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Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-811-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-811-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Research article
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30 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 30 Jan 2026

Satellite telemetry of surface ablation to inform spatial melt modelling and event-scale monitoring, Place Glacier, Canada

Alexandre R. Bevington, Brian Menounos, and Mark Ednie

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We developed automated "smart stakes" to study how quickly glaciers melt during hot weather. The low-cost devices were installed on Place Glacier in British Columbia and sent data by satellite in 2024. We show that just three heat periods caused more than half of the glacier's total summer melt, even though these events lasted only one-third of the melt season. This system provided measurements that would be impossible with traditional methods and we show that the data can improved melt models.
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