Debris cover and surface melt at a temperate maritime alpine glacier: Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand [PDF]
Melt rates on glaciers are strongly influenced by the presence of supraglacial debris, which can either enhance or reduce ablation relative to bare ice.
Brook, Martin S. +5 more
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Glacier shrinkage across High Mountain Asia
An assessment of glacier shrinkage (reduction of area) for all of High Mountain Asia requires a complete compilation of measured rates of change and also a methodology for objective comparison of rates.
J. Graham Cogley
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF COMBINED PIXEL AND OBJECT-BASED METHOD FOR DELINEATION OF DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIERS [PDF]
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 distribution of basal motion beneath a High Arctic polythermal glacier [PDF]
The longitudinal pattern of surface velocity of a large, predominantly colds polythermal glacier (John Evans Glacier, Ellesmere Island, Canada) was measured over summer and winter periods.
Nienow, Peter W. +12 more
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Subglacial drainage processes at a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier [PDF]
Dye-tracer experiments undertaken over two summer melt seasons at polythermal John Evans Glacier, Ellesmere Island, Canada, were designed to investigate the character of the subglacial drainage system and its evolution over a melt season. In both summers,
Nienow, Peter W. +5 more
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Multi-sensor remote sensing to map glacier debris cover in the Greater Caucasus, Georgia
Global warming is causing glaciers in the Caucasus Mountains and around the world to lose mass at an accelerated pace. As a result of this rapid retreat, significant parts of the glacierized surface area can be covered with debris deposits, often making ...
Iulian-Horia Holobâcă +8 more
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Glaciological and geomorphological map of Glacier Noir and Glacier Blanc, French Alps [PDF]
This paper presents and describes a glaciological and geomorphological map of Glacier Noir and Glacier Blanc, French Alps. Glacier Noir is a debris-covered glacier and is adjacent to Glacier Blanc, a clean-ice (debris-free) glacier. The glaciological and geomorphological evolution of Glacier Blanc is well known, but the evolution of Glacier Noir is ...
Pierre Lardeux +3 more
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Large-Scale Debris Cover Glacier Mapping Using Multisource Object-Based Image Analysis Approach
Large-scale debris cover glacier mapping can be efficiently conducted from high spatial resolution (HSR) remote sensing imagery using object-based image analysis (OBIA), which works on a group of pixels.
Kavita V. Mitkari +5 more
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Geochemical characterization of supraglacial debris via in situ and optical remote sensing methods: a case study in Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal [PDF]
Surface glacier debris samples and field spectra were collected from the ablation zones of Nepal Himalaya Ngozumpa and Khumbu glaciers in November and December 2009.
K. A. Casey, A. Kääb, D. I. Benn
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Assessing the catastrophic break-up of Briksdalsbreen, Norway, associated with rapid climate change [PDF]
Recent research has raised concerns about the potential influence of rapid climate change on the stability of major ice sheets. The behaviour of glaciers is determined largely by the processes and conditions operating at their base.
Kathryn C. Rose +12 more
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