Kenichi Matsuoka, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

US Natural Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs

Antarctic Glaciology

Collaborative Research: Deciphering the deep ice and the ice-water interface over Lake Vostok using existing radar data
May 2006 -; $299,937 for UW; collaborative research with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Arctic Natural Sciences

Collaborative Research: Polarimetric Characteristics of Radio-wave Scattering from Water Pathways within Glaciers Deduced by Laboratory Experiments and Computer Simulations
August 2005 -; $155,414 for UW; collaborative research with Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado

Antarctic Glaciology

Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods
June 2005 -; $442,908

Antarctic Glaciology

Glaciological Characteristics of the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide Deduced by a New Analysis of Ice-penetrating Radar Data
May 2004 -; $226,274