Cryosphere

Papers
(The median citation count of Cryosphere is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Observing the evolution of summer melt on multiyear sea ice with ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2355
Age, thinning and spatial origin of the Beyond EPICA ice from a 2.5D ice flow model97
Mapping Antarctic crevasses and their evolution with deep learning applied to satellite radar imagery61
Comparing elevation and backscatter retrievals from CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 over Arctic summer sea ice61
Spatially heterogeneous effect of climate warming on the Arctic land ice55
Impact of atmospheric forcing uncertainties on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice simulations in CMIP6 OMIP models53
Evaluating Greenland surface-mass-balance and firn-densification data using ICESat-2 altimetry51
Disentangling the drivers of future Antarctic ice loss with a historically calibrated ice-sheet model46
Sea ice reduction in the Barents–Kara Sea enhances June precipitation in the Yangtze River basin45
Spectral induced polarization survey for the estimation of hydrogeological parameters in an active rock glacier45
Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula43
Quantifying the uncertainty in the Eurasian ice-sheet geometry at the Penultimate Glacial Maximum (Marine Isotope Stage 6)43
Brief communication: Monitoring active layer dynamics using a lightweight nimble ground-penetrating radar system – a laboratory analogue test case42
A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean40
Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica36
Ice-shelf freshwater triggers for the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf melt tipping point in a global ocean–sea-ice model35
Responses of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers to melt and sliding parameterizations34
Brief communication: Tritium concentration and age of firn accumulation in an ice cave of Mount Olympus (Greece)33
A model framework for atmosphere–snow water vapor exchange and the associated isotope effects at Dome Argus, Antarctica – Part 1: The diurnal changes33
The role of snowmelt, glacier melt and rainfall in streamflow dynamics on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula31
Partial melting in polycrystalline ice: pathways identified in 3D neutron tomographic images30
Variability in Antarctic surface climatology across regional climate models and reanalysis datasets29
Similarities between sea ice area variations and satellite-derived terrestrial biosphere and cryosphere parameters across the Arctic29
Mechanisms and impacts of anomalous high-salinity shelf water formation in the Ross Sea29
Modelling cold firn evolution at Colle Gnifetti, Swiss/Italian Alps29
Changes in 1958–2019 Greenland surface mass balance are attributable to both greenhouse gases and anthropogenic aerosols29
Ice motion across incised fjord landscapes29
Benchmarking of snow water equivalent (SWE) products based on outcomes of the SnowPEx+ Intercomparison Project28
Filling and drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Flade Isblink ice cap, northeast Greenland28
Characteristics and rarity of the strong 1940s westerly wind event over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica28
European heat waves 2022: contribution to extreme glacier melt in Switzerland inferred from automated ablation readings28
Grain-size evolution controls the accumulation dependence of modelled firn thickness28
An assessment of Antarctic sea-ice thickness in CMIP6 simulations with comparison to the satellite-based observations and reanalyses28
Improving climate model skill over High Mountain Asia by adapting snow cover parameterization to complex-topography areas28
Mapping the extent of giant Antarctic icebergs with deep learning28
Suitability of the CICE sea ice model for seasonal prediction and positive impact of CryoSat-2 ice thickness initialization27
An unseasonal atmospheric river drives anomalous summer snow accumulation on glaciers of the subtropical Andes27
The radiative and geometric properties of melting first-year landfast sea ice in the Arctic27
Brief communication: Storstrømmen Glacier, northeastern Greenland, primed for end-of-decade surge27
Temporal markers in a temperate ice core: insights from 3 H and 137 Cs profiles from the Adamello 27
Distributed surface mass balance of an avalanche-fed glacier27
Southern Ocean sea-ice leads: first insights into regional lead patterns, seasonality, and trends, 2003–202327
Assimilation of radar freeboard and snow altimetry observations in the Arctic and Antarctic with a coupled ocean/sea ice modelling system26
Rapid regional assessment of rock glacier activity based on DInSAR wrapped-phase signal26
ICESat-2 surface elevation assessment with kinematic GPS and static GNSS near the ice divide in Greenland26
Brief communication: Daily, gap-free snow cover information based on a combination of NPP VIIRS and MODIS data26
A prototype passive microwave retrieval algorithm for tundra snow density26
Retrieval of atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles over Antarctica from satellite microwave observations using an iterative approach25
Characterizing sea ice melt pond fraction and geometry in relation to surface morphology25
Permafrost sensitivity to soil hydro-thermodynamics in historical and scenario simulations with the MPI-ESM25
Brief communication: Recent estimates of glacier mass loss for western North America from laser altimetry25
Greenland Monthly Accumulation Maps (1960–2022): A Statistical Semi-Empirical Bias-Adjustment Model24
Sensitivity of modeled snow grain size retrievals to solar geometry, snow particle asphericity, and snowpack impurities24
Competing processes determine the long-term impact of basal friction parameterizations for Antarctic mass loss24
Climatology and surface impacts of atmospheric rivers on West Antarctica24
Arctic sea ice radar freeboard retrieval from the European Remote-Sensing Satellite (ERS-2) using altimetry: toward sea ice thickness observation from 1995 to 202124
A probabilistic framework for quantifying the role of anthropogenic climate change in marine-terminating glacier retreats24
GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT): a statistically and physically based framework for evaluating glacier velocity products derived from optical satellite image feature tracking23
Inferring the ice sheet sliding law from seismic observations: A Pine Island Glacier case study23
Quantification of capillary rise dynamics in snow using neutron radiography23
The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines – Part 2: Onset of irreversible retreat of Amundsen Sea glaciers under current climate on centennial timescales cannot be excluded23
Widespread increase in discharge from west Antarctic Peninsula glaciers since 201823
A comparison of supraglacial meltwater features throughout contrasting melt seasons: southwest Greenland23
Sources of low-frequency variability in observed Antarctic sea ice23
Spaceborne thermal infrared observations of Arctic sea ice leads at 30 m resolution23
The role of atmospheric conditions in the Antarctic sea ice extent summer minima23
Warm proglacial lake temperatures and thermal undercutting enhance rapid retreat of an Arctic glacier23
Glacier surge activity over Svalbard from 1992 to 2025 interpreted using heritage satellite radar missions and Sentinel-122
A quasi-one-dimensional ice mélange flow model based on continuum descriptions of granular materials22
Review article: Feature tracing in radio-echo sounding products of terrestrial ice sheets and planetary bodies22
Impact of icebergs on the seasonal submarine melt of Sermeq Kujalleq22
Topology and spatial-pressure-distribution reconstruction of an englacial channel22
Brief communication: Rapid  ∼  335  ×  10 6  m 3 bed erosion after detachment of the Sedongpu Glac22
Lake volume and potential hazards of moraine-dammed glacial lakes – a case study of Bienong Co, southeastern Tibetan Plateau22
A framework for time-dependent ice sheet uncertainty quantification, applied to three West Antarctic ice streams21
Automatic detection of Arctic polynyas using hybrid supervised-unsupervised deep learning21
Simple analytical–statistical models (ASMs) for mean annual permafrost table temperature and active-layer thickness estimates21
Mapping seasonal snow melting in Karakoram using SAR and topographic data21
Brief communication: New perspectives on the skill of modelled sea ice trends in light of recent Antarctic sea ice loss21
Brief communication: On the potential of seismic polarity reversal to identify a thin low-velocity layer above a high-velocity layer in ice-rich rock glaciers21
Unlocking the potential of melting calorimetry: a field protocol for liquid water content measurement in snow21
An analysis of the interaction between surface and basal crevasses in ice shelves21
First observations of sea ice flexural–gravity waves with ground-based radar interferometry in Utqiaġvik, Alaska21
Evaluation of the Snow Climate Change Initiative (Snow CCI) snow-covered area product within a mountain snow water equivalent reanalysis20
Ice fabrics in two-dimensional flows: beyond pure and simple shear20
Reanalysis of the longest mass balance series in Himalaya using a nonlinear model: Chhota Shigri Glacier (India)20
Sensitivity of the Ross Ice Shelf to environmental and glaciological controls20
Ice shelf calving due to shear stresses: observing the response of Brunt Ice Shelf and Halloween Crack to iceberg calving using ICESat-2 laser altimetry, satellite imagery, and ice flow models20
Modeling of surface energy balance for Icelandic glaciers using remote-sensing albedo20
Development and fluctuation of crystal orientation fabric in the deep sections of the Dome Fuji ice core, Antarctica: impacts of dust particles and migration recrystallization20
An 11-year record of wintertime snow-surface energy balance and sublimation at 4863 m a.s.l. on the Chhota Shigri Glacier moraine (western Himalaya, India)20
Surface nuclear magnetic resonance for studying an englacial channel on Rhonegletscher (Switzerland): possibilities and limitations in a high-noise environment20
Deep clustering in subglacial radar reflectance reveals subglacial lakes19
ITS_LIVE global glacier velocity data in near-real time19
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measurements for high-resolution chemical ice core analyses with a first application to an ice core from Skytrain Ice Rise (Antarctica)19
Land- to lake-terminating transition triggers dynamic thinning of a Bhutanese glacier19
Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades19
Influence of snow spatial variability on cosmic ray neutron snow water equivalent (SWE): case study in a northern prairie19
Snow cover prediction in the Italian central Apennines using weather forecast and land surface numerical models19
MMSeaIce: a collection of techniques for improving sea ice mapping with a multi-task model19
Estimating degree-day factors of snow based on energy flux components19
Seasonality in terminus ablation rates for the glaciers in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)19
Brief communication: The Glacier Loss Day as an indicator of a record-breaking negative glacier mass balance in 202218
Modelling snowpack on ice surfaces with the ORCHIDEE land surface model: application to the Greenland ice sheet18
Evaporative controls on Antarctic precipitation: an ECHAM6 model study using innovative water tracer diagnostics18
Constraining regional glacier reconstructions using past ice thickness of deglaciating areas – a case study in the European Alps18
Analyzing the sensitivity of a blowing snow model (SnowPappus) to precipitation forcing, blowing snow, and spatial resolution18
Impact of atmospheric rivers on Arctic sea ice variations18
Automated snow cover detection on mountain glaciers using spaceborne imagery and machine learning18
Assimilating CryoSat-2 freeboard to improve Arctic sea ice thickness estimates18
Using deep learning and multi-source remote sensing images to map landlocked lakes in Antarctica18
Inland migration of near-surface crevasses in the Amundsen Sea Sector, West Antarctica17
Assessing uncertainties in modeling the climate of the Siberian frozen soils by contrasting CMIP6 and LS3MIP17
Quantifying the effects of background concentrations of crude oil pollution on sea ice albedo17
Improved monitoring of subglacial lake activity in Greenland17
Data-driven surrogate modeling of high-resolution sea-ice thickness in the Arctic17
Insights into microphysical and optical properties of typical mineral dust within urban snowpack via wet and dry deposition in Changchun, northeastern China17
Reversal of ocean gyres near ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea caused by the interaction of sea ice and wind17
Brief communication: Tropical glaciers on Puncak Jaya (Irian Jaya/West Papua, Indonesia) close to extinction17
Sensitivity of iceberg drift and deterioration simulations to input data from different ocean, sea ice and atmosphere models in the Barents Sea17
Modelling the evolution of Arctic multiyear sea ice over 2000–201817
Seasonal and interannual variability in freshwater sources for Greenland's fjords17
Snowmelt characterization from optical and synthetic-aperture radar observations in the La Joie Basin, British Columbia17
Leveraging snow probe data, lidar, and machine learning for snow depth estimation in complex-terrain environments17
Feasibility of retrieving Arctic sea ice thickness from the Chinese HY-2B Ku-band radar altimeter17
Quantifying frost-weathering-induced damage in alpine rocks16
Modelling glacier mass balance and climate sensitivity in the context of sparse observations: application to Saskatchewan Glacier, western Canada16
Reconstructing dynamics of the Baltic Ice Stream Complex during deglaciation of the Last Scandinavian Ice Sheet16
Southwest Greenland supraglacial lake bathymetry derived from ICESat-2 and spectral stratification of satellite imagery16
Novel approach to estimate the water isotope diffusion length in deep ice cores with an application to Marine Isotope Stage 19 in the Dome C ice core16
Estimating the uncertainty of sea-ice area and sea-ice extent from satellite retrievals16
The contribution of Humboldt Glacier, northern Greenland, to sea-level rise through 2100 constrained by recent observations of speedup and retreat16
Resolving glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) in response to modern and future ice loss at marine grounding lines in West Antarctica16
Sea ice albedo bounded data assimilation and its impact on modeling: a regional approach16
A thinner-than-present West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the southern Weddell Sea Embayment during the Holocene16
Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia?16
Wave erosion, frontal bending, and calving at Ross Ice Shelf16
On the sensitivity of sea ice deformation statistics to plastic damage16
Assessing the seasonal evolution of snow depth spatial variability and scaling in complex mountain terrain16
Improved permafrost modelling in mountain environments by including air convection in a hydrological model16
Stochastic modelling of thermokarst lakes: size distributions and dynamic regimes16
Brief communication: Rapid acceleration of the Brunt Ice Shelf after calving of iceberg A-8116
Multi-decadal analysis of past winter temperature, precipitation and snow cover data in the European Alps from reanalyses, climate models and observational datasets16
A cold laboratory hyperspectral imaging system to map grain size and ice layer distributions in firn cores15
Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds15
Bathymetry-constrained impact of relative sea-level change on basal melting in Antarctica15
Multi-frequency altimetry snow depth estimates over heterogeneous snow-covered Antarctic summer sea ice – Part 1: C∕S-, Ku-, and Ka-band airborne observations15
Detection of ice core particles via deep neural networks15
Review article: Retrogressive thaw slump characteristics and terminology15
Impact of boundary conditions on the modeled thermal regime of the Antarctic ice sheet15
Monitoring Arctic thin ice: a comparison between CryoSat-2 SAR altimetry data and MODIS thermal-infrared imagery15
Viscoelastic mechanics of tidally induced lake drainage in the grounding zone15
Assessment of the impact of dam reservoirs on river ice cover – an example from the Carpathians (central Europe)15
Subglacial discharge effects on basal melting of a rotating, idealized ice shelf15
Modeling the impacts of climate trends and lake formation on the retreat of a tropical Andean glacier (1962–2020)15
Sublimation measurements of tundra and taiga snowpack in Alaska15
In situ 10 Be modeling and terrain analysis constrain subglacial quarrying and abrasion rates at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ), Greenland15
Dual-frequency radar observations of snowmelt processes on Antarctic perennial sea ice by CFOSCAT and ASCAT15
A study of sea ice topography in the Weddell and Ross seas using dual-polarimetric TanDEM-X imagery15
Predicting ocean-induced ice-shelf melt rates using deep learning15
Simulating ice segregation and thaw consolidation in permafrost environments with the CryoGrid community model15
Quantifying degradation of the Imja Lake moraine dam with fused InSAR and SAR feature tracking time series14
Air clathrate hydrates in the EDML ice core, Antarctica14
Fifty years of firn evolution on Grigoriev ice cap, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan14
Sea ice concentration estimates from ICESat-2 linear ice fraction – Part 1: Multi-sensor comparison of sea ice concentration products14
Control of the temperature signal in Antarctic proxies by snowfall dynamics14
A unified framework for large-scale fabric evolution models and anisotropic rheologies14
Unravelling the sources of uncertainty in glacier runoff projections in the Patagonian Andes (40–56° S)14
A collection of wet beam models for wave–ice interaction14
Automated ArcticDEM iceberg detection tool: insights into area and volume distributions, and their potential application to satellite imagery and modelling of glacier–iceberg–ocean systems14
Seasonal snow–atmosphere modeling: let's do it14
Sentinel-1 detection of ice slabs on the Greenland Ice Sheet14
El Niño enhances snow-line rise and ice loss on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru14
Summer sea ice floe perimeter density in the Arctic: high-resolution optical satellite imagery and model evaluation14
Active-passive microwave scattering in the Antarctica wind-glazed region: an analog for icy moons of Saturn13
Ensemble numerical simulation of permafrost thermal regimes over the Tibetan Plateau using the Flexible Permafrost Model: 1950–202313
Exploring ice sheet model sensitivity to ocean thermal forcing and basal sliding using the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM)13
Surging of a Hudson Strait-scale ice stream: subglacial hydrology matters but the process details mostly do not13
Fine-scale variability in iceberg velocity fields and implications for an ice-associated pinniped13
Brief communication: Sea-level projections, adaptation planning, and actionable science13
Greenland's firn responds more to warming than to cooling13
Feedback mechanisms controlling Antarctic glacial-cycle dynamics simulated with a coupled ice sheet–solid Earth model13
Projecting the response of Greenland's peripheral glaciers to future climate change: glacier losses, sea level impact, freshwater contributions, and peak water timing13
Analysis of long-term dynamic changes of subglacial lakes in the Recovery Ice Stream, Antarctica13
The AutoICE Challenge13
Extensive palaeo-surfaces beneath the Evans–Rutford region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet control modern and past ice flow13
A topographically controlled tipping point for complete Greenland ice sheet melt13
The collapse of the Cordilleran–Laurentide ice saddle and early opening of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, constrained by 10 Be 13
Simulating the Holocene deglaciation across a marine-terminating portion of southwestern Greenland in response to marine and atmospheric forcings13
Two-way coupling between ice flow and channelized subglacial drainage enhances modeled marine-ice-sheet retreat13
Estimating the thermodynamic contribution of post-industrial warming to recent Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss13
Mass changes of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet and peripheral glaciers, 2007–202113
Forest disturbances and their impact on ground surface temperatures in permafrost-underlain forest in central Mongolia13
The evolution of Arctic permafrost over the last 3 centuries from ensemble simulations with the CryoGridLite permafrost model13
Signature of the stratosphere–troposphere coupling on recent record-breaking Antarctic sea-ice anomalies13
Subglacial hydrology modulates basal sliding response of the Antarctic ice sheet to climate forcing13
Assessment of Arctic seasonal snow cover rates of change13
Snow water equivalent retrieval over Idaho – Part 2: Using L-band UAVSAR repeat-pass interferometry13
Subglacial hydrology regulates oscillations in marine ice streams13
Contrasted geomorphological and limnological properties of thermokarst lakes formed in buried glacier ice and ice-wedge polygon terrain13
Widespread slowdown in thinning rates of West Antarctic ice shelves13
Snow stratigraphy observations from Operation IceBridge surveys in Alaska using S and C band airborne ultra-wideband FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous wave) radar13
Development of crystal orientation fabric in the Dome Fuji ice core in East Antarctica: implications for the deformation regime in ice sheets12
Future changes in Antarctic near-surface winds: regional variability and key drivers under a high-emission scenario12
Modelling GNSS-observed seasonal velocity changes of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM)12
Wave-triggered breakup in the marginal ice zone generates lognormal floe size distributions: a simulation study12
Impact of non-normal flow rule on linear kinematic features in pan-Arctic ice-ocean simulations12
Geometric amplification and suppression of ice-shelf basal melt in West Antarctica12
Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide12
Seasonality and scenario dependence of rapid Arctic sea ice loss events in CMIP6 simulations12
Investigating seasonal and multi-decadal water/ice storage changes in the Murtèl rock glacier using time-lapse gravimetry12
Influence of fast ice on future ice shelf melting in the Totten Glacier area, East Antarctica12
Ice plate deformation and cracking revealed by an in situ-distributed acoustic sensing array12
Brief communication: Identification of tundra topsoil frozen/thawed state from SMAP and GCOM-W1 radiometer measurements using the spectral gradient method12
Everest South Col Glacier did not thin during the period 1984–201712
Spatiotemporal snow water storage uncertainty in the midlatitude American Cordillera12
Molecular biomarkers in Batagay megaslump permafrost deposits reveal clear differences in organic matter preservation between glacial and interglacial periods12
Mapping and characterization of avalanches on mountain glaciers with Sentinel-1 satellite imagery12
Using Icepack to reproduce ice mass balance buoy observations in landfast ice: improvements from the mushy-layer thermodynamics12
Wind conditions for snow cornice formation in a wind tunnel12
Arctic regional changes revealed by clustering of sea-ice observations12
Geothermal heat source estimations through ice flow modelling at Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland12
Direct measurement of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water close to the grounding line of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79° N) Glacier, northeast Greenland12
Temporal and vertical changes in snow microbial communities during the melting season below canopy in Northern Japan12
Empirical correction of systematic orthorectification error in Sentinel-2 velocity fields for Greenlandic outlet glaciers12
Twenty-first century global glacier evolution under CMIP6 scenarios and the role of glacier-specific observations12
Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data12
Alps-wide high-resolution 3D modelling reconstruction of glacier geometry and climatic conditions for the Little Ice Age11
An integrated multi-instrument methodology for studying marginal ice zone dynamics and wave-ice interactions11
Simulating liquid water distribution at the pore scale in snow: water retention curves and effective transport properties11
Thermokarst lakes disturb the permafrost structure and stimulate through-talik formation in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China: a hydrogeophysical investigation11
A computationally efficient statistically downscaled 100 m resolution Greenland product from the regional climate model MAR11
Out-of-the-box calving-front detection method using deep learning11
Sea ice melt pond bathymetry reconstructed from aerial photographs using photogrammetry: a new method applied to MOSAiC data11
Improved estimation of the bulk ice crystal fabric asymmetry from polarimetric phase co-registration11
Satellite data reveal details of glacial isostatic adjustment in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica11
Updated Arctic melt pond fraction dataset and trends 2002–2023 using ENVISAT and Sentinel-3 remote sensing data11
Grain growth of natural and synthetic ice at 0 °C11
Co-registration and residual correction of digital elevation models: a comparative study11
Annual evolution of the ice–ocean interaction beneath landfast ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica11
The Eurasian and North American ice sheets at the Last and Penultimate glacial maxima: coupled atmosphere–ice sheet model sensitivity and calibration11
Reconstruction of mass balance and firn stratigraphy during the 1996–2011 warm period at high altitude on Mount Ortles, Eastern Alps: a comparison of modelled and ice core results11
Ocean-induced weakening of George VI Ice Shelf, West Antarctica11
Inter-annual snow accumulation and meter-scale variability from trench measurements at Dome C, Antarctica11
Evaluation of snow depth retrievals from ICESat-2 using airborne laser-scanning data11
Probabilistic spatiotemporal seasonal sea ice presence forecasting using sequence-to-sequence learning and ERA5 data in the Hudson Bay region11
Alpine topography of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, Antarctica, mapped from ice sheet surface morphology11
Brief communication: Mountain permafrost acts as an aquitard during an infiltration experiment monitored with electrical resistivity tomography time-lapse measurements11
Mesoscale ice–atmosphere–ocean coupling processes drive interannual-to-decadal timescale shift of Bering Sea January sea ice variability11
Grain growth of ice doped with soluble impurities11
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