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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-469-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-469-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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09 Feb 2017
Research article |
| 09 Feb 2017
Ground-penetrating radar reveals ice thickness and undisturbed englacial layers at Kilimanjaro's Northern Ice Field
Pascal Bohleber
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Douglas R. Hardy
Climate System Research Center and Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA
Margit Schwikowski
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Patrick Klenk
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
now at: German Aerospace Center (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Andrea Fischer
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
Pascal Sirguey
National School of Surveying, University of Otago, New Zealand
Nicolas J. Cullen
Department of Geography, University of Otago, New Zealand
Mariusz Potocki
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Helene Hoffmann
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Paul Mayewski
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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- Dissolution-driven propulsion of floating solids M. Chaigne et al. 10.1073/pnas.2301947120
- Ice volume and basal topography estimation using geostatistical methods and ground-penetrating radar measurements: application to the Tsanfleuron and Scex Rouge glaciers, Swiss Alps A. Neven et al. 10.5194/tc-15-5169-2021
- Determination of ice cover thickness using compression standing waves K. Fedin et al. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2022.103552
- The last glaciers in Africa and their environmental implications J. Knight 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.104863
- The Aneto glacier's (Central Pyrenees) evolution from 1981 to 2022: ice loss observed from historic aerial image photogrammetry and remote sensing techniques I. Vidaller et al. 10.5194/tc-17-3177-2023
Latest update: 19 Apr 2024
Short summary
Our study is the first to use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate ice thickness and internal layering at Kilimanjaro’s largest ice body, the Northern Ice Field (NIF). For monitoring the ongoing ice loss, our ice thickness soundings allowed us to estimate the total ice volume remaining at NIF's southern portion. Englacial GPR reflections indicate undisturbed layers within NIF's center and provide a first link between age information obtained from ice coring and vertical wall sampling.
Our study is the first to use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate ice thickness and...
