Impact
As a United States government-funded research organization, PGC strives to provide transparent reporting and community impact for our sponsors, stakeholders, core users, and the general public.
Reports
National Science Foundation
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Education & Outreach
The PGC staffs an Education & Outreach Coordinator to engage its users, the science community, and the general public. PGC provides workshops (notably our annual Summer Polar Boot Camp), webinars, training, and online documentation geared to both core and new users.
PGC has impacted millions of “armchair explorers” with our Google Street View campaign (Antarctica, Greenland) and educates and engages with learners of all ages by visiting local schools and community events.
Our Community section provides up-to-date resources on events, news, projects, and more.
Science
Publications by PGC
Shean, D. E., Alexandrov, O., Moratto, Z. M., Smith, B. E., Joughin, I. R., Porter, C., & Morin, P. (2016). An automated, open-source pipeline for mass production of digital elevation models (DEMs) from very-high-resolution commercial stereo satellite imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 116, 101–117. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.03.012
Larue, M. A., Stapleton, S., Porter, C., Atkinson, S., Atwood, T., Dyck, M., & Lecomte, N. (2015). Testing methods for using high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor polar bear abundance and distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 39(4), 772–779. doi:10.1002/wsb.596
Willis, M. J., Herried, B. G., Bevis, M. G., & Bell, R. E. (2015). Recharge of a subglacial lake by surface meltwater in northeast Greenland. Nature, 518(7538), 223–227. doi:10.1038/nature14116
Howat, I. M., Porter, C., Noh, M. J., Smith, B. E., & Jeong, S. (2015). Brief communication: Sudden drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 9(1), 103–108. doi:10.5194/tc-9-103-2015
Donnellan, A., Bills, B., Green, J. J., Goullioud, R., Jones, S., Knight, R., Underhill, M., Goguen, J., De Jong, E. M., Ansar, A., Scambos, T., Morin, P., Hallet, B., Thompson, L., Gardner, A. S., & Ekholm, J. (2014). Studying mountain glacier processes using a staring instrument. In Aerospace Conference. IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/AERO.2014.6836284
Kargel, J. S., Ahlstrøm, A. P., Alley, R. B., Bamber, J. L., Benham, T. J., Box, J. E., Chen, C., Christoffersen, P., Citterio, M., Cogley, J. G., Jiskoot, H., Leonard, G. J., Morin, P., Scambos, T., Sheldon, T., & Willis, I. (2012). Brief communication: Greenland’s shrinking ice cover: “fast times” but not that fast. Cryosphere, 6(3), 533–537. doi:10.5194/tc-6-533-2012
LaRue, M. A., Ainley, D. G., Swanson, M., Dugger, K. M., Lyver, P. O., Barton, K., & Ballard, G. (2013). Climate Change Winners: Receding Ice Fields Facilitate Colony Expansion and Altered Dynamics in an Adélie Penguin Metapopulation. PLoS ONE, 8(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060568
LaRue, M. A., Rotella, J. J., Garrott, R. A., Siniff, D. B., Ainley, D. G., Stauffer, G. E., Porter, C. C., & Morin, P. J. (2011). Satellite imagery can be used to detect variation in abundance of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 34(11), 1727–1737. doi:10.1007/s00300-011-1023-0
Publications Supported by PGC
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PGC has provided geospatial support to hundreds of research groups and their academic works. A full curriculum vitae can be accessed using the “Publications List” link.