Debris-covered glacier identification in the Karakoram aided by thermal remote sensing [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Glacier changes in the Karakoram Mountain (KM) region were analyzed using Landsat images from 2000 to 2021. Clean ice boundaries were mapped using supervised classification, while debris-covered ice was identified by integrating surface ...
Drolma Lhakpa +4 more
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A comparison of glacier melt on debris-covered glaciers in the northern and southern Caucasus [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2011 Abstract. The glacier coverage in the Caucasus Mountains underwent considerable changes during the last decades. In some regions, the observed reduction in glacier area is comparable to those in the European Alps and the extent of supra-glacial debris increased on many glaciers.
Lambrecht, A. +6 more
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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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Controls on the relative melt rates of debris-covered glacier surfaces [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Supraglacial debris covers 7% of mountain glacier area globally and generally reduces glacier surface melt. Enhanced energy absorption at ice cliffs and supraglacial ponds scattered across the debris surface leads these features to contribute ...
E S Miles +4 more
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New inventory of glaciers in Tajikistan from 3 m PlanetScope imagery (2024): the Tajikistan Glacier Inventory (TGI) [PDF]
Scientific DataGlaciers in Tajikistan serve as a crucial water source in Central Asia. However, existing glacier data products suffer from several limitations, including outdated temporal coverage, coarse spatial resolution, and inadequate mapping of debris-covered ...
Ruonan Li +4 more
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Modelling runoff from a Himalayan debris-covered glacier [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 Although the processes by which glacial debris mantles alter the melting of glacier ice have been well studied, the mass balance and runoff patterns of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers and the response of these factors to climate change are not well ...
K. Fujita, A. Sakai
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Surface composition of debris-covered glaciers across the Himalaya using linear spectral unmixing of Landsat 8 OLI imagery [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 The Himalaya mountain range is characterized by highly glacierized, complex, dynamic topography. The ablation area of Himalayan glaciers often features a highly heterogeneous debris mantle comprising ponds, steep and shallow slopes of various aspects ...
A. E. Racoviteanu +2 more
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Understanding Complex Debris-Covered Glaciers: Concepts, Issues, and Research Directions
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Understanding the climate-glacier dynamics of debris-covered glaciers is notoriously difficult given a multitude of controlling factors and feedback mechanisms involving climate forcing, debris-load properties, supraglacial water bodies, and multi-scale ...
Da Huo +2 more
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF COMBINED PIXEL AND OBJECT-BASED METHOD FOR DELINEATION OF DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIERS [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 Delineation of the glacier is an important task for understanding response of glaciers to climate. In Himalayan region, most of the glaciers are covered with debris.
R. Sahu, R. D. Gupta
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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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