A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere

S Kang, Y Zhang, Y Qian, H Wang - Earth-science reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) has emerged as an important short-lived climate forcer. Due to its light
absorption properties, BC can darken the snow/ice surface, affect the energy balance, and …

Albedo reduction as an important driver for glacier melting in Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas

Y Zhang, T Gao, S Kang, D Shangguan, X Luo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Commonly known as the Asian Water Tower, glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and its
surrounding regions are vital to the regional water cycle and water resources in the …

A transformer-based Siamese network and an open optical dataset for semantic change detection of remote sensing images

P Yuan, Q Zhao, X Zhao, X Wang, X Long… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Recent change detection (CD) methods focus on the extraction of deep change semantic
features. However, existing methods overlook the fine-grained features and have the poor …

Hot spots of glacier mass balance variability in Central Asia

M Barandun, E Pohl, K Naegeli… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tien Shan and Pamir mountains host over 28,000 glaciers providing essential
water resources for increasing water demand in Central Asia. A disequilibrium between …

Glacier algae foster ice-albedo feedback in the European Alps

B Di Mauro, R Garzonio, G Baccolo, A Franzetti… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The melting of glaciers and ice sheets is nowadays considered a symbol of climate change.
Many complex mechanisms are involved in the melting of ice, and, among these processes …

[HTML][HTML] Black carbon, organic carbon, and mineral dust in South American tropical glaciers: A review

S Gilardoni, B Di Mauro, P Bonasoni - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Tropical glaciers are extremely sensitive to changes of climate variables. Their response to
climate change is complex and depends on multiple mechanisms affecting their mass and …

Brief communication: Updated GAMDAM glacier inventory over high-mountain Asia

A Sakai - The Cryosphere, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The original Glacier Area Map** for Discharge from the Asian Mountains
(GAMDAM) glacier inventory was the first methodologically consistent dataset for high …

Glacier albedo reduction and drought effects in the extratropical Andes, 1986–2020

TE Shaw, G Ulloa, D Farías-Barahona… - Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Surface albedo typically dominates the mass balance of mountain glaciers, though long-
term trends and patterns of glacier albedo are seldom explored. We calculated broadband …

Pan-Alpine glacier phenology reveals lowering albedo and increase in ablation season length

B Di Mauro, D Fugazza - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Glaciers in many parts of the world are reported to be undergoing a darkening process
(decrease in surface albedo). This has multiple causes, including the presence of impurities …

Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of snow, ice, and permafrost

LU Arenson, W Colgan, HP Marshall - Snow and ice-related hazards, risks …, 2015 - Elsevier
The physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of snow, ice, and permafrost, specifically
frozen ground, are responsible for the structure and behavior of these cryospheric materials …