The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
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Volume 11, issue 6

Volumes and issues
Volumes and issues

Volume 11, issue 6

01 Nov 2017
Impact of impurities and cryoconite on the optical properties of the Morteratsch Glacier (Swiss Alps)
Biagio Di Mauro, Giovanni Baccolo, Roberto Garzonio, Claudia Giardino, Dario Massabò, Andrea Piazzalunga, Micol Rossini, and Roberto Colombo
The Cryosphere, 11, 2393–2409, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2393-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2393-2017, 2017
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01 Nov 2017
Observationally constrained surface mass balance of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica
Peter Kuipers Munneke, Daniel McGrath, Brooke Medley, Adrian Luckman, Suzanne Bevan, Bernd Kulessa, Daniela Jansen, Adam Booth, Paul Smeets, Bryn Hubbard, David Ashmore, Michiel Van den Broeke, Heidi Sevestre, Konrad Steffen, Andrew Shepherd, and Noel Gourmelen
The Cryosphere, 11, 2411–2426, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2411-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2411-2017, 2017
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02 Nov 2017
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Is there 1.5-million-year-old ice near Dome C, Antarctica?
Frédéric Parrenin, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Donald D. Blankenship, Jérôme Chappellaz, Hubertus Fischer, Olivier Gagliardini, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Olivier Passalacqua, Catherine Ritz, Jason Roberts, Martin J. Siegert, and Duncan A. Young
The Cryosphere, 11, 2427–2437, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2427-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2427-2017, 2017
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03 Nov 2017
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Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) migration in polar ice: data synthesis and theory
Matthew Osman, Sarah B. Das, Olivier Marchal, and Matthew J. Evans
The Cryosphere, 11, 2439–2462, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2439-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2439-2017, 2017
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03 Nov 2017
Monitoring tropical debris-covered glacier dynamics from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Oliver Wigmore and Bryan Mark
The Cryosphere, 11, 2463–2480, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2463-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2463-2017, 2017
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03 Nov 2017
Analysis of ice shelf flexure and its InSAR representation in the grounding zone of the southern McMurdo Ice Shelf
Wolfgang Rack, Matt A. King, Oliver J. Marsh, Christian T. Wild, and Dana Floricioiu
The Cryosphere, 11, 2481–2490, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2481-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2481-2017, 2017
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03 Nov 2017
Dark ice dynamics of the south-west Greenland Ice Sheet
Andrew J. Tedstone, Jonathan L. Bamber, Joseph M. Cook, Christopher J. Williamson, Xavier Fettweis, Andrew J. Hodson, and Martyn Tranter
The Cryosphere, 11, 2491–2506, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2491-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2491-2017, 2017
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07 Nov 2017
The modelled liquid water balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Christian R. Steger, Carleen H. Reijmer, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 11, 2507–2526, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2507-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2507-2017, 2017
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08 Nov 2017
A new map of permafrost distribution on the Tibetan Plateau
Defu Zou, Lin Zhao, Yu Sheng, Ji Chen, Guojie Hu, Tonghua Wu, Jichun Wu, Changwei Xie, Xiaodong Wu, Qiangqiang Pang, Wu Wang, Erji Du, Wangping Li, Guangyue Liu, Jing Li, Yanhui Qin, Yongping Qiao, Zhiwei Wang, Jianzong Shi, and Guodong Cheng
The Cryosphere, 11, 2527–2542, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2527-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2527-2017, 2017
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09 Nov 2017
Ice shelf fracture parameterization in an ice sheet model
Sainan Sun, Stephen L. Cornford, John C. Moore, Rupert Gladstone, and Liyun Zhao
The Cryosphere, 11, 2543–2554, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2543-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2543-2017, 2017
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10 Nov 2017
Blowing snow sublimation and transport over Antarctica from 11 years of CALIPSO observations
Stephen P. Palm, Vinay Kayetha, Yuekui Yang, and Rebecca Pauly
The Cryosphere, 11, 2555–2569, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2555-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2555-2017, 2017
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13 Nov 2017
Intercomparison of snow depth retrievals over Arctic sea ice from radar data acquired by Operation IceBridge
Ron Kwok, Nathan T. Kurtz, Ludovic Brucker, Alvaro Ivanoff, Thomas Newman, Sinead L. Farrell, Joshua King, Stephen Howell, Melinda A. Webster, John Paden, Carl Leuschen, Joseph A. MacGregor, Jacqueline Richter-Menge, Jeremy Harbeck, and Mark Tschudi
The Cryosphere, 11, 2571–2593, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2571-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2571-2017, 2017
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15 Nov 2017
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Basin-scale heterogeneity in Antarctic precipitation and its impact on surface mass variability
Jeremy Fyke, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, and Hailong Wang
The Cryosphere, 11, 2595–2609, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2595-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2595-2017, 2017
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17 Nov 2017
Quantifying bioalbedo: a new physically based model and discussion of empirical methods for characterising biological influence on ice and snow albedo
Joseph M. Cook, Andrew J. Hodson, Alex S. Gardner, Mark Flanner, Andrew J. Tedstone, Christopher Williamson, Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn, Johan Nilsson, Robert Bryant, and Martyn Tranter
The Cryosphere, 11, 2611–2632, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2611-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2611-2017, 2017
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20 Nov 2017
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A multilayer physically based snowpack model simulating direct and indirect radiative impacts of light-absorbing impurities in snow
Francois Tuzet, Marie Dumont, Matthieu Lafaysse, Ghislain Picard, Laurent Arnaud, Didier Voisin, Yves Lejeune, Luc Charrois, Pierre Nabat, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere, 11, 2633–2653, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2633-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2633-2017, 2017
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21 Nov 2017
GPS-derived estimates of surface mass balance and ocean-induced basal melt for Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, Antarctica
David E. Shean, Knut Christianson, Kristine M. Larson, Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Ian R. Joughin, Ben E. Smith, C. Max Stevens, Mitchell Bushuk, and David M. Holland
The Cryosphere, 11, 2655–2674, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2655-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2655-2017, 2017
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21 Nov 2017
Detecting high spatial variability of ice shelf basal mass balance, Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Sophie Berger, Reinhard Drews, Veit Helm, Sainan Sun, and Frank Pattyn
The Cryosphere, 11, 2675–2690, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2675-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2675-2017, 2017
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21 Nov 2017
Rapidly changing subglacial hydrological pathways at a tidewater glacier revealed through simultaneous observations of water pressure, supraglacial lakes, meltwater plumes and surface velocities
Penelope How, Douglas I. Benn, Nicholas R. J. Hulton, Bryn Hubbard, Adrian Luckman, Heïdi Sevestre, Ward J. J. van Pelt, Katrin Lindbäck, Jack Kohler, and Wim Boot
The Cryosphere, 11, 2691–2710, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2691-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2691-2017, 2017
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24 Nov 2017
Wave-induced stress and breaking of sea ice in a coupled hydrodynamic discrete-element wave–ice model
Agnieszka Herman
The Cryosphere, 11, 2711–2725, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2711-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2711-2017, 2017
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27 Nov 2017
Comparison of different methods to retrieve optical-equivalent snow grain size in central Antarctica
Tim Carlsen, Gerit Birnbaum, André Ehrlich, Johannes Freitag, Georg Heygster, Larysa Istomina, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Anaïs Orsi, Michael Schäfer, and Manfred Wendisch
The Cryosphere, 11, 2727–2741, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2727-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2727-2017, 2017
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05 Dec 2017
Centuries of intense surface melt on Larsen C Ice Shelf
Suzanne L. Bevan, Adrian Luckman, Bryn Hubbard, Bernd Kulessa, David Ashmore, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Martin O'Leary, Adam Booth, Heidi Sevestre, and Daniel McGrath
The Cryosphere, 11, 2743–2753, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2743-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2743-2017, 2017
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05 Dec 2017
Blowing snow detection from ground-based ceilometers: application to East Antarctica
Alexandra Gossart, Niels Souverijns, Irina V. Gorodetskaya, Stef Lhermitte, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Jan H. Schween, Alexander Mangold, Quentin Laffineur, and Nicole P. M. van Lipzig
The Cryosphere, 11, 2755–2772, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2755-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2755-2017, 2017
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05 Dec 2017
Satellite-derived submarine melt rates and mass balance (2011–2015) for Greenland's largest remaining ice tongues
Nat Wilson, Fiammetta Straneo, and Patrick Heimbach
The Cryosphere, 11, 2773–2782, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2773-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2773-2017, 2017
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08 Dec 2017
Incorporating modelled subglacial hydrology into inversions for basal drag
Conrad P. Koziol and Neil Arnold
The Cryosphere, 11, 2783–2797, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2783-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2783-2017, 2017
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11 Dec 2017
A continuum model for meltwater flow through compacting snow
Colin R. Meyer and Ian J. Hewitt
The Cryosphere, 11, 2799–2813, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2799-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2799-2017, 2017
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11 Dec 2017
Surface lowering of the debris-covered area of Kanchenjunga Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1975, as revealed by Hexagon KH-9 and ALOS satellite observations
Damodar Lamsal, Koji Fujita, and Akiko Sakai
The Cryosphere, 11, 2815–2827, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2815-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2815-2017, 2017
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11 Dec 2017
Relationships between Arctic sea ice drift and strength modelled by NEMO-LIM3.6
David Docquier, François Massonnet, Antoine Barthélemy, Neil F. Tandon, Olivier Lecomte, and Thierry Fichefet
The Cryosphere, 11, 2829–2846, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2829-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2829-2017, 2017
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11 Dec 2017
Snowmelt response to simulated warming across a large elevation gradient, southern Sierra Nevada, California
Keith N. Musselman, Noah P. Molotch, and Steven A. Margulis
The Cryosphere, 11, 2847–2866, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2847-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2847-2017, 2017
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12 Dec 2017
Optical properties of sea ice doped with black carbon – an experimental and radiative-transfer modelling comparison
Amelia A. Marks, Maxim L. Lamare, and Martin D. King
The Cryosphere, 11, 2867–2881, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2867-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2867-2017, 2017
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12 Dec 2017
Glaciological settings and recent mass balance of Blåskimen Island in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Vikram Goel, Joel Brown, and Kenichi Matsuoka
The Cryosphere, 11, 2883–2896, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2883-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2883-2017, 2017
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12 Dec 2017
Evaluation of different methods to model near-surface turbulent fluxes for a mountain glacier in the Cariboo Mountains, BC, Canada
Valentina Radić, Brian Menounos, Joseph Shea, Noel Fitzpatrick, Mekdes A. Tessema, and Stephen J. Déry
The Cryosphere, 11, 2897–2918, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2897-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2897-2017, 2017
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13 Dec 2017
Effects of snow grain shape on climate simulations: sensitivity tests with the Norwegian Earth System Model
Petri Räisänen, Risto Makkonen, Alf Kirkevåg, and Jens B. Debernard
The Cryosphere, 11, 2919–2942, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2919-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2919-2017, 2017
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14 Dec 2017
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In situ nuclear magnetic resonance response of permafrost and active layer soil in boreal and tundra ecosystems
M. Andy Kass, Trevor P. Irons, Burke J. Minsley, Neal J. Pastick, Dana R. N. Brown, and Bruce K. Wylie
The Cryosphere, 11, 2943–2955, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2943-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2943-2017, 2017
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14 Dec 2017
Resolution capacity of geophysical monitoring regarding permafrost degradation induced by hydrological processes
Benjamin Mewes, Christin Hilbich, Reynald Delaloye, and Christian Hauck
The Cryosphere, 11, 2957–2974, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2957-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2957-2017, 2017
15 Dec 2017
Shifted energy fluxes, increased Bowen ratios, and reduced thaw depths linked with drainage-induced changes in permafrost ecosystem structure
Mathias Göckede, Fanny Kittler, Min Jung Kwon, Ina Burjack, Martin Heimann, Olaf Kolle, Nikita Zimov, and Sergey Zimov
The Cryosphere, 11, 2975–2996, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2975-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2975-2017, 2017
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19 Dec 2017
Measuring snow water equivalent from common-offset GPR records through migration velocity analysis
James St. Clair and W. Steven Holbrook
The Cryosphere, 11, 2997–3009, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2997-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2997-2017, 2017
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20 Dec 2017
The significance of vertical moisture diffusion on drifting snow sublimation near snow surface
Ning Huang and Guanglei Shi
The Cryosphere, 11, 3011–3021, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-3011-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-3011-2017, 2017
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21 Dec 2017
How much should we believe correlations between Arctic cyclones and sea ice extent?
Jamie G. L. Rae, Alexander D. Todd, Edward W. Blockley, and Jeff K. Ridley
The Cryosphere, 11, 3023–3034, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-3023-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-3023-2017, 2017
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