Puleo, P. J. K, Akers, P. D., Kopec, B. G., Welker, J. M., Bailey, H., Osburn, M. R., Riis, T., & Axford, Y. (2024). Aquatic moss δ18O as a proxy for seasonal lake water δ18O, Northwest Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108682. [PDF]
Freitas., G., Kopec, B. G., Adachi, K., Krejci, R., Heslin-Rees, Yttri, K. E., Hubbard, A., Welker, J., Ebell, K., & Zeiger, P. (2024). Contribution of bioaerosols to low-level Arctic cloud nuclei. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 5479–5494. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5479-2024. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Feng, X., Osterberg, E. C. & Posmentier, E. S. (2022). Seasonal slopes of ice core δD-δ18O lines and their climatological significance. In press at Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037037. [PDF]
Ala-aho, P., Welker, J. M., Bailey, H., Højlund Pedersen, S., Kopec, B. G., Klein, E. S., Mellat, M., Mustonen, K. R., Noor, K., & Marttila, H. (2021). Arctic Snow Isotope Hydrology: A Comparative Snow-Water Vapor Study. Atmosphere, 12, 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020150. [PDF]
Akers, P. D., Kopec, B. G., Mattingly, K. S., Klein, E. S., Causey, D. & Welker, J. M. (2020). Baffin Bay sea ice extent and synoptic moisture transport drive water vapor isotope (δ18O, δD, d-excess) variability in coastal northwest Greenland. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(22), 13929–13955. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13929-2020.
Kopec, B. G., Feng, X., Posmentier, E. S., & Sonder, L. J. (2019). Seasonal isotopic variations of precipitation at Summit, Greenland and their climatological significance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(1), 72-91. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028750. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Feng, X., Posmentier, E. S., Chipman, J. W., & Virginia, R. A. (2018). Extracting environmental information from lake water isotopes. Limnology and Oceanography, 1939-5590.https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10776. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Feng, X., Michel, F. A., & Posmentier, E. S. (2016). Influence of sea ice on Arctic precipitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504633113. [PDF]
Feng, X., Lauder, A. M., Posmentier, E. S., Kopec, B. G., & Virginia, R. A. (2016). Evaporation and transport of water isotopologues from Greenland lakes: The lake size effect. Quaternary Science Reviews, 131, 302-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.029. [PDF]
Osterberg, E. C., Hawley, R. L., Wong, G., Kopec, B. G., Ferris, D., & Howley, J. (2015). Coastal ice-core record of recent northwest Greenland temperature and sea-ice concentration. Journal of Glaciology, 61(230), 1137-1146. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J054. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Lauder, A. M., Posmentier, E. S., & Feng, X. (2014). The diel cycle of water vapor in west Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(15), 9386-9399. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD021859. [PDF]
Sampling lake water for water isotope measurements in order to examine the water mass balance of the lake [photo by Pete Akers]
"Monitoring" (breathing in) the water vapor from atop Mt. Dundas to compare with our water vapor isotope measurements across the bay in Thule
Sampling a meltwater river to examine contributions from glacial melt as compared to precipitation [photo by Pete Akers]
Select Conference Presentations
Kopec, B. G., Klein, E., Pedron, S., Bailey, H., Causey, D., Hubbard, A., Martilla, H., Noor, K., & Welker, J. (2022). Seawater isotopic measurements (δ18O and δD) reveal significant freshwater influxes into the Arctic seas. EGU General Assembly. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Werner, M., Mattingly, K., Klein, E., Noone, D., Akers, P., Bailey, H, Bonne, J., Brunello, C., Mustonen, K., Hubbard, A., Klove, B., & Welker, J. (2021). Sea ice controls on the Arctic hydrological cycle: Observational evidence from MOSAiC’s Arctic Water Isotope Network (AWIN). AGU Fall Meeting. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Werner, M., Mattingly, K., Klein, E., Noone, D., Akers, P., Bailey, H, Bonne, J., Brunello, C., Mustonen, K., Hubbard, A., Klove, B., & Welker, J. (2021). Sea ice controls on Arctic water vapor content and transport: Discoveries from MOSAiC’s pan Arctic Water Isotope Network (AWIN). EGU General Assembly. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Klein, E., Noone, D., Bailey, H, Mustonen, K., Akers, P., Bonne, J., Werner, M., Steen-Larsen, H.C., Wahl, S., Aemisegger, F., Klove, B., Hubbard, A., & Welker, J. (2020). MOSAiC’s Pan Arctic Water Isotope Network: Sea ice-water vapor isotope interactions and transport processes within, into and out of the Arctic. EGU General Assembly. [PDF]
Kopec, B. G., Akers, P. D., Klein, E. S., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt captured by high frequency water vapor isotopes measurements at Thule. AGU Fall Meeting. [PDF]
Ice canyon created by meltwater river draining the Tuto Ice Dome