How can geomorphology facilitate a better understanding of glacier and ice sheet behaviour?
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DOI: 10.1002/esp.5932
Abstract: Glaciers and ice sheets are an integral part of Earth's system, advancing and retreating in response to changes in climate. Clues about the past, present and future behaviour of these ice masses are found throughout… read more here.
Keywords: geomorphology facilitate; ice sheets; glaciers ice; geomorphology ... See more keywords
Advances in understanding subglacial meltwater drainage from past ice sheets
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DOI: 10.1017/aog.2023.16
Abstract: Meltwater drainage beneath ice sheets is a fundamental consideration for understanding ice–bed conditions and bed-modulated ice flow, with potential impacts on terminus behavior and ice-shelf mass balance. While contemporary observations reveal the presence of basal… read more here.
Keywords: ice; advances understanding; ice sheets; meltwater drainage ... See more keywords
Ice sheets as a missing source of silica to the polar oceans
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14198
Abstract: Ice sheets play a more important role in the global silicon cycle than previously appreciated. Input of dissolved and amorphous particulate silica into natural waters stimulates the growth of diatoms. Here we measure dissolved and… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; sheets missing; dissolved amorphous; silica ... See more keywords
The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets
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DOI: 10.1038/s41522-017-0019-0
Abstract: Glaciers and ice sheets, like other biomes, occupy a significant area of the planet and harbour biological communities with distinct interactions and feedbacks with their physical and chemical environment. In the case of the glacial… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; microbiome glaciers; glaciers ice;
Tomographic Imaging for Orbital Radar Sounding of Earth's Ice Sheets
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DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2022.3229006
Abstract: BingSat-Tomographic Observation of Polar Ice Sheets (BingSat-TOPIS) is a spaceborne multistatic radar sounding system that can achieve high resolution and stereoscopic observation. It is designed to penetrate ice sheets and acquire tomographic image. The satellite… read more here.
Keywords: radar sounding; orbital radar; radar; tomographic imaging ... See more keywords
Ice Sheets and Fresh Water Reservoirs as Natural Dielectric Resonators
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2019.2946154
Abstract: One proxy for global climate change is the change in the total mass of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Several complementary techniques have been used to estimate these changes with varying degrees of success.… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; water reservoirs; sheets fresh; ice ... See more keywords
Shallow-Layers-Detection Ice Sounding Radar for Mapping of Polar Ice Sheets
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2021.3074186
Abstract: The accumulation rate is a key parameter in computing the mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets to estimate sea level rise. A shallow-layers-detection ice sounding radar (SLDISR) is developed to measure the accumulation rate… read more here.
Keywords: ice; detection ice; radar; shallow layers ... See more keywords
Intercalibration of Brightness Temperatures From FY-3 MWRI for Surface Snowmelt Detection Over Polar Ice Sheets
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2022.3216218
Abstract: Surface snowmelt is a vital environmental parameter that affects energy exchanges between polar ice sheets and the atmosphere. Due to the difficulties of continuous in situ measurements, passive microwave remote sensing technology has become a… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheet; surface; polar ice; surface snowmelt ... See more keywords
Automatic Identification of Basal Units in Ice Sheets Based on ResNet and Weight Control
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2025.3543487
Abstract: In recent decades, radio-echo sounding (RES) has been extensively applied to study the flow and form of polar ice sheets. In certain regions within the ice sheet, the RES reveals a structure referred to as… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; ice; basal units; resnet weight ... See more keywords
A Deep Unsupervised Learning Approach for Monitoring Snow Facies Over Ice Sheets Using TanDEM-X Bistatic Data
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2025.3568123
Abstract: Diagenetic snow facies represent distinct zones of snow and ice characterized by unique snow physical properties and attributes. These facies serve as indicators of changes in the surface mass balance of ice sheets, making them… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; sheets using; monitoring; approach ... See more keywords
Episodic reef growth in the Last Interglacial driven by competing influence of polar ice sheets to sea level rise
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu3701
Abstract: Rapid, millennial-scale changes in sea level have been proposed for the beginning, middle, and/or end of the Last Interglacial (LIG) [~129 to 116 thousand years ago (ka)]. Each of these scenarios has different implications for… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; sea level; ice; reef growth ... See more keywords