Staff profile

I am a glaciologist interested in ice sheet dynamics, glacial hydrology, and ice-ocean interactions. My current research aims to assess the influence of crevasse hydrology on the dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet. I am using large-scale satellite analysis, including deep learning approaches, to map fractures and water across Greenland, and numerical modelling to investigate the effect on long-term ice-sheet stability.

Academic History

• 2023 - Present: Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
• 2021 - 2022: Research Associate, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University, USA
• 2016 - 2020: Ph.D. Polar Studies, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK.

Research Groups

• Sea Level, Ice, and Climate

• Ice sheet dynamics
• Glacial hydrology
• Ice-ocean interactions
• Earth observation

Journal Article

• A Reassessment of the Role of Atmospheric and Oceanic Forcing on Ice Dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbræ ( Sermeq Kujalleq ), Ilulissat Icefjord
  Picton, H. J., Nienow, P. W., Slater, D. A., & Chudley, T. R. (2025). A Reassessment of the Role of Atmospheric and Oceanic Forcing on Ice Dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbræ ( Sermeq Kujalleq ), Ilulissat Icefjord. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130(4), Article e2024JF008104. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024jf008104
• Ice Thickness‐Induced Variations in Effective Pressure and Basal Conditions Influence Seasonal and Multi‐Annual Ice Velocity at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ)
  Lu, X., Sole, A., Livingstone, S. J., Cheng, G., Jiang, L., Chudley, T., Noël, B., & Li, D. (2025). Ice Thickness‐Induced Variations in Effective Pressure and Basal Conditions Influence Seasonal and Multi‐Annual Ice Velocity at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ). Geophysical Research Letters, 52(4), Article e2024GL111092. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl111092
• Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins
  Chudley, T. R., Howat, I. M., King, M. D., & MacKie, E. J. (2025). Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins. Nature Geoscience, 18(2), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01636-6
• pDEMtools: conveniently search, download, and process ArcticDEM and REMA products
  Chudley, T. R., & Howat, I. M. (2024). pDEMtools: conveniently search, download, and process ArcticDEM and REMA products. The Journal of Open Source Software, 9(102), Article 7149. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07149
• Evaluating UAV‐based multispectral imagery for mapping an intertidal seagrass environment
  Elma, E., Gaulton, R., Chudley, T. R., Scott, C. L., East, H. K., Westoby, H., & Fitzsimmons, C. (2024). Evaluating UAV‐based multispectral imagery for mapping an intertidal seagrass environment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(8), Article e4230. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4230
• Multi-decadal patterns of fluvial morphodynamics and lahar hazard in response to episodic eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean
  Christie, J., Barclay, J., Bennett, G., Herd, R., Froude, M., & Chudley, T. (2024). Multi-decadal patterns of fluvial morphodynamics and lahar hazard in response to episodic eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean. Geomorphica, 1(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.59236/geomorphica.v1i1.41
• Controls on calving at a large Greenland tidewater glacier: stress regime, self-organised criticality and the crevasse-depth calving law
  Benn, D. I., Todd, J., Luckman, A., Bevan, S., Chudley, T. R., Åström, J., Zwinger, T., Cook, S., & Christoffersen, P. (2023). Controls on calving at a large Greenland tidewater glacier: stress regime, self-organised criticality and the crevasse-depth calving law. Journal of Glaciology, 69(278), 2059-2074. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.81
• Atlantic water intrusion triggers rapid retreat and regime change at previously stable Greenland glacier
  Chudley, T., Howat, I., King, M., & Negrete, A. (2023). Atlantic water intrusion triggers rapid retreat and regime change at previously stable Greenland glacier. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 2151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37764-7
• Water flow through sediments and at the ice-sediment interface beneath Sermeq Kujalleq (Store Glacier), Greenland
  Doyle, S. H., Hubbard, B., Christoffersen, P., Law, R., Hewitt, D. R., Neufeld, J. A., Schoonman, C. M., Chudley, T. R., & Bougamont, M. (2022). Water flow through sediments and at the ice-sediment interface beneath Sermeq Kujalleq (Store Glacier), Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 68(270), 665-684. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.121
• Supervised classification of slush and ponded water on Antarctic ice shelves using Landsat 8 imagery (vol 68, pg 401, 2021)
  Dell, R. L., Banwell, A. F., Willis, I. C., Arnold, N. S., Halberstadt, A. R. W., Chudley, T. R., & Pritchard, H. D. (2022). Supervised classification of slush and ponded water on Antarctic ice shelves using Landsat 8 imagery (vol 68, pg 401, 2021). Journal of Glaciology, 68(268), 415-416. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.15
• Empirical correction of systematic orthorectification error in Sentinel-2 velocity fields for Greenlandic outlet glaciers
  Chudley, T. R., Howat, I. M., Yadav, B., & Noh, M.-J. (2022). Empirical correction of systematic orthorectification error in Sentinel-2 velocity fields for Greenlandic outlet glaciers. The Cryosphere, 16(6), 2629-2642. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2629-2022
• Controls on Water Storage and Drainage in Crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet
  Chudley, T., Christoffersen, P., Doyle, S., Dowling, T., Law, R., Schoonman, C., Bougamont, M., & Hubbard, B. (2021). Controls on Water Storage and Drainage in Crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(9), Article e2021JF006287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006287
• Cryoegg: development and field trials of a wireless subglacial probe for deep, fast-moving ice
  Prior-Jones, M. R., Bagshaw, E. A., Lees, J., Clare, L., Burrow, S., Werder, M. A., Karlsson, N. B., Dahl-Jensen, D., Chudley, T. R., Christoffersen, P., Wadham, J. L., Doyle, S. H., & Hubbard, B. (2021). Cryoegg: development and field trials of a wireless subglacial probe for deep, fast-moving ice. Journal of Glaciology, 67(264), 627-640. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.16
• Borehole-Based Characterization of Deep Mixed-Mode Crevasses at a Greenlandic Outlet Glacier
  Hubbard, B., Christoffersen, P., Doyle, S. H., Chudley, T. R., Schoonman, C. M., Law, R., & Bougamont, M. (2021). Borehole-Based Characterization of Deep Mixed-Mode Crevasses at a Greenlandic Outlet Glacier. AGU advances, 2(2), Article e2020AV000291. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020av000291
• Thermodynamics of a fast-moving Greenlandic outlet glacier revealed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing
  Law, R., Christoffersen, P., Hubbard, B., Doyle, S. H., Chudley, T. R., Schoonman, C. M., Bougamont, M., des Tombe, B., Schilperoort, B., Kechavarzi, C., Booth, A., & Young, T. J. (2021). Thermodynamics of a fast-moving Greenlandic outlet glacier revealed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing. Science Advances, 7(20), Article eabe7136. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe7136
• Calving of a Large Greenlandic Tidewater Glacier has Complex Links to Meltwater Plumes and Melange
  Cook, S. J., Christoffersen, P., Truffer, M., Chudley, T. R., & Abellan, A. (2021). Calving of a Large Greenlandic Tidewater Glacier has Complex Links to Meltwater Plumes and Melange. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(4), Article e2020JF006051. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jf006051
• Distributed Acoustic Sensing of Seismic Properties in a Borehole Drilled on a Fast-Flowing Greenlandic Outlet Glacier
  Booth, A. D., Christoffersen, P., Schoonman, C., Clarke, A., Hubbard, B., Law, R., Doyle, S. H., Chudley, T. R., & Chalari, A. (2020). Distributed Acoustic Sensing of Seismic Properties in a Borehole Drilled on a Fast-Flowing Greenlandic Outlet Glacier. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(13), Article e2020GL088148. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088148
• Glacier surges in the north-west West Kunlun Shan inferred from 1972 to 2017 Landsat imagery
  Chudley, T. R., & Willis, I. C. (2019). Glacier surges in the north-west West Kunlun Shan inferred from 1972 to 2017 Landsat imagery. Journal of Glaciology, 65(249), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.94
• Supraglacial lake drainage at a fast-flowing Greenlandic outlet glacier
  Chudley, T. R., Christoffersen, P., Doyle, S. H., Bougamont, M., Schoonman, C. M., Hubbard, B., & James, M. R. (2019). Supraglacial lake drainage at a fast-flowing Greenlandic outlet glacier. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(51), 25468-25477. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913685116
• High-accuracy UAV photogrammetry of ice sheet dynamics with no ground control
  Chudley, T. R., Christoffersen, P., Doyle, S. H., Abellan, A., & Snooke, N. (2019). High-accuracy UAV photogrammetry of ice sheet dynamics with no ground control. The Cryosphere, 13(3), 955-968. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-955-2019
• Glacier characteristics and retreat between 1991 and 2014 in the Ladakh Range, Jammu and Kashmir
  Chudley, T. R., Miles, E. S., & Willis, I. C. (2017). Glacier characteristics and retreat between 1991 and 2014 in the Ladakh Range, Jammu and Kashmir. Remote Sensing Letters, 8(6), 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704x.2017.1295480

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Greenland Ice Sheet crevasse map from ArcticDEM
  Chudley, T. (2022). Greenland Ice Sheet crevasse map from ArcticDEM. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6779088
• MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Single-Pair Velocity Maps from Optical Images, Version 1
  Howat, I., Chudley, T., & Noh, M. (2022). MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Single-Pair Velocity Maps from Optical Images, Version 1. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5067/b28fm2qvvywy