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The following lists the preprints and final revised papers published within the last 60 days.
06 May 2021
Tree canopy and snow depth relationships at fine scales with terrestrial laser scanning
Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Zachary Uhlmann, Nancy F. Glenn, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Christopher J. Tennant, Jake D. Graham, Lucas Spaete, Arthur Gelvin, Hans-Peter Marshall, James P. McNamara, and Josh Enterkine
The Cryosphere, 15, 2187–2209, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021, 2021
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06 May 2021
Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Christian T. Wild, Karen E. Alley, Atsuhiro Muto, Martin Truffer, Ted A. Scambos, and Erin C. Pettit
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-130,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-130, 2021
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05 May 2021
Atmospheric extremes caused high oceanward sea surface slope triggering the biggest calving event in more than 50 years at the Amery Ice Shelf
Diana Francis, Kyle S. Mattingly, Stef Lhermitte, Marouane Temimi, and Petra Heil
The Cryosphere, 15, 2147–2165, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2147-2021, 2021
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04 May 2021
Linking sea ice deformation to ice thickness redistribution using high-resolution satellite and airborne observations
Luisa von Albedyll, Christian Haas, and Wolfgang Dierking
The Cryosphere, 15, 2167–2186, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021, 2021
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03 May 2021
Assimilation of sea ice thickness derived from CryoSat-2 along-track freeboard measurements into the Met Office’s Forecast Ocean Assimilation Model (FOAM)
Emma Kathleen Fiedler, Matthew Martin, Ed Blockley, Davi Mignac, Nicolas Fournier, Andy Ridout, Andrew Shepherd, and Rachel Tilling
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-127,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-127, 2021
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02 May 2021
Soil infiltration characteristics and pore distribution under freezing–thawing conditions
Ruiqi Jiang, Tianxiao Li, Dong Liu, Qiang Fu, Renjie Hou, Qinglin Li, Song Cui, and Mo Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 2133–2146, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2133-2021, 2021
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30 Apr 2021
Local-scale uncertainty of seasonal mean and extreme values of in-situ snow depth and snow fall measurements
Moritz Buchmann, Michael Begert, Stefan Brönnimann, and Christoph Marty
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-125,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-125, 2021
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30 Apr 2021
An empirical algorithm to map perennial firn aquifers, ice slabs, and perched firn aquifers within the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite L-band microwave radiometry
Julie Z. Miller, Riley Culberg, David G. Long, Christopher A. Shuman, Dustin M. Schroeder, and Mary J. Brodzik
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-116,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-116, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Glacier Image Velocimetry: an open-source toolbox for easy and rapid calculation of high-resolution glacier velocity fields
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries and Andrew D. Wickert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2115–2132, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021, 2021
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28 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New evidence further constraining Tibetan ice core chronologies to the Holocene
Shugui Hou, Wangbin Zhang, Ling Fang, Theo M. Jenk, Shuangye Wu, Hongxi Pang, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 15, 2109–2114, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2109-2021, 2021
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27 Apr 2021
Early spring subglacial discharge plumes fuel under-ice primary production at a Svalbard tidewater glacier
Tobias Reiner Vonnahme, Emma Persson, Ulrike Dietrich, Eva Hejdukova, Christine Dybwad, Josef Elster, Melissa Chierici, and Rolf Gradinger
The Cryosphere, 15, 2083–2107, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Deciphering the evolution of the Bleis Marscha rock glacier (Val d'Err, eastern Switzerland) with cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating, aerial image correlation, and finite element modeling
Dominik Amschwand, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Marcel Frehner, Olivia Steinemann, Marcus Christl, and Christof Vockenhuber
The Cryosphere, 15, 2057–2081, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2057-2021, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Ice fabrics in natural flows: beyond pure and simple shear
Daniel H. M. Richards, Samuel S. Pegler, and Sandra Piazolo
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-118,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-118, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Cross-platform application of a sea ice classification method considering incident angle dependency of backscatter intensity and its use in separating level and deformed ice
Wenkai Guo, Polona Itkin, Johannes Lohse, Malin Johansson, and Anthony Paul Doulgeris
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-119,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-119, 2021
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26 Apr 2021
Snowfall and snow accumulation processes during the MOSAiC winter and spring season
David N. Wagner, Matthew D. Shupe, Ola G. Persson, Taneil Uttal, Markus M. Frey, Amélie Kirchgaessner, Martin Schneebeli, Matthias Jaggi, Amy R. Macfarlane, Polona Itkin, Stefanie Arndt, Stefan Hendricks, Daniela Krampe, Robert Ricker, Julia Regnery, Nikolai Kolabutin, Egor Shimanshuck, Marc Oggier, Ian Raphael, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-126,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-126, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Evolution of the firn pack of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon: meltwater effects, densification, and the development of a perennial firn aquifer
Naomi E. Ochwat, Shawn J. Marshall, Brian J. Moorman, Alison S. Criscitiello, and Luke Copland
The Cryosphere, 15, 2021–2040, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2021-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
The transferability of adjoint inversion products between different ice flow models
Jowan M. Barnes, Thiago Dias dos Santos, Daniel Goldberg, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Mathieu Morlighem, and Jan De Rydt
The Cryosphere, 15, 1975–2000, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1975-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Top-of-permafrost ground ice indicated by remotely sensed late-season subsidence
Simon Zwieback and Franz J. Meyer
The Cryosphere, 15, 2041–2055, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2041-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions as seen by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Xiangrui Kong, Fabrizio Orlando, Luca Artiglia, Astrid Waldner, Thomas Huthwelker, and Markus Ammann
The Cryosphere, 15, 2001–2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2001-2021, 2021
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23 Apr 2021
Quantifying the potential future contribution to global mean sea level from the Filchner-Ronne basin, Antarctica
Emily A. Hill, Sebastian H. R. Rosier, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Matthew Collins
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-120,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-120, 2021
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22 Apr 2021
Generalized sliding law applied to the surge dynamics of Shisper Glacier and constrained by timeseries correlation of optical satellite images
Flavien Beaud, Saif Aati, Ian Delaney, Surendra Adhikari, and Jean-Philippe Avouac
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-96,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-96, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Spectral attenuation coefficients from measurements of light transmission in bare ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Matthew G. Cooper, Laurence C. Smith, Asa K. Rennermalm, Marco Tedesco, Rohi Muthyala, Sasha Z. Leidman, Samiah E. Moustafa, and Jessica V. Fayne
The Cryosphere, 15, 1931–1953, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
A new automatic approach for extracting glacier centerlines based on Euclidean allocation
Dahong Zhang, Xiaojun Yao, Hongyu Duan, Shiyin Liu, Wanqin Guo, Meiping Sun, and Dazhi Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 1955–1973, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1955-2021, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Mass balance modelling and climate sensitivity of Saskatchewan Glacier, western Canada
Christophe Kinnard, Olivier Larouche, Michael N. Demuth, and Brian Menounos
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-109,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-109, 2021
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21 Apr 2021
Freshwater Sources and Sinks for Arctic Sea Ice in Summer 
Don Perovich, Madison Smith, Bonnie Light, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-114,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-114, 2021
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20 Apr 2021
Mapping potential signs of gas emissions in ice of Lake Neyto, Yamal, Russia, using synthetic aperture radar and multispectral remote sensing data
Georg Pointner, Annett Bartsch, Yury A. Dvornikov, and Alexei V. Kouraev
The Cryosphere, 15, 1907–1929, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1907-2021, 2021
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20 Apr 2021
18 year record of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation, reveals trends and variability
Alexander D. Fraser, Robert A. Massom, Mark S. Handcock, Phillip Reid, Kay I. Ohshima, Marilyn N. Raphael, Jessica Cartwright, Andrew R. Klekociuk, Zhaohui Wang, and Richard Porter-Smith
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-121,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-121, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Grounding zone subglacial properties from calibrated active-source seismic methods
Huw J. Horgan, Laurine van Haastrecht, Richard B. Alley, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Lucas H. Beem, Knut Christianson, Atsuhiro Muto, and Matthew R. Siegfried
The Cryosphere, 15, 1863–1880, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1863-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
On the attribution of industrial-era glacier mass loss to anthropogenic climate change
Gerard H. Roe, John Erich Christian, and Ben Marzeion
The Cryosphere, 15, 1889–1905, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1889-2021, 2021
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19 Apr 2021
Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C
David A. Lilien, Daniel Steinhage, Drew Taylor, Frédéric Parrenin, Catherine Ritz, Robert Mulvaney, Carlos Martín, Jie-Bang Yan, Charles O'Neill, Massimo Frezzotti, Heinrich Miller, Prasad Gogineni, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1881–1888, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1881-2021, 2021
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16 Apr 2021
The impact of recent and future calving events on the Larsen C ice shelf
Tom Mitcham, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Jonathan L. Bamber
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-105,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-105, 2021
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15 Apr 2021
Brief communication: Weak control of snow avalanche deposit volumes by paths morphological characteristics
Hippolyte Kern, Nicolas Eckert, Vincent Jomelli, Delphine Grancher, Michael Deschatres, and Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-103,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-103, 2021
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15 Apr 2021
Improving Surface Melt Estimation over Antarctica Using Deep Learning: A Proof-of-Concept over the Larsen Ice Shelf
Zhongyang Hu, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Stef Lhermitte, Maaike Izeboud, and Michiel van den Broeke
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-102,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-102, 2021
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14 Apr 2021
Spatially and temporally resolved ice loss in High Mountain Asia and the Gulf of Alaska observed by CryoSat-2 swath altimetry between 2010 and 2019
Livia Jakob, Noel Gourmelen, Martin Ewart, and Stephen Plummer
The Cryosphere, 15, 1845–1862, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1845-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1845-2021, 2021
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14 Apr 2021
The role of sublimation as a driver of climate signals in the water isotope content of surface snow: Laboratory and field experimental results
Abigail G. Hughes, Sonja Wahl, Tyler R. Jones, Alexandra Zuhr, Maria Hörhold, James W. C. White, and Hans Christian Steen-Larsen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-87,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-87, 2021
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14 Apr 2021
Ground-penetrating radar imaging reveals glacier’s drainage network in 3D
Gregory Church, Andreas Bauder, Melchior Grab, and Hansruedi Maurer
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-82,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-82, 2021
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14 Apr 2021
Multi-decadal (1953–2017) rock glacier morphodynamics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in the Upper Kauner Valley, Austria
Fabian Fleischer, Florian Haas, Livia Piermattei, Madlene Pfeiffer, Tobias Heckmann, Moritz Altmann, Jakob Rom, Manuel Stark, Michael H. Wimmer, Norbert Pfeifer, and Michael Becht
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-77,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-77, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Simulated Ka- and Ku-band radar altimeter height and freeboard estimation on snow-covered Arctic sea ice
Rasmus T. Tonboe, Vishnu Nandan, John Yackel, Stefan Kern, Leif Toudal Pedersen, and Julienne Stroeve
The Cryosphere, 15, 1811–1822, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1811-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1811-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities
Felix S. L. Ng
The Cryosphere, 15, 1787–1810, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Impact of updated radiative transfer scheme in snow and ice in RACMO2.3p3 on the surface mass and energy budget of the Greenland ice sheet
Christiaan T. van Dalum, Willem Jan van de Berg, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 1823–1844, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1823-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1823-2021, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Sentinel-1 time series for mapping snow cover and timing of snowmelt in Arctic periglacial environments: Case study from the Zackenberg Valley, Greenland
Sebastian Buchelt, Kirstine Skov, and Tobias Ullmann
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-78,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-78, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Advances in altimetric snow depth estimates using bi-frequency SARAL/CryoSat-2 Ka/Ku measurements
Florent Garnier, Sara Fleury, Gilles Garric, Jérôme Bouffard, Michel Tsamados, Antoine Laforge, Marion Bocquet, Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, and Frederique Rémy
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79, 2021
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13 Apr 2021
Multilayer observation and estimation of the snowpack cold content in a humid boreal coniferous forest in eastern Canada
Achut Parajuli, Daniel F. Nadeau, François Anctil, and Marco Alves
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-98,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-98, 2021
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12 Apr 2021
Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?
Andreas Kääb, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, Silvan Leinss, Luc Girod, Christian Huggel, Daniel Falaschi, Felipe Ugalde, Dmitry Petrakov, Sergey Chernomorets, Mikhail Dokukin, Frank Paul, Simon Gascoin, Etienne Berthier, and Jeffrey S. Kargel
The Cryosphere, 15, 1751–1785, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1751-2021, 2021
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12 Apr 2021
Impacts of the photo-driven post-depositional processing on snow nitrate and its isotopes at Summit, Greenland: a model-based study
Zhuang Jiang, Becky Alexander, Joel Savarino, Joseph Erbland, and Lei Geng
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-92,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-92, 2021
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09 Apr 2021
Inferring the basal sliding coefficient field for the Stokes ice sheet model under rheological uncertainty
Olalekan Babaniyi, Ruanui Nicholson, Umberto Villa, and Noémi Petra
The Cryosphere, 15, 1731–1750, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1731-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1731-2021, 2021
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08 Apr 2021
Aerogeophysical characterization of Titan Dome, East Antarctica, and potential as an ice core target
Lucas H. Beem, Duncan A. Young, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Jingxue Guo, and Sun Bo
The Cryosphere, 15, 1719–1730, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021, 2021
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08 Apr 2021
Brief communication: Evaluation of multiple empirical, density-dependent snow conductivity relationships at East Antarctica
Minghu Ding, Tong Zhang, Diyi Yang, Ian Allison, Tingfeng Dou, and Cunde Xiao
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-70,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-70, 2021
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08 Apr 2021
The MOSAiC Drift: Ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years
Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Helge F. Goessling, Stefan Hendricks, Bennet Juhls, Gunnar Spreen, Sascha Willmes, H. Jakob Belter, Klaus Dethloff, Christian Haas, Lars Kaleschke, Christian Katlein, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, Robert Ricker, Philip Rostosky, Janna Rueckert, Suman Singha, and Julia Sokolova
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-80,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-80, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Modeling intensive ocean–cryosphere interactions in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica
Kazuya Kusahara, Daisuke Hirano, Masakazu Fujii, Alexander D. Fraser, and Takeshi Tamura
The Cryosphere, 15, 1697–1717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1697-2021, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Snow conditions in northern Europe: the dynamics of interannual variability versus projected long-term change
Jouni Räisänen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1677–1696, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1677-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1677-2021, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Impact of lateral groundwater flow on hydrothermal conditions of the active layer in a high arctic hillslope setting
Alexandra Hamm and Andrew Frampton
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-60,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-60, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
On the performance of the snow model Crocus driven by in situ and reanalysis data at Villum Research Station in northeast Greenland
Daniela Krampe, Frank Kauker, Marie Dumont, and Andreas Herber
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-100,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-100, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Proglacial Lakes Elevate Glacier Surface Velocities in the Himalayan Region
Jan Bouke Pronk, Tobias Bolch, Owen King, Bert Wouters, and Douglas I. Benn
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-90,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-90, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Winter drainage of surface lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery
Corinne L. Benedek and Ian C. Willis
The Cryosphere, 15, 1587–1606, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1587-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1587-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Heterogeneous CO2 and CH4 content of glacial meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet and implications for subglacial carbon processes
Andrea J. Pain, Jonathan B. Martin, Ellen E. Martin, Åsa K. Rennermalm, and Shaily Rahman
The Cryosphere, 15, 1627–1644, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1627-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Understanding drivers of glacier-length variability over the last millennium
Alan Huston, Nicholas Siler, Gerard H. Roe, Erin Pettit, and Nathan J. Steiger
The Cryosphere, 15, 1645–1662, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Calving Front Machine (CALFIN): glacial termini dataset and automated deep learning extraction method for Greenland, 1972–2019
Daniel Cheng, Wayne Hayes, Eric Larour, Yara Mohajerani, Michael Wood, Isabella Velicogna, and Eric Rignot
The Cryosphere, 15, 1663–1675, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1663-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1663-2021, 2021
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01 Apr 2021
Brief communication: Growth and decay of an Ice Stupa in alpine conditions: a simple model driven by energy-flux observations over a glacier surface
Johannes Oerlemans, Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, Conradin Clavuot, and Felix Keller
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-54,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-54, 2021
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31 Mar 2021
Methane pathways in winter ice of a thermokarst lake–lagoon–coastal water transect in north Siberia
Ines Spangenberg, Pier Paul Overduin, Ellen Damm, Ingeborg Bussmann, Hanno Meyer, Susanne Liebner, Michael Angelopoulos, Boris K. Biskaborn, Mikhail N. Grigoriev, and Guido Grosse
The Cryosphere, 15, 1607–1625, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1607-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1607-2021, 2021
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31 Mar 2021
Geometric Controls of Tidewater Glacier Dynamics
Thomas Frank, Henning Åkesson, Basile de Fleurian, Mathieu Morlighem, and Kerim H. Nisancioglu
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-81,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-81, 2021
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31 Mar 2021
The Holocene dynamics of Ryder Glacier and ice tongue in north Greenland
Matt ORegan, Thomas Cronin, Brendan Reilly, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Laura Gemery, Anna Golub, Larry Mayer, Mathieu Morlighem, Matthias Moros, Ole Lajord Munk, Johan Nilsson, Christof Pearce, Henrieka Detlef, Christian Stranne, Flor Vermassen, Gabriel West, and Martin Jakobsson
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-95,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-95, 2021
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30 Mar 2021
Sea ice and water classification on dual-polarized Sentinel-1 imagery during melting season
Yu Zhang, Tingting Zhu, Gunnar Spreen, Christian Melsheimer, Marcus Huntemann, Nick Hughes, Shengkai Zhang, and Fei Li
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-85,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-85, 2021
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30 Mar 2021
Lasting impact of winds on Arctic sea ice through the ocean's memory
Qiang Wang, Sergey Danilov, Longjiang Mu, Dmitry Sidorenko, and Claudia Wekerle
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-50,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-50, 2021
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29 Mar 2021
Using avalanche problems to examine the effect of large-scale atmosphere–ocean oscillations on avalanche hazard in western Canada
Pascal Haegeli, Bret Shandro, and Patrick Mair
The Cryosphere, 15, 1567–1586, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1567-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1567-2021, 2021
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29 Mar 2021
Estimating surface mass balance patterns from UAV measurements on the ablation area of the Morteratsch-Pers glacier complex (Switzerland)
Lander Van Tricht, Philippe Huybrechts, Jonas Van Breedam, Alexander Vanhulle, Kristof Van Oost, and Harry Zekollari
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-94,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-94, 2021
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29 Mar 2021
Ice Roughness Estimation via Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Photogrammetry
James Ehrman, Shawn Clark, and Alexander Wall
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-2,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-2, 2021
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26 Mar 2021
Improved machine-learning-based open-water–sea-ice–cloud discrimination over wintertime Antarctic sea ice using MODIS thermal-infrared imagery
Stephan Paul and Marcus Huntemann
The Cryosphere, 15, 1551–1565, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1551-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1551-2021, 2021
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26 Mar 2021
Radiocarbon dating of alpine ice cores with the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fraction
Ling Fang, Theo M. Jenk, Thomas Singer, Shugui Hou, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 15, 1537–1550, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1537-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1537-2021, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
Evidence for a grounding line fan at the onset of a basal channel under the ice shelf of Support Force Glacier, Antarctica, revealed by reflection seismics
Coen Hofstede, Sebastian Beyer, Hugh Corr, Olaf Eisen, Tore Hattermann, Veit Helm, Niklas Neckel, Emma C. Smith, Daniel Steinhage, Ole Zeising, and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 1517–1535, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1517-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1517-2021, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
The tipping points and early warning indicators for Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica
Sebastian H. R. Rosier, Ronja Reese, Jonathan F. Donges, Jan De Rydt, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, and Ricarda Winkelmann
The Cryosphere, 15, 1501–1516, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1501-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1501-2021, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
Elements of future snowpack modeling – part 1: A physical instability arising from the non-linear coupling of transport and phase changes
Konstantin Schürholt, Julia Kowalski, and Henning Löwe
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-72,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-72, 2021
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25 Mar 2021
Elements of future snowpack modeling – part 2: A modular and extendable Eulerian–Lagrangian numerical scheme for coupled transport, phase changes and settling processes
Anna Simson, Henning Löwe, and Julia Kowalski
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-73,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-73, 2021
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24 Mar 2021
Snow depth mapping with unpiloted aerial system lidar observations: a case study in Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Jennifer M. Jacobs, Adam G. Hunsaker, Franklin B. Sullivan, Michael Palace, Elizabeth A. Burakowski, Christina Herrick, and Eunsang Cho
The Cryosphere, 15, 1485–1500, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1485-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1485-2021, 2021
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24 Mar 2021
Challenges in predicting Greenland supraglacial lake drainages at the regional scale
Kristin Poinar and Lauren C. Andrews
The Cryosphere, 15, 1455–1483, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1455-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1455-2021, 2021
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24 Mar 2021
Impact of the melt-albedo feedback on the future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet with PISM-dEBM-simple
Maria Zeitz, Ronja Reese, Johanna Beckmann, Uta Krebs-Kanzow, and Ricarda Winkelmann
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-91,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-91, 2021
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23 Mar 2021
Book review on: A Field Guide to Snow
Robbie D. C. Mallett
The Cryosphere, 15, 1453–1454, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1453-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1453-2021, 2021
22 Mar 2021
Basal traction mainly dictated by hard-bed physics over grounded regions of Greenland
Nathan Maier, Florent Gimbert, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, and Adrien Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 1435–1451, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1435-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1435-2021, 2021
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19 Mar 2021
Effects of multi-scale heterogeneity on the simulated evolution of ice-rich permafrost lowlands under a warming climate
Jan Nitzbon, Moritz Langer, Léo C. P. Martin, Sebastian Westermann, Thomas Schneider von Deimling, and Julia Boike
The Cryosphere, 15, 1399–1422, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1399-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1399-2021, 2021
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19 Mar 2021
Two-dimensional liquid water flow through snow at the plot scale in continental snowpacks: simulations and field data comparisons
Ryan W. Webb, Keith Jennings, Stefan Finsterle, and Steven R. Fassnacht
The Cryosphere, 15, 1423–1434, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1423-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1423-2021, 2021
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18 Mar 2021
Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin, Wolfgang Schöner, Daniele Cat Berro, Gabriele Chiogna, Ludovica De Gregorio, Sven Kotlarski, Bruno Majone, Gernot Resch, Silvia Terzago, Mauro Valt, Walter Beozzo, Paola Cianfarra, Isabelle Gouttevin, Giorgia Marcolini, Claudia Notarnicola, Marcello Petitta, Simon C. Scherrer, Ulrich Strasser, Michael Winkler, Marc Zebisch, Andrea Cicogna, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Debernardi, Mattia Faletto, Mauro Gaddo, Lorenzo Giovannini, Luca Mercalli, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Andrea Sušnik, Alberto Trenti, Stefano Urbani, and Viktor Weilguni
The Cryosphere, 15, 1343–1382, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021, 2021
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17 Mar 2021
Downscaled surface mass balance in Antarctica: impacts of subsurface processes and large-scale atmospheric circulation
Nicolaj Hansen, Peter L. Langen, Fredrik Boberg, Rene Forsberg, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Peter Thejll, Baptiste Vandecrux, and Ruth Mottram
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-69,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-69, 2021
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17 Mar 2021
Development of a subglacial lake monitored with radio-echo sounding: Case study from the Eastern Skaftá Cauldron in the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland
Eyjólfur Magnússon, Finnur Pálsson, Magnús T. Gudmundsson, Thórdís Högnadóttir, Cristian Rossi, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Erik Sturkell, and Tómas Jóhannesson
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-65,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-65, 2021
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17 Mar 2021
Synoptic control on snow avalanche activity in central Spitsbergen
Holt Hancock, Jordy Hendrikx, Markus Eckerstorfer, and Siiri Wickström
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-48,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-48, 2021
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16 Mar 2021
Giant dust particles at Nevado Illimani: a proxy of summertime deep convection over the Bolivian Altiplano
Filipe G. L. Lindau, Jefferson C. Simões, Barbara Delmonte, Patrick Ginot, Giovanni Baccolo, Chiara I. Paleari, Elena Di Stefano, Elena Korotkikh, Douglas S. Introne, Valter Maggi, Eduardo Garzanti, and Sergio Andò
The Cryosphere, 15, 1383–1397, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1383-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1383-2021, 2021
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15 Mar 2021
Validation of snow extent time series derived from AVHRR GAC data at Himalaya-Hindukush
Xiaodan Wu, Kathrin Naegeli, Carlo Marin, and Stefan Wunderle
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-46,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-46, 2021
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15 Mar 2021
Basal Water Storage Variations beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
Jingyu Kang, Yang Lu, Yan Li, Zizhan Zhang, and Hongling Shi
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-17,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-17, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Combined influence of oceanic and atmospheric circulations on Greenland sea ice concentration
Sourav Chatterjee, Roshin P. Raj, Laurent Bertino, Sebastian H. Mernild, Meethale Puthukkottu Subeesh, Nuncio Murukesh, and Muthalagu Ravichandran
The Cryosphere, 15, 1307–1319, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1307-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1307-2021, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Seasonal changes in sea ice kinematics and deformation in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean in 2018/19
Ruibo Lei, Mario Hoppmann, Bin Cheng, Guangyu Zuo, Dawei Gui, Qiongqiong Cai, H. Jakob Belter, and Wangxiao Yang
The Cryosphere, 15, 1321–1341, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1321-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1321-2021, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Accelerated decline of Svalbard coasts fast ice as a result of climate change
Jacek A. Urbański and Dagmara Litwicka
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-21,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-21, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
On the Contribution of Grain Boundary Sliding to Firn Densification – an Assessment using an Optimisation Approach
Timm Schultz, Ralf Müller, Dietmar Gross, and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-75,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-75, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
Sentinel-1 snow depth retrieval at sub-kilometer resolution over the European Alps
Hans Lievens, Isis Brangers, Hans-Peter Marshall, Tobias Jonas, Marc Olefs, and Gabriëlle De Lannoy
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-74,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-74, 2021
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11 Mar 2021
Estimating parameters in a sea ice model using an ensemble Kalman filter
Yong-Fei Zhang, Cecilia M. Bitz, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Nancy S. Collins, Timothy J. Hoar, Kevin D. Raeder, and Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth
The Cryosphere, 15, 1277–1284, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1277-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1277-2021, 2021
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11 Mar 2021
The regional-scale surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, over the period 2005–2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements
Stefan Kowalewski, Veit Helm, Elizabeth Mary Morris, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 15, 1285–1305, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021, 2021
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10 Mar 2021
Geodetic point surface mass balances: a new approach to determine point surface mass balances on glaciers from remote sensing measurements
Christian Vincent, Diego Cusicanqui, Bruno Jourdain, Olivier Laarman, Delphine Six, Adrien Gilbert, Andrea Walpersdorf, Antoine Rabatel, Luc Piard, Florent Gimbert, Olivier Gagliardini, Vincent Peyaud, Laurent Arnaud, Emmanuel Thibert, Fanny Brun, and Ugo Nanni
The Cryosphere, 15, 1259–1276, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1259-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1259-2021, 2021
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10 Mar 2021
Buoyant calving and ice-contact lake evolution at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) in the period 1998–2019
Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Michael Avian, Douglas I. Benn, Felix Bernsteiner, Philipp Krisch, and Christian Ziesler
The Cryosphere, 15, 1237–1258, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1237-2021, 2021
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09 Mar 2021
Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
Karen E. Alley, Christian T. Wild, Adrian Luckman, Ted A. Scambos, Martin Truffer, Erin C. Pettit, Atsuhiro Muto, Bruce Wallin, Marin Klinger, Tyler Sutterley, Sarah F. Child, Cyrus Hulen, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Michelle Maclennan, Eric Keenan, and Devon Dunmire
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-76,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-76, 2021
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