Associate Professor, Geography Department
Professor, Geography Department

summer.rupper@geog.utah.edu

Publications

• ENERGY | FOOD SYSTEMS | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Mishra, Shruti, S. Rupper, S. Kapnich, K. Casey, H. Chan, E. Ciraci, U. Haritashya, J. Hayse, J. Kargel, R. Kayastha, N. Krakauer, S. Kumar, R. Lammers, V. Maggioni, S. Margulis, M. Olson, B. Osmanoglu, Y. Qian, S. Richey, K. Rittger, D. Rounce, D. Shean, I. Velicogna, T. Veselka & A. Arendt (2021). Grand challenges of hydrologic modeling for food-energy-water nexus security in High Mountain Asia. Frontiers in Water., 09/02/2021 AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN CHINA INDIA NEPAL PAKISTAN
• CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: G Carling & D Fernandez, S Rupper, D Tingey, C Harrison (2017). Effect of atmospheric deposition and weathering on trace element concentrations in glacial meltwater at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Vol. 49, 427-440., 06/2017
• CLIMATE CHANGE: E Sagredo & T Lowell, M Kelly, S Rupper, D Ward, J Aravena, A Malone (2016). Equilibrium line altitudes along the Andes during the last Millennium: Paleoclimatic implications. The Holocene. 1-15., 08/2016 CHILE

Presentations

• CLIMATE CHANGE: *Keeler, D., S, Rupper, R. Forster, C. Miege, 2018. Estimates of annual surface mass balance from radar for the West Antarcitc Idvide using an automated layer picker. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/13/2018 ANTARCTICA
• AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: *Olson M., S. Rupper, 2018. Spatial and temporal changes in aerosol radiative forcing on glaciers in the eastern Himalaya. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/13/2018 BHUTAN INDIA NEPAL
• NATURE & CULTURE | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: *Hess, M. S. Rupper, B. Codding, M. Power, 2018. Deglaciation of the Uinta Mountain Range: The role of paleoglaciers for human settlements in northeastern Utah. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/12/2018
• CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Huybers, K., S. Rupper, 2018. Understanding the rate of mass loss for debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/12/2018 AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN CHINA INDIA NEPAL PAKISTAN
• CLIMATE CHANGE: *Krueger, J., S. Rupper, 2018. Examining the influence of tropical Pacific sea-surface temperatures on annual surface mass balance in West Antarctica. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/11/2018 ANTARCTICA
• CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: *Riley, C., S. Rupper, J. Steenburgh, C. Strong, A. Kochanski, 2018. Characteristics of extreme precipitation events in High Mountain Asia as inferred from high resolution regional climate modeling. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/10/2018 CHINA INDIA PAKISTAN
• CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: *Johnson, E., S. Rupper, S. Kapnick, D. Rounce, I. Velicogna, J. Maurer, 2018. An analysis of the physical processes controlling observed spatial trends in glacier mass balances across High Mountain Asia. AGU, Fall Meeting., 12/04/2018 BHUTAN CHINA INDIA NEPAL PAKISTAN

Professional Service

• AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Associate Editor for special issue, Frontiers of Earth Science, 07/16/2018-11/02/2020 AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN CHINA INDIA NEPAL PAKISTAN