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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2505-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2505-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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24 Jun 2022
Research article |
| 24 Jun 2022
| 24 Jun 2022
Three different glacier surges at a spot: what satellites observe and what not
Frank Paul
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Livia Piermattei
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo,
Norway
Désirée Treichler
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo,
Norway
Lin Gilbert
Department of Space and Climate Physics, Mullard Space Science
Laboratory, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
Luc Girod
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo,
Norway
Andreas Kääb
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Oslo,
Norway
Ludivine Libert
ENVEO IT GmbH, Fürstenweg 176, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Thomas Nagler
ENVEO IT GmbH, Fürstenweg 176, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tazio Strozzi
Gamma Remote Sensing, 3073 Gümligen, Switzerland
Jan Wuite
ENVEO IT GmbH, Fürstenweg 176, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Tree-ring records reveal the positive feedback between debris flow and climate warming in a periglacial watershed, Eastern Himalaya Syntaxis H. Li et al.
- Five decades of Abramov glacier dynamics reconstructed with multi-sensor optical remote sensing E. Mattea et al.
- Characteristics of Musta Glacier surges and their responses to climate change between 1976 and 2023 Y. Gao et al.
- Empirical correction of systematic orthorectification error in Sentinel-2 velocity fields for Greenlandic outlet glaciers T. Chudley et al.
- Investigating glacier mass balance and driving factors of the Karakoram Anomaly S. Zhou et al.
- Monthly velocity and seasonal variations of the Mont Blanc glaciers derived from Sentinel-2 between 2016 and 2024 F. Troilo et al.
- Variation of sediment supply by periglacial debris flows at Zelunglung in the eastern syntaxis of Himalayas since the 1950 Assam Earthquake K. Hu et al.
- Characterization of Three Surges of the Kyagar Glacier, Karakoram Z. Zhang et al.
- Propagating speedups during quiescence escalate to the 2020–2021 surge of Sít’ Kusá, southeast Alaska J. Liu et al.
- Tracking glacier surge evolution using interferometric SAR coherence—examples from Svalbard E. Mannerfelt et al.
- Global clustering of recent glacier surges from radar backscatter data, 2017–2022 A. Kääb et al.
- A multi-sensor-based distributed real-time measurement system for glacier deformation H. Dong et al.
- Has the Karakoram anomaly persisted over the past two decades? S. Zhou et al.
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Short summary
Glacier surges are widespread in the Karakoram and have been intensely studied using satellite data and DEMs. We use time series of such datasets to study three glacier surges in the same region of the Karakoram. We found strongly contrasting advance rates and flow velocities, maximum velocities of 30 m d−1, and a change in the surge mechanism during a surge. A sensor comparison revealed good agreement, but steep terrain and the two smaller glaciers caused limitations for some of them.
Glacier surges are widespread in the Karakoram and have been intensely studied using satellite...
