Active debris removal mission from LEO with electric and hybrid propulsion [PDF]
, 2011 Debris proliferation in space environment is an impending problem for preserving future missions. Although prevention measures (IADC guidelines, NASA Handbook for Limiting Orbit Debris) with the intent to regulate and limit the space trac are adopted,
Sansica, A.
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Ice cliff contribution to the tongue-wide ablation of Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal, central Himalaya [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 Ice cliff backwasting on debris-covered glaciers is recognized as an important mass-loss process that is potentially responsible for the debris-cover anomaly, i.e.
F. Brun +14 more
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Air temperature distribution and energy balance modelling of a debris-covered glacier [PDF]
, 2016 Near-surface air temperature is an important determinant of the surface energy balance of glaciers that is often represented by constant linear temperature gradients in models.
Brock, B.W. +13 more
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Southwest-facing slopes control the formation of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2013 To understand the formation conditions of debris-covered glaciers, we examined the dimension and shape of debris-covered areas and potential debris-supply (PDS) slopes of 213 glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya.
H. Nagai +3 more
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Assessing ice-cliff backwasting and its contribution to total ablation of debris-covered Miage glacier, Mont Blanc massif, Italy [PDF]
, 2014 Continuous surface debris cover strongly reduces the ablation of glaciers, but high melt rates may occur at ice cliffs that are too steep to hold debris.
Brock, B.w., Reid, Tim, Brock, Benjamin
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Remotely sensed debris thickness mapping of Bara Shigri Glacier, Indian Himalaya [PDF]
, 2015 Despite the important role of supraglacial debris in ablation, knowledge of debris thickness on Himalayan glaciers is sparse. A recently developed method based on reanalysis data and thermal band satellite imagery has proved to be potentially suitable ...
Kulkarni, Anil +13 more
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Impact of varying debris cover thickness on ablation: a case study for Koxkar Glacier in the Tien Shan [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2014 To quantify the ablation processes on a debris covered glacier, a simple distributed ablation model has been developed and applied to a selected glacier. For this purpose, a set of field measurements was carried out to collect empirical data.
M. Juen +4 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 A large number of glaciers in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya are covered with debris in the lower part of the ablation zone, which is continuously expanding due to enhanced glacier mass loss.
Lavkush Kumar Patel +5 more
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The New Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2016: From a Topographical to a Glaciological Dataset
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Glaciers in Switzerland are shrinking rapidly in response to ongoing climate change. Repeated glacier inventories are key to monitor such changes at the regional scale. Here we present the new Swiss Glacier Inventory 2016 (SGI2016) that has been acquired
Andreas Linsbauer +13 more
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Regional debris flow susceptibility analysis in mountainous peri-urban areas through morphometric and land cover indicators [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2014 A method for assessing regional debris flow susceptibility at the watershed scale, based on an index composed of a morphometric indicator and a land cover indicator, is proposed and applied in 106 peri-urban mountainous watersheds in Bogotá, Colombia ...
M. C. Rogelis, M. Werner
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