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XX century: Brief historical outline of Soviet/Russian glaciology

open access: diamondЛëд и снег, 2019
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]

open access: goldISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2013
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]

open access: green, 2019
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]

open access: green, 1991
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

open access: yesPolar Research, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Ice Cover, Subglacial Landscape, and Estimation of Bottom Melting of Mac. Robertson, Princess Elizabeth, Wilhelm II, and Western Queen Mary Lands, East Antarctica

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

The geoPebble System: Design and Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network of GPS-Enabled Seismic Sensors for the Study of Glaciers and Ice Sheets

open access: yesGeosciences, 2021
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

open access: yesCentral Asian Journal of Water Research, 2022
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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