Richard S Williams, Jr.
Dr. Richard S Williams, Jr.Director - Science
Geoscience Information Services
P.O. Box 911
West Falmouth, MA 02574-0911
United States of America
Phone: 1-508-540-6405
E-mail: geoinfo(at)comcast.net
URL Institution: geosci.info [under construction, not yet active]
Additional functions:
Emeritus Senior Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Emeritus Vice Chairman, Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society
Adjunct Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
Key Publications of Richard S Williams, Jr. (up to ten) :
11-volume Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World
[http:/pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3056]
USGS I-2600-A-W series of Coastal-Change and Glaciological Maps of Antarctica
[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2055/3055 and http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs17-02]
Sigur*sson, Oddur, and Williams, R.S., Jr., 2008, Geographic Names of Iceland's Glaciers: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1746, 225 p. [http:/pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1746/]
Williams, R.S., Jr., and Sigur*sson, Oddur, editors, 2004, Draft of a physical, geographical, and historical description of Icelandic Ice Mountains on the basis of a journey to the most prominent of them in 1792-1794 (with four plan and eight perspective drawings) by Sveinn Pálsson (1795): Reykjavík, The Icelandic Literary Society, in cooperation with the Icelandic Glaciological Society (Reykjavík) and the International Glaciological Society (Cambridge, U.K.), 183 p.
Williams, R.S., Jr., 2002, Human impact on the planet: An Earth System perspective and ethical considerations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-349
[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-349/]
Expertise of Richard S Williams, Jr.:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Cryosphere | Cryosphere |
| Glaciers | |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
| Future | |
| Time Scale | Decadal / Centennial |
| Millenial | |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement | |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives | |
| Data Analysis | |
| Literature Study | |
| Integrated Assessment |
Specialties of Richard S Williams, Jr.:
glaciology: changes in glaciers from a global perspective measured with satellite remote sensors, especially imaging sensors, and relationship between accelerated melting of glaciers and rise in eustatic sea level
Last update: 11/27/19
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