelves' and 'Southern Ocean-Ice Sheet Interactions' projects as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Ben rejoined the ±¬ÁÏTV in 2024 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.

Research interests

Ben’s research centres on understanding how changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions affect the flow and mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets, using a combination of satellite remote sensing, fieldwork and numerical modelling of ocean circulation.

Ben's current research at the ±¬ÁÏTV focuses on investigating short-term ice flow variations on the Antarctic Peninsula. Atmospheric warming has increased surface melting across the Antarctic Peninsula, yet the impact of this on ice dynamics has yet to be considered. This research uses the European Space Agency’s Sentinel satellite constellation to monitor ice motion, and regional climate models to simulate ice melt, in order to investigate climatic influences on ice flow.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Davison BJ, Hogg AE, Gourmelen N, Jakob L, Wuite J, Nagler T, Greene CA, Andreasen J & Engdahl ME (2023) . Science Advances, 9(41).
  • Wallis BJ, Hogg AE, van Wessem JM, Davison BJ & van den Broeke MR (2023) . Nature Geoscience, 16(3), 231-237.
  • Surawy-Stepney T, Hogg AE, Cornford SL & Davison BJ (2023) . Nature Geoscience, 16(1), 37-43.
  • Davison BJ, Cowton T, Sole A, Cottier F & Nienow P (2022) . The Cryosphere, 16(4), 1181-1196.
  • Bunce C, Nienow P, Sole A, Cowton T & Davison B (2021) . Journal of Glaciology, 67(262), 343-352.
  • Davison BJ, Cowton TR, Cottier FR & Sole AJ (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1).
  • Davison BJ, Sole AJ, Cowton TR, Lea JM, Slater DA, Fahrner D & Nienow PW (2020) . Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(9).
  • Tuckett PA, Ely JC, Sole AJ, Livingstone SJ, Davison BJ & van Wessem JM (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1).
  • Tuckett PA, Ely JC, Sole AJ, Livingstone SJ, Davison BJ, van Wessem JM & Howard J (2019) . Nature Communications, 10.
  • Davison BJ, Sole AJ, Livingstone SJ, Cowton TR & Nienow PW (2019) . Frontiers in Earth Science, 7.
  • Schmidt GA, Mankoff KD, Bamber JL, Burgard C, Carroll D, Chandler DM, Coulon V, Davison BJ, England MH, Holland PR , Jourdain NC et al () . Geoscientific Model Development, 18(21), 8333-8361.
  • Mankoff KD, Greene CA, Gardner AS, Davison B, Treichler D, Kochtitzky W, Van Liefferinge B, Wang G, Ke C-Q, Fettweis X , Döhne T et al () . Journal of Glaciology, 1-30.
  • Davison BJ, Hogg AE, Slater T, Rigby R & Hansen N () . Earth System Science Data, 17(7), 3259-3281.
  • Selley HL, Hogg AE, Davison BJ, Dutrieux P & Slater T () . The Cryosphere, 19(5), 1725-1738.
  • Davison BJ, Hogg AE, Moffat C, Meredith MP & Wallis BJ () . The Cryosphere, 18(7), 3237-3251.
  • Surawy-Stepney T, Hogg AE, Cornford SL, Wallis BJ, Davison BJ, Selley HL, Slater RAW, Lie EK, Jakob L, Ridout A , Gourmelen N et al () . The Cryosphere, 18(3), 977-993.
  • Davison BJ, Hogg AE, Rigby R, Veldhuijsen S, van Wessem JM, van den Broeke MR, Holland PR, Selley HL & Dutrieux P () . Nature Communications, 14(1).

Other

  • Sole A, Davison B & Livingstone S (2022) .

Preprints

  • Schmidt GA, Mankoff KD, Bamber JL, Carroll D, Chandler DM, Coulon V, Davison BJ, England MH, Holland PR, Jourdain NC , Li Q et al (2025) , Copernicus GmbH.

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