Debris-covered glacier
Monitoring tropical debris-covered glacier dynamics from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
... of glacier melt and the formation of glacier lakes is controlled by a multitude of factors including local energy balance, topography, geology, aspect, valley dimen- sions, moraine stability, debris ...
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Modelling runoff from a Himalayan debris covered glacier
... glacial debris mantles alter the melting of glacier ice have been well stud- ied, the mass balance and runoff patterns of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers and the response of these factors to ...
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Stagnation and mass loss on a Himalayan debris covered glacier: processes, patterns and rates
... of debris-covered glaciers typically consist of a complex mosaic of surface features with contrasting processes and rates of mass ...complicates glacier re- sponse to climate change, and increases ...
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Structure and evolution of the drainage system of a Himalayan debris covered glacier, and its relationship with patterns of mass loss
... in debris-covered glaciers in the Khumbu Himal have demonstrated that englacial con- duits can form by three processes: (1) “cut and closure”, or the incision of supraglacial stream beds followed by roof ...
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Debris-covered glacier energy balance model for Imja–Lhotse Shar Glacier in the Everest region of Nepal
... Abstract. Debris thickness plays an important role in reg- ulating ablation rates on debris-covered glaciers as well as controlling the likely size and location of supraglacial ...about debris ...
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Sediment supply from lateral moraines to a debris-covered glacier in the Himalaya
... affect debris flow ...of debris-flow-related landforms after the wet season co-occurs with the larger neg- ative elevation change that was observed on the gullied up- per ...
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Instruments and methods: hot-water borehole drilling at a high-elevation debris-covered glacier
... The efficiency and power output of internal combustion engines decreases with reduced oxygen at high elevations. Specifically, com- bustion is adversely influenced by both the absolute decrease in oxygen available, ...
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Impact of varying debris cover thickness on ablation: a case study for Koxkar Glacier in the Tien Shan
... that debris covered glaciers respond differently to climate change than bare ice glaciers (Bolch et ...the debris covered parts react by surface ...Koxkar Glacier (Pieczonka et ...that ...
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Surface and subsurface hydrology of debris-covered Khumbu Glacier, Nepal, revealed by dye tracing
... of debris-covered glaciers is relatively well studied, almost nothing is known about how water is transported beneath the glacier ...high-elevation, debris-covered Khumbu ...
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Surface lowering of the debris-covered area of Kanchenjunga Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1975, as revealed by Hexagon KH-9 and ALOS satellite observations
... Khumbu Glacier is the most intensively studied debris-covered glacier in the Himalayas, and is ex- periencing a greater degree of mass loss than Kanchenjunga Glacier, with a mass ...
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Debris thickness of glaciers in the Everest area (Nepal Himalaya) derived from satellite imagery using a nonlinear energy balance model
... Shar Glacier and was relatively easy to ac- ...the debris. The other two sites were the debris on top of an ice face, which was measured using a laser range finder (TruPulse 360B) because the ice ...
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Brief communication: Thinning of debris-covered and debris-free glaciers in a warming climate
... that debris-covered glaciers, while responding to a warming climate, can have smaller, larger or similar thinning rates compared to corre- sponding debris-free ...A debris-covered ...
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Thermal remote sensing of ice-debris landforms using ASTER: an example from the Chilean Andes
... variable debris cover thicknesses. ASTER-derived daytime LST on debris-covered glacier has been found to be several degrees lower than in adjacent ar- eas not underlain by massive ice ...
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An investigation of the influence of supraglacial debris on glacier-hydrology
... a debris-covered glacier, focussing on the autumn close-down rather than the spring evolution of the hydrological system, and not dealing explicitly with the influence of debris ...within ...
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Modeling debris-covered glaciers: response to steady debris deposition
... simple glacier model to simulate hypothetical debris-covered ...of debris on glacier response by controlling the potentially conflating effects of a variable bed, variable ...
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Surface and subsurface hydrology of debris-covered Khumbu Glacier, Nepal, revealed by dye tracing
... of debris-covered glaciers is relatively well studied, almost nothing is known about how water is transported beneath the glacier ...high-elevation, debris-covered Khumbu ...
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Supraglacial ponds regulate runoff from Himalayan debris covered glaciers
... Khumbu Glacier to account for a minimum daily storage capacity of ...porous debris layer, can readily accommodate the observed daily mean P ...whole glacier area). The timing and magnitude of ...
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Supraglacial Ponds Regulate Runoff From Himalayan Debris‐Covered Glaciers
... Khumbu Glacier to account for a minimum daily storage capacity of ...porous debris layer, can readily accommodate the observed daily mean P ...whole glacier area). The timing and magnitude of ...
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