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Co-editors-in-chief: Chris Derksen, Christian Haas, Christian Hauck, Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson & Thomas Mölg
eISSN: TC 1994-0424, TCD 1994-0440

The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies.

The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers, planetary ice bodies, permafrost, river and lake ice, seasonal snow cover, sea ice, remote sensing, numerical modelling, in situ and laboratory studies of the above and including studies of the interaction of the cryosphere with the rest of the climate system.

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13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

12 Sep 2024 TC now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at TC's profile page for more details.

12 Sep 2024 TC now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at TC's profile page for more details.

20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

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20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

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Recent papers

02 Oct 2024
A model framework for atmosphere–snow water vapor exchange and the associated isotope effects at Dome Argus, Antarctica – Part 1: The diurnal changes
Tianming Ma, Zhuang Jiang, Minghu Ding, Pengzhen He, Yuansheng Li, Wenqian Zhang, and Lei Geng
The Cryosphere, 18, 4547–4565, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4547-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4547-2024, 2024
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02 Oct 2024
Modelling the effect of free convection on permafrost melting rates in frozen rock clefts
Amir Sedaghatkish, Frédéric Doumenc, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Marc Luetscher
The Cryosphere, 18, 4531–4546, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4531-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4531-2024, 2024
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02 Oct 2024
Fine-scale variability in iceberg velocity fields and implications for an ice-associated pinniped
Lynn M. Kaluzienski, Jason M. Amundson, Jamie N. Womble, Andrew K. Bliss, and Linnea E. Pearson
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2950,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2950, 2024
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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01 Oct 2024
EastGRIP ice core reveals the exceptional evolution of crystallographic preferred orientation throughout the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
Nicolas Stoll, Ilka Weikusat, Daniela Jansen, Paul Bons, Kyra Darányi, Julien Westhoff, Mária-Gema Llorens, David Wallis, Jan Eichler, Tomotaka Saruya, Tomoyuki Homma, Martyn Drury, Frank Wilhelms, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Johanna Kerch
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2653,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2653, 2024
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01 Oct 2024
Review Article: Antarctica’s internal architecture: Towards a radiostratigraphically-informed age–depth model of the Antarctic ice sheets
Robert G. Bingham, Julien A. Bodart, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Ailsa Chung, Rebecca J. Sanderson, Johannes C. R. Sutter, Olaf Eisen, Nanna B. Karlsson, Joseph A. MacGregor, Neil Ross, Duncan A. Young, David W. Ashmore, Andreas Born, Winnie Chu, Xiangbin Cui, Reinhard Drews, Steven Franke, Vikram Goel, John W. Goodge, A. Clara J. Henry, Antoine Hermant, Benjamin H. Hills, Nicholas Holschuh, Michelle R. Koutnik, Gwendolyn J.-M. C. Leysinger Vieli, Emma J. Mackie, Elisa Mantelli, Carlos Martín, Felix S. L. Ng, Falk M. Oraschewski, Felipe Napoleoni, Frédéric Parrenin, Sergey V. Popov, Therese Rieckh, Rebecca Schlegel, Dustin M. Schroeder, Martin J. Siegert, Xueyuan Tang, Thomas O. Teisberg, Kate Winter, Shuai Yan, Harry Davis, Christine F. Dow, Tyler J. Fudge, Tom A. Jordan, Bernd Kulessa, Kenichi Matsuoka, Clara J. Nyqvist, Maryam Rahnemoonfar, Matthew R. Siegfried, Shivangini Singh, Verjan Višnjević, Rodrigo Zamora, and Alexandra Zuhr
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2593,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2593, 2024
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Highlight articles

05 Sep 2024
Ice viscosity governs hydraulic fracture that causes rapid drainage of supraglacial lakes
Tim Hageman, Jessica Mejía, Ravindra Duddu, and Emilio Martínez-Pañeda
The Cryosphere, 18, 3991–4009, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3991-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3991-2024, 2024
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03 Jun 2024
Coupled ice–ocean interactions during future retreat of West Antarctic ice streams in the Amundsen Sea sector
David T. Bett, Alexander T. Bradley, C. Rosie Williams, Paul R. Holland, Robert J. Arthern, and Daniel N. Goldberg
The Cryosphere, 18, 2653–2675, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2653-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2653-2024, 2024
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28 Mar 2024
Subglacial valleys preserved in the highlands of south and east Greenland record restricted ice extent during past warmer climates
Guy J. G. Paxman, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Aisling M. Dolan, and Michael J. Bentley
The Cryosphere, 18, 1467–1493, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1467-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1467-2024, 2024
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22 Mar 2024
Extreme melting at Greenland's largest floating ice tongue
Ole Zeising, Niklas Neckel, Nils Dörr, Veit Helm, Daniel Steinhage, Ralph Timmermann, and Angelika Humbert
The Cryosphere, 18, 1333–1357, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1333-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1333-2024, 2024
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05 Mar 2024
Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming
Michael A. Rawlins and Ambarish V. Karmalkar
The Cryosphere, 18, 1033–1052, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1033-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1033-2024, 2024
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