Publications

Papers in refereed journals

Education

• W. Adams, A. Paulson, and C. E. Wieman (2008), What levels of guidance elicit engaged exploration with interactive simulations?, PERC Proceedings, 59-62.

Geophysics

• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr (2007), Inference of mantle viscosity from GRACE and relative sea level data, Geophys. J. Int., 171 (2): 497-508
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr (2006), Limitations on the inversion for mantle viscosity from post-glacial rebound, Geophys. J. Int., 168 (3): 1195-1209
• J.X. Mitrovica, J. Wahr, I. Matsuyama, A. Paulson, and M. Tamisiea (2006), Reanalysis of Ancient Eclipse and Geodetic Data Resolves The Enigma of Global Sea Level Rise, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, 243 (3-4), 390-399
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr (2005) Modelling post-glacial rebound with lateral viscosity variations, Geophys. J. Int., 163 (1): 357-371
• J.X. Mitrovica, J. Wahr, I. Matsuyama, and A. Paulson (2005) The rotational stability of an ice-age earth, Geophys. J. Int., 161(2), 491-506
• S. Zhong, A. Paulson, and J. Wahr (2003) Three-dimensional finite-element modelling of Earth's viscoelastic deformation: effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness, Geophys. J. Int., 155(2), 679-695

Papers near publication

Education

• A. Paulson K. Perkins and W. Adams (2009) How does the type of guidance affect student use of an interactive simulation?

Geophysics

• A. Paulson and M. Richards (2009) On the Resolution of Radial Viscosity Structure in Modeling Long-wavelength Post-glacial Rebound Data, submitted to Geophys. J. Int.

Conference abstracts

Education

• A. Paulson, W. Adams, and K. Perkins, New research on effective features of interactive simulations American Assoc. of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, July 2008.
• A. Paulson, K. Perkins, and W. Adams, Research on student use of simulations Physics Education Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, July 2008.
• A. Paulson, The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project International Society for Design and Development in Education, Egmond an Zee, Netherlands, July 2008.

Geophysics

• A. Paulson, J. Wahr, J.X. Mitrovica, and I. Matsuyama, A revised theory of polar wander during glacial isostatic adjustment and its consequences for the "sea level enigma". Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability (World Climate Research Programme), Paris, France, June 2006.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Inversion for mantle viscosity from post-glacial rebound. Mantle Convection Workshop, Boulder, CO, June 2005.
• J.X. Mitrovica, J. Wahr, I. Matsuyama, and A. Paulson, The Rotational Stability of an Ice Age Earth (solicited). EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Abstract G4/GD14-1WE3O-005, April 2005.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Inversion for mantle viscosity from post-glacial rebound and the influence of 3D variations. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Abstract GD13-1TU3O-004, April 2005.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, A Monte Carlo Inversion for Mantle Viscosity From Post-glacial Rebound and the Influence of 3D Variations. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13D-07, 2004.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Post-Glacial Rebound Constraints on Radial Viscosity Structure and the Influence of 3D Variations. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract G51A-10, 2004.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, What Spherically Symmetric Viscosity Structure Produces the same PGR as a Realistic 3D Earth? Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T32B-0930, 2003.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, What spherically symmetric viscosity structure produces the same PGR as a realistic 3D Earth? EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Abstract GD11-1FR4O-004, April 2003.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Studies of sensitivity of PGR observables to laterally varying viscosity. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Abstract GD11-1FR3P-0030, April 2003.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Do Post-Glacial Rebound Observations Depend Only on Local Viscosity Structure? Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T71B-1178, 2002.
• A. Paulson, S. Zhong, and J. Wahr, Effects of Laterally Varying Mantle Viscosity on Post-Glacial Rebound from Spherical Finite Element Models. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T42F-09, 2001.