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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5431-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5431-2024
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Assessing supraglacial lake depth using ICESat-2, Sentinel-2, TanDEM-X, and in situ sonar measurements over Northeast and Southwest Greenland
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Lily Bever
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Christian Sommer
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Thorsten Seehaus
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Angelika Humbert
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Mirko Scheinert
Institute of Planetary Geodesy, Technical University of Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Matthias Braun
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Multi-annual patterns of rapidly draining supraglacial lakes in Northeast Greenland K. Lutz et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2601-2025
- Southwest Greenland supraglacial lake bathymetry derived from ICESat-2 and spectral stratification of satellite imagery J. Lv et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-1929-2026
- Geomorphic coupling between proglacial lake dynamics and moraine failure: a new mechanism of GLOF hazard in the Samudra Tapu glacier system M. Salim & R. Garg https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2026.2667379
- Distributed modeling reveals the evolution of supraglacial lakes: a multi-basin study on the Greenland ice sheet J. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136548
- The system of atmosphere, land, ice and ocean in the region near the 79N Glacier in northeast Greenland: synthesis and key findings from the Greenland Ice Sheet–Ocean Interaction (GROCE) experiment T. Kanzow et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1789-2025
- Predicting mean depth and area fraction of Antarctic supraglacial melt lakes with physics-based parameterizations D. Grau et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61798-8
- 星基主被动协同水深反演研究进展:方法、应用与挑战(特邀) 张. Zhang Zhiyu et al. https://doi.org/10.3788/AOS260969
- Volumetric evolution of supraglacial lakes in southwestern Greenland using ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2 T. Feng et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2635-2025
- Temporal evolution of the Petermann Ice Shelf estuary constrained by satellite remote sensing observations M. Savignano et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-5247-2026
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Short summary
The estimation of the amount of water found within supraglacial lakes is important for understanding how much water is lost from glaciers each year. Here, we develop two new methods for estimating supraglacial lake volume that can be easily applied on a large scale. Furthermore, we compare these methods to two previously developed methods in order to determine when it is best to use each method. Finally, three of these methods are applied to peak melt dates over an area in Northeast Greenland.
The estimation of the amount of water found within supraglacial lakes is important for...