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Research article
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13 May 2020
Research article |
| 13 May 2020
| 13 May 2020
Incorporating moisture content in surface energy balance modeling of a debris-covered glacier
Alexandra Giese
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Aaron Boone
CNRM-GAME – Groupe d'Étude de l'Atmosphère Météorologique, Toulouse, France
Patrick Wagnon
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Robert Hawley
Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Using ground-based thermal imagery to estimate debris thickness over glacial ice: fieldwork considerations to improve the effectiveness C. Aubry-Wake et al. 10.1017/jog.2022.67
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- Detecting supraglacial debris thickness with GPR under suboptimal conditions A. Giese et al. 10.1017/jog.2021.59
- Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of glaciers in the Central and Eastern Himalaya S. Fugger et al. 10.5194/tc-16-1631-2022
- Evaluation of ERA5-Land and HARv2 Reanalysis Data at High Elevation in the Upper Dudh Koshi Basin (Everest Region, Nepal) A. Khadka et al. 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0091.1
- Debris cover effects on energy and mass balance of Batura Glacier in the Karakoram over the past 20 years Y. Zhu et al. 10.5194/hess-28-2023-2024
- Quantifying Patterns of Supraglacial Debris Thickness and Their Glaciological Controls in High Mountain Asia K. Boxall et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.657440
- Surface heat fluxes at coarse blocky Murtèl rock glacier (Engadine, eastern Swiss Alps) D. Amschwand et al. 10.5194/tc-18-2103-2024
- Modelling Debris-Covered Glacier Ablation Using the Simultaneous Heat and Water Transport Model. Part 1: Model Development and Application to North Changri Nup A. Winter-Billington et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.796877
- Distributed Melt on a Debris-Covered Glacier: Field Observations and Melt Modeling on the Lirung Glacier in the Himalaya J. Steiner et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.678375
- Debris-covered glacier systems and associated glacial lake outburst flood hazards: challenges and prospects A. Racoviteanu et al. 10.1144/jgs2021-084
- Indus River Basin Glacier Melt at the Subbasin Scale A. Giese et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.767411
- Estimation of ice ablation on a debris-covered glacier from vertical debris-temperature profiles S. Laha et al. 10.1017/jog.2022.35
Latest update: 13 Jun 2025
Short summary
Rocky debris on glacier surfaces is known to affect the melt of mountain glaciers. Debris can be dry or filled to varying extents with liquid water and ice; whether debris is dry, wet, and/or icy affects how efficiently heat is conducted through debris from its surface to the ice interface. Our paper presents a new energy balance model that simulates moisture phase, evolution, and location in debris. ISBA-DEB is applied to West Changri Nup glacier in Nepal to reveal important physical processes.
Rocky debris on glacier surfaces is known to affect the melt of mountain glaciers. Debris can be...
