Dr Elizabeth Petrie
- Lecturer (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
telephone:
0141 330 4789
email:
Elizabeth.Petrie@glasgow.ac.uk
East Quadrangle (Rm 515), Main Building, Glasgow, G12 8qq
Research interests
Research interests
My research interests relate to understanding the movement of water around the world, particularly changes that affect sea-level. This very complex issue requires a huge joint effort by scientists around the world using a wide range of techniques. My contribution falls into two parts:
- striving to improve measurement of land motion by improving the capabilities of precise GPS processing and our understanding of the errors
- performing precise GPS processing for applications of interest and interpreting the results. Vertical movement is particularly challenging and is very important for understanding sea level change and glacial isostatic adjustment.
Applications
My main current project is working with Antarctic GPS data to produce vertical rates and assess their errors as part of the RATES and REGINA projects. I am working with two international teams headed by Jonathan Bamber (Bristol) and Ingo Sasgen (GFZ).
Processing improvements
Interests include:
- non-ideal timeseries (campaign data, metadata)
- higher order ionospheric effects on GPS
Supervision
I am happy to be contacted by potential PhD or Masters by research students who would like to discuss a potential topic.
Teaching
I primarily teach on modules which form part of the Geomatics Masters level provision (Geospatial and Mapping Sciences/Geoinformation Technology and Cartography/Geomatics & Management)
I teach Fundamentals of Geomatics in Semester 1, and Geodesy & GNSS and Research & Professional Issues in Semester 2. I also lead the Introduction to Python programming sessions in induction week.
Additional information
Memberships
American Geophysical Union, Royal Astronomical Society (British Geophysical Association
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Prizes and awards
International Association of Geodesy Young Authors Award 2010
Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper Award at EGU 2008