Angela C. Bliss
(RSCH AST, EARTH SCIENCES REMOTE SENS)
| Email: | angela.c.bliss@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5458 |
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NASA/GSFC Mail Code 615 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Positions/Employment
Research Physical Scientist
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD
June 2022 - Present
Assistant Lab Chief
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD
January 2025 - Present
Research Associate (Institutional Post Doc)
Oregon State University - College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR
January 2019 - May 2022
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD
August 2015 - December 2018
Education
Ph.D. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
M.S. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
B.S. Geography with departmental honors, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Publications
Refereed
2026. "Changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice properties and processes.", Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, [https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00816-9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2026. "Sea ice cover [in “State of the Climate in 2025”].", Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 107 (8): S318-S320 [https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-26-0123.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Sea Ice.", Arctic Report Card 2025, [https://doi.org/10.25923/mmxf-0r86] [Report]
2025. "Spring 2021 sea ice transport in the southern Beaufort Sea occurred during coastal-lead opening events.", The Cryosphere, 19 1413–1430 [10.5194/tc-19-1413-2025] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Sea ice [in “State of the Climate in 2024”].", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106 (8): S323-S327 [https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0104.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Sea Ice.", Arctic Report Card 2024, [10.25923/aksk-7p66] [Other]
2024. "Sea ice deformation is not scale invariant over length scales greater than a kilometer.", Geophysical Research Letters, 51 e2024GL108582 [10.1029/2024GL108582] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Passive microwave Arctic sea ice melt onset dates from the advanced horizontal range algorithm 1979–2022.", Scientific Data, 10 857 [10.1038/s41597-023-02760-5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Evidence of abrupt transitions between sea ice dynamical regimes in the East Greenland marginal ice zone.", Geophysical Research Letters, 50 e2023GL103558 [10.1029/2023GL103558] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Sea ice drift tracks from autonomous buoys in the MOSAiC Distributed Network.", Scientific Data, 10 403 [10.1038/s41597-023-02311-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Greenland Ice Sheet late-season melt: investigating multiscale drivers of K-transect events.", The Cryosphere, 13 (8): 2241-2257 [10.5194/tc-13-2241-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Regional variability of Arctic sea ice seasonal change climate indicators from a passive microwave climate data record.", Environmental Research Letters, 14 (4): 045003 [10.1088/1748-9326/aafb84] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Arctic Sea Ice Melt Onset Timing From Passive Microwave-Based and Surface Air Temperature-Based Methods.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 [10.1029/2018jd028676] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Temporal Means and Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Freeze Season Climate Indicators Using a Satellite Climate Data Record.", Remote Sensing, 10 (9): 1328 [10.3390/rs10091328] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows.", The Cryosphere, 12 (2): 433-452 [10.5194/tc-12-433-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Comparison of Passive Microwave-Derived Early Melt Onset Records on Arctic Sea Ice.", Remote Sensing, 9 (3): 199 [10.3390/rs9030199] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Snowmelt onset over Arctic sea ice from passive microwave satellite data: 1979-2012.", The Cryosphere, 8 (6): 2089-2100 [10.5194/tc-8-2089-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Daily Area of Snow Melt Onset on Arctic Sea Ice from Passive Microwave Satellite Observations 1979–2012.", Remote Sensing, 6 (11): 11283-11314 [10.3390/rs61111283] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2025. "The fitful decline of Arctic sea ice.", Sea Ice: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance, 4th Edition, [Article in Book]
Other Professional Information
Data Products
Bliss, A. C., M. R. Anderson, and S. Drobot (2022), Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 5. Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TRGWQ0ONTQG5
Bliss, A. C., J. K. Hutchings, P. Anderson, P. Anhaus, H. J. Belter, et al. (2022). Sea ice drift tracks from the Distributed Network of autonomous buoys deployed during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition 2019 – 2021. Arctic Data Center. https://doi.org/10.18739/A2KP7TS83
Steele, M., A. C. Bliss, G. Peng, W. Meier, S. Dickinson (2019), Arctic sea ice seasonal change and melt/freeze climate indicators from satellite data, Version 1. Boulder, Colorado USA. National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/KINANQKEZI4T
Anderson, M. R., A. C. Bliss, and M. Tschudi (2014), MEaSUREs Arctic Sea Ice Characterization Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0532.001