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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3123-2022
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Research article
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03 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 03 Aug 2022
| 03 Aug 2022
Surge dynamics of Shisper Glacier revealed by time-series correlation of optical satellite images and their utility to substantiate a generalized sliding law
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Canada, USA
now at: Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
now at: Department of Geography and Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Saif Aati
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Canada, USA
Ian Delaney
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
now at: Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Surendra Adhikari
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Jean-Philippe Avouac
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Canada, USA
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Short summary
Understanding sliding at the bed of glaciers is essential to understand the future of sea-level rise and glacier-related hazards. Yet there is currently no universal law to describe this mechanism. We propose a universal glacier sliding law and a method to qualitatively constrain it. We use satellite remote sensing to create velocity maps over 6 years at Shisper Glacier, Pakistan, including its recent surge, and show that the observations corroborate the generalized theory.
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