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Research article
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02 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 02 Oct 2020
| 02 Oct 2020
Monitoring the seasonal changes of an englacial conduit network using repeated ground-penetrating radar measurements
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Invited contribution by Gregory Church, recipient of the EGU Cryospheric Sciences Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award 2019.
Melchior Grab
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Cédric Schmelzbach
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas Bauder
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Hansruedi Maurer
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Latest update: 03 Nov 2025
Short summary
In this field study, we repeated ground-penetrating radar measurements over an active englacial channel network that transports meltwater through the glacier. We successfully imaged the englacial meltwater pathway and were able to delimitate the channel's shape. Meltwater from the glacier can impact the glacier's dynamics if it reaches the ice–bed interface, and therefore monitoring these englacial drainage networks is important to understand how these networks behave throughout a season.
In this field study, we repeated ground-penetrating radar measurements over an active englacial...
