Professor
400-F Braunstein Hall
513-556-3430
kenneth.hinkel@uc.edu
http://www.geography.uc.edu/~kenhinke

Professional Summary

My general interest in the Earth Sciences focuses on the topic of "surficial processes." This discipline examines the physical and chemical processes that occur near the earth's surface. Because the near-surface is an interface between the atmosphere and the underlying lithosphere, an understanding of meteorology, hydrology, and geology is required. The interdisciplinary nature of the discipline is reflected in my training, as I have degrees in both Physical Geography (MS) and Geology (Ph.D).

Education

Ph.D., Geology, University of Michigan, 1986.

Research Support

(PI) Hinkel, K.M., Eisner, W.R., Beck, R., Collaborative Research: Changes in Lake Dynamics on the Arctic Coastal Plain of North America Over the Past Half-Century, NSF. (ARC-0713813); $378,618. Funded 2007 to 2010.

(Co-PI) Beck, R., Hinkel, K.M., Eisner, W.R., Collaborative Research: Advanced End-to-End Cyberinfrastructure Installation, Validation, and Optimization for the Barrow Global Climate Change Research Facility, NSF. (ARC-0641623); $1,183,196. Funded 2007 to 2010.

(Co-PI) Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Connecting Indigenous Knowledge to Landscape Process Research, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, NSF. (BCS-0548846); $329,342. Funded 2006 to 2009.

(Co-PI) Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Cuomo, C.J., Reconstructing Landscape Evolution of the Alaskan Coastal Plain Using Indigenous Knowledge, NSF. (ARC-0539167); $55,479. Funded 2005 to 2006.

(Co-PI) Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Collaborative Research: Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, NSF. (OPP-0240174); $210,837. Funded 2003 to 2005.

(PI) Hiinkel, K.M., Collaborative Research: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ground Temperature and Thaw, Northern Alaska, NSF. (OPP-0094769); $364,800. Funded 2001 to 2006.

(Co-PI) Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, NSF. (OPP-9911122); $339,299. Funded 2000 to 2003.

(PI) Hinkel, K.M., Response of the Global Active Layer-Permafrost System to Climate: CALM - The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program, NSF. (OPP-9732051); $374,612. Funded 1998 to 2003.

(PI) Hinkel, K.M., Detection of heat and moisture movement in the upper permafrost, northern Alaska, NSF. (OPP-9529783); $331,208. Funded 1996 to 2001.

Hinkel, K.M., Detection of heat and moisture movement in the upper permafrost, northern Alaska, (supplement) , NSF. (OPP-9529783 (supplement)); $16,624. Funded 1998 to 2001.

(PI) K.M. Hinkel, Monitoring heat transfer across the active layer above permafrost in Alaska, NSF. (SES-9308334); 174,987. Funded 1993 to 1997.

(PI) K.M. Hinkel, Heat-transfer processes in discontinuous permafrost regions, NSF. (9008771); 79,082. Funded 1991 to 1993.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hinkel, Kenneth (2006). Formation of oriented thaw lakes by thaw slumping @discussion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, 4.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Hurd, John K., Jr. (2006). Permafrost destabilization and thermokarst following snow fence installation, Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 38(4), 530, 539.

Bockheim, J.G., & Hinkel, K.M. (2005). Characteristics and significance of the transition zone in drained thaw-lake basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Arctic, 58(4), 406, 417.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Beck, R.A., Eisner, W.R., Frohn, R.C., & Nelson, F.E. (2005). Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 16(4), 327, 341.

Eisner, Wendy R., Bockheim, James G., Brown, Thomas A., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Jones, Benjamin M., Nelson, Frederick E., & Peterson, Kim M. (2005). Paleoenvironmental analyses of an organic deposit from an erosional landscape remnant, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217(3), 187, 204.

Frohn, Robert C., Eisner, Wendy R., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (2005). Satellite remote sensing classification of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins on the north slope of Alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment, 97(1), 116.

Shur, Yuri, Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Nelson, Frederick E. (2005). The transient layer; implications for geocryology and climate-change science. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 16(1), 5, 17.

Bockheim, J.G., Dai, X.Y., Eisner, W.R., & Hinkel, K.M. (2004). Carbon pools and accumulation rates in an age-series of soils in drained thaw-lake basins, arctic Alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal (Internet), 68(2), 697, 704.

Nelson, Frederick E., Christiansen, Hanne H., Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. (2004). Introduction; the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) workshop and the CALM II program. Polar Geography (1995), 28(4), 253, 266.

Nelson, Frederick E., Christiansen, Hanne H., Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. (2004). The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) workshop; Introduction. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 15(2), 99, 101.

Bockheim, J.G., Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (2003). Predicting carbon storage in tundra soils of arctic Alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67(3), 948, 950.

Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (2003). Spatial and temporal patterns of active layer thickness at Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) sites in northern Alaska, 1995-2000. Journal of Geophysical Research, D, Atmospheres, 108(2), 13.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Bell, Julianne H., Klene, Anna E., & Nelson, Frederick E. (2003). The urban heat island in winter at Barrow, Alaska. International Journal of Climatology, 23(15), 1889, 1905.

Eisner, Wendy R., Bockheim, James G., Frohn, Robert C., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Peterson, Kim M., & Wolfe, Elizabeth S. (2003). Verification of the thaw-lake cycle using radiocarbon dating, north slope, Alaska. Proceedings of the Arctic System Science Program all-hands workshop 2002 101.

Hinkel, K.M., Klene, A.E., & Nelson, F.E. (2002). Letneye temperaturnoye pole vozdukha v rayone barrou (alyaska); predvaritel'nyye resul'taty--the summer air temperature field near Barrow, Alaska; Preliminary results. Extreme phenomena in cryosphere; basic and applied aspects; International conference abstracts--Ekstremal 139, 140, 294-295.

Hinkel, K.M., Bockheim, J.G., Doolittle, J.A., Kimble, J.M., Nelson, F.E., Paetzold, R., & Travis, R. (2001). Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground-penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 12(2), 179, 190.

Gomersall, Claire E., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (2001). Estimating the variability of active-layer thaw depth in two physiographic regions of northern Alaska. Geographical Analysis, 33(2), 141, 155.

Bockheim, J.G., Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (2001). Soils of the Barrow region, Alaska. Polar Geography (1995), 25(3), 163, 181.

Klene, Anna E., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Nelson, Frederick E., & Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. (2001). The n-factor in natural landscapes; variability of air and soil-surface temperatures, Kuparuk river basin, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 33(2), 140, 148.

Bockheim, J.G., Brown, J., Everett, L.R., Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (1999). Soil organic carbon storage and distribution in arctic tundra, Barrow, Alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 63(4), 934, 940.

Outcalt, S.I., Allard, Michel, editor, Hinkel, K.M., Miller, L.L., & Nelson, F.E. (1998). Estimating the magnitude of coupled-flow effects in the active layer and upper permafrost, Barrow, Alaska U.S.A. Collection Nordicana, 57, 869, 873.

Nelson, F.E., Allard, Michel, editor, Brown, J., Hinkel, K.M., Outcalt, S.I., & Shiklomanov, N.I. (1998). Spatial and temporal attributes of the active-layer thickness record, Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Collection Nordicana, 57, 797, 802.

Miller, L.L., Allard, Michel, editor, Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E., Outcalt, S.I., & Paetzold, R.F. (1998). Spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture and thaw depth at Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Collection Nordicana, 57, 731, 737.

Nelson, F.E., Bockheim, J.G., Hinkel, K.M., Mueller, G.R., Shiklomanov, N.I., & Walker, D.A. (1997). Estimating active-layer thickness over a large region; Kuparuk river basin, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 29(4), 367, 378.

Outcalt, S.I., Groenevelt, P. H., editor, Hinkel, K.M., Hinzman, L. D., editor, Miller, L.L., Nelson, F.E., Radke, J. K., editor, Sharratt, B. S., editor, & Wright, E. A., editor (1997). Modeling the magnitude and time dependence of nonconductive heat-transfer effects in taiga and tundra soils. Special Report - Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) 98, 104.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Outcalt, Samuel I., & Taylor, Alan E. (1997). Seasonal patterns of coupled flow in the active layer at three sites in northwest North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences = Journal Canadien des Sciences de la Terre, 34(5), 667, 678.

Nicholas, James R.J., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (1996). Concurrent permafrost aggradation and degradation induced by forest clearing, central Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research, 28(3), 294, 299.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Eisner, Wendy R., Miller, Laura L., Nelson, Frederick E., Outcalt, Samuel I., Peterson, Kim M., & Turner, Katie M. (1996). Formation of injection frost mounds over winter 1995-1996 at Barrow, Alaska. Polar Geography (1995), 20(4), 235, 248.

Hinkel, K.M., Brown, Jerry, Everett, Kaye R., Nelson, F.E., & Shur, Y. (1996). Temporal changes in moisture content of the active layer and near-surface permafrost at Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.; 1962-1994. Arctic and Alpine Research, 28(3), 300, 310.

Outcalt, Samuel I., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (1996). The response of near-surface permafrost to seasonal regime transitions in tundra terrain. Arctic and Alpine Research, 28(3), 274, 283.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Nicholas, James R.J. (1995). Active layer thaw rate at a boreal forest site in central Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research, 27(1), 72, 80.

Hinkel, Kenneth M. (1993). Are soil tongues in northeastern Indiana periglacial relics or active fingering zones?. Quaternary Research (New York), 39(1), 75, 83.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Outcalt, Samuel I. (1993). Detection in nonconductive heat transport in soils using spectral analysis. Water Resources Research, 29(4), 1017, 1023.

Outcalt, Samuel I., Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Nelson, Frederick E. (1992). Spectral signature of coupled flow in the refreezing active layer, northern Alaska. Physical Geography, 13(3), 273, 284.

Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E., & Outcalt, S.I. (1990). Temperature variation and apparent thermal diffusivity in the refreezing active layer, Toolik Lake, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1(3), 265, 274.

Outcalt, Samuel I., Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Nelson, Frederick E. (1990). The zero-curtain effect; heat and mass transfer across an isothermal region in freezing soil. Water Resources Research, 26(7), 1509, 1516.

Outcalt, Samuel I., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (1989). Night-frost modulation of near-surface soil-water ion concentration and thermal fields. Physical Geography, 10(4), 336, 348.

Hinkel, Kenneth M. (1988). Frost mounds formed by degradation at Slope Mountain, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research, 20(1), 76, 85.

Nelson, Frederick E., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Murray, B.M., Murray, D.F., & Outcalt, Samuel I. (1988). Microtopographic thermal contrasts, northern Alaska. International Conference on Permafrost, Proceedings, 5, Vol. 1, 819, 823.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., & Sunderman, Jack A. (1988). Spatially non-random weathering front pattern developed in glaciofluvial sediments. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 20(5), 348.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Nelson, Frederick E., & Outcalt, Samuel I. (1987). Frost mounds at Toolik Lake, Alaska. Physical Geography, 8(2), 148, 159.

Outcalt, S.I., Hinkel, K.M., Martin, G.D., & Nelson, F.E. (1986). Hydrostatic-system palsas at Toolik Lake, Alaska; field observations and simulation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 11(1), 79, 94.

Munroe, J.S., Doolittle, J.A., Kanevisky, M.Z., Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E., Jones, B.M., Shur, Y. & Kimble, J.M. (2007). Application of ground-penetrating radar imagery for three-dimensional visualization of near-surface structures in ice-rich permafrost, Barrow, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 18(4), 309.

Hinkel, K.M. & Nelson, F.E. (2007). Anthropogenic heat island at Barrow, Alaska, during winter: 2001-2005. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112, D06118, doi:10.1029/2006JD007837.

Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M., Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J., Beck, R.A. & Frohn, R. (2007). Methods to assess natural and anthropogenic thaw lake drainage on the western Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, F02S16, doi:10.1029/2006JF000584.

Hinkel, K.M. (2007). The urban heat island of Cincinnati, Ohio. Geography Research Forum, 27, 10-28.

Bockheim, J.G. & Hinkel, K.M. (2007). The importance of “deep” organic carbon in permafrost-affected soils of arctic Alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71, 1889, 1892.

Jones, B.M., Hinkel, K.M., Arp, C.D. & Eisner, W.R. (2008). Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska. Arctic, 61(4), 361, 372.

Jones, B.M., Arp, C.D., Hinkel, K.M., Beck, R.A., Schmutz, J.A. & Winston, B. Lake hydrodynamics in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and implications for winter water availability and management. Environmental Management.

Books

Burgess, M.M., Brown, J., Hinkel, K., Romanovsky, V., & Smith, S.L. (2000). Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTNet-P); permafrost monitoring contributing to global climate observations.

Brown, J., Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (2000). The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program; research designs and initial results.

Nelson, Frederick E., Brigham, Lawson W., Cole, David M., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Klene, Anna E., Lee, William, Parker, Walter, Romanovsky, Vladimir E., Saxton, Amanda, Shikhomanov, Nikolay I., Smith, Orson, Tucker, Walger, & Vinson, Ted (2003). Climate change, permafrost, and impacts on civil infracture; U. S. Arctic Research Commission; Permafrost Task Force report. U. S. Arctic Research Commission, United States.

Kane, D.L. & Hinkel, K.M. (Editors) (2008). Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Kane, D.L. & Hinkel, K.M. (Editors) (2008). Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Extended Abstract. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Book Chapters

Nelson, Frederick E., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (2002). The Far North; a geographical perspective on permafrost environments (pp. 249, 269).

Anisimov, Oleg, Borzenkova, I., Canziani, Osvaldo F., editor, Dokken, David J., editor, Fitzharris, Blair B., Forbes, D.L., Hagen, J.O., Hinkel, K.M., Jefferies, R., Kobak, K., Leary, Neil A., editor, Loeng, H., Marchant, H., Maxwell, B., editor, Nelson, F., Prowse, T., Qin Dahe, editor, Root, T.L., Shiklomanov, N., Sinclair, B., Skvarca, P., Vaughan, D.G., & White, Kasey S., editor (2001). Climate change 2001; impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability; polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic) (pp. 801, 841). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Burgess, M.M., Brown, J., Hinkel, K., Romanovsky, V., & Smith, S.L. (2000). Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTNet-P); permafrost monitoring contributing to global climate observations (pp. 8).

Outcalt, S.I., Groenevelt, P. H., editor, Hinkel, K.M., Hinzman, L. D., editor, Miller, L.L., Nelson, F.E., Radke, J. K., editor, Sharratt, B. S., editor, & Wright, E. A., editor (1997). Proceedings of the international symposium on physics, chemistry, and ecology of frozen soils. Modeling the magnitude and time dependence of nonconductive heat-transfer effects in taiga and Tundra soils (pp. 98, 104).

Other Publications

Nelson, F.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Hinkel, K.M. & Brown, J. (2008). Decadal results from the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 1273, 1280. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Jorgenson, M.T., Walker, H.J., Brown, J., Hinkel, K.M., Shur, Y., Osterkamp, T., Ping, C-L., Kanevskiy, M., Eisner, W., Rea, C. & Jensen, A. (2008). Coastal Region of Northern Alaska: Guidebook to Permafrost and Related Features. Edited by M.T. Jorgenson, Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 1, 152. 29 June-3 July 2008, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Department of Natural Resources, State of Ala.

Hinkel, K.M., Klene, A.E. & Nelson, F.E. (2008). Spatial and interannual patterns of winter N-factors near Barrow, Alaska. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 705, 709. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M. & Cuomo, C.J. (2008). Using indigenous knowledge to assess environmental impacts of overland travel routes, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 415, 420. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Nelson, F.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Streletskiy, D.A., Romanovsky, V.E., Yoshikawa, K., Hinkel, K.M. & Brown, J. (2008). A permafrost observatory at Barrow, Alaska: Long-term observations of active-layer thickness and permafrost temperature. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 1267, 1272. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Nelson, F.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Hinkel, K.M. & Brown, J. (2008). The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program: Data collection, management, and dissemination strategies. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 1647, 1652. Institute of Northern Engineering: University of Alaska Fairbanks.