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A particle based simulation model for glacier dynamics [PDF]

, 2013
A particle-based computer simulation model was developed for investigating the dynamics of glaciers. In the model, large ice bodies are made of discrete elastic particles which are bound together by massless elastic beams.
Timonen, J., Moore, J. C., J. A. Åström, T. Zwinger, Astrom, J. A., D. Benn, J. C. Moore, Zwinger, T., Tallinen, T., T. Tallinen, T. I. Riikilä, Benn, D., J. Timonen, Riikila, T. I.   +13 more
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Diagnostic and prognostic modeling of glacier dynamics and the driving factors in the Qilian Mountains, China

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: Qiyi Glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China. Study focus: Glacier flow is one of the important processes in the glacier development and evolution.
Sheng Wang, Xingyu Wang, Yuzhe Wang, Tandong Yao, Jianchen Pu, Jinfeng Wang   +5 more
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Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier [PDF]

, 2013
We use satellite observations to show that, between 1992 and 2011, the Pine Island Glacier hinge line retreated at a rate of 0.95 ± 0.09 km yr−1 despite a progressive steepening and shoaling of the glacier surface and bedrock slopes, respectively, which ...
Vaughan, D. G., Gourmelen, N., Kim, S. W., Wingham, D. J., Shepherd, A., Park, J. W.   +5 more
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Former dynamic behaviour of a cold-based valley glacier on Svalbard revealed by basal ice and structural glaciology investigations [PDF]

, 2015
H.L. was funded by a UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) PhD studentship (NE/I528050/1), the Queen Mary Postgraduate Research Fund, and an Arctic Field Grant from the Research Council of Norway. E.J.F.
Hubbard, Bryn, Benn, D.I., Hubbard, B., Lovell, Harold, Lovell, H., Fleming, E.J., Lukas, S., Fleming, Edward J., Lukas, Sven, Naegeli, K., Benn, Douglas I., Naegeli, Kathrin, Benn, D.I.; id_orcid   +12 more
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Including debris cover effects in a distributed model of glacier ablation [PDF]

, 2012
Distributed glacier melt models generally assume that the glacier surface consists of bare exposed ice and snow. In reality, many glaciers are wholly or partially covered in layers of debris that tend to suppress ablation rates.
Reid, Tim, Carenzo, Marco, Brock, Benjamin, Pellicciotti, Francesca   +3 more
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Operational Processing of Big Satellite Data for Monitoring Glacier Dynamics: Case Study of Muldrow Glacier

Remote Sensing, 2022
Frequent acquisition of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data by the European Sentinel-1 satellites provides an opportunity for monitoring the dynamics of worldwide glaciers.
Sergey V. Samsonov
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Weekly Glacier Flow Estimation from Dense Satellite Time Series Using Adapted Optical Flow Technology [PDF]

, 2017
Contemporary optical remote sensing satellites or constellations of satellites can acquire imagery at sub-weekly or even daily timescales. These systems have the potential to facilitate intra-seasonal, short-term surface velocity variations across a ...
Kääb, Andreas, Altena, Bas, Bas Altena, Andreas Kääb   +3 more
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Representing moisture fluxes and phase changes in glacier debris cover using a reservoir approach [PDF]

, 2014
Due to the complexity of treating moisture in supraglacial debris, surface energy balance models to date have neglected moisture infiltration and phase changes in the debris layer.
Essery, Richard, Bush, A. B.G., A. B. G. Bush, Maussion, F., Brock, B. W., Nicholson, Lindsey, Bush, Andrew, L. I. Nicholson, Collier, Emily, F. Maussion, Maussion, Fabien, Collier, E., Nicholson, L. I., R. Essery, Brock, Benjamin, Essery, R., E. Collier, B. W. Brock   +17 more
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Instabilities on Alpine temperate glaciers: new insights arising from the numerical modelling of Allalingletscher (Valais, Switzerland) [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012
The processes leading to a glacier instability depend on the thermal properties of the contact between the glacier and its bedrock. Assessing the stability of temperate glacier (i.e. the glacier can slide on its bedrock) remains problematic.
J. Faillettaz, M. Funk, D. Sornette
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Crevasses triggered on Pine Island Glacier by drilling through an exceptional melt layer [PDF]

, 2010
The basic theory of crevasse formation suggests that crevasses initiate at or near the surface. However, due to variations in stress with depth, it has been suggested that it is possible for crevasses to initiate at depths of 10–30m.
Julian B. T. Scott, Vaughan, David, Scott, Julian B.T., Robert G. Bingham, Andrew M. Smith, Smith, Andrew, Smith, Andrew M., Bingham, Robert, Vaughan, David G., Scott, Julian, Bingham, Robert G., David G. Vaughan, Julian B.T. Scott   +12 more
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