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XX century: Brief historical outline of Soviet/Russian glaciology
The article describes the formation and development of Soviet glaciology during the second half of the XX century and the role of the Glaciological Department of the Institute of Geography of the USSR Academy of Sciences in this process.
V. M. Kotlyakov
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Alpine Glaciology: An Historical Collaboration between Volunteers and Scientists and the Challenge Presented by an Integrated Approach [PDF]
European Alpine glaciology has a long tradition of studies and activities, in which researchers have often relied on the field work of some specialized volunteer operators.
Paola Carrara +5 more
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A Hierarchical Spatiotemporal Statistical Model Motivated by Glaciology [PDF]
In this paper, we extend and analyze a Bayesian hierarchical spatio-temporal model for physical systems. A novelty is to model the discrepancy between the output of a computer simulator for a physical process and the actual process values with a ...
Giri Gopalan +6 more
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Glacial dynamics (glaciology) [PDF]
Recent results are reviewed from studies of ice dynamics that relate to the objectives of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet initiative. The large amount of knowledge gained is emphasized.
I. M. Whillans
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The Queen of the Arctic: Louise Arner Boyd
Louise Boyd (1887–1972) was a female pioneer in Arctic research whose legacy includes the exploration of north-east Greenland. In this Perspective piece, we use a broad interdisciplinary approach to investigate her career as a photographer and expedition
Elisabeth Isaksson, Anka Ryall
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Giant crack in Antarctic ice shelf spotlights advances in glaciology [PDF]
Jeff Tollefson
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This study demonstrates the results of Russian airborne radio-echo sounding (RES) investigations and also seismic reflection soundings carried out in 1971–2020 over a vast area of coastal part of East Antarctica.
Sergey Popov
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The geoPebble system is a network of wirelessly interconnected seismic and GPS sensor nodes with geophysical sensing capabilities for the study of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, as well as mountain glaciers.
Sridhar Anandakrishnan +5 more
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Mass balance of glacier No. 139 in the basin of Lake Karakul in the Eastern Pamirs
Mountain glaciers, including the poorly examined glaciers of Lake Karakul Basin, are considered the most vulnerable part of the cryosphere directly reacting to the changing climatic conditions.
Kabutov H.K. +6 more
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