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The following lists the preprints and final revised papers published within the last 60 days.
17 Jun 2021
Sensitivity of subglacial drainage to water supply distribution at the Kongsfjord basin, Svalbard
Chloé Scholzen, Thomas V. Schuler, and Adrien Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2719–2738, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
The sensitivity of landfast sea ice to atmospheric forcing in single-column model simulations: a case study at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica
Fengguan Gu, Qinghua Yang, Frank Kauker, Changwei Liu, Guanghua Hao, Chaoyuan Yang, Jiping Liu, Petra Heil, Xuewei Li, and Bo Han
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-134,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-134, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Weddell Sea Polynya analysis using SMOS-SMAP Sea Ice Thickness Retrieval
Alexander Mchedlishvili, Gunnar Spreen, Christian Melsheimer, and Marcus Huntemann
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-138,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-138, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Evaluation of the snow cover detection in the Copernicus High Resolution Snow & Ice Monitoring Service
Zacharie Barrou Dumont, Simon Gascoin, Olivier Hagolle, Michaël Ablain, Rémi Jugier, Germain Salgues, Florence Marti, Aurore Dupuis, Marie Dumont, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-172,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-172, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Methane cycling within sea ice: results from drifting ice during late spring, north of Svalbard
Josefa Verdugo, Ellen Damm, and Anna Nikolopoulos
The Cryosphere, 15, 2701–2717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability
Dieter R. Tetzner, Elizabeth R. Thomas, and Claire S. Allen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Seasonal evolution of basal conditions within Russell sector, West Greenland, inverted from satellite observations of surface flow
Anna Derkacheva, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, Jeremie Mouginot, Eliot Jager, Nathan Maier, and Samuel Cook
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-170,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-170, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Statistical emulation of a perturbed basal melt ensemble of an ice sheet model to better quantify Antarctic sea level rise uncertainties
Mira Berdahl, Gunter Leguy, William H. Lipscomb, and Nathan M. Urban
The Cryosphere, 15, 2683–2699, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Interannual variability in Transpolar Drift summer sea ice thickness and potential impact of Atlantification
H. Jakob Belter, Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Tatiana A. Alekseeva, Gerit Birnbaum, Sergei V. Frolov, Stefan Hendricks, Andreas Herber, Igor Polyakov, Ian Raphael, Robert Ricker, Sergei S. Serovetnikov, Melinda Webster, and Christian Haas
The Cryosphere, 15, 2575–2591, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Do 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 °C matter for the future evolution of Alpine glaciers?
Loris Compagno, Sarah Eggs, Matthias Huss, Harry Zekollari, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 2593–2599, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Drainage of an ice-dammed lake through a supraglacial stream: hydraulics and thermodynamics
Christophe Ogier, Mauro A. Werder, Matthias Huss, Isabelle Kull, David Hodel, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-151,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-151, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Assessment of neutrons from secondary cosmic rays at mountain altitudes – Geant4 simulations of environmental parameters including soil moisture and snow cover
Thomas Brall, Vladimir Mares, Rolf Bütikofer, and Werner Rühm
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-152,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-152, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Fractionation of O2/N2 and Ar/N2 in the Antarctic ice sheet during bubble formation and bubble-clathrate hydrate transition from precise gas measurements of the Dome Fuji ice core
Ikumi Oyabu, Kenji Kawamura, Tsutomu Uchida, Shuji Fujita, Kyotaro Kitamura, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Shuji Aoki, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, and Jacob Morgan
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-147,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-147, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Modelling the mass budget and future evolution of Tunabreen, central Spitsbergen
Johannes Oerlemans, Jack Kohler, and Adrian Luckman
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-155,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-155, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Retention time of lakes in the Larsemann Hills oasis, East Antarctica
Elena Shevnina, Ekaterina Kourzeneva, Yury Dvornikov, and Irina Fedorova
The Cryosphere, 15, 2667–2682, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Surface melting over the Greenland ice sheet derived from enhanced resolution passive microwave brightness temperatures (1979–2019)
Paolo Colosio, Marco Tedesco, Roberto Ranzi, and Xavier Fettweis
The Cryosphere, 15, 2623–2646, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Mechanics and dynamics of pinning points on the Shirase Coast, West Antarctica
Holly Still and Christina Hulbe
The Cryosphere, 15, 2647–2665, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Mapping the aerodynamic roughness of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface using ICESat-2: evaluation over the K-transect
Maurice van Tiggelen, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Carleen H. Reijmer, Bert Wouters, Jakob F. Steiner, Emile J. Nieuwstraten, Walter W. Immerzeel, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 2601–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
High Temporal and Spatial Nitrate Variability on an Alaskan Hillslope Dominated by Alder Shrubs
Rachael E. McCaully, Carli A. Arendt, Brent D. Newman, Verity G. Salmon, Jeffrey M. Heikoop, Cathy J. Wilson, Sanna Sevanto, Nathan A. Wales, George B. Perkins, Oana C. Marina, and Stan D. Wullschleger
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-166,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-166, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Nunataks as barriers to ice flow: implications for palaeo ice-sheet reconstructions
Martim Mas e Braga, Richard Selwyn Jones, Jennifer C. H. Newall, Irina Rogozhina, Jane L. Andersen, Nathaniel A. Lifton, and Arjen P. Stroeven
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-173,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-173, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Long-period variability in ice-dammed glacier outburst floods due to evolving catchment geometry
Amy J. Jenson, Jason M. Amundson, Jonathan Kingslake, and Eran Hood
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-141,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-141, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
Dam type and topological position govern ice-marginal lake area change in Alaska and NW Canada between 1984 and 2019
Brianna Rick, Daniel McGrath, William Armstrong, and Scott W. McCoy
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-143,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-143, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
Retrieval and parametrisation of sea-ice bulk density from airborne multi-sensor measurements
Arttu Jutila, Stefan Hendricks, Robert Ricker, Luisa von Albedyll, Thomas Krumpen, and Christian Haas
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-149,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-149, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
The influence of snow on sea ice as assessed from simulations of CESM2
Marika M. Holland, David Clemens-Sewall, Laura Landrum, Bonnie Light, Donald Perovich, Chris Polashenski, Madison Smith, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174, 2021
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07 Jun 2021
Brief communication: An empirical relation between center frequency and measured thickness for radar sounding of temperate glaciers
Joseph A. MacGregor, Michael Studinger, Emily Arnold, Carlton J. Leuschen, Fernando Rodríguez-Morales, and John D. Paden
The Cryosphere, 15, 2569–2574, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2569-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2569-2021, 2021
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07 Jun 2021
Antarctic snow-covered sea ice topography derivation from TanDEM-X using polarimetric SAR interferometry
Lanqing Huang, Georg Fischer, and Irena Hajnsek
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-157,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-157, 2021
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04 Jun 2021
A method for solving heat transfer with phase change in ice or soil that allows for large time steps while guaranteeing energy conservation
Niccolò Tubini, Stephan Gruber, and Riccardo Rigon
The Cryosphere, 15, 2541–2568, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2541-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2541-2021, 2021
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04 Jun 2021
Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas when accounting for dynamic snow cover
Robbie D. C. Mallett, Julienne C. Stroeve, Michel Tsamados, Jack C. Landy, Rosemary Willatt, Vishnu Nandan, and Glen E. Liston
The Cryosphere, 15, 2429–2450, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021, 2021
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03 Jun 2021
A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier
Miguel González-Pleiter, Gissell Lacerot, Carlos Edo, Juan Pablo Lozoya, Francisco Leganés, Francisca Fernández-Piñas, Roberto Rosal, and Franco Teixeira-de-Mello
The Cryosphere, 15, 2531–2539, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021, 2021
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02 Jun 2021
Estimation of degree of sea ice ridging in the Bay of Bothnia based on geolocated photon heights from ICESat-2
Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, Eero Rinne, Sinéad Louise Farrell, and Henriette Skourup
The Cryosphere, 15, 2511–2529, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2511-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2511-2021, 2021
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02 Jun 2021
Relating snowfall observations to Greenland ice sheet mass changes: an atmospheric circulation perspective
Michael Gallagher, Matthew Shupe, Hélène Chepfer, and Tristan L'Ecuyer
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-150,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-150, 2021
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02 Jun 2021
Review article: Performance assessment of electromagnetic wave-based field sensors for SWE monitoring   
Alain Royer, Alexandre Roy, Sylvain Jutras, and Alexandre Langlois
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-163,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-163, 2021
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01 Jun 2021
Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high-Arctic rock walls on Svalbard
Juditha Undine Schmidt, Bernd Etzelmüller, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Florence Magnin, Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, and Sebastian Westermann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2491–2509, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021, 2021
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31 May 2021
Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales
Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Hanna Lee, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Sebastian Westermann, Vladimir Romanovsky, Scott Lamoureux, Donald A. Walker, Sarah Chadburn, Erin Trochim, Lei Cai, Jan Nitzbon, Stephan Jacobi, and Moritz Langer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2451–2471, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021, 2021
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31 May 2021
Analyses of Peace River Shallow Water Ice Profiling Sonar data and their implications for the roles played by frazil ice and in situ anchor ice growth in a freezing river
John R. Marko and David R. Topham
The Cryosphere, 15, 2473–2489, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2473-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2473-2021, 2021
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31 May 2021
Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data
Jakub Małecki
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-165,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-165, 2021
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28 May 2021
Hyper-accumulation of legacy fallout radionuclides in cryoconite on Isfallsglaciären (Arctic Sweden) and their downstream distribution
Caroline C. Clason, Will H. Blake, Nick Selmes, Alex Taylor, Pascal Boeckx, Jessica Kitch, Stephanie C. Mills, Giovanni Baccolo, and Geoffrey E. Millward
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-142,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-142, 2021
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28 May 2021
Characterizing Tundra snow sub-pixel variability to improve brightness temperature estimation in satellite SWE retrievals
Julien Meloche, Alexandre Langlois, Nick Rutter, Alain Royer, Josh King, and Branden Walker
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-156,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-156, 2021
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27 May 2021
Creep and fracture of warm columnar freshwater ice
Iman E. Gharamti, John P. Dempsey, Arttu Polojärvi, and Jukka Tuhkuri
The Cryosphere, 15, 2401–2413, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2401-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2401-2021, 2021
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26 May 2021
Behavior of saline ice under cyclic flexural loading
Andrii Murdza, Erland M. Schulson, and Carl E. Renshaw
The Cryosphere, 15, 2415–2428, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2415-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2415-2021, 2021
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26 May 2021
A new method of resolving annual precipitation for the past millennia from Tibetan ice cores
Wangbin Zhang, Shugui Hou, Shuang-Ye Wu, Hongxi Pang, Sharon B. Sneed, Elena V. Korotkikh, Paul A. Mayewski, Theo M. Jenk, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-115,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-115, 2021
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25 May 2021
Impacts of snow data and processing methods on the interpretation of long-term changes in Baffin Bay sea ice thickness
Isolde A. Glissenaar, Jack C. Landy, Alek A. Petty, Nathan T. Kurtz, and Julienne C. Stroeve
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-135,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-135, 2021
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25 May 2021
Brief communication: lack of agreement in remote sensing detection of cyclonic drift caused by Atlantic weather in Antarctic sea ice
Wayne de Jager and Marcello Vichi
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-144,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-144, 2021
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21 May 2021
Record summer rains in 2019 led to massive loss of surface and cave ice in SE Europe
Aurel Perşoiu, Nenad Buzjak, Alexandru Onaca, Christos Pennos, Yorgos Sotiriadis, Monica Ionita, Stavros Zachariadis, Michael Styllas, Jure Kosutnik, Alexandru Hegyi, and Valerija Butorac
The Cryosphere, 15, 2383–2399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2383-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2383-2021, 2021
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20 May 2021
Environmental drivers of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front retreat over the last two decades
Celia A. Baumhoer, Andreas J. Dietz, Christof Kneisel, Heiko Paeth, and Claudia Kuenzer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2357–2381, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021, 2021
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20 May 2021
Geographic variation and temporal trends in ice phenology in Norwegian lakes during the period 1890–2020
Jan Henning L'Abée-Lund, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad, John Edward Brittain, Ånund Sigurd Kvambekk, and Tord Solvang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2333–2356, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2333-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2333-2021, 2021
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20 May 2021
Aerodynamic roughness length of crevassed tidewater glaciers from UAV mapping
Armin Dachauer, Richard Hann, and Andrew J. Hodson
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-113,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-113, 2021
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20 May 2021
Uncertainties in projected surface mass balance over the polar ice sheets from downscaled EC-Earth models
Fredrik Boberg, Ruth Mottram, Nicolaj Hansen, Shuting Yang, and Peter L. Langen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-140,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-140, 2021
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19 May 2021
Giant ice rings in Southern Baikal: multi-satellite data help to study ice cover evolution and eddies under ice
Alexei V. Kouraev, Elena A. Zakharova, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Mikhail N. Shimaraev, Lev V. Desinov, Evgeny A. Petrov, Nicholas M. J. Hall, Frédérique Rémy, and Andrey Ya. Suknev
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-146,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-146, 2021
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18 May 2021
The surface energy balance in a cold and arid permafrost environment, Ladakh, Himalayas, India
John Mohd Wani, Renoj J. Thayyen, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, and Stephan Gruber
The Cryosphere, 15, 2273–2293, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
The diurnal Energy Balance Model (dEBM): a convenient surface mass balance solution for ice sheets in Earth system modeling
Uta Krebs-Kanzow, Paul Gierz, Christian B. Rodehacke, Shan Xu, Hu Yang, and Gerrit Lohmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2295–2313, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2295-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2295-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
Hourly surface meltwater routing for a Greenlandic supraglacial catchment across hillslopes and through a dense topological channel network
Colin J. Gleason, Kang Yang, Dongmei Feng, Laurence C. Smith, Kai Liu, Lincoln H. Pitcher, Vena W. Chu, Matthew G. Cooper, Brandon T. Overstreet, Asa K. Rennermalm, and Jonathan C. Ryan
The Cryosphere, 15, 2315–2331, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
Development of a Diffuse Reflectance Probe for In Situ Measurement of Inherent Optical Properties in Sea Ice
Christophe Perron, Christian Katlein, Simon Lambert-Girard, Edouard Leymarie, Louis-Philippe Guinard, Pierre Marquet, and Marcel Babin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-104,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-104, 2021
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18 May 2021
A probabilistic model for fracture events of Petermann ice islands under the influence of atmospheric and oceanic conditions
Reza Zeinali-Torbati, Ian D. Turnbull, Rocky S. Taylor, and Derek Mueller
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-83,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-83, 2021
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18 May 2021
Sources of Uncertainty in Greenland Surface Mass Balance in the 21st century
Katharina M. Holube, Tobias Zolles, and Andreas Born
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-128,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-128, 2021
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17 May 2021
Enhancement of snow albedo reduction and radiative forcing due to coated black carbon in snow
Wei Pu, Tenglong Shi, Jiecan Cui, Yang Chen, Yue Zhou, and Xin Wang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2255–2272, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021, 2021
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17 May 2021
Comment on “Exceptionally high heat flux needed to sustain the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream” by Smith-Johnsen et al. (2020)
Paul D. Bons, Tamara de Riese, Steven Franke, Maria-Gema Llorens, Till Sachau, Nicolas Stoll, Ilka Weikusat, Julien Westhoff, and Yu Zhang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2251–2254, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2251-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2251-2021, 2021
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17 May 2021
Spatiotemporal distribution of seasonal snow water equivalent in High-Mountain Asia from an 18-year Landsat-MODIS era snow reanalysis dataset
Yufei Liu, Yiwen Fang, and Steven A. Margulis
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-139,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-139, 2021
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17 May 2021
Air pollutants in Xinjiang during the COVID-19 pandemic and glaciochemical records of a Tien-Shan glacier
Feiteng Wang, Xin Zhang, Fanglong Wang, Mengyuan Song, Zhongqin Li, and Jing Ming
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-133,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-133, 2021
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17 May 2021
Semi-automated tracking of iceberg B43 using Sentinel-1 SAR images via Google Earth Engine
YoungHyun Koo, Hongjie Xie, Stephen F. Ackley, Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, Grant J. Macdonald, and Chang-Uk Hyun
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-131,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-131, 2021
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17 May 2021
Winter growth and tidal variability of the sub-ice platelet layer observed with electromagnetic induction soundings
Gemma M. Brett, Gregory H. Leonard, Wolfgang Rack, Christian Haas, Patricia J. Langhorne, and Anne Irvin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-61,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-61, 2021
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12 May 2021
Recent observations of superimposed ice and snow ice on sea ice in the northwestern Weddell Sea
Stefanie Arndt, Christian Haas, Hanno Meyer, Ilka Peeken, and Thomas Krumpen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-136,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-136, 2021
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11 May 2021
Effect of snowfall on changes in relative seismic velocity measured by ambient noise correlation
Antoine Guillemot, Alec van Herwijnen, Eric Larose, Stephanie Mayer, and Laurent Baillet
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-108,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-108, 2021
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11 May 2021
Brief Communication: Detection of glacier surge activity using cloud computing of Sentinel-1 radar data
Paul Willem Leclercq, Andreas Kääb, and Bas Altena
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-89,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-89, 2021
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10 May 2021
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005
Andrew M. W. Newton and Donal J. Mullan
The Cryosphere, 15, 2211–2234, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021, 2021
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10 May 2021
The temperature change shortcut: effects of mid-experiment temperature changes on the deformation of polycrystalline ice
Lisa Craw, Adam Treverrow, Sheng Fan, Mark Peternell, Sue Cook, Felicity McCormack, and Jason Roberts
The Cryosphere, 15, 2235–2250, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2235-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2235-2021, 2021
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10 May 2021
Cosmic-ray neutron method for the continuous measurement of Arctic snow accumulation and melt
Anton Jitnikovitch, Philip Marsh, Branden Walker, and Darin Desilets
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-124,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-124, 2021
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10 May 2021
Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of Himalayan glaciers
Stefan Fugger, Catriona L. Fyffe, Simone Fatichi, Evan Miles, Michael McCarthy, Thomas E. Shaw, Baohong Ding, Wei Yang, Patrick Wagnon, Walter Immerzeel, Qiao Liu, and Francesca Pellicciotti
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-97,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-97, 2021
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06 May 2021
Tree canopy and snow depth relationships at fine scales with terrestrial laser scanning
Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Zachary Uhlmann, Nancy F. Glenn, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Christopher J. Tennant, Jake D. Graham, Lucas Spaete, Arthur Gelvin, Hans-Peter Marshall, James P. McNamara, and Josh Enterkine
The Cryosphere, 15, 2187–2209, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021, 2021
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06 May 2021
Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Christian T. Wild, Karen E. Alley, Atsuhiro Muto, Martin Truffer, Ted A. Scambos, and Erin C. Pettit
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-130,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-130, 2021
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05 May 2021
Atmospheric extremes caused high oceanward sea surface slope triggering the biggest calving event in more than 50 years at the Amery Ice Shelf
Diana Francis, Kyle S. Mattingly, Stef Lhermitte, Marouane Temimi, and Petra Heil
The Cryosphere, 15, 2147–2165, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021, 2021
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04 May 2021
Linking sea ice deformation to ice thickness redistribution using high-resolution satellite and airborne observations
Luisa von Albedyll, Christian Haas, and Wolfgang Dierking
The Cryosphere, 15, 2167–2186, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021, 2021
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03 May 2021
Assimilation of sea ice thickness derived from CryoSat-2 along-track freeboard measurements into the Met Office’s Forecast Ocean Assimilation Model (FOAM)
Emma Kathleen Fiedler, Matthew Martin, Ed Blockley, Davi Mignac, Nicolas Fournier, Andy Ridout, Andrew Shepherd, and Rachel Tilling
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-127,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-127, 2021
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02 May 2021
Soil infiltration characteristics and pore distribution under freezing–thawing conditions
Ruiqi Jiang, Tianxiao Li, Dong Liu, Qiang Fu, Renjie Hou, Qinglin Li, Song Cui, and Mo Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 2133–2146, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021, 2021
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30 Apr 2021
Local-scale uncertainty of seasonal mean and extreme values of in-situ snow depth and snow fall measurements
Moritz Buchmann, Michael Begert, Stefan Brönnimann, and Christoph Marty
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-125,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-125, 2021
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30 Apr 2021
An empirical algorithm to map perennial firn aquifers, ice slabs, and perched firn aquifers within the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite L-band microwave radiometry
Julie Z. Miller, Riley Culberg, David G. Long, Christopher A. Shuman, Dustin M. Schroeder, and Mary J. Brodzik
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-116,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-116, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Glacier Image Velocimetry: an open-source toolbox for easy and rapid calculation of high-resolution glacier velocity fields
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries and Andrew D. Wickert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2115–2132, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New evidence further constraining Tibetan ice core chronologies to the Holocene
Shugui Hou, Wangbin Zhang, Ling Fang, Theo M. Jenk, Shuangye Wu, Hongxi Pang, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 15, 2109–2114, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021, 2021
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27 Apr 2021
Early spring subglacial discharge plumes fuel under-ice primary production at a Svalbard tidewater glacier
Tobias Reiner Vonnahme, Emma Persson, Ulrike Dietrich, Eva Hejdukova, Christine Dybwad, Josef Elster, Melissa Chierici, and Rolf Gradinger
The Cryosphere, 15, 2083–2107, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Deciphering the evolution of the Bleis Marscha rock glacier (Val d'Err, eastern Switzerland) with cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating, aerial image correlation, and finite element modeling
Dominik Amschwand, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Marcel Frehner, Olivia Steinemann, Marcus Christl, and Christof Vockenhuber
The Cryosphere, 15, 2057–2081, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Ice fabrics in natural flows: beyond pure and simple shear
Daniel H. M. Richards, Samuel S. Pegler, and Sandra Piazolo
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-118,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-118, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Cross-platform application of a sea ice classification method considering incident angle dependency of backscatter intensity and its use in separating level and deformed ice
Wenkai Guo, Polona Itkin, Johannes Lohse, Malin Johansson, and Anthony Paul Doulgeris
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-119,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-119, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Snowfall and snow accumulation processes during the MOSAiC winter and spring season
David N. Wagner, Matthew D. Shupe, Ola G. Persson, Taneil Uttal, Markus M. Frey, Amélie Kirchgaessner, Martin Schneebeli, Matthias Jaggi, Amy R. Macfarlane, Polona Itkin, Stefanie Arndt, Stefan Hendricks, Daniela Krampe, Robert Ricker, Julia Regnery, Nikolai Kolabutin, Egor Shimanshuck, Marc Oggier, Ian Raphael, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-126,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-126, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Evolution of the firn pack of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon: meltwater effects, densification, and the development of a perennial firn aquifer
Naomi E. Ochwat, Shawn J. Marshall, Brian J. Moorman, Alison S. Criscitiello, and Luke Copland
The Cryosphere, 15, 2021–2040, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
The transferability of adjoint inversion products between different ice flow models
Jowan M. Barnes, Thiago Dias dos Santos, Daniel Goldberg, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Mathieu Morlighem, and Jan De Rydt
The Cryosphere, 15, 1975–2000, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Top-of-permafrost ground ice indicated by remotely sensed late-season subsidence
Simon Zwieback and Franz J. Meyer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2041–2055, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions as seen by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Xiangrui Kong, Fabrizio Orlando, Luca Artiglia, Astrid Waldner, Thomas Huthwelker, and Markus Ammann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2001–2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Quantifying the potential future contribution to global mean sea level from the Filchner-Ronne basin, Antarctica
Emily A. Hill, Sebastian H. R. Rosier, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Matthew Collins
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-120,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-120, 2021
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22 Apr 2021
Generalized sliding law applied to the surge dynamics of Shisper Glacier and constrained by timeseries correlation of optical satellite images
Flavien Beaud, Saif Aati, Ian Delaney, Surendra Adhikari, and Jean-Philippe Avouac
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-96,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-96, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Spectral attenuation coefficients from measurements of light transmission in bare ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Matthew G. Cooper, Laurence C. Smith, Asa K. Rennermalm, Marco Tedesco, Rohi Muthyala, Sasha Z. Leidman, Samiah E. Moustafa, and Jessica V. Fayne
The Cryosphere, 15, 1931–1953, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
A new automatic approach for extracting glacier centerlines based on Euclidean allocation
Dahong Zhang, Xiaojun Yao, Hongyu Duan, Shiyin Liu, Wanqin Guo, Meiping Sun, and Dazhi Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 1955–1973, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Mass balance modelling and climate sensitivity of Saskatchewan Glacier, western Canada
Christophe Kinnard, Olivier Larouche, Michael N. Demuth, and Brian Menounos
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-109,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-109, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Freshwater Sources and Sinks for Arctic Sea Ice in Summer 
Don Perovich, Madison Smith, Bonnie Light, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-114,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-114, 2021
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20 Apr 2021
Mapping potential signs of gas emissions in ice of Lake Neyto, Yamal, Russia, using synthetic aperture radar and multispectral remote sensing data
Georg Pointner, Annett Bartsch, Yury A. Dvornikov, and Alexei V. Kouraev
The Cryosphere, 15, 1907–1929, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021, 2021
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20 Apr 2021
18 year record of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation, reveals trends and variability
Alexander D. Fraser, Robert A. Massom, Mark S. Handcock, Phillip Reid, Kay I. Ohshima, Marilyn N. Raphael, Jessica Cartwright, Andrew R. Klekociuk, Zhaohui Wang, and Richard Porter-Smith
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-121,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-121, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Grounding zone subglacial properties from calibrated active-source seismic methods
Huw J. Horgan, Laurine van Haastrecht, Richard B. Alley, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Lucas H. Beem, Knut Christianson, Atsuhiro Muto, and Matthew R. Siegfried
The Cryosphere, 15, 1863–1880, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
On the attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss to anthropogenic climate change
Gerard H. Roe, John Erich Christian, and Ben Marzeion
The Cryosphere, 15, 1889–1905, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C
David A. Lilien, Daniel Steinhage, Drew Taylor, Frédéric Parrenin, Catherine Ritz, Robert Mulvaney, Carlos Martín, Jie-Bang Yan, Charles O'Neill, Massimo Frezzotti, Heinrich Miller, Prasad Gogineni, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1881–1888, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021, 2021
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