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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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Volume-area scaling for debris-covered glaciers [PDF]
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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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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Updated inventory of glacier ice in New Zealand based on 2016 satellite imagery
Journal of Glaciology, 2021 The only complete inventory of New Zealand glaciers was based on aerial photography starting in 1978. While there have been partial updates using 2002 and 2009 satellite data, most glaciers are still represented by the 1978 outlines in contemporary ...
Sabine Baumann +8 more
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Thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 Debris-covered glaciers are a common feature of the mountain cryosphere in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. A better understanding of these glaciers is necessary to reduce the uncertainties in regional water resource variability and to anticipate ...
C. Zhao +11 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) have a significant impact on human activity. Thus, a detailed and up-to-date inventory of glaciers is crucial, along with monitoring them regularly.
Yijie Lu +3 more
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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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Patterns and drivers of glacier debris-cover development in the Afghanistan Hindu Kush Himalaya
Journal of Glaciology, 2023 Debris-covered ice is widespread in mountain regions with debris an important control on surface ice melt and glacier retreat. Quantifying debris cover extent and its evolution through time over large regions remains a challenge.
Jamal A. N. Shokory, Stuart N. Lane
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Internal structure of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier revealed by borehole optical televiewing
Journal of Glaciology, 2023 Characterising the structures within glaciers can give unique insight into ice motion processes. On debris-covered glaciers, traditional structural glaciological mapping is challenging because the lower glacier is hidden by the supraglacial debris layer.
Katie E. Miles +4 more
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