Research Associate
Centre for Earth Observation Science
Room 472 Wallace
125 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2
david.babb@umanitoba.ca
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ORCID: 0000-0002-7427-8094
Academic Background
B.Sc. (Hons) University of Manitoba (2010) - Physical Geography,
M.Sc University of Manitoba (2014) - Physical Geography - Thesis: Sea Ice Motion in the Beaufort Sea
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS-D) Awardee (2024)
CMOS NSERC CGS-D Supplement Recipient (2024)
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Manitoba (2024) - Physical Geography - Thesis: Sea Ice Transport and Melt, and the Loss of Multiyear Sea Ice in a Changing Beaufort Sea.
Teaching
Coordinator of GEOG 7440 - Climate Change and The Arctic Marine System (2015-2022)
Research Interests
Sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics, with an emphasis on merging remotely sensed and in situ observations of ice thickness and motion to understand regional sea ice processes and their impact on biogeochemical processes, atmosphere-ocean coupling and human interactions with the icescape. I strongly believe in a multidisciplinary approach to science and am pleased to collaborate with many different groups across many different subject areas that collectively contribute to a better understanding of the Arctic marine environment.
Recent and Significant Publications
- Stroeve, J. A. Crawford, S. Ferguson, I. Stirling, L. Archer, G. York, D.G. Babb, R. Mallett (in review) Ice-free period too long for southern and Western Hudson Bay polar bear populations if global warming exceed 1.6 to 2.6°C, Communications Earth and Environment, 5, 296, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01430-7
- Howell, S.E.L., D.G. Babb, J. C. Landy, I.A. Glissenaar, K. McNeil, B. Montpetit, M. Brady (2024), Sea ice transport and replenishment across and within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: 2016-2022, The Cryosphere.
- Babb, D.G., R. Galley, J.C. Landy, S. Howell, S. Kirillov, J. Stroeve, W. Meier, J. Ehn, D. Barber (2023), The Stepwise Reduction of Multiyear Sea Ice Area in the Arctic Ocean Since 1980, JGR-Oceans, 128, e2023JC020157. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020157
- Isleifson, D., M.L. Harasyn, D. Landry, D. Babb, E. Asihene (2023), Observations of Thin First Year Sea Ice using a Suite of Surface Radar and Drone Sensors, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2023.2226220
- Glissenaar, I.A., J.C. Landy, D.G. Babb, G.J. Dawson, S.E.L. Howell (2023), A long-term proxy for sea ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic: 1992-2020, submitted to The Cryosphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-269
- Dmitrenko, I.A., S.A. Kirillov, B. Rudels, N.-X. Geilfus, J. Ehn, D.G. Babb, D.A. Lilien, D. Dahl-Jensen (2023), Modification of Pacific Water in the northern Canadian Arctic, Frontiers in Marine Science – Physical Oceanography.
- Howell, S.E.L., D.G. Babb, J.C. Landy, G.W.K. Moore, B. Montpetit, M. Brady (2023), A comparison of Arctic Ocean sea ice outflow between Nares Strait and Canadian Arctic Archipelago, submitted to JGR-Oceans, 2023JC019687
- Leblanc, M.-L., M.I. O’Connor, Z.Z. Kuzyk, F. Noisette, K.E. Davis, E. Rabbitskin, L.L. Sam, U. Neumeier, R. Costanzo, J. Ehn, D. Babb, J. Idrobo, J.-P.Gilbert, B. Leblon, M.M. Humphries (2023), Limited recovery following the greatest seagrass decline in subarctic eastern Canada, Global Change Biology.