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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3269-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3269-2020
Research article
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02 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 02 Oct 2020

Monitoring the seasonal changes of an englacial conduit network using repeated ground-penetrating radar measurements

Gregory Church, Melchior Grab, Cédric Schmelzbach, Andreas Bauder, and Hansruedi Maurer

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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.