Volume 15, 2021

Volume 15, 2021

04 Jan 2021
A low-cost method for monitoring snow characteristics at remote field sites
Rosamond J. Tutton and Robert G. Way
The Cryosphere, 15, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1-2021, 2021
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04 Jan 2021
Subglacial carbonate deposits as a potential proxy for a glacier's former presence
Matej Lipar, Andrea Martín-Pérez, Jure Tičar, Miha Pavšek, Matej Gabrovec, Mauro Hrvatin, Blaž Komac, Matija Zorn, Nadja Zupan Hajna, Jian-Xin Zhao, Russell N. Drysdale, and Mateja Ferk
The Cryosphere, 15, 17–30, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-17-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-17-2021, 2021
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05 Jan 2021
Evaluation of sea-ice thickness from four reanalyses in the Antarctic Weddell Sea
Qian Shi, Qinghua Yang, Longjiang Mu, Jinfei Wang, François Massonnet, and Matthew R. Mazloff
The Cryosphere, 15, 31–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-31-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-31-2021, 2021
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05 Jan 2021
Continuous in situ measurements of anchor ice formation, growth, and release
Tadros R. Ghobrial and Mark R. Loewen
The Cryosphere, 15, 49–67, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-49-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-49-2021, 2021
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05 Jan 2021
Intercomparison of photogrammetric platforms for spatially continuous snow depth mapping
Lucie A. Eberhard, Pascal Sirguey, Aubrey Miller, Mauro Marty, Konrad Schindler, Andreas Stoffel, and Yves Bühler
The Cryosphere, 15, 69–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021, 2021
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06 Jan 2021
Central Himalayan tree-ring isotopes reveal increasing regional heterogeneity and enhancement in ice mass loss since the 1960s
Nilendu Singh, Mayank Shekhar, Jayendra Singh, Anil K. Gupta, Achim Bräuning, Christoph Mayr, and Mohit Singhal
The Cryosphere, 15, 95–112, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-95-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-95-2021, 2021
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07 Jan 2021
Drivers of Pine Island Glacier speed-up between 1996 and 2016
Jan De Rydt, Ronja Reese, Fernando S. Paolo, and G. Hilmar Gudmundsson
The Cryosphere, 15, 113–132, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-113-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-113-2021, 2021
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13 Jan 2021
Spectral characterization, radiative forcing and pigment content of coastal Antarctic snow algae: approaches to spectrally discriminate red and green communities and their impact on snowmelt
Alia L. Khan, Heidi M. Dierssen, Ted A. Scambos, Juan Höfer, and Raul R. Cordero
The Cryosphere, 15, 133–148, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-133-2021, 2021
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11 Jan 2021
Insights into a remote cryosphere: a multi-method approach to assess permafrost occurrence at the Qugaqie basin, western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau
Johannes Buckel, Eike Reinosch, Andreas Hördt, Fan Zhang, Björn Riedel, Markus Gerke, Antje Schwalb, and Roland Mäusbacher
The Cryosphere, 15, 149–168, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-149-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-149-2021, 2021
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11 Jan 2021
Ensemble-based estimation of sea-ice volume variations in the Baffin Bay
Chao Min, Qinghua Yang, Longjiang Mu, Frank Kauker, and Robert Ricker
The Cryosphere, 15, 169–181, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-169-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-169-2021, 2021
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11 Jan 2021
New insights into radiative transfer within sea ice derived from autonomous optical propagation measurements
Christian Katlein, Lovro Valcic, Simon Lambert-Girard, and Mario Hoppmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 183–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-183-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-183-2021, 2021
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14 Jan 2021
Response of downstream lakes to Aru glacier collapses on the western Tibetan Plateau
Yanbin Lei, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian, Yongwei Sheng, Lazhu, Jingjuan Liao, Huabiao Zhao, Wei Yang, Kun Yang, Etienne Berthier, Fanny Brun, Yang Gao, Meilin Zhu, and Guangjian Wu
The Cryosphere, 15, 199–214, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021, 2021
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18 Jan 2021
Exploring the impact of atmospheric forcing and basal drag on the Antarctic Ice Sheet under Last Glacial Maximum conditions
Javier Blasco, Jorge Alvarez-Solas, Alexander Robinson, and Marisa Montoya
The Cryosphere, 15, 215–231, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-215-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-215-2021, 2021
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25 Jan 2021
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Review article: Earth's ice imbalance
Thomas Slater, Isobel R. Lawrence, Inès N. Otosaka, Andrew Shepherd, Noel Gourmelen, Livia Jakob, Paul Tepes, Lin Gilbert, and Peter Nienow
The Cryosphere, 15, 233–246, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-233-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-233-2021, 2021
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19 Jan 2021
Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Christian Haas, Patricia J. Langhorne, Wolfgang Rack, Greg H. Leonard, Gemma M. Brett, Daniel Price, Justin F. Beckers, and Alex J. Gough
The Cryosphere, 15, 247–264, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021, 2021
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19 Jan 2021
Debris cover and the thinning of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska: in situ measurements, automated ice cliff delineation and distributed melt estimates
Leif S. Anderson, William H. Armstrong, Robert S. Anderson, and Pascal Buri
The Cryosphere, 15, 265–282, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-265-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-265-2021, 2021
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20 Jan 2021
Passive seismic recording of cryoseisms in Adventdalen, Svalbard
Rowan Romeyn, Alfred Hanssen, Bent Ole Ruud, Helene Meling Stemland, and Tor Arne Johansen
The Cryosphere, 15, 283–302, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-283-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-283-2021, 2021
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22 Jan 2021
Full crystallographic orientation (c and a axes) of warm, coarse-grained ice in a shear-dominated setting: a case study, Storglaciären, Sweden
Morgan E. Monz, Peter J. Hudleston, David J. Prior, Zachary Michels, Sheng Fan, Marianne Negrini, Pat J. Langhorne, and Chao Qi
The Cryosphere, 15, 303–324, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-303-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-303-2021, 2021
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26 Jan 2021
Year-round impact of winter sea ice thickness observations on seasonal forecasts
Beena Balan-Sarojini, Steffen Tietsche, Michael Mayer, Magdalena Balmaseda, Hao Zuo, Patricia de Rosnay, Tim Stockdale, and Frederic Vitart
The Cryosphere, 15, 325–344, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-325-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-325-2021, 2021
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27 Jan 2021
Inter-comparison of snow depth over Arctic sea ice from reanalysis reconstructions and satellite retrieval
Lu Zhou, Julienne Stroeve, Shiming Xu, Alek Petty, Rachel Tilling, Mai Winstrup, Philip Rostosky, Isobel R. Lawrence, Glen E. Liston, Andy Ridout, Michel Tsamados, and Vishnu Nandan
The Cryosphere, 15, 345–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-345-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-345-2021, 2021
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27 Jan 2021
Snow depth time series retrieval by time-lapse photography: Finnish and Italian case studies
Marco Bongio, Ali Nadir Arslan, Cemal Melih Tanis, and Carlo De Michele
The Cryosphere, 15, 369–387, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-369-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-369-2021, 2021
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28 Jan 2021
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Macroscopic water vapor diffusion is not enhanced in snow
Kévin Fourteau, Florent Domine, and Pascal Hagenmuller
The Cryosphere, 15, 389–406, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-389-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-389-2021, 2021
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28 Jan 2021
Observing traveling waves in glaciers with remote sensing: new flexible time series methods and application to Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland
Bryan Riel, Brent Minchew, and Ian Joughin
The Cryosphere, 15, 407–429, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-407-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-407-2021, 2021
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28 Jan 2021
Wave–sea-ice interactions in a brittle rheological framework
Guillaume Boutin, Timothy Williams, Pierre Rampal, Einar Olason, and Camille Lique
The Cryosphere, 15, 431–457, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-431-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-431-2021, 2021
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28 Jan 2021
Sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheets to the warming of marine isotope substage 11c
Martim Mas e Braga, Jorge Bernales, Matthias Prange, Arjen P. Stroeven, and Irina Rogozhina
The Cryosphere, 15, 459–478, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-459-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-459-2021, 2021
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01 Feb 2021
Invited perspective: What lies beneath a changing Arctic?
Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Barret L. Kurylyk, Michelle A. Walvoord, Victor F. Bense, Daniel Fortier, Christopher Spence, and Christophe Grenier
The Cryosphere, 15, 479–484, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-479-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-479-2021, 2021
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02 Feb 2021
Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland
Eef C. H. van Dongen, Guillaume Jouvet, Shin Sugiyama, Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Martin Funk, Douglas I. Benn, Fabian Lindner, Andreas Bauder, Julien Seguinot, Silvan Leinss, and Fabian Walter
The Cryosphere, 15, 485–500, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-485-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-485-2021, 2021
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02 Feb 2021
Modal sensitivity of rock glaciers to elastic changes from spectral seismic noise monitoring and modeling
Antoine Guillemot, Laurent Baillet, Stéphane Garambois, Xavier Bodin, Agnès Helmstetter, Raphaël Mayoraz, and Eric Larose
The Cryosphere, 15, 501–529, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-501-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-501-2021, 2021
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03 Feb 2021
A simple parametrization of mélange buttressing for calving glaciers
Tanja Schlemm and Anders Levermann
The Cryosphere, 15, 531–545, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-531-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-531-2021, 2021
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08 Feb 2021
Annual and inter-annual variability and trends of albedo of Icelandic glaciers
Andri Gunnarsson, Sigurdur M. Gardarsson, Finnur Pálsson, Tómas Jóhannesson, and Óli G. B. Sveinsson
The Cryosphere, 15, 547–570, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-547-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-547-2021, 2021
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08 Feb 2021
Future surface mass balance and surface melt in the Amundsen sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Marion Donat-Magnin, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Christoph Kittel, Cécile Agosta, Charles Amory, Hubert Gallée, Gerhard Krinner, and Mondher Chekki
The Cryosphere, 15, 571–593, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-571-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-571-2021, 2021
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09 Feb 2021
Distributed summer air temperatures across mountain glaciers in the south-east Tibetan Plateau: temperature sensitivity and comparison with existing glacier datasets
Thomas E. Shaw, Wei Yang, Álvaro Ayala, Claudio Bravo, Chuanxi Zhao, and Francesca Pellicciotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 595–614, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-595-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-595-2021, 2021
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09 Feb 2021
Fractional snow-covered area: scale-independent peak of winter parameterization
Nora Helbig, Yves Bühler, Lucie Eberhard, César Deschamps-Berger, Simon Gascoin, Marie Dumont, Jesus Revuelto, Jeff S. Deems, and Tobias Jonas
The Cryosphere, 15, 615–632, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-615-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-615-2021, 2021
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10 Feb 2021
ISMIP6-based projections of ocean-forced Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution using the Community Ice Sheet Model
William H. Lipscomb, Gunter R. Leguy, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Xylar Asay-Davis, Hélène Seroussi, and Sophie Nowicki
The Cryosphere, 15, 633–661, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-633-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-633-2021, 2021
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11 Feb 2021
Recent acceleration of Denman Glacier (1972–2017), East Antarctica, driven by grounding line retreat and changes in ice tongue configuration
Bertie W. J. Miles, Jim R. Jordan, Chris R. Stokes, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Adrian Jenkins
The Cryosphere, 15, 663–676, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-663-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-663-2021, 2021
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12 Feb 2021
Crystallographic analysis of temperate ice on Rhonegletscher, Swiss Alps
Sebastian Hellmann, Johanna Kerch, Ilka Weikusat, Andreas Bauder, Melchior Grab, Guillaume Jouvet, Margit Schwikowski, and Hansruedi Maurer
The Cryosphere, 15, 677–694, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-677-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-677-2021, 2021
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15 Feb 2021
An exploratory modelling study of perennial firn aquifers in the Antarctic Peninsula for the period 1979–2016
J. Melchior van Wessem, Christian R. Steger, Nander Wever, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 695–714, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-695-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-695-2021, 2021
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15 Feb 2021
Sensitivity of ice sheet surface velocity and elevation to variations in basal friction and topography in the full Stokes and shallow-shelf approximation frameworks using adjoint equations
Gong Cheng, Nina Kirchner, and Per Lötstedt
The Cryosphere, 15, 715–742, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-715-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-715-2021, 2021
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17 Feb 2021
Multi-scale snowdrift-permitting modelling of mountain snowpack
Vincent Vionnet, Christopher B. Marsh, Brian Menounos, Simon Gascoin, Nicholas E. Wayand, Joseph Shea, Kriti Mukherjee, and John W. Pomeroy
The Cryosphere, 15, 743–769, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-743-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-743-2021, 2021
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17 Feb 2021
Snow Ensemble Uncertainty Project (SEUP): quantification of snow water equivalent uncertainty across North America via ensemble land surface modeling
Rhae Sung Kim, Sujay Kumar, Carrie Vuyovich, Paul Houser, Jessica Lundquist, Lawrence Mudryk, Michael Durand, Ana Barros, Edward J. Kim, Barton A. Forman, Ethan D. Gutmann, Melissa L. Wrzesien, Camille Garnaud, Melody Sandells, Hans-Peter Marshall, Nicoleta Cristea, Justin M. Pflug, Jeremy Johnston, Yueqian Cao, David Mocko, and Shugong Wang
The Cryosphere, 15, 771–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-771-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-771-2021, 2021
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17 Feb 2021
Effect of small-scale snow surface roughness on snow albedo and reflectance
Terhikki Manninen, Kati Anttila, Emmihenna Jääskeläinen, Aku Riihelä, Jouni Peltoniemi, Petri Räisänen, Panu Lahtinen, Niilo Siljamo, Laura Thölix, Outi Meinander, Anna Kontu, Hanne Suokanerva, Roberta Pirazzini, Juha Suomalainen, Teemu Hakala, Sanna Kaasalainen, Harri Kaartinen, Antero Kukko, Olivier Hautecoeur, and Jean-Louis Roujean
The Cryosphere, 15, 793–820, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-793-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-793-2021, 2021
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18 Feb 2021
Refining the sea surface identification approach for determining freeboards in the ICESat-2 sea ice products
Ron Kwok, Alek A. Petty, Marco Bagnardi, Nathan T. Kurtz, Glenn F. Cunningham, Alvaro Ivanoff, and Sahra Kacimi
The Cryosphere, 15, 821–833, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-821-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-821-2021, 2021
18 Feb 2021
Estimating fractional snow cover from passive microwave brightness temperature data using MODIS snow cover product over North America
Xiongxin Xiao, Shunlin Liang, Tao He, Daiqiang Wu, Congyuan Pei, and Jianya Gong
The Cryosphere, 15, 835–861, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-835-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-835-2021, 2021
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18 Feb 2021
First investigation of perennial ice in Winter Wonderland Cave, Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA
Jeffrey S. Munroe
The Cryosphere, 15, 863–881, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-863-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-863-2021, 2021
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19 Feb 2021
Trends and spatial variation in rain-on-snow events over the Arctic Ocean during the early melt season
Tingfeng Dou, Cunde Xiao, Jiping Liu, Qiang Wang, Shifeng Pan, Jie Su, Xiaojun Yuan, Minghu Ding, Feng Zhang, Kai Xue, Peter A. Bieniek, and Hajo Eicken
The Cryosphere, 15, 883–895, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-883-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-883-2021, 2021
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19 Feb 2021
The cooling signature of basal crevasses in a hard-bedded region of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Ian E. McDowell, Neil F. Humphrey, Joel T. Harper, and Toby W. Meierbachtol
The Cryosphere, 15, 897–907, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-897-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-897-2021, 2021
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25 Feb 2021
The 32-year record-high surface melt in 2019/2020 on the northern George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
Alison F. Banwell, Rajashree Tri Datta, Rebecca L. Dell, Mahsa Moussavi, Ludovic Brucker, Ghislain Picard, Christopher A. Shuman, and Laura A. Stevens
The Cryosphere, 15, 909–925, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-909-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-909-2021, 2021
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24 Feb 2021
Inventory and changes of rock glacier creep speeds in Ile Alatau and Kungöy Ala-Too, northern Tien Shan, since the 1950s
Andreas Kääb, Tazio Strozzi, Tobias Bolch, Rafael Caduff, Håkon Trefall, Markus Stoffel, and Alexander Kokarev
The Cryosphere, 15, 927–949, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-927-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-927-2021, 2021
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24 Feb 2021
An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models
Ann Keen, Ed Blockley, David A. Bailey, Jens Boldingh Debernard, Mitchell Bushuk, Steve Delhaye, David Docquier, Daniel Feltham, François Massonnet, Siobhan O'Farrell, Leandro Ponsoni, José M. Rodriguez, David Schroeder, Neil Swart, Takahiro Toyoda, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Martin Vancoppenolle, and Klaus Wyser
The Cryosphere, 15, 951–982, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-951-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-951-2021, 2021
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24 Feb 2021
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Mapping avalanches with satellites – evaluation of performance and completeness
Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Silvan Leinss, and Yves Bühler
The Cryosphere, 15, 983–1004, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021, 2021
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25 Feb 2021
Brief communication: Glacier run-off estimation using altimetry-derived basin volume change: case study at Humboldt Glacier, northwest Greenland
Laurence Gray
The Cryosphere, 15, 1005–1014, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1005-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1005-2021, 2021
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26 Feb 2021
The GRISLI-LSCE contribution to the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) – Part 1: Projections of the Greenland ice sheet evolution by the end of the 21st century
Aurélien Quiquet and Christophe Dumas
The Cryosphere, 15, 1015–1030, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1015-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1015-2021, 2021
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26 Feb 2021
The GRISLI-LSCE contribution to the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) – Part 2: Projections of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution by the end of the 21st century
Aurélien Quiquet and Christophe Dumas
The Cryosphere, 15, 1031–1052, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1031-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1031-2021, 2021
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26 Feb 2021
On the statistical properties of sea-ice lead fraction and heat fluxes in the Arctic
Einar Ólason, Pierre Rampal, and Véronique Dansereau
The Cryosphere, 15, 1053–1064, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1053-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1053-2021, 2021
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01 Mar 2021
Physics-based SNOWPACK model improves representation of near-surface Antarctic snow and firn density
Eric Keenan, Nander Wever, Marissa Dattler, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Brooke Medley, Peter Kuipers Munneke, and Carleen Reijmer
The Cryosphere, 15, 1065–1085, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1065-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1065-2021, 2021
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01 Mar 2021
Brief communication: Spatial and temporal variations in surface snow chemistry along a traverse from coastal East Antarctica to the ice sheet summit (Dome A)
Guitao Shi, Hongmei Ma, Zhengyi Hu, Zhenlou Chen, Chunlei An, Su Jiang, Yuansheng Li, Tianming Ma, Jinhai Yu, Danhe Wang, Siyu Lu, Bo Sun, and Meredith G. Hastings
The Cryosphere, 15, 1087–1095, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1087-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1087-2021, 2021
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02 Mar 2021
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Diverging responses of high-latitude CO2 and CH4 emissions in idealized climate change scenarios
Philipp de Vrese, Tobias Stacke, Thomas Kleinen, and Victor Brovkin
The Cryosphere, 15, 1097–1130, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1097-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1097-2021, 2021
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03 Mar 2021
Analysis of the surface mass balance for deglacial climate simulations
Marie-Luise Kapsch, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Florian A. Ziemen, Christian B. Rodehacke, and Clemens Schannwell
The Cryosphere, 15, 1131–1156, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1131-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1131-2021, 2021
03 Mar 2021
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming
Ana Moreno, Miguel Bartolomé, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, Jorge Pey, Juan Pablo Corella, Jordi García-Orellana, Carlos Sancho, María Leunda, Graciela Gil-Romera, Penélope González-Sampériz, Carlos Pérez-Mejías, Francisco Navarro, Jaime Otero-García, Javier Lapazaran, Esteban Alonso-González, Cristina Cid, Jerónimo López-Martínez, Belén Oliva-Urcia, Sérgio Henrique Faria, María José Sierra, Rocío Millán, Xavier Querol, Andrés Alastuey, and José M. García-Ruíz
The Cryosphere, 15, 1157–1172, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021, 2021
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03 Mar 2021
Physical properties of shallow ice cores from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
Elizabeth Ruth Thomas, Guisella Gacitúa, Joel B. Pedro, Amy Constance Faith King, Bradley Markle, Mariusz Potocki, and Dorothea Elisabeth Moser
The Cryosphere, 15, 1173–1186, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1173-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1173-2021, 2021
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03 Mar 2021
Ice content and interannual water storage changes of an active rock glacier in the dry Andes of Argentina
Christian Halla, Jan Henrik Blöthe, Carla Tapia Baldis, Dario Trombotto Liaudat, Christin Hilbich, Christian Hauck, and Lothar Schrott
The Cryosphere, 15, 1187–1213, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1187-2021, 2021
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05 Mar 2021
Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet
Christoph Kittel, Charles Amory, Cécile Agosta, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Stefan Hofer, Alison Delhasse, Sébastien Doutreloup, Pierre-Vincent Huot, Charlotte Lang, Thierry Fichefet, and Xavier Fettweis
The Cryosphere, 15, 1215–1236, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1215-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1215-2021, 2021
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10 Mar 2021
Buoyant calving and ice-contact lake evolution at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) in the period 1998–2019
Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Michael Avian, Douglas I. Benn, Felix Bernsteiner, Philipp Krisch, and Christian Ziesler
The Cryosphere, 15, 1237–1258, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021, 2021
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10 Mar 2021
Geodetic point surface mass balances: a new approach to determine point surface mass balances on glaciers from remote sensing measurements
Christian Vincent, Diego Cusicanqui, Bruno Jourdain, Olivier Laarman, Delphine Six, Adrien Gilbert, Andrea Walpersdorf, Antoine Rabatel, Luc Piard, Florent Gimbert, Olivier Gagliardini, Vincent Peyaud, Laurent Arnaud, Emmanuel Thibert, Fanny Brun, and Ugo Nanni
The Cryosphere, 15, 1259–1276, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1259-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1259-2021, 2021
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11 Mar 2021
Estimating parameters in a sea ice model using an ensemble Kalman filter
Yong-Fei Zhang, Cecilia M. Bitz, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Nancy S. Collins, Timothy J. Hoar, Kevin D. Raeder, and Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth
The Cryosphere, 15, 1277–1284, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1277-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1277-2021, 2021
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11 Mar 2021
The regional-scale surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, over the period 2005–2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements
Stefan Kowalewski, Veit Helm, Elizabeth Mary Morris, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1285–1305, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Combined influence of oceanic and atmospheric circulations on Greenland sea ice concentration
Sourav Chatterjee, Roshin P. Raj, Laurent Bertino, Sebastian H. Mernild, Meethale Puthukkottu Subeesh, Nuncio Murukesh, and Muthalagu Ravichandran
The Cryosphere, 15, 1307–1319, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1307-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1307-2021, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Seasonal changes in sea ice kinematics and deformation in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean in 2018/19
Ruibo Lei, Mario Hoppmann, Bin Cheng, Guangyu Zuo, Dawei Gui, Qiongqiong Cai, H. Jakob Belter, and Wangxiao Yang
The Cryosphere, 15, 1321–1341, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1321-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1321-2021, 2021
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18 Mar 2021
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Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin, Wolfgang Schöner, Daniele Cat Berro, Gabriele Chiogna, Ludovica De Gregorio, Sven Kotlarski, Bruno Majone, Gernot Resch, Silvia Terzago, Mauro Valt, Walter Beozzo, Paola Cianfarra, Isabelle Gouttevin, Giorgia Marcolini, Claudia Notarnicola, Marcello Petitta, Simon C. Scherrer, Ulrich Strasser, Michael Winkler, Marc Zebisch, Andrea Cicogna, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Debernardi, Mattia Faletto, Mauro Gaddo, Lorenzo Giovannini, Luca Mercalli, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Andrea Sušnik, Alberto Trenti, Stefano Urbani, and Viktor Weilguni
The Cryosphere, 15, 1343–1382, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021, 2021
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16 Mar 2021
Giant dust particles at Nevado Illimani: a proxy of summertime deep convection over the Bolivian Altiplano
Filipe G. L. Lindau, Jefferson C. Simões, Barbara Delmonte, Patrick Ginot, Giovanni Baccolo, Chiara I. Paleari, Elena Di Stefano, Elena Korotkikh, Douglas S. Introne, Valter Maggi, Eduardo Garzanti, and Sergio Andò
The Cryosphere, 15, 1383–1397, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1383-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1383-2021, 2021
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19 Mar 2021
Effects of multi-scale heterogeneity on the simulated evolution of ice-rich permafrost lowlands under a warming climate
Jan Nitzbon, Moritz Langer, Léo C. P. Martin, Sebastian Westermann, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, and Julia Boike
The Cryosphere, 15, 1399–1422, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1399-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1399-2021, 2021
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19 Mar 2021
Two-dimensional liquid water flow through snow at the plot scale in continental snowpacks: simulations and field data comparisons
Ryan W. Webb, Keith Jennings, Stefan Finsterle, and Steven R. Fassnacht
The Cryosphere, 15, 1423–1434, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1423-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1423-2021, 2021
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22 Mar 2021
Basal traction mainly dictated by hard-bed physics over grounded regions of Greenland
Nathan Maier, Florent Gimbert, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, and Adrien Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 1435–1451, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1435-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1435-2021, 2021
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23 Mar 2021
Book review on: A Field Guide to Snow
Robbie D. C. Mallett
The Cryosphere, 15, 1453–1454, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1453-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1453-2021, 2021
24 Mar 2021
Challenges in predicting Greenland supraglacial lake drainages at the regional scale
Kristin Poinar and Lauren C. Andrews
The Cryosphere, 15, 1455–1483, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1455-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1455-2021, 2021
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24 Mar 2021
Snow depth mapping with unpiloted aerial system lidar observations: a case study in Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Jennifer M. Jacobs, Adam G. Hunsaker, Franklin B. Sullivan, Michael Palace, Elizabeth A. Burakowski, Christina Herrick, and Eunsang Cho
The Cryosphere, 15, 1485–1500, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1485-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1485-2021, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
The tipping points and early warning indicators for Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica
Sebastian H. R. Rosier, Ronja Reese, Jonathan F. Donges, Jan De Rydt, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Ricarda Winkelmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 1501–1516, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1501-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1501-2021, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
Evidence for a grounding line fan at the onset of a basal channel under the ice shelf of Support Force Glacier, Antarctica, revealed by reflection seismics
Coen Hofstede, Sebastian Beyer, Hugh Corr, Olaf Eisen, Tore Hattermann, Veit Helm, Niklas Neckel, Emma C. Smith, Daniel Steinhage, Ole Zeising, and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 1517–1535, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1517-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1517-2021, 2021
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26 Mar 2021
Radiocarbon dating of alpine ice cores with the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fraction
Ling Fang, Theo M. Jenk, Thomas Singer, Shugui Hou, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 15, 1537–1550, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1537-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1537-2021, 2021
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26 Mar 2021
Improved machine-learning-based open-water–sea-ice–cloud discrimination over wintertime Antarctic sea ice using MODIS thermal-infrared imagery
Stephan Paul and Marcus Huntemann
The Cryosphere, 15, 1551–1565, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1551-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1551-2021, 2021
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29 Mar 2021
Using avalanche problems to examine the effect of large-scale atmosphere–ocean oscillations on avalanche hazard in western Canada
Pascal Haegeli, Bret Shandro, and Patrick Mair
The Cryosphere, 15, 1567–1586, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1567-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1567-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Winter drainage of surface lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery
Corinne L. Benedek and Ian C. Willis
The Cryosphere, 15, 1587–1606, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1587-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1587-2021, 2021
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31 Mar 2021
Methane pathways in winter ice of a thermokarst lake–lagoon–coastal water transect in north Siberia
Ines Spangenberg, Pier Paul Overduin, Ellen Damm, Ingeborg Bussmann, Hanno Meyer, Susanne Liebner, Michael Angelopoulos, Boris K. Biskaborn, Mikhail N. Grigoriev, and Guido Grosse
The Cryosphere, 15, 1607–1625, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1607-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1607-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Heterogeneous CO2 and CH4 content of glacial meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet and implications for subglacial carbon processes
Andrea J. Pain, Jonathan B. Martin, Ellen E. Martin, Åsa K. Rennermalm, and Shaily Rahman
The Cryosphere, 15, 1627–1644, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Understanding drivers of glacier-length variability over the last millennium
Alan Huston, Nicholas Siler, Gerard H. Roe, Erin Pettit, and Nathan J. Steiger
The Cryosphere, 15, 1645–1662, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Calving Front Machine (CALFIN): glacial termini dataset and automated deep learning extraction method for Greenland, 1972–2019
Daniel Cheng, Wayne Hayes, Eric Larour, Yara Mohajerani, Michael Wood, Isabella Velicogna, and Eric Rignot
The Cryosphere, 15, 1663–1675, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1663-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1663-2021, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Snow conditions in northern Europe: the dynamics of interannual variability versus projected long-term change
Jouni Räisänen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1677–1696, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1677-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1677-2021, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Modeling intensive ocean–cryosphere interactions in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica
Kazuya Kusahara, Daisuke Hirano, Masakazu Fujii, Alexander D. Fraser, and Takeshi Tamura
The Cryosphere, 15, 1697–1717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021, 2021
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08 Apr 2021
Aerogeophysical characterization of Titan Dome, East Antarctica, and potential as an ice core target
Lucas H. Beem, Duncan A. Young, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Jingxue Guo, and Sun Bo
The Cryosphere, 15, 1719–1730, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021, 2021
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09 Apr 2021
Inferring the basal sliding coefficient field for the Stokes ice sheet model under rheological uncertainty
Olalekan Babaniyi, Ruanui Nicholson, Umberto Villa, and Noémi Petra
The Cryosphere, 15, 1731–1750, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1731-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1731-2021, 2021
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12 Apr 2021
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Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?
Andreas Kääb, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, Silvan Leinss, Luc Girod, Christian Huggel, Daniel Falaschi, Felipe Ugalde, Dmitry Petrakov, Sergey Chernomorets, Mikhail Dokukin, Frank Paul, Simon Gascoin, Etienne Berthier, and Jeffrey S. Kargel
The Cryosphere, 15, 1751–1785, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
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Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities
Felix S. L. Ng
The Cryosphere, 15, 1787–1810, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Simulated Ka- and Ku-band radar altimeter height and freeboard estimation on snow-covered Arctic sea ice
Rasmus T. Tonboe, Vishnu Nandan, John Yackel, Stefan Kern, Leif Toudal Pedersen, and Julienne Stroeve
The Cryosphere, 15, 1811–1822, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1811-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1811-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Impact of updated radiative transfer scheme in snow and ice in RACMO2.3p3 on the surface mass and energy budget of the Greenland ice sheet
Christiaan T. van Dalum, Willem Jan van de Berg, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 1823–1844, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1823-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1823-2021, 2021
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14 Apr 2021
Spatially and temporally resolved ice loss in High Mountain Asia and the Gulf of Alaska observed by CryoSat-2 swath altimetry between 2010 and 2019
Livia Jakob, Noel Gourmelen, Martin Ewart, and Stephen Plummer
The Cryosphere, 15, 1845–1862, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1845-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1845-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Grounding zone subglacial properties from calibrated active-source seismic methods
Huw J. Horgan, Laurine van Haastrecht, Richard B. Alley, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Lucas H. Beem, Knut Christianson, Atsuhiro Muto, and Matthew R. Siegfried
The Cryosphere, 15, 1863–1880, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C
David A. Lilien, Daniel Steinhage, Drew Taylor, Frédéric Parrenin, Catherine Ritz, Robert Mulvaney, Carlos Martín, Jie-Bang Yan, Charles O'Neill, Massimo Frezzotti, Heinrich Miller, Prasad Gogineni, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1881–1888, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
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On the attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss to anthropogenic climate change
Gerard H. Roe, John Erich Christian, and Ben Marzeion
The Cryosphere, 15, 1889–1905, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021, 2021
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20 Apr 2021
Mapping potential signs of gas emissions in ice of Lake Neyto, Yamal, Russia, using synthetic aperture radar and multispectral remote sensing data
Georg Pointner, Annett Bartsch, Yury A. Dvornikov, and Alexei V. Kouraev
The Cryosphere, 15, 1907–1929, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Spectral attenuation coefficients from measurements of light transmission in bare ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Matthew G. Cooper, Laurence C. Smith, Asa K. Rennermalm, Marco Tedesco, Rohi Muthyala, Sasha Z. Leidman, Samiah E. Moustafa, and Jessica V. Fayne
The Cryosphere, 15, 1931–1953, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
A new automatic approach for extracting glacier centerlines based on Euclidean allocation
Dahong Zhang, Xiaojun Yao, Hongyu Duan, Shiyin Liu, Wanqin Guo, Meiping Sun, and Dazhi Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 1955–1973, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
The transferability of adjoint inversion products between different ice flow models
Jowan M. Barnes, Thiago Dias dos Santos, Daniel Goldberg, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Mathieu Morlighem, and Jan De Rydt
The Cryosphere, 15, 1975–2000, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions as seen by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Xiangrui Kong, Fabrizio Orlando, Luca Artiglia, Astrid Waldner, Thomas Huthwelker, and Markus Ammann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2001–2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Evolution of the firn pack of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon: meltwater effects, densification, and the development of a perennial firn aquifer
Naomi E. Ochwat, Shawn J. Marshall, Brian J. Moorman, Alison S. Criscitiello, and Luke Copland
The Cryosphere, 15, 2021–2040, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Top-of-permafrost ground ice indicated by remotely sensed late-season subsidence
Simon Zwieback and Franz J. Meyer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2041–2055, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Deciphering the evolution of the Bleis Marscha rock glacier (Val d'Err, eastern Switzerland) with cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating, aerial image correlation, and finite element modeling
Dominik Amschwand, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Marcel Frehner, Olivia Steinemann, Marcus Christl, and Christof Vockenhuber
The Cryosphere, 15, 2057–2081, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021, 2021
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27 Apr 2021
Early spring subglacial discharge plumes fuel under-ice primary production at a Svalbard tidewater glacier
Tobias Reiner Vonnahme, Emma Persson, Ulrike Dietrich, Eva Hejdukova, Christine Dybwad, Josef Elster, Melissa Chierici, and Rolf Gradinger
The Cryosphere, 15, 2083–2107, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New evidence further constraining Tibetan ice core chronologies to the Holocene
Shugui Hou, Wangbin Zhang, Ling Fang, Theo M. Jenk, Shuangye Wu, Hongxi Pang, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 15, 2109–2114, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Glacier Image Velocimetry: an open-source toolbox for easy and rapid calculation of high-resolution glacier velocity fields
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries and Andrew D. Wickert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2115–2132, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021, 2021
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02 May 2021
Soil infiltration characteristics and pore distribution under freezing–thawing conditions
Ruiqi Jiang, Tianxiao Li, Dong Liu, Qiang Fu, Renjie Hou, Qinglin Li, Song Cui, and Mo Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 2133–2146, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021, 2021
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05 May 2021
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Atmospheric extremes caused high oceanward sea surface slope triggering the biggest calving event in more than 50 years at the Amery Ice Shelf
Diana Francis, Kyle S. Mattingly, Stef Lhermitte, Marouane Temimi, and Petra Heil
The Cryosphere, 15, 2147–2165, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021, 2021
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04 May 2021
Linking sea ice deformation to ice thickness redistribution using high-resolution satellite and airborne observations
Luisa von Albedyll, Christian Haas, and Wolfgang Dierking
The Cryosphere, 15, 2167–2186, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021, 2021
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06 May 2021
Tree canopy and snow depth relationships at fine scales with terrestrial laser scanning
Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Zachary Uhlmann, Nancy F. Glenn, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Christopher J. Tennant, Jake D. Graham, Lucas Spaete, Arthur Gelvin, Hans-Peter Marshall, James P. McNamara, and Josh Enterkine
The Cryosphere, 15, 2187–2209, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021, 2021
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10 May 2021
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005
Andrew M. W. Newton and Donal J. Mullan
The Cryosphere, 15, 2211–2234, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021, 2021
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10 May 2021
The temperature change shortcut: effects of mid-experiment temperature changes on the deformation of polycrystalline ice
Lisa Craw, Adam Treverrow, Sheng Fan, Mark Peternell, Sue Cook, Felicity McCormack, and Jason Roberts
The Cryosphere, 15, 2235–2250, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2235-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2235-2021, 2021
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17 May 2021
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Comment on “Exceptionally high heat flux needed to sustain the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream” by Smith-Johnsen et al. (2020)
Paul D. Bons, Tamara de Riese, Steven Franke, Maria-Gema Llorens, Till Sachau, Nicolas Stoll, Ilka Weikusat, Julien Westhoff, and Yu Zhang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2251–2254, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2251-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2251-2021, 2021
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17 May 2021
Enhancement of snow albedo reduction and radiative forcing due to coated black carbon in snow
Wei Pu, Tenglong Shi, Jiecan Cui, Yang Chen, Yue Zhou, and Xin Wang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2255–2272, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
The surface energy balance in a cold and arid permafrost environment, Ladakh, Himalayas, India
John Mohd Wani, Renoj J. Thayyen, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, and Stephan Gruber
The Cryosphere, 15, 2273–2293, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2273-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
The diurnal Energy Balance Model (dEBM): a convenient surface mass balance solution for ice sheets in Earth system modeling
Uta Krebs-Kanzow, Paul Gierz, Christian B. Rodehacke, Shan Xu, Hu Yang, and Gerrit Lohmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2295–2313, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2295-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2295-2021, 2021
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18 May 2021
Hourly surface meltwater routing for a Greenlandic supraglacial catchment across hillslopes and through a dense topological channel network
Colin J. Gleason, Kang Yang, Dongmei Feng, Laurence C. Smith, Kai Liu, Lincoln H. Pitcher, Vena W. Chu, Matthew G. Cooper, Brandon T. Overstreet, Asa K. Rennermalm, and Jonathan C. Ryan
The Cryosphere, 15, 2315–2331, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2315-2021, 2021
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20 May 2021
Geographic variation and temporal trends in ice phenology in Norwegian lakes during the period 1890–2020
Jan Henning L'Abée-Lund, Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad, John Edward Brittain, Ånund Sigurd Kvambekk, and Tord Solvang
The Cryosphere, 15, 2333–2356, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2333-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2333-2021, 2021
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20 May 2021
Environmental drivers of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front retreat over the last two decades
Celia A. Baumhoer, Andreas J. Dietz, Christof Kneisel, Heiko Paeth, and Claudia Kuenzer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2357–2381, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021, 2021
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21 May 2021
Record summer rains in 2019 led to massive loss of surface and cave ice in SE Europe
Aurel Perşoiu, Nenad Buzjak, Alexandru Onaca, Christos Pennos, Yorgos Sotiriadis, Monica Ionita, Stavros Zachariadis, Michael Styllas, Jure Kosutnik, Alexandru Hegyi, and Valerija Butorac
The Cryosphere, 15, 2383–2399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2383-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2383-2021, 2021
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27 May 2021
Creep and fracture of warm columnar freshwater ice
Iman E. Gharamti, John P. Dempsey, Arttu Polojärvi, and Jukka Tuhkuri
The Cryosphere, 15, 2401–2413, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2401-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2401-2021, 2021
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26 May 2021
Behavior of saline ice under cyclic flexural loading
Andrii Murdza, Erland M. Schulson, and Carl E. Renshaw
The Cryosphere, 15, 2415–2428, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2415-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2415-2021, 2021
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04 Jun 2021
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Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas when accounting for dynamic snow cover
Robbie D. C. Mallett, Julienne C. Stroeve, Michel Tsamados, Jack C. Landy, Rosemary Willatt, Vishnu Nandan, and Glen E. Liston
The Cryosphere, 15, 2429–2450, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021, 2021
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31 May 2021
Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales
Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Hanna Lee, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Sebastian Westermann, Vladimir Romanovsky, Scott Lamoureux, Donald A. Walker, Sarah Chadburn, Erin Trochim, Lei Cai, Jan Nitzbon, Stephan Jacobi, and Moritz Langer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2451–2471, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021, 2021
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31 May 2021
Analyses of Peace River Shallow Water Ice Profiling Sonar data and their implications for the roles played by frazil ice and in situ anchor ice growth in a freezing river
John R. Marko and David R. Topham
The Cryosphere, 15, 2473–2489, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2473-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2473-2021, 2021
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01 Jun 2021
Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high-Arctic rock walls on Svalbard
Juditha Undine Schmidt, Bernd Etzelmüller, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Florence Magnin, Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, and Sebastian Westermann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2491–2509, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021, 2021
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02 Jun 2021
Estimation of degree of sea ice ridging in the Bay of Bothnia based on geolocated photon heights from ICESat-2
Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, Eero Rinne, Sinéad Louise Farrell, and Henriette Skourup
The Cryosphere, 15, 2511–2529, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2511-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2511-2021, 2021
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03 Jun 2021
A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier
Miguel González-Pleiter, Gissell Lacerot, Carlos Edo, Juan Pablo Lozoya, Francisco Leganés, Francisca Fernández-Piñas, Roberto Rosal, and Franco Teixeira-de-Mello
The Cryosphere, 15, 2531–2539, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021, 2021
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04 Jun 2021
A method for solving heat transfer with phase change in ice or soil that allows for large time steps while guaranteeing energy conservation
Niccolò Tubini, Stephan Gruber, and Riccardo Rigon
The Cryosphere, 15, 2541–2568, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2541-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2541-2021, 2021
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07 Jun 2021
Brief communication: An empirical relation between center frequency and measured thickness for radar sounding of temperate glaciers
Joseph A. MacGregor, Michael Studinger, Emily Arnold, Carlton J. Leuschen, Fernando Rodríguez-Morales, and John D. Paden
The Cryosphere, 15, 2569–2574, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2569-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2569-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Interannual variability in Transpolar Drift summer sea ice thickness and potential impact of Atlantification
H. Jakob Belter, Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Tatiana A. Alekseeva, Gerit Birnbaum, Sergei V. Frolov, Stefan Hendricks, Andreas Herber, Igor Polyakov, Ian Raphael, Robert Ricker, Sergei S. Serovetnikov, Melinda Webster, and Christian Haas
The Cryosphere, 15, 2575–2591, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Do 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 °C matter for the future evolution of Alpine glaciers?
Loris Compagno, Sarah Eggs, Matthias Huss, Harry Zekollari, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 2593–2599, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
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Mapping the aerodynamic roughness of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface using ICESat-2: evaluation over the K-transect
Maurice van Tiggelen, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Carleen H. Reijmer, Bert Wouters, Jakob F. Steiner, Emile J. Nieuwstraten, Walter W. Immerzeel, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 2601–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Surface melting over the Greenland ice sheet derived from enhanced resolution passive microwave brightness temperatures (1979–2019)
Paolo Colosio, Marco Tedesco, Roberto Ranzi, and Xavier Fettweis
The Cryosphere, 15, 2623–2646, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Mechanics and dynamics of pinning points on the Shirase Coast, West Antarctica
Holly Still and Christina Hulbe
The Cryosphere, 15, 2647–2665, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Retention time of lakes in the Larsemann Hills oasis, East Antarctica
Elena Shevnina, Ekaterina Kourzeneva, Yury Dvornikov, and Irina Fedorova
The Cryosphere, 15, 2667–2682, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Statistical emulation of a perturbed basal melt ensemble of an ice sheet model to better quantify Antarctic sea level rise uncertainties
Mira Berdahl, Gunter Leguy, William H. Lipscomb, and Nathan M. Urban
The Cryosphere, 15, 2683–2699, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Methane cycling within sea ice: results from drifting ice during late spring, north of Svalbard
Josefa Verdugo, Ellen Damm, and Anna Nikolopoulos
The Cryosphere, 15, 2701–2717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Sensitivity of subglacial drainage to water supply distribution at the Kongsfjord basin, Svalbard
Chloé Scholzen, Thomas V. Schuler, and Adrien Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2719–2738, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
Impact of water vapor diffusion and latent heat on the effective thermal conductivity of snow
Kévin Fourteau, Florent Domine, and Pascal Hagenmuller
The Cryosphere, 15, 2739–2755, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2739-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2739-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3 – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity study
Linlu Mei, Vladimir Rozanov, Christine Pohl, Marco Vountas, and John P. Burrows
The Cryosphere, 15, 2757–2780, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2757-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2757-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3 – Part 2: Results and validation
Linlu Mei, Vladimir Rozanov, Evelyn Jäkel, Xiao Cheng, Marco Vountas, and John P. Burrows
The Cryosphere, 15, 2781–2802, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2781-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2781-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
An improved sea ice detection algorithm using MODIS: application as a new European sea ice extent indicator
Joan Antoni Parera-Portell, Raquel Ubach, and Charles Gignac
The Cryosphere, 15, 2803–2818, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021, 2021
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22 Jun 2021
Implications of surface flooding on airborne estimates of snow depth on sea ice
Anja Rösel, Sinead Louise Farrell, Vishnu Nandan, Jaqueline Richter-Menge, Gunnar Spreen, Dmitry V. Divine, Adam Steer, Jean-Charles Gallet, and Sebastian Gerland
The Cryosphere, 15, 2819–2833, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2819-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2819-2021, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
Estimating subpixel turbulent heat flux over leads from MODIS thermal infrared imagery with deep learning
Zhixiang Yin, Xiaodong Li, Yong Ge, Cheng Shang, Xinyan Li, Yun Du, and Feng Ling
The Cryosphere, 15, 2835–2856, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2835-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2835-2021, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
A Bayesian approach towards daily pan-Arctic sea ice freeboard estimates from combined CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3 satellite observations
William Gregory, Isobel R. Lawrence, and Michel Tsamados
The Cryosphere, 15, 2857–2871, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
Non-normal flow rules affect fracture angles in sea ice viscous–plastic rheologies
Damien Ringeisen, L. Bruno Tremblay, and Martin Losch
The Cryosphere, 15, 2873–2888, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2873-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2873-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Formation of ribbed bedforms below shear margins and lobes of palaeo-ice streams
Jean Vérité, Édouard Ravier, Olivier Bourgeois, Stéphane Pochat, Thomas Lelandais, Régis Mourgues, Christopher D. Clark, Paul Bessin, David Peigné, and Nigel Atkinson
The Cryosphere, 15, 2889–2916, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2889-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2889-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Sensitivity of the Greenland surface mass and energy balance to uncertainties in key model parameters
Tobias Zolles and Andreas Born
The Cryosphere, 15, 2917–2938, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2917-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2917-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Sea ice thickness from air-coupled flexural waves
Rowan Romeyn, Alfred Hanssen, Bent Ole Ruud, and Tor Arne Johansen
The Cryosphere, 15, 2939–2955, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2939-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2939-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
The flexural strength of bonded ice
Andrii Murdza, Arttu Polojärvi, Erland M. Schulson, and Carl E. Renshaw
The Cryosphere, 15, 2957–2967, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2957-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2957-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Impact of dynamic snow density on GlobSnow snow water equivalent retrieval accuracy
Pinja Venäläinen, Kari Luojus, Juha Lemmetyinen, Jouni Pulliainen, Mikko Moisander, and Matias Takala
The Cryosphere, 15, 2969–2981, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2969-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2969-2021, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Contrasting regional variability of buried meltwater extent over 2 years across the Greenland Ice Sheet
Devon Dunmire, Alison F. Banwell, Nander Wever, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, and Rajashree Tri Datta
The Cryosphere, 15, 2983–3005, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2983-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2983-2021, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Growth and decay of an ice stupa in alpine conditions – a simple model driven by energy-flux observations over a glacier surface
Johannes Oerlemans, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Conradin Clavuot, and Felix Keller
The Cryosphere, 15, 3007–3012, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3007-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3007-2021, 2021
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30 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Reduction in the future Greenland ice sheet surface melt with the help of solar geoengineering
Xavier Fettweis, Stefan Hofer, Roland Séférian, Charles Amory, Alison Delhasse, Sébastien Doutreloup, Christoph Kittel, Charlotte Lang, Joris Van Bever, Florent Veillon, and Peter Irvine
The Cryosphere, 15, 3013–3019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021, 2021
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01 Jul 2021
Three in one: GPS-IR measurements of ground surface elevation changes, soil moisture, and snow depth at a permafrost site in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Jiahua Zhang, Lin Liu, Lei Su, and Tao Che
The Cryosphere, 15, 3021–3033, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3021-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3021-2021, 2021
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02 Jul 2021
Deriving Arctic 2 m air temperatures over snow and ice from satellite surface temperature measurements
Pia Nielsen-Englyst, Jacob L. Høyer, Kristine S. Madsen, Rasmus T. Tonboe, Gorm Dybkjær, and Sotirios Skarpalezos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3035–3057, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3035-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3035-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
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Thaw-driven mass wasting couples slopes with downstream systems, and effects propagate through Arctic drainage networks
Steven V. Kokelj, Justin Kokoszka, Jurjen van der Sluijs, Ashley C. A. Rudy, Jon Tunnicliffe, Sarah Shakil, Suzanne E. Tank, and Scott Zolkos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3059–3081, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3059-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3059-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Assessment of ICESat-2 ice surface elevations over the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE) route, East Antarctica, based on coordinated multi-sensor observations
Rongxing Li, Hongwei Li, Tong Hao, Gang Qiao, Haotian Cui, Youquan He, Gang Hai, Huan Xie, Yuan Cheng, and Bofeng Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 3083–3099, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3083-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3083-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Estimating instantaneous sea-ice dynamics from space using the bi-static radar measurements of Earth Explorer 10 candidate Harmony
Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Anton Korosov, Thomas Newman, Andreas Theodosiou, Alexander S. Komarov, Yuanhao Li, Gert Mulder, Pierre Rampal, Julienne Stroeve, and Paco Lopez-Dekker
The Cryosphere, 15, 3101–3118, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Indication of high basal melting at the EastGRIP drill site on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
Ole Zeising and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 3119–3128, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021, 2021
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07 Jul 2021
Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase
Malcolm McMillan, Alan Muir, and Craig Donlon
The Cryosphere, 15, 3129–3134, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021, 2021
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08 Jul 2021
Twentieth century global glacier mass change: an ensemble-based model reconstruction
Jan-Hendrik Malles and Ben Marzeion
The Cryosphere, 15, 3135–3157, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3135-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3135-2021, 2021
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09 Jul 2021
The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment
Guoxiong Zheng, Martin Mergili, Adam Emmer, Simon Allen, Anming Bao, Hao Guo, and Markus Stoffel
The Cryosphere, 15, 3159–3180, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3159-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3159-2021, 2021
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09 Jul 2021
Firn changes at Colle Gnifetti revealed with a high-resolution process-based physical model approach
Enrico Mattea, Horst Machguth, Marlene Kronenberg, Ward van Pelt, Manuela Bassi, and Martin Hoelzle
The Cryosphere, 15, 3181–3205, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3181-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3181-2021, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Presentation and evaluation of the Arctic sea ice forecasting system neXtSIM-F
Timothy Williams, Anton Korosov, Pierre Rampal, and Einar Ólason
The Cryosphere, 15, 3207–3227, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3207-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3207-2021, 2021
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14 Jul 2021
Marine ice sheet experiments with the Community Ice Sheet Model
Gunter R. Leguy, William H. Lipscomb, and Xylar S. Asay-Davis
The Cryosphere, 15, 3229–3253, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3229-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3229-2021, 2021
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15 Jul 2021
Gulf of Alaska ice-marginal lake area change over the Landsat record and potential physical controls
Hannah R. Field, William H. Armstrong, and Matthias Huss
The Cryosphere, 15, 3255–3278, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3255-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3255-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
Geophysical constraints on the properties of a subglacial lake in northwest Greenland
Ross Maguire, Nicholas Schmerr, Erin Pettit, Kiya Riverman, Christyna Gardner, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Brad Avenson, Natalie Wagner, Angela G. Marusiak, Namrah Habib, Juliette I. Broadbeck, Veronica J. Bray, and Samuel H. Bailey
The Cryosphere, 15, 3279–3291, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3279-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3279-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability
Jürg Schweizer, Christoph Mitterer, Benjamin Reuter, and Frank Techel
The Cryosphere, 15, 3293–3315, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021, 2021
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19 Jul 2021
Brief communication: Thwaites Glacier cavity evolution
Suzanne L. Bevan, Adrian J. Luckman, Douglas I. Benn, Susheel Adusumilli, and Anna Crawford
The Cryosphere, 15, 3317–3328, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021, 2021
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20 Jul 2021
Holocene thinning of Darwin and Hatherton glaciers, Antarctica, and implications for grounding-line retreat in the Ross Sea
Trevor R. Hillebrand, John O. Stone, Michelle Koutnik, Courtney King, Howard Conway, Brenda Hall, Keir Nichols, Brent Goehring, and Mette K. Gillespie
The Cryosphere, 15, 3329–3354, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3329-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3329-2021, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Surges of Harald Moltke Bræ, north-western Greenland: seasonal modulation and initiation at the terminus
Lukas Müller, Martin Horwath, Mirko Scheinert, Christoph Mayer, Benjamin Ebermann, Dana Floricioiu, Lukas Krieger, Ralf Rosenau, and Saurabh Vijay
The Cryosphere, 15, 3355–3375, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Modelling steady states and the transient response of debris-covered glaciers
James C. Ferguson and Andreas Vieli
The Cryosphere, 15, 3377–3399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3377-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3377-2021, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Spaceborne infrared imagery for early detection of Weddell Polynya opening
Céline Heuzé, Lu Zhou, Martin Mohrmann, and Adriano Lemos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3401–3421, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3401-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3401-2021, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Lateral thermokarst patterns in permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway
Léo C. P. Martin, Jan Nitzbon, Johanna Scheer, Kjetil S. Aas, Trond Eiken, Moritz Langer, Simon Filhol, Bernd Etzelmüller, and Sebastian Westermann
The Cryosphere, 15, 3423–3442, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3423-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3423-2021, 2021
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23 Jul 2021
Downhole distributed acoustic seismic profiling at Skytrain Ice Rise, West Antarctica
Alex M. Brisbourne, Michael Kendall, Sofia-Katerina Kufner, Thomas S. Hudson, and Andrew M. Smith
The Cryosphere, 15, 3443–3458, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021, 2021
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26 Jul 2021
Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica
Madison L. Ghiz, Ryan C. Scott, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Matthew Lazzara, and Dan Lubin
The Cryosphere, 15, 3459–3494, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021, 2021
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27 Jul 2021
Reconstruction of annual accumulation rate on firn, synchronising H2O2 concentration data with an estimated temperature record
Jandyr M. Travassos, Saulo S. Martins, Mariusz Potocki, and Jefferson C. Simões
The Cryosphere, 15, 3495–3505, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3495-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3495-2021, 2021
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28 Jul 2021
Acoustic velocity measurements for detecting the crystal orientation fabrics of a temperate ice core
Sebastian Hellmann, Melchior Grab, Johanna Kerch, Henning Löwe, Andreas Bauder, Ilka Weikusat, and Hansruedi Maurer
The Cryosphere, 15, 3507–3521, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021, 2021
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29 Jul 2021
Two-dimensional impurity imaging in deep Antarctic ice cores: snapshots of three climatic periods and implications for high-resolution signal interpretation
Pascal Bohleber, Marco Roman, Martin Šala, Barbara Delmonte, Barbara Stenni, and Carlo Barbante
The Cryosphere, 15, 3523–3538, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3523-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3523-2021, 2021
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30 Jul 2021
Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: insights from high-resolution, high-speed photography
Bastian Bergfeld, Alec van Herwijnen, Benjamin Reuter, Grégoire Bobillier, Jürg Dual, and Jürg Schweizer
The Cryosphere, 15, 3539–3553, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3539-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3539-2021, 2021
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03 Aug 2021
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Recent degradation of interior Alaska permafrost mapped with ground surveys, geophysics, deep drilling, and repeat airborne lidar
Thomas A. Douglas, Christopher A. Hiemstra, John E. Anderson, Robyn A. Barbato, Kevin L. Bjella, Elias J. Deeb, Arthur B. Gelvin, Patricia E. Nelsen, Stephen D. Newman, Stephanie P. Saari, and Anna M. Wagner
The Cryosphere, 15, 3555–3575, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3555-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3555-2021, 2021
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03 Aug 2021
Thermal legacy of a large paleolake in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica, as evidenced by an airborne electromagnetic survey
Krista F. Myers, Peter T. Doran, Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Neil T. Foley, Thue S. Bording, Esben Auken, Hilary A. Dugan, Jill A. Mikucki, Nikolaj Foged, Denys Grombacher, and Ross A. Virginia
The Cryosphere, 15, 3577–3593, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3577-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3577-2021, 2021
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03 Aug 2021
Sensitivity of the surface energy budget to drifting snow as simulated by MAR in coastal Adelie Land, Antarctica
Louis Le Toumelin, Charles Amory, Vincent Favier, Christoph Kittel, Stefan Hofer, Xavier Fettweis, Hubert Gallée, and Vinay Kayetha
The Cryosphere, 15, 3595–3614, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3595-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3595-2021, 2021
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06 Aug 2021
Significant additional Antarctic warming in atmospheric bias-corrected ARPEGE projections with respect to control run
Julien Beaumet, Michel Déqué, Gerhard Krinner, Cécile Agosta, Antoinette Alias, and Vincent Favier
The Cryosphere, 15, 3615–3635, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3615-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3615-2021, 2021
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06 Aug 2021
The 21st-century fate of the Mocho-Choshuenco ice cap in southern Chile
Matthias Scheiter, Marius Schaefer, Eduardo Flández, Deniz Bozkurt, and Ralf Greve
The Cryosphere, 15, 3637–3654, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3637-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3637-2021, 2021
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06 Aug 2021
Upstream flow effects revealed in the EastGRIP ice core using Monte Carlo inversion of a two-dimensional ice-flow model
Tamara Annina Gerber, Christine Schøtt Hvidberg, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Steven Franke, Giulia Sinnl, Aslak Grinsted, Daniela Jansen, and Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
The Cryosphere, 15, 3655–3679, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3655-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3655-2021, 2021
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06 Aug 2021
Towards a swath-to-swath sea-ice drift product for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer mission
Thomas Lavergne, Montserrat Piñol Solé, Emily Down, and Craig Donlon
The Cryosphere, 15, 3681–3698, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3681-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3681-2021, 2021
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06 Aug 2021
Analyzing glacier retreat and mass balances using aerial and UAV photogrammetry in the Ötztal Alps, Austria
Joschka Geissler, Christoph Mayer, Juilson Jubanski, Ulrich Münzer, and Florian Siegert
The Cryosphere, 15, 3699–3717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3699-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3699-2021, 2021
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11 Aug 2021
A portable lightweight in situ analysis (LISA) box for ice and snow analysis
Helle Astrid Kjær, Lisa Lolk Hauge, Marius Simonsen, Zurine Yoldi, Iben Koldtoft, Maria Hörhold, Johannes Freitag, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Anders Svensson, and Paul Vallelonga
The Cryosphere, 15, 3719–3730, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3719-2021, 2021
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12 Aug 2021
Development of a subglacial lake monitored with radio-echo sounding: case study from the eastern Skaftá cauldron in the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Eyjólfur Magnússon, Finnur Pálsson, Magnús T. Gudmundsson, Thórdís Högnadóttir, Cristian Rossi, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Erik Sturkell, and Tómas Jóhannesson
The Cryosphere, 15, 3731–3749, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3731-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3731-2021, 2021
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17 Aug 2021
What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates
Ruth Mottram, Nicolaj Hansen, Christoph Kittel, J. Melchior van Wessem, Cécile Agosta, Charles Amory, Fredrik Boberg, Willem Jan van de Berg, Xavier Fettweis, Alexandra Gossart, Nicole P. M. van Lipzig, Erik van Meijgaard, Andrew Orr, Tony Phillips, Stuart Webster, Sebastian B. Simonsen, and Niels Souverijns
The Cryosphere, 15, 3751–3784, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3751-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3751-2021, 2021
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17 Aug 2021
Edge displacement scores
Arne Melsom
The Cryosphere, 15, 3785–3796, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3785-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3785-2021, 2021
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17 Aug 2021
Multiscale variations in Arctic sea ice motion and links to atmospheric and oceanic conditions
Dongyang Fu, Bei Liu, Yali Qi, Guo Yu, Haoen Huang, and Lilian Qu
The Cryosphere, 15, 3797–3811, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3797-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3797-2021, 2021
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18 Aug 2021
Synoptic control on snow avalanche activity in central Spitsbergen
Holt Hancock, Jordy Hendrikx, Markus Eckerstorfer, and Siiri Wickström
The Cryosphere, 15, 3813–3837, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3813-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3813-2021, 2021
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18 Aug 2021
Investigating the internal structure of the Antarctic ice sheet: the utility of isochrones for spatiotemporal ice-sheet model calibration
Johannes Sutter, Hubertus Fischer, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 3839–3860, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3839-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3839-2021, 2021
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19 Aug 2021
Tracking changes in the area, thickness, and volume of the Thwaites tabular iceberg “B30” using satellite altimetry and imagery
Anne Braakmann-Folgmann, Andrew Shepherd, and Andy Ridout
The Cryosphere, 15, 3861–3876, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3861-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3861-2021, 2021
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20 Aug 2021
The distribution and evolution of supraglacial lakes on 79° N Glacier (north-eastern Greenland) and interannual climatic controls
Jenny V. Turton, Philipp Hochreuther, Nathalie Reimann, and Manuel T. Blau
The Cryosphere, 15, 3877–3896, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3877-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3877-2021, 2021
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20 Aug 2021
MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years
Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Helge F. Goessling, Stefan Hendricks, Bennet Juhls, Gunnar Spreen, Sascha Willmes, H. Jakob Belter, Klaus Dethloff, Christian Haas, Lars Kaleschke, Christian Katlein, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, Robert Ricker, Philip Rostosky, Janna Rückert, Suman Singha, and Julia Sokolova
The Cryosphere, 15, 3897–3920, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3897-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3897-2021, 2021
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20 Aug 2021
Experimental and model-based investigation of the links between snow bidirectional reflectance and snow microstructure
Marie Dumont, Frederic Flin, Aleksey Malinka, Olivier Brissaud, Pascal Hagenmuller, Philippe Lapalus, Bernard Lesaffre, Anne Dufour, Neige Calonne, Sabine Rolland du Roscoat, and Edward Ando
The Cryosphere, 15, 3921–3948, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3921-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3921-2021, 2021
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20 Aug 2021
Evaluating a prediction system for snow management
Pirmin Philipp Ebner, Franziska Koch, Valentina Premier, Carlo Marin, Florian Hanzer, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Hugues François, Daniel Günther, Fabiano Monti, Olivier Hargoaa, Ulrich Strasser, Samuel Morin, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere, 15, 3949–3973, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3949-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3949-2021, 2021
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23 Aug 2021
Ground-penetrating radar imaging reveals glacier's drainage network in 3D
Gregory Church, Andreas Bauder, Melchior Grab, and Hansruedi Maurer
The Cryosphere, 15, 3975–3988, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3975-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3975-2021, 2021
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23 Aug 2021
Calibration of sea ice drift forecasts using random forest algorithms
Cyril Palerme and Malte Müller
The Cryosphere, 15, 3989–4004, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3989-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3989-2021, 2021
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23 Aug 2021
New insights into the drainage of inundated ice-wedge polygons using fundamental hydrologic principles
Dylan R. Harp, Vitaly Zlotnik, Charles J. Abolt, Bob Busey, Sofia T. Avendaño, Brent D. Newman, Adam L. Atchley, Elchin Jafarov, Cathy J. Wilson, and Katrina E. Bennett
The Cryosphere, 15, 4005–4029, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4005-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4005-2021, 2021
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24 Aug 2021
Ice roughness estimation via remotely piloted aircraft and photogrammetry
James Ehrman, Shawn Clark, and Alexander Wall
The Cryosphere, 15, 4031–4046, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4031-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4031-2021, 2021
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24 Aug 2021
An X-ray micro-tomographic study of the pore space, permeability and percolation threshold of young sea ice
Sönke Maus, Martin Schneebeli, and Andreas Wiegmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 4047–4072, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4047-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4047-2021, 2021
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24 Aug 2021
The Holocene dynamics of Ryder Glacier and ice tongue in north Greenland
Matt O'Regan, Thomas M. Cronin, Brendan Reilly, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Laura Gemery, Anna Golub, Larry A. Mayer, Mathieu Morlighem, Matthias Moros, Ole L. Munk, Johan Nilsson, Christof Pearce, Henrieka Detlef, Christian Stranne, Flor Vermassen, Gabriel West, and Martin Jakobsson
The Cryosphere, 15, 4073–4097, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4073-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4073-2021, 2021
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26 Aug 2021
Satellite altimetry detection of ice-shelf-influenced fast ice
Gemma M. Brett, Daniel Price, Wolfgang Rack, and Patricia J. Langhorne
The Cryosphere, 15, 4099–4115, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4099-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4099-2021, 2021
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27 Aug 2021
Rapid and accurate polarimetric radar measurements of ice crystal fabric orientation at the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core site
Tun Jan Young, Carlos Martín, Poul Christoffersen, Dustin M. Schroeder, Slawek M. Tulaczyk, and Eliza J. Dawson
The Cryosphere, 15, 4117–4133, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4117-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4117-2021, 2021
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30 Aug 2021
Significant mass loss in the accumulation area of the Adamello glacier indicated by the chronology of a 46 m ice core
Daniela Festi, Margit Schwikowski, Valter Maggi, Klaus Oeggl, and Theo Manuel Jenk
The Cryosphere, 15, 4135–4143, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021, 2021
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30 Aug 2021
Controls of outbursts of moraine-dammed lakes in the greater Himalayan region
Melanie Fischer, Oliver Korup, Georg Veh, and Ariane Walz
The Cryosphere, 15, 4145–4163, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4145-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4145-2021, 2021
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31 Aug 2021
Recent observations of superimposed ice and snow ice on sea ice in the northwestern Weddell Sea
Stefanie Arndt, Christian Haas, Hanno Meyer, Ilka Peeken, and Thomas Krumpen
The Cryosphere, 15, 4165–4178, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4165-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4165-2021, 2021
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01 Sep 2021
The Antarctic Coastal Current in the Bellingshausen Sea
Ryan Schubert, Andrew F. Thompson, Kevin Speer, Lena Schulze Chretien, and Yana Bebieva
The Cryosphere, 15, 4179–4199, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4179-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4179-2021, 2021
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02 Sep 2021
Brief communication: Evaluation of multiple density-dependent empirical snow conductivity relationships in East Antarctica
Minghu Ding, Tong Zhang, Diyi Yang, Ian Allison, Tingfeng Dou, and Cunde Xiao
The Cryosphere, 15, 4201–4206, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4201-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4201-2021, 2021
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03 Sep 2021
Impacts of the photo-driven post-depositional processing on snow nitrate and its isotopes at Summit, Greenland: a model-based study
Zhuang Jiang, Becky Alexander, Joel Savarino, Joseph Erbland, and Lei Geng
The Cryosphere, 15, 4207–4220, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4207-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4207-2021, 2021
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06 Sep 2021
Measuring the state and temporal evolution of glaciers in Alaska and Yukon using synthetic-aperture-radar-derived (SAR-derived) 3D time series of glacier surface flow
Sergey Samsonov, Kristy Tiampo, and Ryan Cassotto
The Cryosphere, 15, 4221–4239, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021, 2021
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07 Sep 2021
Snow model comparison to simulate snow depth evolution and sublimation at point scale in the semi-arid Andes of Chile
Annelies Voordendag, Marion Réveillet, Shelley MacDonell, and Stef Lhermitte
The Cryosphere, 15, 4241–4259, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4241-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4241-2021, 2021
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07 Sep 2021
Evaluation of snow extent time series derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer global area coverage data (1982–2018) in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Xiaodan Wu, Kathrin Naegeli, Valentina Premier, Carlo Marin, Dujuan Ma, Jingping Wang, and Stefan Wunderle
The Cryosphere, 15, 4261–4279, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4261-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4261-2021, 2021
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07 Sep 2021
Southern Ocean polynyas in CMIP6 models
Martin Mohrmann, Céline Heuzé, and Sebastiaan Swart
The Cryosphere, 15, 4281–4313, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4281-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4281-2021, 2021
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08 Sep 2021
Downscaled surface mass balance in Antarctica: impacts of subsurface processes and large-scale atmospheric circulation
Nicolaj Hansen, Peter L. Langen, Fredrik Boberg, Rene Forsberg, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Peter Thejll, Baptiste Vandecrux, and Ruth Mottram
The Cryosphere, 15, 4315–4333, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4315-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4315-2021, 2021
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08 Sep 2021
Elevation-dependent trends in extreme snowfall in the French Alps from 1959 to 2019
Erwan Le Roux, Guillaume Evin, Nicolas Eckert, Juliette Blanchet, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere, 15, 4335–4356, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4335-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4335-2021, 2021
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10 Sep 2021
Holocene sea-ice dynamics in Petermann Fjord in relation to ice tongue stability and Nares Strait ice arch formation
Henrieka Detlef, Brendan Reilly, Anne Jennings, Mads Mørk Jensen, Matt O'Regan, Marianne Glasius, Jesper Olsen, Martin Jakobsson, and Christof Pearce
The Cryosphere, 15, 4357–4380, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4357-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4357-2021, 2021
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10 Sep 2021
Orientation selective grain sublimation–deposition in snow under temperature gradient metamorphism observed with diffraction contrast tomography
Rémi Granger, Frédéric Flin, Wolfgang Ludwig, Ismail Hammad, and Christian Geindreau
The Cryosphere, 15, 4381–4398, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4381-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4381-2021, 2021
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13 Sep 2021
Penetration of interferometric radar signals in Antarctic snow
Helmut Rott, Stefan Scheiblauer, Jan Wuite, Lukas Krieger, Dana Floricioiu, Paola Rizzoli, Ludivine Libert, and Thomas Nagler
The Cryosphere, 15, 4399–4419, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4399-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4399-2021, 2021
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13 Sep 2021
High-resolution topography of the Antarctic Peninsula combining the TanDEM-X DEM and Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) mosaic
Yuting Dong, Ji Zhao, Dana Floricioiu, Lukas Krieger, Thomas Fritz, and Michael Eineder
The Cryosphere, 15, 4421–4443, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4421-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4421-2021, 2021
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14 Sep 2021
Estimating surface mass balance patterns from unoccupied aerial vehicle measurements in the ablation area of the Morteratsch–Pers glacier complex (Switzerland)
Lander Van Tricht, Philippe Huybrechts, Jonas Van Breedam, Alexander Vanhulle, Kristof Van Oost, and Harry Zekollari
The Cryosphere, 15, 4445–4464, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4445-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4445-2021, 2021
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24 Sep 2021
Mapping seasonal glacier melt across the Hindu Kush Himalaya with time series synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
Corey Scher, Nicholas C. Steiner, and Kyle C. McDonald
The Cryosphere, 15, 4465–4482, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4465-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4465-2021, 2021
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24 Sep 2021
Development of a diffuse reflectance probe for in situ measurement of inherent optical properties in sea ice
Christophe Perron, Christian Katlein, Simon Lambert-Girard, Edouard Leymarie, Louis-Philippe Guinard, Pierre Marquet, and Marcel Babin
The Cryosphere, 15, 4483–4500, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4483-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4483-2021, 2021
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24 Sep 2021
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Giant ice rings in southern Baikal: multi-satellite data help to study ice cover dynamics and eddies under ice
Alexei V. Kouraev, Elena A. Zakharova, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Mikhail N. Shimaraev, Lev V. Desinov, Evgeny A. Petrov, Nicholas M. J. Hall, Frédérique Rémy, and Andrey Ya. Suknev
The Cryosphere, 15, 4501–4516, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4501-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4501-2021, 2021
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27 Sep 2021
Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer
Don Perovich, Madison Smith, Bonnie Light, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere, 15, 4517–4525, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021, 2021
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28 Sep 2021
A lead-width distribution for Antarctic sea ice: a case study for the Weddell Sea with high-resolution Sentinel-2 images
Marek Muchow, Amelie U. Schmitt, and Lars Kaleschke
The Cryosphere, 15, 4527–4537, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4527-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4527-2021, 2021
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28 Sep 2021
Modeling the Greenland englacial stratigraphy
Andreas Born and Alexander Robinson
The Cryosphere, 15, 4539–4556, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4539-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4539-2021, 2021
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29 Sep 2021
Surface composition of debris-covered glaciers across the Himalaya using linear spectral unmixing of Landsat 8 OLI imagery
Adina E. Racoviteanu, Lindsey Nicholson, and Neil F. Glasser
The Cryosphere, 15, 4557–4588, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4557-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4557-2021, 2021
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29 Sep 2021
The role of grain size evolution in the rheology of ice: implications for reconciling laboratory creep data and the Glen flow law
Mark D. Behn, David L. Goldsby, and Greg Hirth
The Cryosphere, 15, 4589–4605, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4589-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4589-2021, 2021
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29 Sep 2021
A seasonal algorithm of the snow-covered area fraction for mountainous terrain
Nora Helbig, Michael Schirmer, Jan Magnusson, Flavia Mäder, Alec van Herwijnen, Louis Quéno, Yves Bühler, Jeff S. Deems, and Simon Gascoin
The Cryosphere, 15, 4607–4624, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4607-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4607-2021, 2021
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30 Sep 2021
Local-scale variability of seasonal mean and extreme values of in situ snow depth and snowfall measurements
Moritz Buchmann, Michael Begert, Stefan Brönnimann, and Christoph Marty
The Cryosphere, 15, 4625–4636, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4625-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4625-2021, 2021
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04 Oct 2021
High-resolution inventory to capture glacier disintegration in the Austrian Silvretta
Andrea Fischer, Gabriele Schwaizer, Bernd Seiser, Kay Helfricht, and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber
The Cryosphere, 15, 4637–4654, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4637-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4637-2021, 2021
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05 Oct 2021
Did Holocene climate changes drive West Antarctic grounding line retreat and readvance?
Sarah U. Neuhaus, Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Nathan D. Stansell, Jason J. Coenen, Reed P. Scherer, Jill A. Mikucki, and Ross D. Powell
The Cryosphere, 15, 4655–4673, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4655-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4655-2021, 2021
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06 Oct 2021
Quantifying the potential future contribution to global mean sea level from the Filchner–Ronne basin, Antarctica
Emily A. Hill, Sebastian H. R. Rosier, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Matthew Collins
The Cryosphere, 15, 4675–4702, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4675-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4675-2021, 2021
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07 Oct 2021
Lasting impact of winds on Arctic sea ice through the ocean's memory
Qiang Wang, Sergey Danilov, Longjiang Mu, Dmitry Sidorenko, and Claudia Wekerle
The Cryosphere, 15, 4703–4725, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4703-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4703-2021, 2021
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07 Oct 2021
Semi-automated tracking of iceberg B43 using Sentinel-1 SAR images via Google Earth Engine
YoungHyun Koo, Hongjie Xie, Stephen F. Ackley, Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, Grant J. Macdonald, and Chang-Uk Hyun
The Cryosphere, 15, 4727–4744, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4727-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4727-2021, 2021
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11 Oct 2021
Continuous monitoring of surface water vapour isotopic compositions at Neumayer Station III, East Antarctica
Saeid Bagheri Dastgerdi, Melanie Behrens, Jean-Louis Bonne, Maria Hörhold, Gerrit Lohmann, Elisabeth Schlosser, and Martin Werner
The Cryosphere, 15, 4745–4767, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4745-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4745-2021, 2021
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11 Oct 2021
Assessment of neutrons from secondary cosmic rays at mountain altitudes – Geant4 simulations of environmental parameters including soil moisture and snow cover
Thomas Brall, Vladimir Mares, Rolf Bütikofer, and Werner Rühm
The Cryosphere, 15, 4769–4780, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4769-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4769-2021, 2021
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12 Oct 2021
Recent changes in pan-Arctic sea ice, lake ice, and snow-on/off timing
Alicia A. Dauginis and Laura C. Brown
The Cryosphere, 15, 4781–4805, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4781-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4781-2021, 2021
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12 Oct 2021
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Deep ice as a geochemical reactor: insights from iron speciation and mineralogy of dust in the Talos Dome ice core (East Antarctica)
Giovanni Baccolo, Barbara Delmonte, Elena Di Stefano, Giannantonio Cibin, Ilaria Crotti, Massimo Frezzotti, Dariush Hampai, Yoshinori Iizuka, Augusto Marcelli, and Valter Maggi
The Cryosphere, 15, 4807–4822, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4807-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4807-2021, 2021
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13 Oct 2021
InSAR-based characterization of rock glacier movement in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA
George Brencher, Alexander L. Handwerger, and Jeffrey S. Munroe
The Cryosphere, 15, 4823–4844, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4823-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4823-2021, 2021
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14 Oct 2021
Brief communication: Weak control of snow avalanche deposit volumes by avalanche path morphology
Hippolyte Kern, Nicolas Eckert, Vincent Jomelli, Delphine Grancher, Michael Deschatres, and Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta
The Cryosphere, 15, 4845–4852, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4845-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4845-2021, 2021
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15 Oct 2021
Impact of lateral groundwater flow on hydrothermal conditions of the active layer in a high-Arctic hillslope setting
Alexandra Hamm and Andrew Frampton
The Cryosphere, 15, 4853–4871, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4853-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4853-2021, 2021
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19 Oct 2021
Local-scale deposition of surface snow on the Greenland ice sheet
Alexandra M. Zuhr, Thomas Münch, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, Maria Hörhold, and Thomas Laepple
The Cryosphere, 15, 4873–4900, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4873-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4873-2021, 2021
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21 Oct 2021
Brief communication: Detection of glacier surge activity using cloud computing of Sentinel-1 radar data
Paul Willem Leclercq, Andreas Kääb, and Bas Altena
The Cryosphere, 15, 4901–4907, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4901-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4901-2021, 2021
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21 Oct 2021
Impacts of snow data and processing methods on the interpretation of long-term changes in Baffin Bay early spring sea ice thickness
Isolde A. Glissenaar, Jack C. Landy, Alek A. Petty, Nathan T. Kurtz, and Julienne C. Stroeve
The Cryosphere, 15, 4909–4927, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4909-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4909-2021, 2021
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25 Oct 2021
Nunataks as barriers to ice flow: implications for palaeo ice sheet reconstructions
Martim Mas e Braga, Richard Selwyn Jones, Jennifer C. H. Newall, Irina Rogozhina, Jane L. Andersen, Nathaniel A. Lifton, and Arjen P. Stroeven
The Cryosphere, 15, 4929–4947, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4929-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4929-2021, 2021
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25 Oct 2021
The role of sublimation as a driver of climate signals in the water isotope content of surface snow: laboratory and field experimental results
Abigail G. Hughes, Sonja Wahl, Tyler R. Jones, Alexandra Zuhr, Maria Hörhold, James W. C. White, and Hans Christian Steen-Larsen
The Cryosphere, 15, 4949–4974, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4949-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4949-2021, 2021
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26 Oct 2021
Brief communication: Evaluation of the snow cover detection in the Copernicus High Resolution Snow & Ice Monitoring Service
Zacharie Barrou Dumont, Simon Gascoin, Olivier Hagolle, Michaël Ablain, Rémi Jugier, Germain Salgues, Florence Marti, Aurore Dupuis, Marie Dumont, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere, 15, 4975–4980, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4975-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4975-2021, 2021
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28 Oct 2021
The influence of snow on sea ice as assessed from simulations of CESM2
Marika M. Holland, David Clemens-Sewall, Laura Landrum, Bonnie Light, Donald Perovich, Chris Polashenski, Madison Smith, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere, 15, 4981–4998, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4981-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4981-2021, 2021
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29 Oct 2021
Brief communication: The anomalous winter 2019 sea-ice conditions in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Greg H. Leonard, Kate E. Turner, Maren E. Richter, Maddy S. Whittaker, and Inga J. Smith
The Cryosphere, 15, 4999–5006, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4999-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4999-2021, 2021
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29 Oct 2021
Wind-induced seismic noise at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station
Baptiste Frankinet, Thomas Lecocq, and Thierry Camelbeeck
The Cryosphere, 15, 5007–5016, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5007-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5007-2021, 2021
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01 Nov 2021
Assimilating near-real-time mass balance stake readings into a model ensemble using a particle filter
Johannes Marian Landmann, Hans Rudolf Künsch, Matthias Huss, Christophe Ogier, Markus Kalisch, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 5017–5040, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5017-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5017-2021, 2021
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01 Nov 2021
Image classification of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in Greenland using deep learning methods
Melanie Marochov, Chris R. Stokes, and Patrice E. Carbonneau
The Cryosphere, 15, 5041–5059, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5041-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5041-2021, 2021
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03 Nov 2021
Eighteen-year record of circum-Antarctic landfast-sea-ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation and reveals trends and variability
Alexander D. Fraser, Robert A. Massom, Mark S. Handcock, Phillip Reid, Kay I. Ohshima, Marilyn N. Raphael, Jessica Cartwright, Andrew R. Klekociuk, Zhaohui Wang, and Richard Porter-Smith
The Cryosphere, 15, 5061–5077, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5061-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5061-2021, 2021
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04 Nov 2021
Review article: Performance assessment of radiation-based field sensors for monitoring the water equivalent of snow cover (SWE)
Alain Royer, Alexandre Roy, Sylvain Jutras, and Alexandre Langlois
The Cryosphere, 15, 5079–5098, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5079-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5079-2021, 2021
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09 Nov 2021
The contribution of melt ponds to enhanced Arctic sea-ice melt during the Last Interglacial
Rachel Diamond, Louise C. Sime, David Schroeder, and Maria-Vittoria Guarino
The Cryosphere, 15, 5099–5114, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5099-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5099-2021, 2021
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12 Nov 2021
Supraglacial lake bathymetry automatically derived from ICESat-2 constraining lake depth estimates from multi-source satellite imagery
Rajashree Tri Datta and Bert Wouters
The Cryosphere, 15, 5115–5132, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5115-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5115-2021, 2021
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18 Nov 2021
Drainage of an ice-dammed lake through a supraglacial stream: hydraulics and thermodynamics
Christophe Ogier, Mauro A. Werder, Matthias Huss, Isabelle Kull, David Hodel, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 5133–5150, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5133-2021, 2021
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19 Nov 2021
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Accumulation of legacy fallout radionuclides in cryoconite on Isfallsglaciären (Arctic Sweden) and their downstream spatial distribution
Caroline C. Clason, Will H. Blake, Nick Selmes, Alex Taylor, Pascal Boeckx, Jessica Kitch, Stephanie C. Mills, Giovanni Baccolo, and Geoffrey E. Millward
The Cryosphere, 15, 5151–5168, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5151-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5151-2021, 2021
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22 Nov 2021
Ice volume and basal topography estimation using geostatistical methods and ground-penetrating radar measurements: application to the Tsanfleuron and Scex Rouge glaciers, Swiss Alps
Alexis Neven, Valentin Dall'Alba, Przemysław Juda, Julien Straubhaar, and Philippe Renard
The Cryosphere, 15, 5169–5186, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5169-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5169-2021, 2021
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22 Nov 2021
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Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
Karen E. Alley, Christian T. Wild, Adrian Luckman, Ted A. Scambos, Martin Truffer, Erin C. Pettit, Atsuhiro Muto, Bruce Wallin, Marin Klinger, Tyler Sutterley, Sarah F. Child, Cyrus Hulen, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Michelle Maclennan, Eric Keenan, and Devon Dunmire
The Cryosphere, 15, 5187–5203, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5187-2021, 2021
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25 Nov 2021
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Seasonal evolution of Antarctic supraglacial lakes in 2015–2021 and links to environmental controls
Mariel C. Dirscherl, Andreas J. Dietz, and Claudia Kuenzer
The Cryosphere, 15, 5205–5226, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5205-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5205-2021, 2021
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25 Nov 2021
Snow water equivalent measurement in the Arctic based on cosmic ray neutron attenuation
Anton Jitnikovitch, Philip Marsh, Branden Walker, and Darin Desilets
The Cryosphere, 15, 5227–5239, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5227-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5227-2021, 2021
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26 Nov 2021
TanDEM-X PolarDEM 90 m of Antarctica: generation and error characterization
Birgit Wessel, Martin Huber, Christian Wohlfart, Adina Bertram, Nicole Osterkamp, Ursula Marschalk, Astrid Gruber, Felix Reuß, Sahra Abdullahi, Isabel Georg, and Achim Roth
The Cryosphere, 15, 5241–5260, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5241-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5241-2021, 2021
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26 Nov 2021
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Spatiotemporal distribution of seasonal snow water equivalent in High Mountain Asia from an 18-year Landsat–MODIS era snow reanalysis dataset
Yufei Liu, Yiwen Fang, and Steven A. Margulis
The Cryosphere, 15, 5261–5280, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5261-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5261-2021, 2021
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30 Nov 2021
Improved ELMv1-ECA simulations of zero-curtain periods and cold-season CH4 and CO2 emissions at Alaskan Arctic tundra sites
Jing Tao, Qing Zhu, William J. Riley, and Rebecca B. Neumann
The Cryosphere, 15, 5281–5307, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5281-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5281-2021, 2021
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01 Dec 2021
The potential of synthetic aperture radar interferometry for assessing meltwater lake dynamics on Antarctic ice shelves
Weiran Li, Stef Lhermitte, and Paco López-Dekker
The Cryosphere, 15, 5309–5322, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5309-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5309-2021, 2021
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02 Dec 2021
Antarctic snow-covered sea ice topography derivation from TanDEM-X using polarimetric SAR interferometry
Lanqing Huang, Georg Fischer, and Irena Hajnsek
The Cryosphere, 15, 5323–5344, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5323-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5323-2021, 2021
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06 Dec 2021
Multi-decadal (1953–2017) rock glacier kinematics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in the upper Kaunertal, Austria
Fabian Fleischer, Florian Haas, Livia Piermattei, Madlene Pfeiffer, Tobias Heckmann, Moritz Altmann, Jakob Rom, Manuel Stark, Michael H. Wimmer, Norbert Pfeifer, and Michael Becht
The Cryosphere, 15, 5345–5369, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5345-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5345-2021, 2021
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06 Dec 2021
Multilayer observation and estimation of the snowpack cold content in a humid boreal coniferous forest of eastern Canada
Achut Parajuli, Daniel F. Nadeau, François Anctil, and Marco Alves
The Cryosphere, 15, 5371–5386, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5371-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5371-2021, 2021
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07 Dec 2021
River ice phenology and thickness from satellite altimetry: potential for ice bridge road operation and climate studies
Elena Zakharova, Svetlana Agafonova, Claude Duguay, Natalia Frolova, and Alexei Kouraev
The Cryosphere, 15, 5387–5407, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5387-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5387-2021, 2021
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07 Dec 2021
Generation and fate of basal meltwater during winter, western Greenland Ice Sheet
Joel Harper, Toby Meierbachtol, Neil Humphrey, Jun Saito, and Aidan Stansberry
The Cryosphere, 15, 5409–5421, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5409-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5409-2021, 2021
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07 Dec 2021
Elements of future snowpack modeling – Part 2: A modular and extendable Eulerian–Lagrangian numerical scheme for coupled transport, phase changes and settling processes
Anna Simson, Henning Löwe, and Julia Kowalski
The Cryosphere, 15, 5423–5445, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5423-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5423-2021, 2021
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07 Dec 2021
Mid-Holocene thinning of David Glacier, Antarctica: chronology and controls
Jamey Stutz, Andrew Mackintosh, Kevin Norton, Ross Whitmore, Carlo Baroni, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Richard S. Jones, Greg Balco, Maria Cristina Salvatore, Stefano Casale, Jae Il Lee, Yeong Bae Seong, Robert McKay, Lauren J. Vargo, Daniel Lowry, Perry Spector, Marcus Christl, Susan Ivy Ochs, Luigia Di Nicola, Maria Iarossi, Finlay Stuart, and Tom Woodruff
The Cryosphere, 15, 5447–5471, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021, 2021
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08 Dec 2021
Perspectives on future sea ice and navigability in the Arctic
Jinlei Chen, Shichang Kang, Wentao Du, Junming Guo, Min Xu, Yulan Zhang, Xinyue Zhong, Wei Zhang, and Jizu Chen
The Cryosphere, 15, 5473–5482, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5473-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5473-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
Advances in altimetric snow depth estimates using bi-frequency SARAL and CryoSat-2 Ka–Ku measurements
Florent Garnier, Sara Fleury, Gilles Garric, Jérôme Bouffard, Michel Tsamados, Antoine Laforge, Marion Bocquet, Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, and Frédérique Remy
The Cryosphere, 15, 5483–5512, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5483-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5483-2021, 2021
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09 Dec 2021
Aerodynamic roughness length of crevassed tidewater glaciers from UAV mapping
Armin Dachauer, Richard Hann, and Andrew J. Hodson
The Cryosphere, 15, 5513–5528, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5513-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5513-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
Fractionation of O2∕N2 and Ar∕N2 in the Antarctic ice sheet during bubble formation and bubble–clathrate hydrate transition from precise gas measurements of the Dome Fuji ice core
Ikumi Oyabu, Kenji Kawamura, Tsutomu Uchida, Shuji Fujita, Kyotaro Kitamura, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Shuji Aoki, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, and Jacob D. Morgan
The Cryosphere, 15, 5529–5555, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5529-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5529-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice: comparison of observations against models
Joey J. Voermans, Qingxiang Liu, Aleksey Marchenko, Jean Rabault, Kirill Filchuk, Ivan Ryzhov, Petra Heil, Takuji Waseda, Takehiko Nose, Tsubasa Kodaira, Jingkai Li, and Alexander V. Babanin
The Cryosphere, 15, 5557–5575, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5557-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5557-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
Contrasting surface velocities between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Himalayan region
Jan Bouke Pronk, Tobias Bolch, Owen King, Bert Wouters, and Douglas I. Benn
The Cryosphere, 15, 5577–5599, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5577-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5577-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
A probabilistic model for fracture events of Petermann ice islands under the influence of atmospheric and oceanic conditions
Reza Zeinali-Torbati, Ian D. Turnbull, Rocky S. Taylor, and Derek Mueller
The Cryosphere, 15, 5601–5621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5601-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5601-2021, 2021
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10 Dec 2021
A generalized stress correction scheme for the Maxwell elasto-brittle rheology: impact on the fracture angles and deformations
Mathieu Plante and L. Bruno Tremblay
The Cryosphere, 15, 5623–5638, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5623-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5623-2021, 2021
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13 Dec 2021
Improving surface melt estimation over the Antarctic Ice Sheet using deep learning: a proof of concept over the Larsen Ice Shelf
Zhongyang Hu, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Stef Lhermitte, Maaike Izeboud, and Michiel van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 5639–5658, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5639-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5639-2021, 2021
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13 Dec 2021
Automated detection and analysis of surface calving waves with a terrestrial radar interferometer at the front of Eqip Sermia, Greenland
Adrien Wehrlé, Martin P. Lüthi, Andrea Walter, Guillaume Jouvet, and Andreas Vieli
The Cryosphere, 15, 5659–5674, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5659-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5659-2021, 2021
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17 Dec 2021
Seasonal evolution of basal environment conditions of Russell sector, West Greenland, inverted from satellite observation of surface flow
Anna Derkacheva, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, Jeremie Mouginot, Eliot Jager, Nathan Maier, and Samuel Cook
The Cryosphere, 15, 5675–5704, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5675-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5675-2021, 2021
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17 Dec 2021
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Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea level
Andy Aschwanden, Timothy C. Bartholomaus, Douglas J. Brinkerhoff, and Martin Truffer
The Cryosphere, 15, 5705–5715, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5705-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5705-2021, 2021
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20 Dec 2021
Microstructure, micro-inclusions, and mineralogy along the EGRIP ice core – Part 1: Localisation of inclusions and deformation patterns
Nicolas Stoll, Jan Eichler, Maria Hörhold, Tobias Erhardt, Camilla Jensen, and Ilka Weikusat
The Cryosphere, 15, 5717–5737, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5717-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5717-2021, 2021
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20 Dec 2021
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Impact of the melt–albedo feedback on the future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet with PISM-dEBM-simple
Maria Zeitz, Ronja Reese, Johanna Beckmann, Uta Krebs-Kanzow, and Ricarda Winkelmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 5739–5764, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5739-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5739-2021, 2021
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20 Dec 2021
Evidence of elevation-dependent warming from the Chinese Tian Shan
Lu Gao, Haijun Deng, Xiangyong Lei, Jianhui Wei, Yaning Chen, Zhongqin Li, Miaomiao Ma, Xingwei Chen, Ying Chen, Meibing Liu, and Jianyun Gao
The Cryosphere, 15, 5765–5783, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5765-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5765-2021, 2021
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22 Dec 2021
Automated mapping of the seasonal evolution of surface meltwater and its links to climate on the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Peter A. Tuckett, Jeremy C. Ely, Andrew J. Sole, James M. Lea, Stephen J. Livingstone, Julie M. Jones, and J. Melchior van Wessem
The Cryosphere, 15, 5785–5804, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5785-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5785-2021, 2021
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23 Dec 2021
Effect of snowfall on changes in relative seismic velocity measured by ambient noise correlation
Antoine Guillemot, Alec van Herwijnen, Eric Larose, Stephanie Mayer, and Laurent Baillet
The Cryosphere, 15, 5805–5817, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5805-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5805-2021, 2021
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