Surface heat fluxes at coarse blocky Murtèl rock glacier (Engadine, eastern Swiss Alps)

D Amschwand, M Scherler, M Hoelzle… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
We estimate the surface energy balance (SEB) of the Murtèl rock glacier, a seasonally snow-
covered permafrost landform with a ventilated coarse blocky active layer (AL) located in the …

Quantifying supraglacial debris‐related melt‐altering effects on the Djankuat Glacier, Caucasus, Russian Federation

Y Verhaegen, O Rybak, VV Popovnin… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We use a spatially distributed and physically based energy and mass balance model to
derive the Østrem curve, which expresses the supraglacial debris‐related relative melt …

DebDab: A database of supraglacial debris thickness and physical properties

A Fontrodona-Bach, L Groeneveld… - Earth System …, 2025 - essd.copernicus.org
Rocky debris covers around 7.3% of the global glacier area, influencing ice melt rates and
the surface mass balance of glaciers, making the dynamics and hydrology of debris-covered …

Surface heat fluxes at coarse-blocky Murtèl rock glacier (Engadine, eastern Swiss Alps)

D Amschwand, M Scherler, M Hoelzle… - …, 2023 - egusphere.copernicus.org
We estimate the surface energy balance (SEB) of the Murtèl rock glacier, a seasonally snow-
covered permafrost landform with a ventilated coarse-blocky active layer (AL) located in the …

Thermal diffusivity of permafrost in the Swiss Alps determined from borehole temperature data

S Weber, A Cicoira - EGUsphere, 2024 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Mountain permafrost is warming and thawing globally due to climate change. Its mechanical
properties largely depend on ground temperature, whereby the primary process of heat …