Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
*Designates student-advisee
2026
33. *Vaux, S., Khan, A.L., Kiesser, S., Tsukada, A., & Xian, P. (2026). Dissolved Black Carbon in North Cascades snow, meltwater, and a downstream river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 31, e2025JD045116.
2025
32. *Rand, C. F., and Khan, A. L. (2025). How Commercial SmallSats are Revolutionizing the Remote Detection and Mapping of Snow Algae. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 6:1572973.
31. Cordero, R.R., Feron, S., Malhotra, A.… & Khan, A.L. (2025). Heavy metal imprints in Antarctic snow from research and tourism. Nature Sustainability.
2024
30. *Rand, C. F., and Khan, A. L. (2024). Applicability of Relatively Low-Cost Multispectral Uncrewed Aerial Systems for Surface Characterization of the Cryosphere. Remote Sensing, 16(19), 3662.
29. Cordero, R. R., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2024). Rapid decline in extratropical Andean snow cover driven by the poleward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 26365.
2023
28.Khan, A. L., Xian, P., and Schwarz, J. (2023). Black carbon concentrations and modeled smoke deposition fluxes to the bare ice dark zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 17, 2909–2923.
27. *Healy, S. and Khan, A.L. (2023). Albedo change from snow algae blooms can contribute substantially to snow melt in the North Cascades, USA. Communications Earth & Environment.
26. Gold, A.U., et al., including Khan, A. L. (2023). Measuring novice-expert sense of place for a far-away place: Implications for geoscience instruction. PLoS ONE, 18(10), e0293003.
25. Cordero, R. R., et al., including Khan, A. L. (2023). Signature of the stratosphere-troposphere coupling on recent record-breaking Antarctic sea ice anomalies. The Cryosphere, 17, 4995–5006.
2022
24. Cordero, R. R., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2022). Black carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-11.
23. *Healy, S. and Khan, A.L. (2022). Mapping glacier ablation with a UAV in the North Cascades: A comparison of traditional approaches to glacier mass balance with structure from motion technology. Frontiers in Remote Sensing.
22. Veyssiere, G., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2022). Under-Ice Light Field in the Western Arctic Ocean during late Summer. Frontiers in Earth Science, 1337.
21. Cordero, R. R., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2022). Black Carbon in the Southern Andean Snowpack. Environmental Research Letters, 17.
2021
20.Khan, A. L., Dierssen, H.M., Scambos, T.A., Höfer, J., and Cordero, R. R. (2021). Spectral characterization, radiative forcing, and pigment content of coastal Antarctic snow algae. The Cryosphere, 15, 133-148.
19.Khan, A. L., Sokol, E. R., McKnight, D. M., et al. (2021). Phytoplankton Drivers of Dissolved Organic Material Production in Colorado Reservoirs and the Formation of Disinfection By-Products. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 259.
18. Schulte, N., Khan, A.L., et al. (2021). Blowin’ in the wind: dispersal, structure, and metacommunity dynamics of aeolian diatoms in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica. Journal of Phycology.
2020
17.Khan, A.L., Rittger, K., Xian, P., Katich, J., Armstrong, R., Kayastha, R., Dana, J., & McKnight, D. (2020). Yak-dung burning influences refractory black carbon concentrations in seasonal snow at lower elevations of the Dudh Koshi River Basin of Nepal. Frontiers in Earth Science.
16. Lee, S., Stroeve, J., Tsamados, M., & Khan, A. L. (2020). Machine learning approaches to retrieve pan-Arctic melt ponds from visible satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247.
15. Diaz, M., Lyons, B., Welch, S., Welch, K., Khan, A.L., McKnight, D., Adams, B., & Cary, C. (2020). Geochemistry of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: insights into Southern Hemisphere dust sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
2019
14.Khan, A.L., Klein, A., Katich, J., & Xian, P. (2019). Local emissions and regional wildfires influence refractory black carbon observations near Palmer Station, Antarctica. Frontiers in Earth Science – Atmosphere Section.
13. Bracegirdle, T. J., et al., including Khan, A. L. (2019). Back to the Future: Using long-term observational and paleo-proxy reconstructions to improve model projections of Antarctic climate. Geosciences, 9.
2018
12.Khan, A.L., McMeeking, G., Schwarz, J.P., Xian, P., Welch, K., Lyons, B., & McKnight, D. (2018). Refractory black carbon measured in snow and air in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica and potential impacts of foehn winds. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres.
11.Khan, A. L., Bracegirdle, T., & Russell, J. (2018). Can We Crack the Climate Code of the Southern Polar Region? EOS, 99.
10.Khan, A.L. (2018). U.S. and China Assess Ecosystem Effects of a Fading Cryosphere. EOS, 99.
9. Armstrong, R.L., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2018). Runoff from glacierized mountains in Central Asia. Regional Environmental Change.
8. Diaz, M. A., et al., including Khan, A. L. (2018). Aeolian material transport and its role in landscape connectivity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123, 3323-3337.
2017
7.Khan, A. L., Wagner, S, Jaffe, R., Xian, P., Williams, M., Armstrong, R., & McKnight, D. (2017). Dissolved black carbon in the global cryosphere: Concentrations and chemical signatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 44.
6.Khan, A.L., Dierssen, H., Schwartz, J., Schmitt, C., Hermanson, M., Painter, T., & McKnight, D. (2017). Impacts of coal dust on the spectral reflectance of Arctic surface snow in Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres.
5. Stibal, M., et al., including Khan, A. L. (2017). Algae drive enhanced darkening of bare ice on the Greenland ice sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 44.
4. Gutt, J., et al., including Khan, A.L. (2017). Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research. Marine Genomics.
2011–2016
3.Khan, A. L., Jaffe, R., Ding, Y., & McKnight, D.M. (2016). Dissolved black carbon in Antarctic lakes: Chemical signatures of past and present sources. Geophysical Research Letters, 43.
2. Mayewski, P.A., et al., including Khan, A. (2015). Potential for Southern Hemisphere climate surprises. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30, 391-395.
1. Brown, J., Stauber, C., Murphy, J., Khan, A., Mu, T., Elliott, M., & Sobsey, M. (2011). Ambient temperature incubation for the field detection of E. coli in drinking water. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 110(4), 915-923.
Books, Datasets & Reports
Book Chapters
- 2012 | Khan, Alia Lauren. "Creative Adaptation: Bangladesh's Resilience to Flooding in a Changing Climate." In Climate Change Modelling For Local Adaptation In The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region. Emerald Group Publishing, 159-175.
Published Datasets
- 2025 | Khan, Alia, *Vaux, Sally, & Xian, Peng. Black carbon in Arctic snow, observational data from 1998-2018. Arctic Data Center.
Published Reports
- 2023 | Di Mauro, B., ... Khan, Alia, et al. "Dust in Svalbard: local sources versus long-range transported dust (SVALDUST)." SESS report 2022 – The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard.