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Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-407-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-407-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
Research article
 | 
28 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 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

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-407-2021-supplement

Data sets

MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 3 I. Joughin, I. Howat, B. Smith, and T. Scambos https://doi.org/10.5067/YXMJRME5OUNC

ArcticDEM C. Porter, P. Morin, I. Howat, M.-J. Noh, B. Bates, K. Peterman, S. Keesey, M. Schlenk, J. Gardiner, K. Tomko, M. Willis, C. Kelleher, M. Cloutier, E. Husby, S. Foga, H. Nakamura, M. Platson, M. J. Wethington, C. Williamson, G. Bauer, J. Enos, G. Arnold, W. Kramer, P. Becker, A. Doshi, C. D'Souza, P. Cummens, F. Laurier, and M. Bojesen https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OHHUKH

Model code and software

bryanvriel/iceutils: iceutils pre-release (Version v0.1-alpha) B. Riel, L. Ultee, and M. Filter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4474829

Video supplement

Animation of time-dependent velocity magnitudes for Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ) from 2009 - 2019 R. Bryan, B. Minchew, and I. Joughin https://doi.org/10.18739/A2W66990B

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Short summary
The availability of large volumes of publicly available remote sensing data over terrestrial glaciers provides new opportunities for studying the response of glaciers to a changing climate. We present an efficient method for tracking changes in glacier speeds at high spatial and temporal resolutions from surface observations, demonstrating the recovery of traveling waves over Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland. Quantification of wave properties may ultimately enhance understanding of glacier dynamics.
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