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Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 The hydrological characteristics of debris-covered glaciers are known to be fundamentally different from those of clean-ice glaciers, even within the same climatological, geological, and geomorphological setting. Understanding how these characteristics influence the timing and magnitude of meltwater discharge is particularly important for regions where
Miles, KE +5 more
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The state of rock debris covering Earth’s glaciers [PDF]
Nature Geoscience, 2020 Rock debris can accumulate on glacier surfaces and dramatically reduce glacier melt. The structure of a debris cover is unique to each glacier and sensitive to climate. Despite this, debris cover has been omitted from global glacier models and forecasts of their response to a changing climate. Fundamental to resolving these omissions is a global map of
Sam Herreid, Francesca Pellicciotti
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Do debris-covered glaciers demonstrate distinctive hydrological behaviour compared to clean glaciers? [PDF]
Journal of Hydrology, 2019 Supraglacial debris is known to strongly influence the distribution of glacier surface melt. Since melt inputs drive the formation and evolution of glacial drainage systems, it should follow that the drainage systems of debris-covered glaciers will differ from those of debris-free glaciers. This would have implications for the proglacial runoff regime,
C. L. Fyffe +7 more
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Supraglacial Ice Cliffs Can Substantially Increase the Mass Loss of Debris‐Covered Glaciers
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 The thinning patterns of debris‐covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia are not well understood. Here we calculate the effect of supraglacial ice cliffs on the mass balance of all glaciers in a Himalayan catchment, using a process‐based ice cliff melt ...
Pascal Buri +4 more
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Aspect controls the survival of ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018 Buri P, Pellicciotti F.
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Atmospheric Science Letters, 2021 Many of the glaciers in the Nepalese Himalaya are partially covered in a layer of loose rock known as debris cover. In the Dudh Koshi River Basin, Nepal, approximately 25% of glaciers are debris‐covered.
Emily R. Potter +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 As a particular type of alpine glacier, debris-covered glaciers are essential for local water resources and glacial disaster warnings. The Eastern Tomur Peak Region (EPTR) is the most concentrated glacier in Tien Shan Mountain, China, where the glaciers ...
Shujing Yang +6 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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