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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.

IF value: 5.805
IF5.805
IF 5-year value: 6.029
IF 5-year6.029
CiteScore value: 9.1
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h5-index value: 59
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News

27 Feb 2023 Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

The observed annual maximum landfast ice (LFI) thickness off Zhongshan (Davis) was 1.59±0.17?m (1.64±0.08?m). Larger interannual and local spatial variabilities for the seasonality of LFI were identified at Zhongshan, with the dominant influencing factors of air temperature anomaly, snow atop, local topography and wind regime, and oceanic heat flux. The variability of LFI properties across the study domain prevailed at interannual timescales, over any trend during the recent decades.

27 Feb 2023 Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

The observed annual maximum landfast ice (LFI) thickness off Zhongshan (Davis) was 1.59±0.17?m (1.64±0.08?m). Larger interannual and local spatial variabilities for the seasonality of LFI were identified at Zhongshan, with the dominant influencing factors of air temperature anomaly, snow atop, local topography and wind regime, and oceanic heat flux. The variability of LFI properties across the study domain prevailed at interannual timescales, over any trend during the recent decades.

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Recent papers

05 Jun 2023
Combining modelled snowpack stability with machine learning to predict avalanche activity
Léo Viallon-Galinier, Pascal Hagenmuller, and Nicolas Eckert
The Cryosphere, 17, 2245–2260, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2245-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2245-2023, 2023
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05 Jun 2023
Understanding influence of ocean waves on Arctic sea ice simulation: A modeling study with an atmosphere-ocean-wave-sea ice coupled model
Chao-Yuan Yang, Jiping Liu, and Dake Chen
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2023-79,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2023-79, 2023
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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02 Jun 2023
Wind redistribution of snow impacts the Ka- and Ku-band radar signatures of Arctic sea ice
Vishnu Nandan, Rosemary Willatt, Robbie Mallett, Julienne Stroeve, Torsten Geldsetzer, Randall Scharien, Rasmus Tonboe, John Yackel, Jack Landy, David Clemens-Sewall, Arttu Jutila, David N. Wagner, Daniela Krampe, Marcus Huntemann, Mallik Mahmud, David Jensen, Thomas Newman, Stefan Hendricks, Gunnar Spreen, Amy Macfarlane, Martin Schneebeli, James Mead, Robert Ricker, Michael Gallagher, Claude Duguay, Ian Raphael, Chris Polashenski, Michel Tsamados, Ilkka Matero, and Mario Hoppmann
The Cryosphere, 17, 2211–2229, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2211-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2211-2023, 2023
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02 Jun 2023
Annual evolution of the ice–ocean interaction beneath landfast ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
Haihan Hu, Jiechen Zhao, Petra Heil, Zhiliang Qin, Jingkai Ma, Fengming Hui, and Xiao Cheng
The Cryosphere, 17, 2231–2244, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2231-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2231-2023, 2023
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01 Jun 2023
Modelling ice mélange based on the viscous-plastic sea-ice rheology
Saskia Kahl, Carolin Mehlmann, and Dirk Notz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-982,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-982, 2023
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles

28 Apr 2023
| Highlight paper
Reversible ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen Sea Embayment during the Late Holocene
Greg Balco, Nathan Brown, Keir Nichols, Ryan A. Venturelli, Jonathan Adams, Scott Braddock, Seth Campbell, Brent Goehring, Joanne S. Johnson, Dylan H. Rood, Klaus Wilcken, Brenda Hall, and John Woodward
The Cryosphere, 17, 1787–1801, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1787-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1787-2023, 2023
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
21 Feb 2023
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Climatology and surface impacts of atmospheric rivers on West Antarctica
Michelle L. Maclennan, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Christine A. Shields, Andrew O. Hoffman, Nander Wever, Megan Thompson-Munson, Andrew C. Winters, Erin C. Pettit, Theodore A. Scambos, and Jonathan D. Wille
The Cryosphere, 17, 865–881, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-865-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-865-2023, 2023
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01 Feb 2023
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Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds
Bertie W. J. Miles, Chris R. Stokes, Adrian Jenkins, Jim R. Jordan, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, and G. Hilmar Gudmundsson
The Cryosphere, 17, 445–456, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-445-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-445-2023, 2023
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04 Nov 2022
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Improving interpretation of sea-level projections through a machine-learning-based local explanation approach
Jeremy Rohmer, Remi Thieblemont, Goneri Le Cozannet, Heiko Goelzer, and Gael Durand
The Cryosphere, 16, 4637–4657, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4637-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4637-2022, 2022
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07 Oct 2022
| Highlight paper
The Antarctic contribution to 21st-century sea-level rise predicted by the UK Earth System Model with an interactive ice sheet
Antony Siahaan, Robin S. Smith, Paul R. Holland, Adrian Jenkins, Jonathan M. Gregory, Victoria Lee, Pierre Mathiot, Antony J.​​​​​​​ Payne, Jeff K.​​​​​​​ Ridley, and Colin G. Jones
The Cryosphere, 16, 4053–4086, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4053-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4053-2022, 2022
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