Faculty Details

Jason E. Box
Address: 1148 Derby Hall
Phone: 247-6899
Email: box.11@osu.edu
Current CV: Download (PDF)
Personal Webpage: http://bprc.osu.edu/~jbox
Interests: Cryosphere-climate, Greenland ice sheet, Meteorology

Current Research: Observations are vital to assess model skill. Cryospheric models are vital to assess climate sensitivity and to represent areas not benefiting from in-situ observations. Fusion of observations and models yields 'a whole that is of greater value than the individual parts'. Results yield measurable errors, an understanding of uncertainties, and the means to calibrate models. My work focuses on cryosphere climate problems in Greenland, with global sea level and ocean salinity and global climate impacts.

Courses Taught:
Geography 210-Physical Geography and Environmental Issues
Geography 5900-Climatology
Geography 5921-Boundary Layer Meteorology and Microclimatology
Geography 5922-Microclimatological Field Methods and Data Analysis
Geography 8901-Readings in Climatology
Geography 8901-Paleoclimatology

Select Publications:
Box, J.E., A. Ahlstrøm, J. Cappelen, X. Fettweis, D. Decker, T. Mote, D. van As, R.S.W. van de Wal, B. Vinther, and J. Wahr, Greenland [in "State of the Climate in 2010"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 (6), S161-171. Greenland section PDF [See http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110628_stateoftheclimate_2010.html for the full reports from this and past years]

Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, M. R. van den Broeke, R. S. W. van de Wal, C. J. P. P. Smeets, W. J. van de Berg, M. C. Serreze, and J. E. Box (2011), Record Summer Melt in Greenland in 2010, Eos Trans. AGU, 92(15), doi:10.1029/2011EO150002. abstract

Falkner K.K., A.M. Münchow, J.E. Box, T. Wohlleben, H.L. Johnson, P. Gudmandsen, R. Samelson1, L. Copland, K. Steffen, E. Rignot and A. K. Higgins, (2011), Context for the Recent Massive Petermann Glacier Calving Event, Eos Trans. AGU, 92(14), doi:10.1029/2011EO140001.

Box, J.E. and D.T. Decker, 2011: Analysis of Greenland marine-terminating glacier area changes: 2000-2010, Annals of Glaciology, 52(59) 91-98. .PDF

Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, M.R. van den Broeke, R.S.W. van de Wal , C.J.P.P. Smeets, W.J. van de Berg, M.C. Serreze and, J. E. Box, The role of albedo and accumulation in the 2010 melting record in Greenland, 2011: Environ. Res. Lett. 6 014005, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014005. abstract.