Volume 10, issue 6

Volume 10, issue 6

02 Nov 2016
Reflective properties of white sea ice and snow
Aleksey Malinka, Eleonora Zege, Georg Heygster, and Larysa Istomina
The Cryosphere, 10, 2541–2557, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016, 2016
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02 Nov 2016
Accuracy of snow depth estimation in mountain and prairie environments by an unmanned aerial vehicle
Phillip Harder, Michael Schirmer, John Pomeroy, and Warren Helgason
The Cryosphere, 10, 2559–2571, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2559-2016, 2016
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02 Nov 2016
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Seasonal evolution of the effective thermal conductivity of the snow and the soil in high Arctic herb tundra at Bylot Island, Canada
Florent Domine, Mathieu Barrere, and Denis Sarrazin
The Cryosphere, 10, 2573–2588, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2573-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2573-2016, 2016
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03 Nov 2016
Frequency and distribution of winter melt events from passive microwave satellite data in the pan-Arctic, 1988–2013
Libo Wang, Peter Toose, Ross Brown, and Chris Derksen
The Cryosphere, 10, 2589–2602, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2589-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2589-2016, 2016
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04 Nov 2016
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Brief communication: Impacts of a developing polynya off Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica, triggered by grounding of iceberg B09B
Christopher J. Fogwill, Erik van Sebille, Eva A. Cougnon, Chris S. M. Turney, Steve R. Rintoul, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Graeme F. Clark, E. M. Marzinelli, Eleanor B. Rainsley, and Lionel Carter
The Cryosphere, 10, 2603–2609, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2603-2016, 2016
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07 Nov 2016
Concentration, sources and light absorption characteristics of dissolved organic carbon on a medium-sized valley glacier, northern Tibetan Plateau
Fangping Yan, Shichang Kang, Chaoliu Li, Yulan Zhang, Xiang Qin, Yang Li, Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhaofu Hu, Pengfei Chen, Xiaofei Li, Bin Qu, and Mika Sillanpää
The Cryosphere, 10, 2611–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2611-2016, 2016
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09 Nov 2016
Dynamic influence of pinning points on marine ice-sheet stability: a numerical study in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Lionel Favier, Frank Pattyn, Sophie Berger, and Reinhard Drews
The Cryosphere, 10, 2623–2635, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2623-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2623-2016, 2016
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11 Nov 2016
Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties
Jürg Schweizer, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, and Johan Gaume
The Cryosphere, 10, 2637–2653, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016, 2016
14 Nov 2016
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Refinement of the ice absorption spectrum in the visible using radiance profile measurements in Antarctic snow
Ghislain Picard, Quentin Libois, and Laurent Arnaud
The Cryosphere, 10, 2655–2672, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2655-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2655-2016, 2016
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15 Nov 2016
Presence of rapidly degrading permafrost plateaus in south-central Alaska
Benjamin M. Jones, Carson A. Baughman, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Andrew D. Parsekian, Esther L. Babcock, Eva Stephani, Miriam C. Jones, Guido Grosse, and Edward E. Berg
The Cryosphere, 10, 2673–2692, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2673-2016, 2016
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15 Nov 2016
Semi-automated calibration method for modelling of mountain permafrost evolution in Switzerland
Antoine Marmy, Jan Rajczak, Reynald Delaloye, Christin Hilbich, Martin Hoelzle, Sven Kotlarski, Christophe Lambiel, Jeannette Noetzli, Marcia Phillips, Nadine Salzmann, Benno Staub, and Christian Hauck
The Cryosphere, 10, 2693–2719, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2693-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2693-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Estimating the extent of Antarctic summer sea ice during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Tom Edinburgh and Jonathan J. Day
The Cryosphere, 10, 2721–2730, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2721-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2721-2016, 2016
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16 Nov 2016
Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks
Nander Wever, Sebastian Würzer, Charles Fierz, and Michael Lehning
The Cryosphere, 10, 2731–2744, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016, 2016
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16 Nov 2016
Benefits of assimilating thin sea ice thickness from SMOS into the TOPAZ system
Jiping Xie, François Counillon, Laurent Bertino, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, and Lars Kaleschke
The Cryosphere, 10, 2745–2761, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2745-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2745-2016, 2016
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17 Nov 2016
Surface mass balance and water stable isotopes derived from firn cores on three ice rises, Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Carmen P. Vega, Elisabeth Schlosser, Dmitry V. Divine, Jack Kohler, Tõnu Martma, Anja Eichler, Margit Schwikowski, and Elisabeth Isaksson
The Cryosphere, 10, 2763–2777, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2763-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2763-2016, 2016
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17 Nov 2016
Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum
Paolo Gabrielli, Carlo Barbante, Giuliano Bertagna, Michele Bertó, Daniel Binder, Alberto Carton, Luca Carturan, Federico Cazorzi, Giulio Cozzi, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Mary Davis, Fabrizio De Blasi, Roberto Dinale, Gianfranco Dragà, Giuliano Dreossi, Daniela Festi, Massimo Frezzotti, Jacopo Gabrieli, Stephan P. Galos, Patrick Ginot, Petra Heidenwolf, Theo M. Jenk, Natalie Kehrwald, Donald Kenny, Olivier Magand, Volkmar Mair, Vladimir Mikhalenko, Ping Nan Lin, Klaus Oeggl, Gianni Piffer, Mirko Rinaldi, Ulrich Schotterer, Margit Schwikowski, Roberto Seppi, Andrea Spolaor, Barbara Stenni, David Tonidandel, Chiara Uglietti, Victor Zagorodnov, Thomas Zanoner, and Piero Zennaro
The Cryosphere, 10, 2779–2797, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016, 2016
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18 Nov 2016
Surface energy balance sensitivity to meteorological variability on Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains
Samaneh Ebrahimi and Shawn J. Marshall
The Cryosphere, 10, 2799–2819, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2799-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2799-2016, 2016
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18 Nov 2016
Monitoring the temperature-dependent elastic and anelastic properties in isotropic polycrystalline ice using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
Matthew J. Vaughan, Kasper van Wijk, David J. Prior, and M. Hamish Bowman
The Cryosphere, 10, 2821–2829, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2821-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2821-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Relationships between snowfall density and solid hydrometeors, based on measured size and fall speed, for snowpack modeling applications
Masaaki Ishizaka, Hiroki Motoyoshi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Sento Nakai, Toru Shiina, and Ken-ichiro Muramoto
The Cryosphere, 10, 2831–2845, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2831-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2831-2016, 2016
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21 Nov 2016
Relating optical and microwave grain metrics of snow: the relevance of grain shape
Quirine Krol and Henning Löwe
The Cryosphere, 10, 2847–2863, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2847-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2847-2016, 2016
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23 Nov 2016
Rock glaciers on the run – understanding rock glacier landform evolution and recent changes from numerical flow modeling
Johann Müller, Andreas Vieli, and Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
The Cryosphere, 10, 2865–2886, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2865-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2865-2016, 2016
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24 Nov 2016
Effects of local advection on the spatial sensible heat flux variation on a mountain glacier
Tobias Sauter and Stephan Peter Galos
The Cryosphere, 10, 2887–2905, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2887-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2887-2016, 2016
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25 Nov 2016
Weichselian permafrost depth in the Netherlands: a comprehensive uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
Joan Govaerts, Koen Beerten, and Johan ten Veen
The Cryosphere, 10, 2907–2922, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2907-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2907-2016, 2016
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28 Nov 2016
In situ field measurements of the temporal evolution of low-frequency sea-ice dielectric properties in relation to temperature, salinity, and microstructure
Megan O'Sadnick, Malcolm Ingham, Hajo Eicken, and Erin Pettit
The Cryosphere, 10, 2923–2940, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2923-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2923-2016, 2016
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30 Nov 2016
Local reduction of decadal glacier thickness loss through mass balance management in ski resorts
Andrea Fischer, Kay Helfricht, and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber
The Cryosphere, 10, 2941–2952, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016, 2016
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01 Dec 2016
Improved retrieval of land ice topography from CryoSat-2 data and its impact for volume-change estimation of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Johan Nilsson, Alex Gardner, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, and Rene Forsberg
The Cryosphere, 10, 2953–2969, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2953-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2953-2016, 2016
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01 Dec 2016
Active subglacial lakes and channelized water flow beneath the Kamb Ice Stream
Byeong-Hoon Kim, Choon-Ki Lee, Ki-Weon Seo, Won Sang Lee, and Ted Scambos
The Cryosphere, 10, 2971–2980, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2971-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2971-2016, 2016
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06 Dec 2016
Evaposublimation from the snow in the Mediterranean mountains of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
Javier Herrero and María José Polo
The Cryosphere, 10, 2981–2998, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2981-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2981-2016, 2016
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09 Dec 2016
Quantification of ice production in Laptev Sea polynyas and its sensitivity to thin-ice parameterizations in a regional climate model
Oliver Gutjahr, Günther Heinemann, Andreas Preußer, Sascha Willmes, and Clemens Drüe
The Cryosphere, 10, 2999–3019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2999-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2999-2016, 2016
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15 Dec 2016
Circumpolar polynya regions and ice production in the Arctic: results from MODIS thermal infrared imagery from 2002/2003 to 2014/2015 with a regional focus on the Laptev Sea
Andreas Preußer, Günther Heinemann, Sascha Willmes, and Stephan Paul
The Cryosphere, 10, 3021–3042, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3021-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3021-2016, 2016
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16 Dec 2016
Near-surface snow particle dynamics from particle tracking velocimetry and turbulence measurements during alpine blowing snow storms
Nikolas O. Aksamit and John W. Pomeroy
The Cryosphere, 10, 3043–3062, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3043-2016, 2016
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16 Dec 2016
Critical investigation of calculation methods for the elastic velocities in anisotropic ice polycrystals
Agnès Maurel, Jean-François Mercier, and Maurine Montagnat
The Cryosphere, 10, 3063–3070, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016, 2016
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21 Dec 2016
Strain localization and dynamic recrystallization in the ice–air aggregate: a numerical study
Florian Steinbach, Paul D. Bons, Albert Griera, Daniela Jansen, Maria-Gema Llorens, Jens Roessiger, and Ilka Weikusat
The Cryosphere, 10, 3071–3089, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3071-2016, 2016
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21 Dec 2016
Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: overview, optimisation, validation and potential
Chiara Uglietti, Alexander Zapf, Theo Manuel Jenk, Michael Sigl, Sönke Szidat, Gary Salazar, and Margit Schwikowski
The Cryosphere, 10, 3091–3105, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016, 2016
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