Optimising NDWI supraglacial pond classification on Himalayan debris-covered glaciers

Pond Dynamics and Supraglacial-Englacial Connectivity on Debris-Covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal

1 Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2 School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3 Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU), ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Geography, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Département de Génie de la Construction, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC, Canad...

Supplementary Material: Pond dynamics and supraglacial-englacial connectivity on debris-covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal

Pond dynamics and supraglacial-englacial connectivity on debris-covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal Evan S. Miles 1,2∗, Jakob Steiner 3,4, Ian Willis 1, Pascal Buri 4, Walter W. Immerzeel 3 Anna Chesnokova 4,5 and Francesca Pellicciotti 4,6 1Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 3Department of Geography, University ...

Obliquity-paced climate change recorded in Antarctic debris-covered glaciers

The degree to which debris-covered glaciers record past environmental conditions is debated. Here we describe a novel palaeoclimate archive derived from the surface morphology and internal debris within cold-based debris-covered glaciers in Antarctica. Results show that subtle changes in mass balance impart major changes in the concentration of englacial debris and corresponding surface topogra...

Boulder Size Distributions on Martian Debris-covered Glaciers: Flow History and Timescale

Spatial, seasonal and interannual variability of supraglacial ponds in the Langtang Valley of Nepal, 1999–2013

Supraglacial ponds play a key role in absorbing atmospheric energy and directing it to the ice of debris-covered glaciers, but the spatial and temporal distribution of these features is not well documented. We analyse 172 Landsat TM/ETM+ scenes for the period 1999–2013 to identify thawed supraglacial ponds for the debris-covered tongues of five glaciers in the Langtang Valley of Nepal. We apply...