Department
Goddard Space Flight Center
Organization
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Email
kbrunt@nsf.gov

Location

Greenbelt , Maryland 20771
United States

Science Specialties

Ice Shelves and Laser Altimetry
Dr. Brunt is interested in the mechanisms of large-scale ice-sheet flow as part of the effort to understand the role of ice margins in climate change. Her dissertation developed a model to assess the flow of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, in response to ocean tides and then validated the model results based on GPS data collected at the front of the ice shelf.

Current Research

Her most recent projects use ICESat data to examine the character of the grounding zones of Antarctic ice shelves. At ESSIC and NASA, Dr. Brunt will be providing ice-sheet analysis for the ICESat-2 mission.

Websites

http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/kelly.m.brunt