About Harry Stern Harry Stern, mathematician, analyzes data from satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which images the earth regardless of darkness or clouds. Mr. Stern works with Ron Lindsay (PSC) on sea ice motion and thickness derived from the Canadian Radarsat SAR; with Richard Moritz (PSC) on sea ice deformation; with Seelye Martin (Oceanography) on a study of the St. Lawrence Island polynya; and with Pierre Mourad (APL) on atmospheric signatures in SAR images of the ocean surface. Mr. Stern is the chairman of the Alaska SAR Facility User Working Group, which advises the data facility on processing priorities and future direction. He has been with the Polar Science Center since 1987 and with the University since 1980.

Publications (refereed)

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. Laidre, D. Borchers, F. Samarra, and H. Stern, "Increasing abundance of bowhead whales in West Greenland", Biol. Lett., 3, 577-580, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0310, 2007.

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., H. Stern, and K. Laidre, "Dynamics of the ice edge in Davis Strait", Journal of Marine Systems, 67, 170-178, 2007.

Rampal, P., J. Weiss, D. Marsan, R. Lindsay, and H. Stern, “Scaling properties of sea ice deformation from buoy dispersion analysis”, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2007.

Stern, H., R. Lindsay, C. Bitz, and P. Hezel, “What is the Trajectory of Arctic Sea Ice?”, submitted to AGU Monograph on Arctic Sea Ice Decline, 2007.

Weiss, J., E.M. Schulson, and H. Stern, “Sea ice rheology from in-situ, satellite and laboratory observations: Fracture and friction”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 255, 1-8, 2007.

Lindsay, R.W., and H.L. Stern, "A new Lagrangian model of Arctic sea ice," J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 272-283, 2004.

Marsan, D., H. Stern, R. Lindsay, and J. Weiss, "Scale dependence and localization of the deformation of arctic sea ice," Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 17, 2004.

Lindsay, R.W., and H.L. Stern, "The RADARSAT geophysical processor system: Quality of sea ice trajectory and deformation estimates," J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 20, 1333-1347, 2003.

Stern, H.L. and M.P. Heide-Joergensen, "Trends and variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait," Polar Res., 22, 11-18, 2003.

Stern, H.L., “Arctic circle,” Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Stern, H.L., “North Pole,” Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Stern, H.L., “United States of America,” Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Stern, H.L., “Theory of concentric spheres and polar voids,” Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Stern, H.L., and R.E. Moritz, Sea ice kinematics and surface properties from RADARSAT SAR during the SHEBA Drift, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C10), 8028 doi:10.1029/2000JC000472, 2002.

Perovich, D.K., and 22 others, Year on Ice Gives Climate Insights, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, #41, October 12, pp. 481,485-486, 1999.

Lindsay, R.W., and H.L. Stern, Aircraft-based estimates of thin-ice fraction near SHEBA, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, January 15-20, Dallas, 1999.

Steele, M., J. Zhang, D. Rothrock, and H. Stern, The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 102, C9, pp. 21061-21079, 1997.

Stern, H.L., D.A. Rothrock, and R. Kwok, Open water production in Arctic sea ice: Satellite measurements and model parameterizations, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 100, C10, pp. 20601-20612, 1995.

Kwok, R., D.A. Rothrock, H.L. Stern, and G.F. Cunningham, Determination of the age distribution of sea ice from Lagrangian observations of ice motion, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 33, pp. 392-400, 1995.

Coon, M.D., G.S. Knoke, D.C. Echert, and H.L. Stern, Contemporaneous field measurements of pack ice stress and ice strain measurements from SAR imagery, Proceedings of Oceans '93, vol. III, pp. 31-36, Victoria, Canada, October 18-21, 1993.

Stern, H.L., D.A. Rothrock, and R. Kwok, Sea ice lead dynamics from ERS-1 SAR, Proceedings of the Second ERS-1 Symposium, ESA SP-361 (January 1994), pp. 269-270, Hamburg, October 11-14, 1993.

Stern, H.L., D.A. Rothrock, R. Kwok, and B. Holt, The geophysical processor system: Automated analysis of ERS-1 SAR imagery, Proceedings of the Second ERS-1 Symposium, ESA SP-361 (January 1994), pp. 281-286, Hamburg, October 11-14, 1993.

Rothrock, D.A., and H.L. Stern, Sea ice deformation observed with ERS-1 SAR, Proceedings of the First ERS-1 Symposium, Cannes, November 4-6, 1992.