Volume 10, 2016

Volume 10, 2016

15 Jan 2016
A moving-point approach to model shallow ice sheets: a study case with radially symmetrical ice sheets
B. Bonan, M. J. Baines, N. K. Nichols, and D. Partridge
The Cryosphere, 10, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1-2016, 2016
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15 Jan 2016
Estimating supraglacial lake depth in West Greenland using Landsat 8 and comparison with other multispectral methods
A. Pope, T. A. Scambos, M. Moussavi, M. Tedesco, M. Willis, D. Shean, and S. Grigsby
The Cryosphere, 10, 15–27, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-15-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-15-2016, 2016
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15 Jan 2016
Virtual radar ice buoys – a method for measuring fine-scale sea ice drift
J. Karvonen
The Cryosphere, 10, 29–42, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-29-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-29-2016, 2016
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15 Jan 2016
SeaRISE experiments revisited: potential sources of spread in multi-model projections of the Greenland ice sheet
F. Saito, A. Abe-Ouchi, K. Takahashi, and H. Blatter
The Cryosphere, 10, 43–63, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-43-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-43-2016, 2016
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18 Jan 2016
Comparison of multiple glacier inventories with a new inventory derived from high-resolution ALOS imagery in the Bhutan Himalaya
H. Nagai, K. Fujita, A. Sakai, T. Nuimura, and T. Tadono
The Cryosphere, 10, 65–85, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-65-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-65-2016, 2016
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18 Jan 2016
Ablation from calving and surface melt at lake-terminating Bridge Glacier, British Columbia, 1984–2013
M. Chernos, M. Koppes, and R. D. Moore
The Cryosphere, 10, 87–102, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-87-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-87-2016, 2016
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18 Jan 2016
Feasibility of improving a priori regional climate model estimates of Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss through assimilation of measured ice surface temperatures
M. Navari, S. A. Margulis, S. M. Bateni, M. Tedesco, P. Alexander, and X. Fettweis
The Cryosphere, 10, 103–120, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-103-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-103-2016, 2016
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18 Jan 2016
Utilisation of CryoSat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting
E. Rinne and M. Similä
The Cryosphere, 10, 121–131, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-121-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-121-2016, 2016
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18 Jan 2016
Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt. Kenya
R. Prinz, L. I. Nicholson, T. Mölg, W. Gurgiser, and G. Kaser
The Cryosphere, 10, 133–148, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-133-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-133-2016, 2016
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19 Jan 2016
Sea ice cover in Isfjorden and Hornsund, Svalbard (2000–2014) from remote sensing data
S. Muckenhuber, F. Nilsen, A. Korosov, and S. Sandven
The Cryosphere, 10, 149–158, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-149-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-149-2016, 2016
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19 Jan 2016
Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
E. Magnússon, J. Muñoz-Cobo Belart, F. Pálsson, H. Ágústsson, and P. Crochet
The Cryosphere, 10, 159–177, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016, 2016
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20 Jan 2016
Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during the past 4 decades
S. Peng, P. Ciais, G. Krinner, T. Wang, I. Gouttevin, A. D. McGuire, D. Lawrence, E. Burke, X. Chen, B. Decharme, C. Koven, A. MacDougall, A. Rinke, K. Saito, W. Zhang, R. Alkama, T. J. Bohn, C. Delire, T. Hajima, D. Ji, D. P. Lettenmaier, P. A. Miller, J. C. Moore, B. Smith, and T. Sueyoshi
The Cryosphere, 10, 179–192, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-179-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-179-2016, 2016
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21 Jan 2016
Sheet, stream, and shelf flow as progressive ice-bed uncoupling: Byrd Glacier, Antarctica and Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland
T. Hughes, A. Sargent, J. Fastook, K. Purdon, J. Li, J.-B. Yan, and S. Gogineni
The Cryosphere, 10, 193–225, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-193-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-193-2016, 2016
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21 Jan 2016
An analytical model for wind-driven Arctic summer sea ice drift
H.-S. Park and A. L. Stewart
The Cryosphere, 10, 227–244, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-227-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-227-2016, 2016
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26 Jan 2016
Halogen-based reconstruction of Russian Arctic sea ice area from the Akademii Nauk ice core (Severnaya Zemlya)
A. Spolaor, T. Opel, J. R. McConnell, O. J. Maselli, G. Spreen, C. Varin, T. Kirchgeorg, D. Fritzsche, A. Saiz-Lopez, and P. Vallelonga
The Cryosphere, 10, 245–256, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-245-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-245-2016, 2016
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28 Jan 2016
Topographic and vegetation effects on snow accumulation in the southern Sierra Nevada: a statistical summary from lidar data
Z. Zheng, P. B. Kirchner, and R. C. Bales
The Cryosphere, 10, 257–269, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-257-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-257-2016, 2016
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03 Feb 2016
The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution
J. M. van Wessem, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, C. H. Reijmer, W. J. van de Berg, M. R. van den Broeke, N. E. Barrand, E. R. Thomas, J. Turner, J. Wuite, T. A. Scambos, and E. van Meijgaard
The Cryosphere, 10, 271–285, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-271-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-271-2016, 2016
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05 Feb 2016
Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty of simulated Tibetan permafrost area
W. Wang, A. Rinke, J. C. Moore, X. Cui, D. Ji, Q. Li, N. Zhang, C. Wang, S. Zhang, D. M. Lawrence, A. D. McGuire, W. Zhang, C. Delire, C. Koven, K. Saito, A. MacDougall, E. Burke, and B. Decharme
The Cryosphere, 10, 287–306, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-287-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-287-2016, 2016
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05 Feb 2016
Brief communication: Impact of mesh resolution for MISMIP and MISMIP3d experiments using Elmer/Ice
O. Gagliardini, J. Brondex, F. Gillet-Chaulet, L. Tavard, V. Peyaud, and G. Durand
The Cryosphere, 10, 307–312, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-307-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-307-2016, 2016
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10 Feb 2016
Cloud effects on surface energy and mass balance in the ablation area of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand
J. P. Conway and N. J. Cullen
The Cryosphere, 10, 313–328, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-313-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-313-2016, 2016
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10 Feb 2016
Snow and albedo climate change impacts across the United States Northern Great Plains
S. R. Fassnacht, M. L. Cherry, N. B. H. Venable, and F. Saavedra
The Cryosphere, 10, 329–339, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-329-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-329-2016, 2016
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11 Feb 2016
Effect of soil property uncertainties on permafrost thaw projections: a calibration-constrained analysis
D. R. Harp, A. L. Atchley, S. L. Painter, E. T. Coon, C. J. Wilson, V. E. Romanovsky, and J. C. Rowland
The Cryosphere, 10, 341–358, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-341-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-341-2016, 2016
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12 Feb 2016
Small-scale disturbances in the stratigraphy of the NEEM ice core: observations and numerical model simulations
D. Jansen, M.-G. Llorens, J. Westhoff, F. Steinbach, S. Kipfstuhl, P. D. Bons, A. Griera, and I. Weikusat
The Cryosphere, 10, 359–370, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-359-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-359-2016, 2016
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15 Feb 2016
Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision, and vertical resolution
Martin Proksch, Nick Rutter, Charles Fierz, and Martin Schneebeli
The Cryosphere, 10, 371–384, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-371-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-371-2016, 2016
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16 Feb 2016
Tremor during ice-stream stick slip
B. P. Lipovsky and E. M. Dunham
The Cryosphere, 10, 385–399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-385-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-385-2016, 2016
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17 Feb 2016
Late-summer sea ice segmentation with multi-polarisation SAR features in C and X band
Ane S. Fors, Camilla Brekke, Anthony P. Doulgeris, Torbjørn Eltoft, Angelika H. H. Renner, and Sebastian Gerland
The Cryosphere, 10, 401–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-401-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-401-2016, 2016
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24 Feb 2016
Linking glacially modified waters to catchment-scale subglacial discharge using autonomous underwater vehicle observations
Laura A. Stevens, Fiamma Straneo, Sarah B. Das, Albert J. Plueddemann, Amy L. Kukulya, and Mathieu Morlighem
The Cryosphere, 10, 417–432, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-417-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-417-2016, 2016
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29 Feb 2016
| Highlight paper
Bulk meltwater flow and liquid water content of snowpacks mapped using the electrical self-potential (SP) method
Sarah S. Thompson, Bernd Kulessa, Richard L. H. Essery, and Martin P. Lüthi
The Cryosphere, 10, 433–444, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-433-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-433-2016, 2016
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29 Feb 2016
Wind tunnel experiments: cold-air pooling and atmospheric decoupling above a melting snow patch
Rebecca Mott, Enrico Paterna, Stefan Horender, Philip Crivelli, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere, 10, 445–458, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-445-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-445-2016, 2016
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01 Mar 2016
Brief Communication: Upper-air relaxation in RACMO2 significantly improves modelled interannual surface mass balance variability in Antarctica
Willem Jan van de Berg and Brooke Medley
The Cryosphere, 10, 459–463, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-459-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-459-2016, 2016
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01 Mar 2016
The importance of a surface organic layer in simulating permafrost thermal and carbon dynamics
Elchin Jafarov and Kevin Schaefer
The Cryosphere, 10, 465–475, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-465-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-465-2016, 2016
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03 Mar 2016
The darkening of the Greenland ice sheet: trends, drivers, and projections (1981–2100)
Marco Tedesco, Sarah Doherty, Xavier Fettweis, Patrick Alexander, Jeyavinoth Jeyaratnam, and Julienne Stroeve
The Cryosphere, 10, 477–496, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-477-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-477-2016, 2016
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03 Mar 2016
Modelling calving front dynamics using a level-set method: application to Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland
Johannes H. Bondzio, Hélène Seroussi, Mathieu Morlighem, Thomas Kleiner, Martin Rückamp, Angelika Humbert, and Eric Y. Larour
The Cryosphere, 10, 497–510, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-497-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-497-2016, 2016
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04 Mar 2016
Using a fixed-wing UAS to map snow depth distribution: an evaluation at peak accumulation
Carlo De Michele, Francesco Avanzi, Daniele Passoni, Riccardo Barzaghi, Livio Pinto, Paolo Dosso, Antonio Ghezzi, Roberto Gianatti, and Giacomo Della Vedova
The Cryosphere, 10, 511–522, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-511-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-511-2016, 2016
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08 Mar 2016
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Recent summer sea ice thickness surveys in Fram Strait and associated ice volume fluxes
T. Krumpen, R. Gerdes, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, A. Herber, V. Selyuzhenok, L. Smedsrud, and G. Spreen
The Cryosphere, 10, 523–534, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-523-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-523-2016, 2016
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08 Mar 2016
Reanalysis of long-term series of glaciological and geodetic mass balance for 10 Norwegian glaciers
Liss M. Andreassen, Hallgeir Elvehøy, Bjarne Kjøllmoen, and Rune V. Engeset
The Cryosphere, 10, 535–552, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-535-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-535-2016, 2016
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09 Mar 2016
A comprehensive interpretation of the NEEM basal ice build-up using a multi-parametric approach
Thomas Goossens, Célia J. Sapart, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Trevor Popp, Saïda El Amri, and Jean-Louis Tison
The Cryosphere, 10, 553–567, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-553-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-553-2016, 2016
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11 Mar 2016
Monitoring ice break-up on the Mackenzie River using MODIS data
P. Muhammad, C. Duguay, and K.-K. Kang
The Cryosphere, 10, 569–584, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-569-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-569-2016, 2016
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14 Mar 2016
Error assessment of satellite-derived lead fraction in the Arctic
Natalia Ivanova, Pierre Rampal, and Sylvain Bouillon
The Cryosphere, 10, 585–595, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-585-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-585-2016, 2016
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15 Mar 2016
Modelled glacier dynamics over the last quarter of a century at Jakobshavn Isbræ
Ioana S. Muresan, Shfaqat A. Khan, Andy Aschwanden, Constantine Khroulev, Tonie Van Dam, Jonathan Bamber, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Bert Wouters, Peter Kuipers Munneke, and Kurt H. Kjær
The Cryosphere, 10, 597–611, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-597-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-597-2016, 2016
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15 Mar 2016
Tilt error in cryospheric surface radiation measurements at high latitudes: a model study
Wiley Steven Bogren, John Faulkner Burkhart, and Arve Kylling
The Cryosphere, 10, 613–622, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-613-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-613-2016, 2016
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16 Mar 2016
Microwave snow emission modeling uncertainties in boreal and subarctic environments
Alexandre Roy, Alain Royer, Olivier St-Jean-Rondeau, Benoit Montpetit, Ghislain Picard, Alex Mavrovic, Nicolas Marchand, and Alexandre Langlois
The Cryosphere, 10, 623–638, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-623-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-623-2016, 2016
16 Mar 2016
Numerical simulations of the Cordilleran ice sheet through the last glacial cycle
Julien Seguinot, Irina Rogozhina, Arjen P. Stroeven, Martin Margold, and Johan Kleman
The Cryosphere, 10, 639–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-639-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-639-2016, 2016
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16 Mar 2016
Estimating ice albedo from fine debris cover quantified by a semi-automatic method: the case study of Forni Glacier, Italian Alps
Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Antonella Senese, Andrea Zerboni, Maurizio Maugeri, Claudio Smiraglia, and Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti
The Cryosphere, 10, 665–679, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-665-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-665-2016, 2016
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17 Mar 2016
Thinning of the Monte Perdido Glacier in the Spanish Pyrenees since 1981
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, Jesús Revuelto, Ibai Rico, Javier Chueca-Cía, Asunción Julián, Alfredo Serreta, Enrique Serrano, Sergio Martín Vicente-Serrano, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Esteban Alonso-González, and José María García-Ruiz
The Cryosphere, 10, 681–694, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-681-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-681-2016, 2016
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18 Mar 2016
Analysis of the mass balance time series of glaciers in the Italian Alps
Luca Carturan, Carlo Baroni, Michele Brunetti, Alberto Carton, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Maria Cristina Salvatore, Thomas Zanoner, and Giulia Zuecco
The Cryosphere, 10, 695–712, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-695-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-695-2016, 2016
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21 Mar 2016
Glacier change over the last century, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia, observed from old topographical maps, Landsat and ASTER satellite imagery
Levan G. Tielidze
The Cryosphere, 10, 713–725, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-713-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-713-2016, 2016
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24 Mar 2016
A Retrospective, Iterative, Geometry-Based (RIGB) tilt-correction method for radiation observed by automatic weather stations on snow-covered surfaces: application to Greenland
Wenshan Wang, Charles S. Zender, Dirk van As, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 10, 727–741, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-727-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-727-2016, 2016
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01 Apr 2016
Brief communication: Two well-marked cases of aerodynamic adjustment of sastrugi
C. Amory, F. Naaim-Bouvet, H. Gallée, and E. Vignon
The Cryosphere, 10, 743–750, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-743-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-743-2016, 2016
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05 Apr 2016
The influence of a model subglacial lake on ice dynamics and internal layering
Eythor Gudlaugsson, Angelika Humbert, Thomas Kleiner, Jack Kohler, and Karin Andreassen
The Cryosphere, 10, 751–760, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-751-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-751-2016, 2016
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06 Apr 2016
Brief communication: The challenge and benefit of using sea ice concentration satellite data products with uncertainty estimates in summer sea ice data assimilation
Qinghua Yang, Martin Losch, Svetlana N. Losa, Thomas Jung, Lars Nerger, and Thomas Lavergne
The Cryosphere, 10, 761–774, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-761-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-761-2016, 2016
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06 Apr 2016
Correction of broadband snow albedo measurements affected by unknown slope and sensor tilts
Ursula Weiser, Marc Olefs, Wolfgang Schöner, Gernot Weyss, and Bernhard Hynek
The Cryosphere, 10, 775–790, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-775-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-775-2016, 2016
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07 Apr 2016
Metamorphism during temperature gradient with undersaturated advective airflow in a snow sample
Pirmin Philipp Ebner, Martin Schneebeli, and Aldo Steinfeld
The Cryosphere, 10, 791–797, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-791-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-791-2016, 2016
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15 Apr 2016
Growth of a young pingo in the Canadian Arctic observed by RADARSAT-2 interferometric satellite radar
Sergey V. Samsonov, Trevor C. Lantz, Steven V. Kokelj, and Yu Zhang
The Cryosphere, 10, 799–810, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-799-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-799-2016, 2016
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15 Apr 2016
Constraining variable density of ice shelves using wide-angle radar measurements
Reinhard Drews, Joel Brown, Kenichi Matsuoka, Emmanuel Witrant, Morgane Philippe, Bryn Hubbard, and Frank Pattyn
The Cryosphere, 10, 811–823, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-811-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-811-2016, 2016
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15 Apr 2016
Potential genesis and implications of calcium nitrate in Antarctic snow
Kanthanathan Mahalinganathan and Meloth Thamban
The Cryosphere, 10, 825–836, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-825-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-825-2016, 2016
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15 Apr 2016
Acquisition of isotopic composition for surface snow in East Antarctica and the links to climatic parameters
Alexandra Touzeau, Amaëlle Landais, Barbara Stenni, Ryu Uemura, Kotaro Fukui, Shuji Fujita, Sarah Guilbaud, Alexey Ekaykin, Mathieu Casado, Eugeni Barkan, Boaz Luz, Olivier Magand, Grégory Teste, Emmanuel Le Meur, Mélanie Baroni, Joël Savarino, Ilann Bourgeois, and Camille Risi
The Cryosphere, 10, 837–852, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-837-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-837-2016, 2016
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18 Apr 2016
Impacts of snow and organic soils parameterization on northern Eurasian soil temperature profiles simulated by the ISBA land surface model
Bertrand Decharme, Eric Brun, Aaron Boone, Christine Delire, Patrick Le Moigne, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere, 10, 853–877, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-853-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-853-2016, 2016
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25 Apr 2016
Analyzing airflow in static ice caves by using the calcFLOW method
Christiane Meyer, Ulrich Meyer, Andreas Pflitsch, and Valter Maggi
The Cryosphere, 10, 879–894, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-879-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-879-2016, 2016
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26 Apr 2016
Improved GRACE regional mass balance estimates of the Greenland ice sheet cross-validated with the input–output method
Zheng Xu, Ernst J. O. Schrama, Wouter van der Wal, Michiel van den Broeke, and Ellyn M. Enderlin
The Cryosphere, 10, 895–912, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-895-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-895-2016, 2016
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26 Apr 2016
Open-source feature-tracking algorithm for sea ice drift retrieval from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery
Stefan Muckenhuber, Anton Andreevich Korosov, and Stein Sandven
The Cryosphere, 10, 913–925, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-913-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-913-2016, 2016
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26 Apr 2016
Reconstructing the annual mass balance of the Echaurren Norte glacier (Central Andes, 33.5° S) using local and regional hydroclimatic data
Mariano H. Masiokas, Duncan A. Christie, Carlos Le Quesne, Pierre Pitte, Lucas Ruiz, Ricardo Villalba, Brian H. Luckman, Etienne Berthier, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Álvaro González-Reyes, James McPhee, and Gonzalo Barcaza
The Cryosphere, 10, 927–940, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-927-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-927-2016, 2016
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10 May 2016
Evidence of recent changes in the ice regime of lakes in the Canadian High Arctic from spaceborne satellite observations
Cristina M. Surdu, Claude R. Duguay, and Diego Fernández Prieto
The Cryosphere, 10, 941–960, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-941-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-941-2016, 2016
11 May 2016
A synthetic ice core approach to estimate ion relocation in an ice field site experiencing periodical melt: a case study on Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard
Carmen P. Vega, Veijo A. Pohjola, Emilie Beaudon, Björn Claremar, Ward J. J. van Pelt, Rickard Pettersson, Elisabeth Isaksson, Tõnu Martma, Margit Schwikowski, and Carl E. Bøggild
The Cryosphere, 10, 961–976, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-961-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-961-2016, 2016
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12 May 2016
Frozen debris lobe morphology and movement: an overview of eight dynamic features, southern Brooks Range, Alaska
Margaret M. Darrow, Nora L. Gyswyt, Jocelyn M. Simpson, Ronald P. Daanen, and Trent D. Hubbard
The Cryosphere, 10, 977–993, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-977-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-977-2016, 2016
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12 May 2016
Multi-method observation and analysis of a tsunami caused by glacier calving
Martin P. Lüthi and Andreas Vieli
The Cryosphere, 10, 995–1002, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-995-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-995-2016, 2016
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13 May 2016
Past ice-sheet behaviour: retreat scenarios and changing controls in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Anna Ruth W. Halberstadt, Lauren M. Simkins, Sarah L. Greenwood, and John B. Anderson
The Cryosphere, 10, 1003–1020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1003-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1003-2016, 2016
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13 May 2016
On the assimilation of optical reflectances and snow depth observations into a detailed snowpack model
Luc Charrois, Emmanuel Cosme, Marie Dumont, Matthieu Lafaysse, Samuel Morin, Quentin Libois, and Ghislain Picard
The Cryosphere, 10, 1021–1038, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1021-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1021-2016, 2016
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19 May 2016
Sensitivity of snow density and specific surface area measured by microtomography to different image processing algorithms
Pascal Hagenmuller, Margret Matzl, Guillaume Chambon, and Martin Schneebeli
The Cryosphere, 10, 1039–1054, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1039-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1039-2016, 2016
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20 May 2016
neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model
Pierre Rampal, Sylvain Bouillon, Einar Ólason, and Mathieu Morlighem
The Cryosphere, 10, 1055–1073, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016, 2016
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23 May 2016
Mapping snow depth in alpine terrain with unmanned aerial systems (UASs): potential and limitations
Yves Bühler, Marc S. Adams, Ruedi Bösch, and Andreas Stoffel
The Cryosphere, 10, 1075–1088, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1075-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1075-2016, 2016
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25 May 2016
The climatic mass balance of Svalbard glaciers: a 10-year simulation with a coupled atmosphere–glacier mass balance model
Kjetil S. Aas, Thorben Dunse, Emily Collier, Thomas V. Schuler, Terje K. Berntsen, Jack Kohler, and Bartłomiej Luks
The Cryosphere, 10, 1089–1104, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1089-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1089-2016, 2016
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26 May 2016
Modeling debris-covered glaciers: response to steady debris deposition
Leif S. Anderson and Robert S. Anderson
The Cryosphere, 10, 1105–1124, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1105-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1105-2016, 2016
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27 May 2016
Imaging air volume fraction in sea ice using non-destructive X-ray tomography
Odile Crabeck, Ryan Galley, Bruno Delille, Brent Else, Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus, Marcos Lemes, Mathieu Des Roches, Pierre Francus, Jean-Louis Tison, and Søren Rysgaard
The Cryosphere, 10, 1125–1145, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1125-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1125-2016, 2016
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30 May 2016
Extraordinary runoff from the Greenland ice sheet in 2012 amplified by hypsometry and depleted firn retention
Andreas Bech Mikkelsen, Alun Hubbard, Mike MacFerrin, Jason Eric Box, Sam H. Doyle, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Bent Hasholt, Hannah L. Bailey, Katrin Lindbäck, and Rickard Pettersson
The Cryosphere, 10, 1147–1159, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1147-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1147-2016, 2016
31 May 2016
Characterizing Arctic sea ice topography using high-resolution IceBridge data
Alek A. Petty, Michel C. Tsamados, Nathan T. Kurtz, Sinead L. Farrell, Thomas Newman, Jeremy P. Harbeck, Daniel L. Feltham, and Jackie A. Richter-Menge
The Cryosphere, 10, 1161–1179, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1161-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1161-2016, 2016
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01 Jun 2016
Calibration of a non-invasive cosmic-ray probe for wide area snow water equivalent measurement
Mark J. P. Sigouin and Bing C. Si
The Cryosphere, 10, 1181–1190, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1181-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1181-2016, 2016
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03 Jun 2016
Time forecast of a break-off event from a hanging glacier
Jérome Faillettaz, Martin Funk, and Marco Vagliasindi
The Cryosphere, 10, 1191–1200, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1191-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1191-2016, 2016
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03 Jun 2016
Small-scale variation of snow in a regional permafrost model
Kjersti Gisnås, Sebastian Westermann, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Kjetil Melvold, and Bernd Etzelmüller
The Cryosphere, 10, 1201–1215, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1201-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1201-2016, 2016
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07 Jun 2016
Non-climatic signal in ice core records: lessons from Antarctic megadunes
Alexey Ekaykin, Lutz Eberlein, Vladimir Lipenkov, Sergey Popov, Mirko Scheinert, Ludwig Schröder, and Alexey Turkeev
The Cryosphere, 10, 1217–1227, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1217-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1217-2016, 2016
15 Jun 2016
Case study of spatial and temporal variability of snow cover, grain size, albedo and radiative forcing in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountain snowpack derived from imaging spectroscopy
Felix C. Seidel, Karl Rittger, S. McKenzie Skiles, Noah P. Molotch, and Thomas H. Painter
The Cryosphere, 10, 1229–1244, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1229-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1229-2016, 2016
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23 Jun 2016
| Highlight paper
Which are the highest peaks in the US Arctic? Fodar settles the debate
Matt Nolan and Kit DesLauriers
The Cryosphere, 10, 1245–1257, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1245-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1245-2016, 2016
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20 Jun 2016
| Highlight paper
Greenland Ice Sheet seasonal and spatial mass variability from model simulations and GRACE (2003–2012)
Patrick M. Alexander, Marco Tedesco, Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, Scott B. Luthcke, Xavier Fettweis, and Eric Larour
The Cryosphere, 10, 1259–1277, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1259-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1259-2016, 2016
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20 Jun 2016
Application and validation of long-range terrestrial laser scanning to monitor the mass balance of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps
Mauro Fischer, Matthias Huss, Mario Kummert, and Martin Hoelzle
The Cryosphere, 10, 1279–1295, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1279-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1279-2016, 2016
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21 Jun 2016
Development and calibration of an automatic spectral albedometer to estimate near-surface snow SSA time series
Ghislain Picard, Quentin Libois, Laurent Arnaud, Gauthier Verin, and Marie Dumont
The Cryosphere, 10, 1297–1316, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1297-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1297-2016, 2016
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24 Jun 2016
Accelerating retreat and high-elevation thinning of glaciers in central Spitsbergen
Jakub Małecki
The Cryosphere, 10, 1317–1329, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1317-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1317-2016, 2016
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29 Jun 2016
Basal buoyancy and fast-moving glaciers: in defense of analytic force balance
C. J. van der Veen
The Cryosphere, 10, 1331–1337, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1331-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1331-2016, 2016
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01 Jul 2016
A Maxwell elasto-brittle rheology for sea ice modelling
Véronique Dansereau, Jérôme Weiss, Pierre Saramito, and Philippe Lattes
The Cryosphere, 10, 1339–1359, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1339-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1339-2016, 2016
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04 Jul 2016
Mapping snow depth in open alpine terrain from stereo satellite imagery
R. Marti, S. Gascoin, E. Berthier, M. de Pinel, T. Houet, and D. Laffly
The Cryosphere, 10, 1361–1380, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1361-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1361-2016, 2016
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08 Jul 2016
Modeling Antarctic subglacial lake filling and drainage cycles
Christine F. Dow, Mauro A. Werder, Sophie Nowicki, and Ryan T. Walker
The Cryosphere, 10, 1381–1393, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1381-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1381-2016, 2016
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08 Jul 2016
Two years with extreme and little snowfall: effects on energy partitioning and surface energy exchange in a high-Arctic tundra ecosystem
Christian Stiegler, Magnus Lund, Torben Røjle Christensen, Mikhail Mastepanov, and Anders Lindroth
The Cryosphere, 10, 1395–1413, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1395-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1395-2016, 2016
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08 Jul 2016
About the consistency between Envisat and CryoSat-2 radar freeboard retrieval over Antarctic sea ice
Sandra Schwegmann, Eero Rinne, Robert Ricker, Stefan Hendricks, and Veit Helm
The Cryosphere, 10, 1415–1425, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1415-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1415-2016, 2016
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11 Jul 2016
Brief Communication: Twelve-year cyclic surging episodes at Donjek Glacier in Yukon, Canada
Takahiro Abe, Masato Furuya, and Daiki Sakakibara
The Cryosphere, 10, 1427–1432, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016, 2016
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11 Jul 2016
Glacier melting and precipitation trends detected by surface area changes in Himalayan ponds
Franco Salerno, Sudeep Thakuri, Nicolas Guyennon, Gaetano Viviano, and Gianni Tartari
The Cryosphere, 10, 1433–1448, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1433-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1433-2016, 2016
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12 Jul 2016
Coastal dynamics and submarine permafrost in shallow water of the central Laptev Sea, East Siberia
Pier Paul Overduin, Sebastian Wetterich, Frank Günther, Mikhail N. Grigoriev, Guido Grosse, Lutz Schirrmeister, Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten, and Aleksandr Makarov
The Cryosphere, 10, 1449–1462, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1449-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1449-2016, 2016
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12 Jul 2016
Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from observations and models
Stephen E. L. Howell, Frédéric Laliberté, Ron Kwok, Chris Derksen, and Joshua King
The Cryosphere, 10, 1463–1475, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016, 2016
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13 Jul 2016
Inversion of geothermal heat flux in a thermomechanically coupled nonlinear Stokes ice sheet model
Hongyu Zhu, Noemi Petra, Georg Stadler, Tobin Isaac, Thomas J. R. Hughes, and Omar Ghattas
The Cryosphere, 10, 1477–1494, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1477-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1477-2016, 2016
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18 Jul 2016
Design of a scanning laser meter for monitoring the spatio-temporal evolution of snow depth and its application in the Alps and in Antarctica
Ghislain Picard, Laurent Arnaud, Jean-Michel Panel, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere, 10, 1495–1511, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1495-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1495-2016, 2016
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19 Jul 2016
Arctic sea-ice diffusion from observed and simulated Lagrangian trajectories
Pierre Rampal, Sylvain Bouillon, Jon Bergh, and Einar Ólason
The Cryosphere, 10, 1513–1527, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1513-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1513-2016, 2016
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19 Jul 2016
Retrieval of the thickness of undeformed sea ice from simulated C-band compact polarimetric SAR images
Xi Zhang, Wolfgang Dierking, Jie Zhang, Junmin Meng, and Haitao Lang
The Cryosphere, 10, 1529–1545, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1529-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1529-2016, 2016
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20 Jul 2016
An ice-sheet-wide framework for englacial attenuation from ice-penetrating radar data
T. M. Jordan, J. L. Bamber, C. N. Williams, J. D. Paden, M. J. Siegert, P. Huybrechts, O. Gagliardini, and F. Gillet-Chaulet
The Cryosphere, 10, 1547–1570, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1547-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1547-2016, 2016
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22 Jul 2016
Snowpack modelling in the Pyrenees driven by kilometric-resolution meteorological forecasts
Louis Quéno, Vincent Vionnet, Ingrid Dombrowski-Etchevers, Matthieu Lafaysse, Marie Dumont, and Fatima Karbou
The Cryosphere, 10, 1571–1589, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1571-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1571-2016, 2016
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25 Jul 2016
Effects of stratified active layers on high-altitude permafrost warming: a case study on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Xicai Pan, Yanping Li, Qihao Yu, Xiaogang Shi, Daqing Yang, and Kurt Roth
The Cryosphere, 10, 1591–1603, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1591-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1591-2016, 2016
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26 Jul 2016
| Highlight paper
Wave climate in the Arctic 1992–2014: seasonality and trends
Justin E. Stopa, Fabrice Ardhuin, and Fanny Girard-Ardhuin
The Cryosphere, 10, 1605–1629, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1605-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1605-2016, 2016
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28 Jul 2016
Statistical indicators of Arctic sea-ice stability – prospects and limitations
Sebastian Bathiany, Bregje van der Bolt, Mark S. Williamson, Timothy M. Lenton, Marten Scheffer, Egbert H. van Nes, and Dirk Notz
The Cryosphere, 10, 1631–1645, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1631-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1631-2016, 2016
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29 Jul 2016
Isotopic exchange on the diurnal scale between near-surface snow and lower atmospheric water vapor at Kohnen station, East Antarctica
François Ritter, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, Martin Werner, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Anais Orsi, Melanie Behrens, Gerit Birnbaum, Johannes Freitag, Camille Risi, and Sepp Kipfstuhl
The Cryosphere, 10, 1647–1663, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1647-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1647-2016, 2016
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01 Aug 2016
An automated methodology for differentiating rock from snow, clouds and sea in Antarctica from Landsat 8 imagery: a new rock outcrop map and area estimation for the entire Antarctic continent
Alex Burton-Johnson, Martin Black, Peter T. Fretwell, and Joseph Kaluza-Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 10, 1665–1677, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1665-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1665-2016, 2016
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02 Aug 2016
Greenland annual accumulation along the EGIG line, 1959–2004, from ASIRAS airborne radar and neutron-probe density measurements
Thomas B. Overly, Robert L. Hawley, Veit Helm, Elizabeth M. Morris, and Rohan N. Chaudhary
The Cryosphere, 10, 1679–1694, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1679-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1679-2016, 2016
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04 Aug 2016
Thermal impacts of engineering activities and vegetation layer on permafrost in different alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
Qingbai Wu, Zhongqiong Zhang, Siru Gao, and Wei Ma
The Cryosphere, 10, 1695–1706, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1695-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1695-2016, 2016
10 Aug 2016
MABEL photon-counting laser altimetry data in Alaska for ICESat-2 simulations and development
Kelly M. Brunt, Thomas A. Neumann, Jason M. Amundson, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, Mahsa S. Moussavi, Kaitlin M. Walsh, William B. Cook, and Thorsten Markus
The Cryosphere, 10, 1707–1719, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1707-2016, 2016
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11 Aug 2016
Evaluation of air–soil temperature relationships simulated by land surface models during winter across the permafrost region
Wenli Wang, Annette Rinke, John C. Moore, Duoying Ji, Xuefeng Cui, Shushi Peng, David M. Lawrence, A. David McGuire, Eleanor J. Burke, Xiaodong Chen, Bertrand Decharme, Charles Koven, Andrew MacDougall, Kazuyuki Saito, Wenxin Zhang, Ramdane Alkama, Theodore J. Bohn, Philippe Ciais, Christine Delire, Isabelle Gouttevin, Tomohiro Hajima, Gerhard Krinner, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Paul A. Miller, Benjamin Smith, Tetsuo Sueyoshi, and Artem B. Sherstiukov
The Cryosphere, 10, 1721–1737, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1721-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1721-2016, 2016
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11 Aug 2016
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Annual Greenland accumulation rates (2009–2012) from airborne snow radar
Lora S. Koenig, Alvaro Ivanoff, Patrick M. Alexander, Joseph A. MacGregor, Xavier Fettweis, Ben Panzer, John D. Paden, Richard R. Forster, Indrani Das, Joesph R. McConnell, Marco Tedesco, Carl Leuschen, and Prasad Gogineni
The Cryosphere, 10, 1739–1752, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1739-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1739-2016, 2016
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17 Aug 2016
Similitude of ice dynamics against scaling of geometry and physical parameters
Johannes Feldmann and Anders Levermann
The Cryosphere, 10, 1753–1769, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1753-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1753-2016, 2016
17 Aug 2016
Anisotropy of seasonal snow measured by polarimetric phase differences in radar time series
Silvan Leinss, Henning Löwe, Martin Proksch, Juha Lemmetyinen, Andreas Wiesmann, and Irena Hajnsek
The Cryosphere, 10, 1771–1797, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1771-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1771-2016, 2016
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18 Aug 2016
A simple equation for the melt elevation feedback of ice sheets
Anders Levermann and Ricarda Winkelmann
The Cryosphere, 10, 1799–1807, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1799-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1799-2016, 2016
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22 Aug 2016
Rapid glacial retreat on the Kamchatka Peninsula during the early 21st century
Colleen M. Lynch, Iestyn D. Barr, Donal Mullan, and Alastair Ruffell
The Cryosphere, 10, 1809–1821, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1809-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1809-2016, 2016
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22 Aug 2016
Mapping and assessing variability in the Antarctic marginal ice zone, pack ice and coastal polynyas in two sea ice algorithms with implications on breeding success of snow petrels
Julienne C. Stroeve, Stephanie Jenouvrier, G. Garrett Campbell, Christophe Barbraud, and Karine Delord
The Cryosphere, 10, 1823–1843, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1823-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1823-2016, 2016
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22 Aug 2016
Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal
Christian Vincent, Patrick Wagnon, Joseph M. Shea, Walter W. Immerzeel, Philip Kraaijenbrink, Dibas Shrestha, Alvaro Soruco, Yves Arnaud, Fanny Brun, Etienne Berthier, and Sonam Futi Sherpa
The Cryosphere, 10, 1845–1858, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016, 2016
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25 Aug 2016
Multilevel spatiotemporal validation of snow/ice mass balance and runoff modeling in glacierized catchments
Florian Hanzer, Kay Helfricht, Thomas Marke, and Ulrich Strasser
The Cryosphere, 10, 1859–1881, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1859-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1859-2016, 2016
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25 Aug 2016
Persistence and variability of ice-stream grounding lines on retrograde bed slopes
Alexander A. Robel, Christian Schoof, and Eli Tziperman
The Cryosphere, 10, 1883–1896, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1883-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1883-2016, 2016
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02 Sep 2016
3-D surface properties of glacier penitentes over an ablation season, measured using a Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Lindsey I. Nicholson, Michał Pętlicki, Ben Partan, and Shelley MacDonell
The Cryosphere, 10, 1897–1913, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1897-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1897-2016, 2016
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05 Sep 2016
Sliding of temperate basal ice on a rough, hard bed: creep mechanisms, pressure melting, and implications for ice streaming
Maarten Krabbendam
The Cryosphere, 10, 1915–1932, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1915-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1915-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change
Michiel R. van den Broeke, Ellyn M. Enderlin, Ian M. Howat, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice P. Y. Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, Erik van Meijgaard, and Bert Wouters
The Cryosphere, 10, 1933–1946, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1933-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1933-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
A model for the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent parameterized from the spatial variability of precipitation
Thomas Skaugen and Ingunn H. Weltzien
The Cryosphere, 10, 1947–1963, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1947-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1947-2016, 2016
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07 Sep 2016
Application of GRACE to the assessment of model-based estimates of monthly Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance (2003–2012)
Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, David N. Wiese, Eric Y. Larour, Michael M. Watkins, Jason E. Box, Xavier Fettweis, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 10, 1965–1989, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1965-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1965-2016, 2016
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07 Sep 2016
A representative density profile of the North Greenland snowpack
Christoph Florian Schaller, Johannes Freitag, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Thomas Laepple, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 10, 1991–2002, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1991-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1991-2016, 2016
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07 Sep 2016
Near-real-time Arctic sea ice thickness and volume from CryoSat-2
Rachel L. Tilling, Andy Ridout, and Andrew Shepherd
The Cryosphere, 10, 2003–2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2003-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2003-2016, 2016
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09 Sep 2016
Observations of capillary barriers and preferential flow in layered snow during cold laboratory experiments
Francesco Avanzi, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsushima, and Carlo De Michele
The Cryosphere, 10, 2013–2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2013-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2013-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Sea-ice indicators of polar bear habitat
Harry L. Stern and Kristin L. Laidre
The Cryosphere, 10, 2027–2041, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2027-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2027-2016, 2016
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13 Sep 2016
Grounding and calving cycle of Mertz Ice Tongue revealed by shallow Mertz Bank
Xianwei Wang, David M. Holland, Xiao Cheng, and Peng Gong
The Cryosphere, 10, 2043–2056, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2043-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2043-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Direct visualization of solute locations in laboratory ice samples
Ted Hullar and Cort Anastasio
The Cryosphere, 10, 2057–2068, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2057-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2057-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Brief communication: Improved measurement of ice layer density in seasonal snowpacks
Tom Watts, Nick Rutter, Peter Toose, Chris Derksen, Melody Sandells, and John Woodward
The Cryosphere, 10, 2069–2074, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2069-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2069-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Heterogeneous glacier thinning patterns over the last 40 years in Langtang Himal, Nepal
Silvan Ragettli, Tobias Bolch, and Francesca Pellicciotti
The Cryosphere, 10, 2075–2097, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2075-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2075-2016, 2016
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15 Sep 2016
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Dispersion in deep polar firn driven by synoptic-scale surface pressure variability
Christo Buizert and Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
The Cryosphere, 10, 2099–2111, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2099-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2099-2016, 2016
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15 Sep 2016
Retrieving the characteristics of slab ice covering snow by remote sensing
François Andrieu, Frédéric Schmidt, Bernard Schmitt, Sylvain Douté, and Olivier Brissaud
The Cryosphere, 10, 2113–2128, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2113-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2113-2016, 2016
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16 Sep 2016
ICESat laser altimetry over small mountain glaciers
Désirée Treichler and Andreas Kääb
The Cryosphere, 10, 2129–2146, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2129-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2129-2016, 2016
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20 Sep 2016
How much cryosphere model complexity is just right? Exploration using the conceptual cryosphere hydrology framework
Thomas M. Mosier, David F. Hill, and Kendra V. Sharp
The Cryosphere, 10, 2147–2171, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2147-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2147-2016, 2016
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21 Sep 2016
Estimates of ikaite export from sea ice to the underlying seawater in a sea ice–seawater mesocosm
Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus, Ryan J. Galley, Brent G. T. Else, Karley Campbell, Tim Papakyriakou, Odile Crabeck, Marcos Lemes, Bruno Delille, and Søren Rysgaard
The Cryosphere, 10, 2173–2189, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2173-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2173-2016, 2016
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22 Sep 2016
Mechanism of seasonal Arctic sea ice evolution and Arctic amplification
Kwang-Yul Kim, Benjamin D. Hamlington, Hanna Na, and Jinju Kim
The Cryosphere, 10, 2191–2202, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2191-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2191-2016, 2016
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23 Sep 2016
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Quantifying ice loss in the eastern Himalayas since 1974 using declassified spy satellite imagery
Joshua M. Maurer, Summer B. Rupper, and Joerg M. Schaefer
The Cryosphere, 10, 2203–2215, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2203-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2203-2016, 2016
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26 Sep 2016
The impact of melt ponds on summertime microwave brightness temperatures and sea-ice concentrations
Stefan Kern, Anja Rösel, Leif Toudal Pedersen, Natalia Ivanova, Roberto Saldo, and Rasmus Tage Tonboe
The Cryosphere, 10, 2217–2239, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2217-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2217-2016, 2016
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27 Sep 2016
Modeling the spatiotemporal variability in subsurface thermal regimes across a low-relief polygonal tundra landscape
Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, Gautam Bisht, Richard T. Mills, Peter E. Thornton, Colleen M. Iversen, and Vladimir Romanovsky
The Cryosphere, 10, 2241–2274, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2241-2016, 2016
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28 Sep 2016
The EUMETSAT sea ice concentration climate data record
Rasmus T. Tonboe, Steinar Eastwood, Thomas Lavergne, Atle M. Sørensen, Nicholas Rathmann, Gorm Dybkjær, Leif Toudal Pedersen, Jacob L. Høyer, and Stefan Kern
The Cryosphere, 10, 2275–2290, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2275-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2275-2016, 2016
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30 Sep 2016
Effects of bryophyte and lichen cover on permafrost soil temperature at large scale
Philipp Porada, Altug Ekici, and Christian Beer
The Cryosphere, 10, 2291–2315, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2291-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2291-2016, 2016
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30 Sep 2016
Impacts of marine instability across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet on Southern Ocean dynamics
Steven J. Phipps, Christopher J. Fogwill, and Christian S. M. Turney
The Cryosphere, 10, 2317–2328, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2317-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2317-2016, 2016
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10 Oct 2016
On retrieving sea ice freeboard from ICESat laser altimeter
Kirill Khvorostovsky and Pierre Rampal
The Cryosphere, 10, 2329–2346, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2329-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2329-2016, 2016
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10 Oct 2016
Bias corrections of precipitation measurements across experimental sites in different ecoclimatic regions of western Canada
Xicai Pan, Daqing Yang, Yanping Li, Alan Barr, Warren Helgason, Masaki Hayashi, Philip Marsh, John Pomeroy, and Richard J. Janowicz
The Cryosphere, 10, 2347–2360, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2347-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2347-2016, 2016
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13 Oct 2016
A daily, 1 km resolution data set of downscaled Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance (1958–2015)
Brice Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, Horst Machguth, Stef Lhermitte, Ian Howat, Xavier Fettweis, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 10, 2361–2377, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2361-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2361-2016, 2016
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13 Oct 2016
Improving satellite-retrieved surface radiative fluxes in polar regions using a smart sampling approach
Kristof Van Tricht, Stef Lhermitte, Irina V. Gorodetskaya, and Nicole P. M. van Lipzig
The Cryosphere, 10, 2379–2397, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016, 2016
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20 Oct 2016
Glacier change and glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Bolivian Andes
Simon J. Cook, Ioannis Kougkoulos, Laura A. Edwards, Jason Dortch, and Dirk Hoffmann
The Cryosphere, 10, 2399–2413, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2399-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2399-2016, 2016
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17 Oct 2016
Three-year monitoring of stable isotopes of precipitation at Concordia Station, East Antarctica
Barbara Stenni, Claudio Scarchilli, Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Elisabeth Schlosser, Virginia Ciardini, Giuliano Dreossi, Paolo Grigioni, Mattia Bonazza, Anselmo Cagnati, Daniele Karlicek, Camille Risi, Roberto Udisti, and Mauro Valt
The Cryosphere, 10, 2415–2428, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2415-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2415-2016, 2016
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21 Oct 2016
Assessment of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice predictability in CMIP5 decadal hindcasts
Chao-Yuan Yang, Jiping Liu, Yongyun Hu, Radley M. Horton, Liqi Chen, and Xiao Cheng
The Cryosphere, 10, 2429–2452, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2429-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2429-2016, 2016
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24 Oct 2016
Spatiotemporal dynamics of snow cover based on multi-source remote sensing data in China
Xiaodong Huang, Jie Deng, Xiaofang Ma, Yunlong Wang, Qisheng Feng, Xiaohua Hao, and Tiangang Liang
The Cryosphere, 10, 2453–2463, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2453-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2453-2016, 2016
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24 Oct 2016
Reconstructing the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand, using MODIS-derived glacier-wide albedo
Pascal Sirguey, Holly Still, Nicolas J. Cullen, Marie Dumont, Yves Arnaud, and Jonathan P. Conway
The Cryosphere, 10, 2465–2484, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2465-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2465-2016, 2016
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24 Oct 2016
Macromolecular composition of terrestrial and marine organic matter in sediments across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf
Robert B. Sparkes, Ayça Doğrul Selver, Örjan Gustafsson, Igor P. Semiletov, Negar Haghipour, Lukas Wacker, Timothy I. Eglinton, Helen M. Talbot, and Bart E. van Dongen
The Cryosphere, 10, 2485–2500, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2485-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2485-2016, 2016
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25 Oct 2016
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Ice core evidence for a 20th century increase in surface mass balance in coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Morgane Philippe, Jean-Louis Tison, Karen Fjøsne, Bryn Hubbard, Helle A. Kjær, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Reinhard Drews, Simon G. Sheldon, Kevin De Bondt, Philippe Claeys, and Frank Pattyn
The Cryosphere, 10, 2501–2516, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2501-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2501-2016, 2016
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25 Oct 2016
Scaling-up permafrost thermal measurements in western Alaska using an ecotype approach
William L. Cable, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, and M. Torre Jorgenson
The Cryosphere, 10, 2517–2532, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2517-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2517-2016, 2016
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26 Oct 2016
Brief communication: Organochlorine pesticides in an archived firn core from Law Dome, East Antarctica
Marie Bigot, Mark A. J. Curran, Andrew D. Moy, Derek C. G. Muir, Darryl W. Hawker, Roger Cropp, Camilla F. Teixeira, and Susan M. Bengtson Nash
The Cryosphere, 10, 2533–2539, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2533-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2533-2016, 2016
02 Nov 2016
Reflective properties of white sea ice and snow
Aleksey Malinka, Eleonora Zege, Georg Heygster, and Larysa Istomina
The Cryosphere, 10, 2541–2557, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016, 2016
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02 Nov 2016
Accuracy of snow depth estimation in mountain and prairie environments by an unmanned aerial vehicle
Phillip Harder, Michael Schirmer, John Pomeroy, and Warren Helgason
The Cryosphere, 10, 2559–2571, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016, 2016
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02 Nov 2016
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Seasonal evolution of the effective thermal conductivity of the snow and the soil in high Arctic herb tundra at Bylot Island, Canada
Florent Domine, Mathieu Barrere, and Denis Sarrazin
The Cryosphere, 10, 2573–2588, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2573-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2573-2016, 2016
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03 Nov 2016
Frequency and distribution of winter melt events from passive microwave satellite data in the pan-Arctic, 1988–2013
Libo Wang, Peter Toose, Ross Brown, and Chris Derksen
The Cryosphere, 10, 2589–2602, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2589-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2589-2016, 2016
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04 Nov 2016
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Brief communication: Impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B
Christopher J. Fogwill, Erik van Sebille, Eva A. Cougnon, Chris S. M. Turney, Steve R. Rintoul, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Graeme F. Clark, E. M. Marzinelli, Eleanor B. Rainsley, and Lionel Carter
The Cryosphere, 10, 2603–2609, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016, 2016
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07 Nov 2016
Concentration, sources and light absorption characteristics of dissolved organic carbon on a medium-sized valley glacier, northern Tibetan Plateau
Fangping Yan, Shichang Kang, Chaoliu Li, Yulan Zhang, Xiang Qin, Yang Li, Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhaofu Hu, Pengfei Chen, Xiaofei Li, Bin Qu, and Mika Sillanpää
The Cryosphere, 10, 2611–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016, 2016
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09 Nov 2016
Dynamic influence of pinning points on marine ice-sheet stability: a numerical study in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Lionel Favier, Frank Pattyn, Sophie Berger, and Reinhard Drews
The Cryosphere, 10, 2623–2635, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2623-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2623-2016, 2016
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11 Nov 2016
Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties
Jürg Schweizer, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, and Johan Gaume
The Cryosphere, 10, 2637–2653, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016, 2016
14 Nov 2016
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Refinement of the ice absorption spectrum in the visible using radiance profile measurements in Antarctic snow
Ghislain Picard, Quentin Libois, and Laurent Arnaud
The Cryosphere, 10, 2655–2672, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2655-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2655-2016, 2016
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15 Nov 2016
Presence of rapidly degrading permafrost plateaus in south-central Alaska
Benjamin M. Jones, Carson A. Baughman, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Andrew D. Parsekian, Esther L. Babcock, Eva Stephani, Miriam C. Jones, Guido Grosse, and Edward E. Berg
The Cryosphere, 10, 2673–2692, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2673-2016, 2016
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15 Nov 2016
Semi-automated calibration method for modelling of mountain permafrost evolution in Switzerland
Antoine Marmy, Jan Rajczak, Reynald Delaloye, Christin Hilbich, Martin Hoelzle, Sven Kotlarski, Christophe Lambiel, Jeannette Noetzli, Marcia Phillips, Nadine Salzmann, Benno Staub, and Christian Hauck
The Cryosphere, 10, 2693–2719, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2693-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2693-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Estimating the extent of Antarctic summer sea ice during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Tom Edinburgh and Jonathan J. Day
The Cryosphere, 10, 2721–2730, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2721-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2721-2016, 2016
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16 Nov 2016
Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks
Nander Wever, Sebastian Würzer, Charles Fierz, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere, 10, 2731–2744, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016, 2016
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16 Nov 2016
Benefits of assimilating thin sea ice thickness from SMOS into the TOPAZ system
Jiping Xie, François Counillon, Laurent Bertino, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, and Lars Kaleschke
The Cryosphere, 10, 2745–2761, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2745-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2745-2016, 2016
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17 Nov 2016
Surface mass balance and water stable isotopes derived from firn cores on three ice rises, Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Carmen P. Vega, Elisabeth Schlosser, Dmitry V. Divine, Jack Kohler, Tõnu Martma, Anja Eichler, Margit Schwikowski, and Elisabeth Isaksson
The Cryosphere, 10, 2763–2777, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2763-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2763-2016, 2016
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17 Nov 2016
Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum
Paolo Gabrielli, Carlo Barbante, Giuliano Bertagna, Michele Bertó, Daniel Binder, Alberto Carton, Luca Carturan, Federico Cazorzi, Giulio Cozzi, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Mary Davis, Fabrizio De Blasi, Roberto Dinale, Gianfranco Dragà, Giuliano Dreossi, Daniela Festi, Massimo Frezzotti, Jacopo Gabrieli, Stephan P. Galos, Patrick Ginot, Petra Heidenwolf, Theo M. Jenk, Natalie Kehrwald, Donald Kenny, Olivier Magand, Volkmar Mair, Vladimir Mikhalenko, Ping Nan Lin, Klaus Oeggl, Gianni Piffer, Mirko Rinaldi, Ulrich Schotterer, Margit Schwikowski, Roberto Seppi, Andrea Spolaor, Barbara Stenni, David Tonidandel, Chiara Uglietti, Victor Zagorodnov, Thomas Zanoner, and Piero Zennaro
The Cryosphere, 10, 2779–2797, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016, 2016
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18 Nov 2016
Surface energy balance sensitivity to meteorological variability on Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains
Samaneh Ebrahimi and Shawn J. Marshall
The Cryosphere, 10, 2799–2819, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2799-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2799-2016, 2016
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18 Nov 2016
Monitoring the temperature-dependent elastic and anelastic properties in isotropic polycrystalline ice using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
Matthew J. Vaughan, Kasper van Wijk, David J. Prior, and M. Hamish Bowman
The Cryosphere, 10, 2821–2829, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2821-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2821-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Relationships between snowfall density and solid hydrometeors, based on measured size and fall speed, for snowpack modeling applications
Masaaki Ishizaka, Hiroki Motoyoshi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Sento Nakai, Toru Shiina, and Ken-ichiro Muramoto
The Cryosphere, 10, 2831–2845, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2831-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2831-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Relating optical and microwave grain metrics of snow: the relevance of grain shape
Quirine Krol and Henning Löwe
The Cryosphere, 10, 2847–2863, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2847-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2847-2016, 2016
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23 Nov 2016
Rock glaciers on the run – understanding rock glacier landform evolution and recent changes from numerical flow modeling
Johann Müller, Andreas Vieli, and Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
The Cryosphere, 10, 2865–2886, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2865-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2865-2016, 2016
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24 Nov 2016
Effects of local advection on the spatial sensible heat flux variation on a mountain glacier
Tobias Sauter and Stephan Peter Galos
The Cryosphere, 10, 2887–2905, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2887-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2887-2016, 2016
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25 Nov 2016
Weichselian permafrost depth in the Netherlands: a comprehensive uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
Joan Govaerts, Koen Beerten, and Johan ten Veen
The Cryosphere, 10, 2907–2922, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2907-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2907-2016, 2016
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28 Nov 2016
In situ field measurements of the temporal evolution of low-frequency sea-ice dielectric properties in relation to temperature, salinity, and microstructure
Megan O'Sadnick, Malcolm Ingham, Hajo Eicken, and Erin Pettit
The Cryosphere, 10, 2923–2940, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2923-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2923-2016, 2016
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30 Nov 2016
Local reduction of decadal glacier thickness loss through mass balance management in ski resorts
Andrea Fischer, Kay Helfricht, and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber
The Cryosphere, 10, 2941–2952, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016, 2016
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01 Dec 2016
Improved retrieval of land ice topography from CryoSat-2 data and its impact for volume-change estimation of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Johan Nilsson, Alex Gardner, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, and Rene Forsberg
The Cryosphere, 10, 2953–2969, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2953-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2953-2016, 2016
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01 Dec 2016
Active subglacial lakes and channelized water flow beneath the Kamb Ice Stream
Byeong-Hoon Kim, Choon-Ki Lee, Ki-Weon Seo, Won Sang Lee, and Ted Scambos
The Cryosphere, 10, 2971–2980, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2971-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2971-2016, 2016
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06 Dec 2016
Evaposublimation from the snow in the Mediterranean mountains of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
Javier Herrero and María José Polo
The Cryosphere, 10, 2981–2998, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2981-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2981-2016, 2016
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09 Dec 2016
Quantification of ice production in Laptev Sea polynyas and its sensitivity to thin-ice parameterizations in a regional climate model
Oliver Gutjahr, Günther Heinemann, Andreas Preußer, Sascha Willmes, and Clemens Drüe
The Cryosphere, 10, 2999–3019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2999-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2999-2016, 2016
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15 Dec 2016
Circumpolar polynya regions and ice production in the Arctic: results from MODIS thermal infrared imagery from 2002/2003 to 2014/2015 with a regional focus on the Laptev Sea
Andreas Preußer, Günther Heinemann, Sascha Willmes, and Stephan Paul
The Cryosphere, 10, 3021–3042, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3021-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3021-2016, 2016
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16 Dec 2016
Near-surface snow particle dynamics from particle tracking velocimetry and turbulence measurements during alpine blowing snow storms
Nikolas O. Aksamit and John W. Pomeroy
The Cryosphere, 10, 3043–3062, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016, 2016
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16 Dec 2016
Critical investigation of calculation methods for the elastic velocities in anisotropic ice polycrystals
Agnès Maurel, Jean-François Mercier, and Maurine Montagnat
The Cryosphere, 10, 3063–3070, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016, 2016
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21 Dec 2016
Strain localization and dynamic recrystallization in the ice–air aggregate: a numerical study
Florian Steinbach, Paul D. Bons, Albert Griera, Daniela Jansen, Maria-Gema Llorens, Jens Roessiger, and Ilka Weikusat
The Cryosphere, 10, 3071–3089, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016, 2016
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21 Dec 2016
Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: overview, optimisation, validation and potential
Chiara Uglietti, Alexander Zapf, Theo Manuel Jenk, Michael Sigl, Sönke Szidat, Gary Salazar, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 10, 3091–3105, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016, 2016
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