KENDRICK TAYLOR

Research Professor
Division of Hydrologic Sciences

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Hydrogeology/Hydrology, University of Nevada, Reno (1986)
M.S., Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1982)
B.S., Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden (1979)

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:

Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences – University of Nevada Reno

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Light shining through the wall of a snow pit at Siple Dome, Antarctica.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. Taylor is a Research Professor with the Division of Hydrologic Sciences in the Desert Research Institute. Much of his work has focused on understanding the causes of climate change. He has been involved with ice core paleoclimate studies since 1981 and has worked on every United States deep ice coring project during that time. Taylor is the Chief Scientist for the NSF funded WAIS Divide ice coring program in Antarctica. As Chief Scientist he is responsible for understanding and advocating for the two dozen different science projects that are involved with this program. This involves coordinating research, logistics, and drilling organizations, and working with the National Science Foundation to assure the program produces the most science possible with the resources that are available. He has been a public spokesperson for issues related to rapid climate change with numerous contributions to national print, radio and television media.
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RESEARCH AREAS:

Global Environmental Hydrology; Integrated Watershed System

CURRENT PROJECTS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(A complete publications list is on the CV.)

Brook, E., J.W. C. White and A.S.M. Schilla, M.L. Bender, B. Barnett, J.P. Severinghous, K.C. Taylor, R.B. Alley and E.J. Steing. Timing of millennial-scale climate change at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, during the last glacial period. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24:1333-1343, 2005.

Waddington, E., H. Conway, E. Steig, R. Alley, E. Brook, K. Taylor, and J. White. Decoding the dipstick: Thickness of Siple Dome, West Antarctica, at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology, 33:281-284, 2005.

Taylor, K.C., R.B. Alley, D.A. Meese, M.K. Spencer, E.J. Brook, N.W. Dunbar, R. Finkel, A.J. Gow, A.V. Kurbatov, G.W. Lamorey, P.A. Mayewski, E. Meyerson, K. Nishiizumi and G.A. Zielinski. Dating the Siple Dome, Antarctica ice core by manual and computer interpretation of annual layering. Journal of Glaciology, 50:453-461, 2004.

Taylor, K.C. and R.B. Alley. Two-dimensional electrical stratigraphy of the Siple Dome, Antarctica ice core. Journal of Glaciology, 50:231-235, 2004.

Taylor, K.C., J.W.C. White, J.P. Severinghaus, E.J. Brook, P.A. Mayewski, R.B. Alley, E.J. Steig, M.K. Spencer, E. Meyerson, D.A. Meese, G.W. Lamorey, A. Grachev, A.J. Gow and B.A. Barnett. Abrupt late glacial climate change in the Pacific sector of Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23:7-15, 2004.

Taylor, K.C. and R.B. Alley. Two-dimensional electrical stratigraphy of the Siple Dome, Antarctica ice core. Journal of Glaciology, 50:231-235, 2004.

Taylor, K.C.; Rapid Climate Change. American Scientist, July-August, 320-327, 1999.

Taylor, K.C., P.A. Mayewski, R.B. Alley, E.J. Brook, A.J. Gow, P.M. Grootes, D.A. Meese, E.S. Saltzman, J.P. Severinghaus, M.S. Twickler, J.W.C. White, S. Whitlow, and G.A. Zielinski. The Holocene/Younger Dryas Transition Recorded at Summit, Greenland. Science, 278:825-827, 1997.

Smith, H.J., M. Wahlen, D. Mastroianni , K. Taylor, and P.M. Mayewski. The CO2 concentration of air trapped in GISP2 formed during periods of rapid climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102:26,577-26,583, 1998.

Thorsteinsson, T., E.D. Waddington, K.C. Taylor, R.B. Alley, and D.D. Blankenship. Strain rate enhancement at Dye 3, Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 45:150, 338, 1999.

Taylor, K.C., T.B. Minor, M.M. Chesley, and K. Matanawi. Cost effectiveness of well site selection methods in a fractured aquifer. Ground Water, 37:24,271-275, 1998.

Taylor, K.C., C.U. Hammer, R.B. Alley, H.B. Clausen, D. Dahl–Jensen, A.J. Gow, N.S. Gundestrup, J. Klipfstuhl, J.C. Moore, and E.D. Waddington. Electrical conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenland ice cores. Nature, 366:549-552, 1993.

Mayewski, P., L.D. Meeker, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, M.C. Morrison, R.B. Alley, P. Bloomfield, and K. Taylor. The atmosphere during the Younger Dryas. Science, 261:195-197, 1993.

Taylor, K.C., G.W. Lamorey, G.A. Doyle, R.B. Alley, P.M. Grootes, P.A. Mayewski, J.W.C. White, and L.K. Barlow. The `flickering switch' of late Pleistocene climate change. Nature, 361:432-436, 1993.

Alley, R.B., D.A. Meese, C.A. Shuman, A.J. Gow, K.C. Taylor, P.M. Grootes, J.W.C. White, M. Ram, E.D. Waddington, P.A. Mayewski, and G.A. Zielinski. Abrupt increase in Greenland snow accumulation at the end of the Younger Dryas event. Nature, 362:527-529, 1993.

Meese, D.A., A.J. Gow, P. Grootes, P.A. Mayewski, M. Ram, M. Stuiver, K.C. Taylor, E.D. Waddington, and G.A. Zielinski. The accumulation record from the GISP2 core as an indicator of climate change throughout the Holocene. Science, 266:1680-1682, 1994.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ahn, J.; Headly, M.; Wahlen, M.; Brook, E.J.; Mayewski, P.A.; Taylor, K.C, 2008 (submitted).: CO2 diffusion in polar ice: observations from naturally formed CO2 spikes in the Siple Dome (Antarctica) ice core. J. Glaciology. v.54. n.188. pp.685-695.
McGwire, K.C.; Alley, R.B.; Banta, J.R.; Hargreaves, G.M.; McConnell, J.R.; Taylor, K.C. ; , 2008.: Dating annual layers of a shallow Antarctic Ice core with an optical scanner. Journal of Glaciology. v.54. n.188. pp.831-838.
Banta, J.R.; McConnell, J.R. ; Frey, M.; Taylor, K. ; , 2008.: Spatial and temporal variability in snow accumulation at WAIS Divide over recent centuries. Journal of Geophysical Research. v.113. doi:10.1029/2008JD01235.
Taylor, K.C., 2006.: History of Ice Core Science. A 2800 word invited article published in the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science.
Taylor, K.C., 2006.: Ice Core Conductivity Studies. A 3,100 word invited article published in the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science.
Waddington, E.D.; Conway, H.; Steig, E.J.; Alley, R.B.; Brook, E.J.; Taylor, K.C.; White, J.W.C., 2005.: Decoding the dipstick: Thickness of Siple Dome, West Antarctica, at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology. v.33. s.4. pp.281-284. ISI:000228127100011.
Taylor, K.C.; Alley, R.B., 2004.: Two-dimensional electrical stratigraphy of the Siple Dome (Antarctica) ice core. Journal of Glaciology. v.169. s.50. pp.231-235.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Bentley, C.R.; Taylor, K.C.; Shturmakov, A.J.; Mason, W.P.; Emmell, G.R.; Lebar, D.A., 2005.: Coring to the West Antarctic ice sheet bed with a new Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.
Taylor, K.C., 2005.: Results from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Project. Naples, Italy.
Taylor, K.C., 2005.: Computer Assisted Interpretation of Ice Core Annual Layers. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hydrologic Sciences Division
Desert Research Institute
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Email: Kendrick.Taylor@dri.edu