Local controls on near‐surface glacier cooling under warm atmospheric conditions

TE Shaw, P Buri, M McCarthy, ES Miles… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The near‐surface boundary layer can mediate the response of mountain glaciers to external
climate, cooling the overlying air and promoting a density‐driven glacier wind. The …

[HTML][HTML] The consolidated European synthesis of CO2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2020

MJ McGrath, AMR Petrescu, P Peylin… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Quantification of land surface–atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and their trends
and uncertainties is essential for monitoring progress of the EU27+ UK bloc as it strives to …

The Decaying Near‐Surface Boundary Layer of a Retreating Alpine Glacier

TE Shaw, P Buri, M McCarthy, ES Miles… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of a developed boundary layer decouples a glacier's response from ambient
conditions, suggesting that sensitivity to climate change is increased by glacier retreat. To …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed summer air temperatures across mountain glaciers in the south-east Tibetan Plateau: Temperature sensitivity and comparison with existing glacier …

TE Shaw, W Yang, Á Ayala, C Bravo, C Zhao… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Near-surface air temperature (T a) is highly important for modelling glacier ablation, though
its spatio-temporal variability over melting glaciers still remains largely unknown. We present …

The vertical atmospheric structure of the partially glacierised Mittivakkat valley, southeast Greenland

I Hansche, S Shahi, J Abermann, W Schöner - Journal of Glaciology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Air temperature inversions, a situation in which atmospheric temperature increases with
height, are key components of the Arctic planetary boundary layer. The present study …

Anisotropy parameterization development and evaluation for glacier surface albedo retrieval from satellite observations

S Ren, ES Miles, L Jia, M Menenti, M Kneib, P Buri… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glacier albedo determines the net shortwave radiation absorbed at the glacier surface and
plays a crucial role in glacier energy and mass balance. Remote sensing techniques are …

[HTML][HTML] Modern air, englacial and permafrost temperatures at high altitude on Mt Ortles (3905 m asl), in the eastern European Alps

L Carturan, F De Blasi, R Dinale… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
The climatic response of mountain permafrost and glaciers located in high-elevation
mountain areas has major implications for the stability of mountain slopes and related …

Icefield breezes: Mesoscale diurnal circulation in the atmospheric boundary layer over an outlet of the Columbia Icefield, Canadian Rockies

JP Conway, WD Helgason… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics over glaciers mediate the response of glacier
mass balance to large‐scale climate forcing. Despite this, very few ABL observations are …

Remote sensing of ice albedo using harmonized Landsat and Sentinel 2 datasets: validation

S Feng, JM Cook, Y Onuma, K Naegeli… - … Journal of Remote …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Albedo plays a key role in regulating the absorption of solar radiation within ice surfaces and
hence strongly regulates the production of meltwater. A combination of Landsat and Sentinel …

[HTML][HTML] Air temperature variability in high-elevation glacierized regions: Observations from six catchments on the Tibetan Plateau

W Yang, M Zhu, X Guo, H Zhao - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Near-surface air temperature variability and the reliability of temperature extrapolation within
glacierized regions are important issues for hydrological and glaciological studies that …