Brief Communication: Twelve-year cyclic surging episodes at Donjek Glacier in Yukon, Canada

Abe, Takahiro; Furuya, Masato; Sakakibara, Daiki

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Brief communication

|

11 Jul 2016

Brief communication |

| 11 Jul 2016

Brief Communication: Twelve-year cyclic surging episodes at Donjek Glacier in Yukon, Canada

Takahiro Abe, Masato Furuya, and Daiki Sakakibara

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1427-2016-supplement

Data sets

Landsat images USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) EarthExplorer http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov

The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers W. T. Pfeffer et al. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J176

The Randolph Glacier Inventory 4.0 NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center) http://www.glims.org/RGI/rgi40_dl.html

Short summary

We identified 12-year cyclic surging episodes at Donjek Glacier in Yukon, Canada. The surging area is limited within the ~20km section from the terminus, originating in an area where the flow width significantly narrows downstream. Our results suggest strong control of the valley constriction on the surge dynamics.