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The following lists the preprints and final revised papers published within the last 60 days.
29 Jul 2021
Two-dimensional impurity imaging in deep Antarctic ice cores: snapshots of three climatic periods and implications for high-resolution signal interpretation
Pascal Bohleber, Marco Roman, Martin Šala, Barbara Delmonte, Barbara Stenni, and Carlo Barbante
The Cryosphere, 15, 3523–3538, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3523-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3523-2021, 2021
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28 Jul 2021
Acoustic velocity measurements for detecting the crystal orientation fabrics of a temperate ice core
Sebastian Hellmann, Melchior Grab, Johanna Kerch, Henning Löwe, Andreas Bauder, Ilka Weikusat, and Hansruedi Maurer
The Cryosphere, 15, 3507–3521, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021, 2021
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27 Jul 2021
Reconstruction of annual accumulation rate on firn, synchronising H2O2 concentration data with an estimated temperature record
Jandyr M. Travassos, Saulo S. Martins, Mariusz Potocki, and Jefferson C. Simões
The Cryosphere, 15, 3495–3505, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3495-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3495-2021, 2021
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26 Jul 2021
Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica
Madison L. Ghiz, Ryan C. Scott, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Matthew Lazzara, and Dan Lubin
The Cryosphere, 15, 3459–3494, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021, 2021
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26 Jul 2021
Warm and moist atmospheric flow caused a record minimum July sea ice extent of the Arctic in 2020
Yu Liang, Haibo Bi, Haijun Huang, Ruibo Lei, Xi Liang, Bin Cheng, and Yunhe Wang
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-159,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-159, 2021
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23 Jul 2021
Downhole distributed acoustic seismic profiling at Skytrain Ice Rise, West Antarctica
Alex M. Brisbourne, Michael Kendall, Sofia-Katerina Kufner, Thomas S. Hudson, and Andrew M. Smith
The Cryosphere, 15, 3443–3458, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021, 2021
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23 Jul 2021
Convolutional Neural Network and Long Short-Term Memory Models for Ice-Jam Prediction
Fatemehalsadat Madaeni, Karem Chokmani, Rachid Lhissou, Saeid Homayuni, Yves Gauthier, and Simon Tolszczuk-Leclerc
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-194,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-194, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Lateral thermokarst patterns in permafrost peat plateaus in northern Norway
Léo C. P. Martin, Jan Nitzbon, Johanna Scheer, Kjetil S. Aas, Trond Eiken, Moritz Langer, Simon Filhol, Bernd Etzelmüller, and Sebastian Westermann
The Cryosphere, 15, 3423–3442, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3423-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3423-2021, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Effective coefficient of diffusion and permeability of firn at Dome C and Lock In, Antarctica – Estimates over the 100–850 kg m−3 density range
Neige Calonne, Alexis Burr, Armelle Philip, Frédéric Flin, and Christian Geindreau
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-196,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-196, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Snow dune growth increases polar heat fluxes
Kelly Kochanski, Gregory Tucker, and Robert Anderson
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-205,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-205, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Large-scale sea ice motion from Sentinel-1 and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
Stephen E. L. Howell, Mike Brady, and Alexander S. Komarov
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-223,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-223, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice: comparison of observations against models
Joey J. Voermans, Qingxiang Liu, Aleksey Marchenko, Jean Rabault, Kirill Filchuk, Ivan Ryzhov, Petra Heil, Takuji Waseda, Takehiko Nose, Tsubasa Kodaira, Jingkai Li, and Alexander V. Babanin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-210,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-210, 2021
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22 Jul 2021
Changes in Supraglacial Lakes on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula: 1973–2020
Thomas James Barnes, Amber Alexandra Leeson, Malcolm McMillan, Vincent Verjans, Jeremy Carter, and Christoph Kittel
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-214,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-214, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Spaceborne infrared imagery for early detection of Weddell Polynya opening
Céline Heuzé, Lu Zhou, Martin Mohrmann, and Adriano Lemos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3401–3421, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3401-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3401-2021, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Modelling steady states and the transient response of debris-covered glaciers
James C. Ferguson and Andreas Vieli
The Cryosphere, 15, 3377–3399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3377-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3377-2021, 2021
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21 Jul 2021
Surges of Harald Moltke Bræ, north-western Greenland: seasonal modulation and initiation at the terminus
Lukas Müller, Martin Horwath, Mirko Scheinert, Christoph Mayer, Benjamin Ebermann, Dana Floricioiu, Lukas Krieger, Ralf Rosenau, and Saurabh Vijay
The Cryosphere, 15, 3355–3375, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3355-2021, 2021
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20 Jul 2021
Holocene thinning of Darwin and Hatherton glaciers, Antarctica, and implications for grounding-line retreat in the Ross Sea
Trevor R. Hillebrand, John O. Stone, Michelle Koutnik, Courtney King, Howard Conway, Brenda Hall, Keir Nichols, Brent Goehring, and Mette K. Gillespie
The Cryosphere, 15, 3329–3354, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3329-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3329-2021, 2021
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20 Jul 2021
A leading-edge based method for correction of slope-induced errors in ice-sheet heights derived from radar altimetry
Weiran Li, Cornelis Slobbe, and Stef Lhermitte
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-176,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-176, 2021
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19 Jul 2021
Brief communication: Thwaites Glacier cavity evolution
Suzanne L. Bevan, Adrian J. Luckman, Douglas I. Benn, Susheel Adusumilli, and Anna Crawford
The Cryosphere, 15, 3317–3328, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3317-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
Geophysical constraints on the properties of a subglacial lake in northwest Greenland
Ross Maguire, Nicholas Schmerr, Erin Pettit, Kiya Riverman, Christyna Gardner, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Brad Avenson, Natalie Wagner, Angela G. Marusiak, Namrah Habib, Juliette I. Broadbeck, Veronica J. Bray, and Samuel H. Bailey
The Cryosphere, 15, 3279–3291, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3279-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3279-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability
Jürg Schweizer, Christoph Mitterer, Benjamin Reuter, and Frank Techel
The Cryosphere, 15, 3293–3315, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter-Pattynapproximation: application to the central North East Greenland IceStream
Martin Rückamp, Thomas Kleiner, and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-193,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-193, 2021
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15 Jul 2021
Gulf of Alaska ice-marginal lake area change over the Landsat record and potential physical controls
Hannah R. Field, William H. Armstrong, and Matthias Huss
The Cryosphere, 15, 3255–3278, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3255-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3255-2021, 2021
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14 Jul 2021
Marine ice sheet experiments with the Community Ice Sheet Model
Gunter R. Leguy, William H. Lipscomb, and Xylar S. Asay-Davis
The Cryosphere, 15, 3229–3253, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3229-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3229-2021, 2021
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14 Jul 2021
Brief communication: ICESat-2 reveals seasonal thickness change patterns of Greenland Ice Sheet outlet glaciers for the first time
Christian J. Taubenberger, Denis Felikson, and Thomas Neumann
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-181,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-181, 2021
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14 Jul 2021
Evaluation of Northern Hemisphere snow water equivalent in CMIP6 models with satellite-based SnowCCI data during 1982–2014
Kerttu Kouki, Petri Räisänen, Kari Luojus, Anna Luomaranta, and Aku Riihelä
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-195,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-195, 2021
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14 Jul 2021
Modelling rock glacier velocity and ice content, Khumbu and Lhotse Valleys, Nepal
Yan Hu, Stephan Harrison, Lin Liu, and Joanne Laura Wood
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-110,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-110, 2021
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13 Jul 2021
Automated mapping of the seasonal evolution of surface meltwater and its links to climate on the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Peter A. Tuckett, Jeremy C. Ely, Andrew J. Sole, James M. Lea, Stephen J. Livingstone, Julie M. Jones, and J. Melchior van Wessem
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-177,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-177, 2021
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13 Jul 2021
Towards ice thickness inversion: an evaluation of global DEMs by ICESat-2 in the glacierized Tibetan Plateau
Wenfeng Chen, Tandong Yao, Guoqing Zhang, Fei Li, Guoxiong Zheng, Yushan Zhou, and Fenglin Xu
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-197,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-197, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Presentation and evaluation of the Arctic sea ice forecasting system neXtSIM-F
Timothy Williams, Anton Korosov, Pierre Rampal, and Einar Ólason
The Cryosphere, 15, 3207–3227, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3207-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3207-2021, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Ice volume and basal topography estimation using geostatistical methods and GPR measurements : Application on the Tsanfleuron and Scex Rouge glacier, Swiss Alps
Alexis Neven, Valentin Dall'Alba, Przemysław Juda, Julien Straubhaar, and Philippe Renard
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-161,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-161, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
The potential of InSAR for assessing meltwater lake dynamics on Antarctic ice shelves
Weiran Li, Stef Lhermitte, and Paco López-Dekker
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-169,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-169, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Mass evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula over the last two decades from a joint Bayesian inversion
Stephen J. Chuter, Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Jonathan Rougier, Geoffrey Dawson, and Jonathan L Bamber
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-178,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-178, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Proper orthogonal decomposition of ice velocity identifies drivers of flow variability at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ)
David W. Ashmore, Douglas W. F. Mair, Jonathan E. Higham, Stephen Brough, James M. Lea, and Isabel J. Nias
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-184,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-184, 2021
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12 Jul 2021
Glacier and Rock Glacier changes since the 1950s in the La Laguna catchment, Chile
Benjamin Aubrey Robson, Shelley MacDonell, Álvaro Ayala, Tobias Bolch, Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen, and Sebastián Vivero
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-200,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-200, 2021
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09 Jul 2021
Firn changes at Colle Gnifetti revealed with a high-resolution process-based physical model approach
Enrico Mattea, Horst Machguth, Marlene Kronenberg, Ward van Pelt, Manuela Bassi, and Martin Hoelzle
The Cryosphere, 15, 3181–3205, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3181-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3181-2021, 2021
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09 Jul 2021
The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment
Guoxiong Zheng, Martin Mergili, Adam Emmer, Simon Allen, Anming Bao, Hao Guo, and Markus Stoffel
The Cryosphere, 15, 3159–3180, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3159-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3159-2021, 2021
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08 Jul 2021
Twentieth century global glacier mass change: an ensemble-based model reconstruction
Jan-Hendrik Malles and Ben Marzeion
The Cryosphere, 15, 3135–3157, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3135-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3135-2021, 2021
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07 Jul 2021
Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase
Malcolm McMillan, Alan Muir, and Craig Donlon
The Cryosphere, 15, 3129–3134, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021, 2021
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07 Jul 2021
Comment on "Ice content and interannual water storage changes of an active rock glacier in the dry Andes of Argentina" by Halla et al. (2021)
W. Brian Whalley
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-88,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-88, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Thaw-driven mass wasting couples slopes with downstream systems, and effects propagate through Arctic drainage networks
Steven V. Kokelj, Justin Kokoszka, Jurjen van der Sluijs, Ashley C. A. Rudy, Jon Tunnicliffe, Sarah Shakil, Suzanne E. Tank, and Scott Zolkos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3059–3081, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3059-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3059-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Estimating instantaneous sea-ice dynamics from space using the bi-static radar measurements of Earth Explorer 10 candidate Harmony
Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Anton Korosov, Thomas Newman, Andreas Theodosiou, Alexander S. Komarov, Yuanhao Li, Gert Mulder, Pierre Rampal, Julienne Stroeve, and Paco Lopez-Dekker
The Cryosphere, 15, 3101–3118, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Assessment of ICESat-2 ice surface elevations over the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE) route, East Antarctica, based on coordinated multi-sensor observations
Rongxing Li, Hongwei Li, Tong Hao, Gang Qiao, Haotian Cui, Youquan He, Gang Hai, Huan Xie, Yuan Cheng, and Bofeng Li
The Cryosphere, 15, 3083–3099, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3083-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3083-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Indication of high basal melting at the EastGRIP drill site on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
Ole Zeising and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 3119–3128, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3119-2021, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Microstructure, Micro-inclusions and Mineralogy along the EGRIP ice core – Part 1: Localisation of inclusions and deformation patterns
Nicolas Stoll, Jan Eichler, Maria Hörhold, Tobias Erhardt, Camilla Jensen, and Ilka Weikusat
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-188,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-188, 2021
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06 Jul 2021
Microstructure, Micro-inclusions and Mineralogy along the EGRIP ice core – Part 2: Implications for paleo-mineralogy
Nicolas Stoll, Maria Hörhold, Tobias Erhardt, Jan Eichler, Camilla Jensen, and Ilka Weikusat
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-190,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-190, 2021
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02 Jul 2021
Deriving Arctic 2 m air temperatures over snow and ice from satellite surface temperature measurements
Pia Nielsen-Englyst, Jacob L. Høyer, Kristine S. Madsen, Rasmus T. Tonboe, Gorm Dybkjær, and Sotirios Skarpalezos
The Cryosphere, 15, 3035–3057, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3035-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3035-2021, 2021
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01 Jul 2021
Three in one: GPS-IR measurements of ground surface elevation changes, soil moisture, and snow depth at a permafrost site in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Jiahua Zhang, Lin Liu, Lei Su, and Tao Che
The Cryosphere, 15, 3021–3033, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3021-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3021-2021, 2021
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01 Jul 2021
Characteristics of mountain glaciers in the northern Japanese Alps
Kenshiro Arie, Chiyuki Narama, Ryohei Yamamoto, Kotaro Fukui, and Hajime Iida
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-182,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-182, 2021
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30 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Reduction in the future Greenland ice sheet surface melt with the help of solar geoengineering
Xavier Fettweis, Stefan Hofer, Roland Séférian, Charles Amory, Alison Delhasse, Sébastien Doutreloup, Christoph Kittel, Charlotte Lang, Joris Van Bever, Florent Veillon, and Peter Irvine
The Cryosphere, 15, 3013–3019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021, 2021
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30 Jun 2021
A local model of snow-firn dynamics and application to Colle Gnifetti site
Fabiola Banfi and Carlo De Michele
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-145,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-145, 2021
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30 Jun 2021
Modelling surface temperature and radiation budget of snow-covered complex terrain
Alvaro Robledano, Ghislain Picard, Laurent Arnaud, Fanny Larue, and Inès Ollivier
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-180,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-180, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Contrasting regional variability of buried meltwater extent over 2 years across the Greenland Ice Sheet
Devon Dunmire, Alison F. Banwell, Nander Wever, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, and Rajashree Tri Datta
The Cryosphere, 15, 2983–3005, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2983-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2983-2021, 2021
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29 Jun 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, 15, 3007–3012, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3007-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3007-2021, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Deep ice as a geochemical reactor: insights from iron speciation and mineralogy of dust in the Talos Dome ice core (East Antarctica)
Giovanni Baccolo, Barbara Delmonte, Elena Di Stefano, Giannantonio Cibin, Ilaria Crotti, Massimo Frezzotti, Dariush Hampai, Yoshinori Iizuka, Augusto Marcelli, and Valter Maggi
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-162,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-162, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
The complex basal morphology and ice dynamics of Nansen Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Christine F. Dow, Derek Mueller, Peter Wray, Drew Friedrichs, Alexander L. Forrest, Jasmin B. McInerney, Jamin Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Choon Ki Lee, and Won Sang Lee
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-168,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-168, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Assessing volumetric change distributions and scaling relations of retrogressive thaw slumps across the Arctic
Philipp Bernhard, Simon Zwieback, Nora Bergner, and Irena Hajnsek
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-137,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-137, 2021
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29 Jun 2021
Brief communication: A framework to classify glaciers for water resource evaluation and management in the Southern Andes
Nicole Schaffer and Shelley MacDonell
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-167,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-167, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Sensitivity of the Greenland surface mass and energy balance to uncertainties in key model parameters
Tobias Zolles and Andreas Born
The Cryosphere, 15, 2917–2938, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2917-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2917-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Formation of ribbed bedforms below shear margins and lobes of palaeo-ice streams
Jean Vérité, Édouard Ravier, Olivier Bourgeois, Stéphane Pochat, Thomas Lelandais, Régis Mourgues, Christopher D. Clark, Paul Bessin, David Peigné, and Nigel Atkinson
The Cryosphere, 15, 2889–2916, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2889-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2889-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
The flexural strength of bonded ice
Andrii Murdza, Arttu Polojärvi, Erland M. Schulson, and Carl E. Renshaw
The Cryosphere, 15, 2957–2967, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2957-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2957-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Impact of dynamic snow density on GlobSnow snow water equivalent retrieval accuracy
Pinja Venäläinen, Kari Luojus, Juha Lemmetyinen, Jouni Pulliainen, Mikko Moisander, and Matias Takala
The Cryosphere, 15, 2969–2981, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2969-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2969-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Sea ice thickness from air-coupled flexural waves
Rowan Romeyn, Alfred Hanssen, Bent Ole Ruud, and Tor Arne Johansen
The Cryosphere, 15, 2939–2955, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2939-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2939-2021, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Broadband Spectral Induced Polarization for the detection of Permafrost and an approach to ice content estimation – A Case study from Yakutia, Russia
Jan Mudler, Andreas Hördt, Dennis Kreith, Kirill Bazhin, Lyudmila Lebedeva, and Tino Radić
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-154,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-154, 2021
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28 Jun 2021
Variability of Basal Meltwater Generation During Winter, Western Greenland Ice Sheet
Joel Harper, Toby Meierbachtol, Neil Humphrey, Jun Saito, and Aidan Stansberry
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-179,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-179, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
Non-normal flow rules affect fracture angles in sea ice viscous–plastic rheologies
Damien Ringeisen, L. Bruno Tremblay, and Martin Losch
The Cryosphere, 15, 2873–2888, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2873-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2873-2021, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
A Bayesian approach towards daily pan-Arctic sea ice freeboard estimates from combined CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3 satellite observations
William Gregory, Isobel R. Lawrence, and Michel Tsamados
The Cryosphere, 15, 2857–2871, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021, 2021
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24 Jun 2021
Estimating subpixel turbulent heat flux over leads from MODIS thermal infrared imagery with deep learning
Zhixiang Yin, Xiaodong Li, Yong Ge, Cheng Shang, Xinyan Li, Yun Du, and Feng Ling
The Cryosphere, 15, 2835–2856, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2835-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2835-2021, 2021
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22 Jun 2021
Implications of surface flooding on airborne estimates of snow depth on sea ice
Anja Rösel, Sinead Louise Farrell, Vishnu Nandan, Jaqueline Richter-Menge, Gunnar Spreen, Dmitry V. Divine, Adam Steer, Jean-Charles Gallet, and Sebastian Gerland
The Cryosphere, 15, 2819–2833, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2819-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2819-2021, 2021
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22 Jun 2021
Understanding wind-driven melt of patchy snow cover
Luuk D. van der Valk, Adriaan J. Teuling, Luc Girod, Norbert Pirk, Robin Stoffer, and Chiel C. van Heerwaarden
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-171,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-171, 2021
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21 Jun 2021
Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea-level
Andy Aschwanden, Timothy C. Bartholomaus, Douglas J. Brinkerhoff, and Martin Truffer
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-175,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-175, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3 – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity study
Linlu Mei, Vladimir Rozanov, Christine Pohl, Marco Vountas, and John P. Burrows
The Cryosphere, 15, 2757–2780, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2757-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2757-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3 – Part 2: Results and validation
Linlu Mei, Vladimir Rozanov, Evelyn Jäkel, Xiao Cheng, Marco Vountas, and John P. Burrows
The Cryosphere, 15, 2781–2802, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2781-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2781-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
Impact of water vapor diffusion and latent heat on the effective thermal conductivity of snow
Kévin Fourteau, Florent Domine, and Pascal Hagenmuller
The Cryosphere, 15, 2739–2755, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2739-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2739-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
An improved sea ice detection algorithm using MODIS: application as a new European sea ice extent indicator
Joan Antoni Parera-Portell, Raquel Ubach, and Charles Gignac
The Cryosphere, 15, 2803–2818, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021, 2021
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18 Jun 2021
Multi-decadal retreat of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in northwest and central-west Greenland
Taryn E. Black and Ian Joughin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-164,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-164, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Sensitivity of subglacial drainage to water supply distribution at the Kongsfjord basin, Svalbard
Chloé Scholzen, Thomas V. Schuler, and Adrien Gilbert
The Cryosphere, 15, 2719–2738, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2719-2021, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
The sensitivity of landfast sea ice to atmospheric forcing in single-column model simulations: a case study at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica
Fengguan Gu, Qinghua Yang, Frank Kauker, Changwei Liu, Guanghua Hao, Chaoyuan Yang, Jiping Liu, Petra Heil, Xuewei Li, and Bo Han
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-134,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-134, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Weddell Sea Polynya analysis using SMOS-SMAP Sea Ice Thickness Retrieval
Alexander Mchedlishvili, Gunnar Spreen, Christian Melsheimer, and Marcus Huntemann
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-138,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-138, 2021
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17 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Evaluation of the snow cover detection in the Copernicus High Resolution Snow & Ice Monitoring Service
Zacharie Barrou Dumont, Simon Gascoin, Olivier Hagolle, Michaël Ablain, Rémi Jugier, Germain Salgues, Florence Marti, Aurore Dupuis, Marie Dumont, and Samuel Morin
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-172,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-172, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Methane cycling within sea ice: results from drifting ice during late spring, north of Svalbard
Josefa Verdugo, Ellen Damm, and Anna Nikolopoulos
The Cryosphere, 15, 2701–2717, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2701-2021, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability
Dieter R. Tetzner, Elizabeth R. Thomas, and Claire S. Allen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Seasonal evolution of basal conditions within Russell sector, West Greenland, inverted from satellite observations of surface flow
Anna Derkacheva, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, Jeremie Mouginot, Eliot Jager, Nathan Maier, and Samuel Cook
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-170,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-170, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Statistical emulation of a perturbed basal melt ensemble of an ice sheet model to better quantify Antarctic sea level rise uncertainties
Mira Berdahl, Gunter Leguy, William H. Lipscomb, and Nathan M. Urban
The Cryosphere, 15, 2683–2699, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2683-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Interannual variability in Transpolar Drift summer sea ice thickness and potential impact of Atlantification
H. Jakob Belter, Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Tatiana A. Alekseeva, Gerit Birnbaum, Sergei V. Frolov, Stefan Hendricks, Andreas Herber, Igor Polyakov, Ian Raphael, Robert Ricker, Sergei S. Serovetnikov, Melinda Webster, and Christian Haas
The Cryosphere, 15, 2575–2591, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2575-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Do 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 °C matter for the future evolution of Alpine glaciers?
Loris Compagno, Sarah Eggs, Matthias Huss, Harry Zekollari, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere, 15, 2593–2599, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2593-2021, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Drainage of an ice-dammed lake through a supraglacial stream: hydraulics and thermodynamics
Christophe Ogier, Mauro A. Werder, Matthias Huss, Isabelle Kull, David Hodel, and Daniel Farinotti
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-151,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-151, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Assessment of neutrons from secondary cosmic rays at mountain altitudes – Geant4 simulations of environmental parameters including soil moisture and snow cover
Thomas Brall, Vladimir Mares, Rolf Bütikofer, and Werner Rühm
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-152,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-152, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Fractionation of O2/N2 and Ar/N2 in the Antarctic ice sheet during bubble formation and bubble-clathrate hydrate transition from precise gas measurements of the Dome Fuji ice core
Ikumi Oyabu, Kenji Kawamura, Tsutomu Uchida, Shuji Fujita, Kyotaro Kitamura, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Shuji Aoki, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, and Jacob Morgan
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-147,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-147, 2021
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15 Jun 2021
Modelling the mass budget and future evolution of Tunabreen, central Spitsbergen
Johannes Oerlemans, Jack Kohler, and Adrian Luckman
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-155,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-155, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Retention time of lakes in the Larsemann Hills oasis, East Antarctica
Elena Shevnina, Ekaterina Kourzeneva, Yury Dvornikov, and Irina Fedorova
The Cryosphere, 15, 2667–2682, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2667-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Surface melting over the Greenland ice sheet derived from enhanced resolution passive microwave brightness temperatures (1979–2019)
Paolo Colosio, Marco Tedesco, Roberto Ranzi, and Xavier Fettweis
The Cryosphere, 15, 2623–2646, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2623-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Mechanics and dynamics of pinning points on the Shirase Coast, West Antarctica
Holly Still and Christina Hulbe
The Cryosphere, 15, 2647–2665, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2647-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Mapping the aerodynamic roughness of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface using ICESat-2: evaluation over the K-transect
Maurice van Tiggelen, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Carleen H. Reijmer, Bert Wouters, Jakob F. Steiner, Emile J. Nieuwstraten, Walter W. Immerzeel, and Michiel R. van den Broeke
The Cryosphere, 15, 2601–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2601-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
High Temporal and Spatial Nitrate Variability on an Alaskan Hillslope Dominated by Alder Shrubs
Rachael E. McCaully, Carli A. Arendt, Brent D. Newman, Verity G. Salmon, Jeffrey M. Heikoop, Cathy J. Wilson, Sanna Sevanto, Nathan A. Wales, George B. Perkins, Oana C. Marina, and Stan D. Wullschleger
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-166,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-166, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Nunataks as barriers to ice flow: implications for palaeo ice-sheet reconstructions
Martim Mas e Braga, Richard Selwyn Jones, Jennifer C. H. Newall, Irina Rogozhina, Jane L. Andersen, Nathaniel A. Lifton, and Arjen P. Stroeven
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-173,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-173, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
Long-period variability in ice-dammed glacier outburst floods due to evolving catchment geometry
Amy J. Jenson, Jason M. Amundson, Jonathan Kingslake, and Eran Hood
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-141,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-141, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
Dam type and topological position govern ice-marginal lake area change in Alaska and NW Canada between 1984 and 2019
Brianna Rick, Daniel McGrath, William Armstrong, and Scott W. McCoy
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-143,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-143, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
Retrieval and parametrisation of sea-ice bulk density from airborne multi-sensor measurements
Arttu Jutila, Stefan Hendricks, Robert Ricker, Luisa von Albedyll, Thomas Krumpen, and Christian Haas
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-149,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-149, 2021
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08 Jun 2021
The influence of snow on sea ice as assessed from simulations of CESM2
Marika M. Holland, David Clemens-Sewall, Laura Landrum, Bonnie Light, Donald Perovich, Chris Polashenski, Madison Smith, and Melinda Webster
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174, 2021
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