At the recent Alpine Glaciology Meeting (AGM) 2016 held in Munich we presented some of the ongoing work in the Langtang catchment. Pascal Egli presented his work on the reconstruction of debris thickness on debris covered glaciers from thermal satellite images and meteorological data via an energy balance approach. We […]
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In the recent special issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Glaciology in High Mountain Asia’ our research team contributed four papers focused on the surface of debris-covered Lirung Glacier, located in the Langtang Valley in the Nepalese Himalaya. Variation in environmental lapse rate In a study of the distributed air and […]
Using the software SketchFab we have produced a 3D visualisation of a part of the Langtang glacier in Nepal. The model allows an interactive inspection of the surface features of the glacier. It shows the huge variation on the surafce of the glacier including different types of lakes, ice cliffs, […]
Joseph Shea Against the unparalleled backdrop of Everest and Nuptse, the late November sun warms the glaciologist slightly as he prepares for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey flight. From his coat pockets he pulls batteries that desperately need to stay warm for full power: batteries for the laptop, camera, […]
Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff Abstract Mountain ranges in Asia are important water suppliers, especially if downstream climates are arid, water demands are high and glaciers are abundant. In such basins, the hydrological cycle depends heavily on high-altitude precipitation. Yet direct observations […]
The Annals of Glacioly issue with the theme ‘Glaciology in high-mountain Asia‘ will appear in 2016. A few articles of our research group in this issue are already available online as preprints or are accepted for publication. Available online Seasonal surface velocities of a Himalayan glacier derived by automated correlation of unmanned aerial vehicle […]
The paper by Emily and Walter on the modelling of high-altitude precipitation processes in the Langtang catchment using WRF is now available online (open access): Collier, E., and W. W. Immerzeel (2015), High-resolution modeling of atmospheric dynamics in the Nepalese Himalaya, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 1-15. [expand title=”Abstract“] High-altitude meteorological processes in […]
The first paper on energy balance modelling of Lirung is now available online (open access): Steiner, J. F., Pellicciotti, F., Buri, P., Miles, E. S., Immerzeel, W. W., Reid, T. D., & Steiner, C. J. F. (2015). Modelling ice-cliff backwasting on a debris-covered glacier in the Nepalese Himalaya. Journal of […]
The European Geosciences Union made a press release about the paper ‘Modelling glacier change in the Everest region’. It can be found here.