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Modeling debris-covered glaciers: response to steady debris deposition [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2016 Debris-covered glaciers are common in rapidly eroding alpine landscapes. When thicker than a few centimeters, surface debris suppresses melt rates. If continuous debris cover is present, ablation rates can be significantly reduced leading to increases in
L. S. Anderson, R. S. Anderson
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Obliquity-paced climate change recorded in Antarctic debris-covered glaciers. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2017 The degree to which debris-covered glaciers record past environmental conditions is debated. Here we describe a novel palaeoclimate archive derived from the surface morphology and internal debris within cold-based debris-covered glaciers in Antarctica ...
Mackay SL, Marchant DR.
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Brief communication: Thinning of debris-covered and debris-free glaciers in a warming climate [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 Recent geodetic mass-balance measurements reveal similar thinning rates on glaciers with or without debris cover in the Himalaya–Karakoram region. This comes as a surprise as a thick debris cover reduces the surface melting significantly due to its ...
A. Banerjee
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Spatial Distribution and Characteristics of Debris-Covered Glaciers in Xinjiang Based on CGI-XJ2020
Remote SensingDebris cover is widespread on glaciers and strongly alters their surface albedo, energy balance, and ablation. Using the Chinese Glacier Inventory of Xinjiang 2020 (CGI-XJ2020), this study investigates the spatial distribution of debris-covered glaciers ...
Zexin Zhan +8 more
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Volume-area scaling for debris-covered glaciers
Journal of Glaciology, 2020 A volume-area scaling relation is commonly used to estimate glacier volume or its future changes on a global scale. The presence of an insulating supraglacial debris cover alters the mass-balance profile of a glacier, potentially modifying the scaling ...
Argha Banerjee
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Modelling climate sensitivity of debris-covered glaciers [PDF]
, 2022 The common occurrence of debris-covered glaciers in high-mountain areas makes their response to climate change relevant. The insulating effect of debris cover on surface melt causes debris-covered glaciers behave differently from debris-free glaciers ...
Hardmeier, Florian
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 A number of glaciological observations on debris-covered glaciers around the globe have shown a delayed length and mass adjustment in relation to climate variability, a behavior normally attributed to the ice insulation effect of thick debris layers ...
Daniel Falaschi +11 more
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The Concept of Steady State, Cyclicity and Debris Unloading of Debris-Covered Glaciers
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 It can easily be expected that debris-covered glaciers show a different response on external forcing compared to clean-surface glaciers. The supra-glacial debris cover acts as an additional transfer layer for the energy exchange between atmosphere and ...
Christoph Mayer, Carlo Licciulli
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An energy-balance model for debris-covered glaciers including heat conduction through the debris layer [PDF]
, 2010 Extensive covers of supraglacial debris are often present in glacier ablation areas, and it is essential to assess exactly how the debris affects glacier melt rates.
Brock, B.W. +5 more
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Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2016 Approximately 25 % of the glacierized area in the Everest region is covered by debris, yet the surface mass balance of debris-covered portions of these glaciers has not been measured directly. In this study, ground-based measurements of surface elevation
C. Vincent +10 more
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