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Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3141-2024
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
Research article
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05 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 05 Jul 2024

Short-term cooling, drying, and deceleration of an ice-rich rock glacier

Alexander Bast, Robert Kenner, and Marcia Phillips

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3141-2024-supplement

Data sets

IMIS measuring network Intercantonal Measurement and Information System IMIS https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.406

Measuring values and measuring networks. Measured values, measuring networks and information on the individual measuring stations MeteoSwiss https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/services-and-publications/applications/measurement-values-and-measuring-networks.html\#param=messwerte-lufttemperatur-10min&lang=en&swisstopoApiKey=cpZJOL3HuO5yENksi97q&station=COV&chart=month&table=false&compare=y

Model code and software

Scientific colour maps (8.0.1) F. Crameri https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8409685

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Short summary
We monitor ground temperature, water pressure, and relative ice/water contents in a creeping ice-rich rock glacier in mountain permafrost to study its characteristics during a deceleration period with dry conditions and a summer heat wave. The snowpack has an important role as a provider of water and as a thermal insulator. Snow-poor winters, followed by dry summers, induce cooling and drying of the permafrost, leading to rock glacier deceleration.
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