Joel Harper Associate Professor		Department of Geosciences 32 Campus Drive, #1296 University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812-1296 Phone: 406-243-5867 Fax: 406-243-4028
My teaching and research address the role of the cryosphere in the climate system. My work typically focuses physical processes in snow and ice -- fundamental knowledge for understanding connections and feedbacks between the cryosphere and the climate system. Research Projects Courses and Students Publications Digital Gallery Balance	Mount Blackburn, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska (10% of Earth’s land surface is like this – covered by ice)