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Changing contribution of peak velocity events to annual velocities following a multi-decadal slowdown at White Glacier

Annals of Glaciology, 2017
As the focus of intensive glaciological studies in the 1960–70s, White Glacier on Axel Heiberg Island, Canada, has played an important role in understanding the dynamics of mostly-cold polythermal glaciers in the high Arctic.
Laura I. Thomson, Luke Copland
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Spatial Variability of Permafrost and Active Layer Thickness in a Forested Hillslope of the Taiga Shield

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under continued climate warming, understanding present‐day permafrost distribution and the controls on ground thaw are critical for predicting permafrost thaw trajectories and associated implications. This study presents a high‐resolution investigation of permafrost extent and active layer thickness (ALT) across a coniferous forested hillslope
Alana Muenchrath, Christopher Spence, Andrew Ireson   +2 more
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Area change of glaciers across Northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, between ~1999 and ~2015

Journal of Glaciology, 2018
Using a variety of optical satellite scenes, this study quantifies the change in the areal extent of 1773 glaciers across Northern Ellesmere Island between ~1999 and ~2015. Our results show that the regional ice coverage decreased by 1705.3 km2 over the ~
ADRIENNE WHITE, LUKE COPLAND
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A Statistical‐Process Hybridized Approach to Modeling Permafrost Distribution in a Boreal Wetland Ecosystem, Whatì, NT, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐resolution mapping of permafrost in ecologically and topographically complex landscapes remains a major challenge. Existing models of permafrost extent often rely on equilibrium assumptions, which can misrepresent conditions in regions where permafrost persists largely due to ecosystem structure.
Philip P. Bonnaventure, Sophie MacLean, Nick C. Noad, Madeleine C. Garibaldi   +3 more
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Surface elevation changes during 2007–13 on Bowdoin and Tugto Glaciers, northwestern Greenland

Journal of Glaciology, 2016
To quantify recent thinning of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in northwestern Greenland, we carried out field and satellite observations near the terminus of Bowdoin Glacier.
SHUN TSUTAKI, SHIN SUGIYAMA, DAIKI SAKAKIBARA, TAKANOBU SAWAGAKI   +3 more
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Meltwater Intrusions Reveal Mechanisms for Rapid Submarine Melt at a Tidewater Glacier [PDF]

, 2019
Submarine melting has been implicated as a driver of glacier retreat and sea level rise, but to date melting has been difficult to observe and quantify. As a result, melt rates have been estimated from parameterizations that are largely unconstrained by ...
Amundson, Jason M., Jackson, R. H., Kienholtz, C., Motyka, R. J., Nash, J. D., Pettit, E. C., Skyllingstad, E., Sutherland, D. A., Winters, D.   +8 more
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The Age and Origin of Block Deposits in the Victorian Alps, Australia

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large periglacial block deposits are found in the mountains of southeastern Australia. Despite their widespread distribution, their mode of formation and age are poorly understood. These landforms hold considerable potential to shed light on the nature of cooling during glacial periods. In this paper we present a new study of block deposits in
Timothy T. Barrows, Michelle S. Worland, Julian Murton, Stephanie C. Mills, L. Keith Fifield   +4 more
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A direct helicopter EM sea ice thickness inversion, assessed with synthetic and field data [PDF]

, 2007
Accuracy and precision of helicopter electromagneticHEM sounding are the essential parameters for HEM seaicethickness profiling. For sea-ice thickness research, thequality of HEM ice thickness estimates must be better than10 cm to detect potential ...
Haas, Christian, Pfaffling, A., Reid, J. E.   +2 more
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Deciphering Freeze–Thaw Dynamics In Rockwalls: A Novel Approach for High Accuracy Regional‐Scale Modeling

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a large and novel array of instruments on five rockwalls in northern Gaspesia, their respective surface energy balances were calculated and their thermal regimes were measured and modeled to depths exceeding the seasonal frost penetration.
Tom Birien, Francis Gauthier
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Turbulent snow transport and accumulation: New reduced‐order models and diagnostics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Our new reduced‐order models of snow particle transport provide high‐fidelity calculations of snow accumulation in turbulent flows at significantly reduced computational costs. Additional accumulation diagnostics from the reduced‐order model predict complex patterns of particle concentration in turbulent boundary layers via coherent flow structures in ...
Nikolas O. Aksamit, Alex P. Encinas‐Bartos, Holt Hancock, Alexander Prokop   +3 more
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