Search Results - "Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface"

Straightforward reconstruction of 3D surfaces and topography with a camera: Accuracy and geoscience application by James, M. R., Robson, S.

“…Topographic measurements for detailed studies of processes such as erosion or mass movement are usually acquired by expensive laser scanners or rigorous…”
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Toward a complete Himalayan hydrological budget: Spatiotemporal distribution of snowmelt and rainfall and their impact on river discharge by Bookhagen, Bodo, Burbank, Douglas W.

“…The hydrological budget of Himalayan rivers is dominated by monsoonal rainfall and snowmelt, but their relative impact is not well established because this…”
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A general two-phase debris flow model by Pudasaini, Shiva P.

“…This paper presents a new, generalized two‐phase debris flow model that includes many essential physical phenomena. The model employs the Mohr‐Coulomb…”
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Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe by Huss, Matthias, Farinotti, Daniel

“…A new physically based approach for calculating glacier ice thickness distribution and volume is presented and applied to all glaciers and ice caps worldwide…”
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Ice sheet grounding line dynamics: Steady states, stability, and hysteresis by Schoof, Christian

“…The ice sheet–ice shelf transition zone plays an important role in controlling marine ice sheet dynamics, as it determines the rate at which ice flows out of…”
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Continental scale, high order, high spatial resolution, ice sheet modeling using the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) by Larour, E., Seroussi, H., Morlighem, M., Rignot, E.

“…Ice flow models used to project the mass balance of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica usually rely on the Shallow Ice Approximation (SIA) and the…”
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Shallow shelf approximation as a “sliding law” in a thermomechanically coupled ice sheet model by Bueler, Ed, Brown, Jed

“…The shallow shelf approximation, a balance of membrane stresses for ice flow, is an effective “sliding law” for ice sheet modeling. Our use of it as a sliding…”
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Responses of permafrost to climate change and their environmental significance, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Cheng, Guodong, Wu, Tonghua

“…In this paper we summarize recent research in geocryological studies carried out on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau that show responses of permafrost to climate…”
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Grain-size segregation and levee formation in geophysical mass flows by Johnson, C. G., Kokelaar, B. P., Iverson, R. M., Logan, M., LaHusen, R. G., Gray, J. M. N. T.

“…Data from large‐scale debris‐flow experiments are combined with modeling of particle‐size segregation to explain the formation of lateral levees enriched in…”
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Probabilistic rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence using a Bayesian approach by Berti, M., Martina, M. L. V., Franceschini, S., Pignone, S., Simoni, A., Pizziolo, M.

“…Various methods have been proposed in the literature to predict the rainfall conditions that are likely to trigger landslides in a given area. Most of these…”
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A Multi‐Phase Mass Flow Model by Pudasaini, Shiva P., Mergili, Martin

“…Geomorphic mass flows are often complex in terms of material composition and its evolution in space and time. The simulation of those hazardous phenomena would…”
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Multisensor historical climatology of satellite-derived global land surface moisture by Owe, Manfred, de Jeu, Richard, Holmes, Thomas

“…A historical climatology of continuous satellite‐derived global land surface soil moisture is being developed. The data consist of surface soil moisture…”
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Modeling glacier thickness distribution and bed topography over entire mountain ranges with GlabTop: Application of a fast and robust approach by Linsbauer, A., Paul, F., Haeberli, W.

“…The combination of glacier outlines with digital elevation models (DEMs) opens new dimensions for research on climate change impacts over entire mountain…”
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Elementary theory of bed-sediment entrainment by debris flows and avalanches by Iverson, Richard M.

“…Analyses of mass and momentum exchange between a debris flow or avalanche and an underlying sediment layer aid interpretations and predictions of bed‐sediment…”
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Bed load transport in turbulent flow at the grain scale: Experiments and modeling by Lajeunesse, E., Malverti, L., Charru, F.

“…We report an experimental investigation of the motion of bed load particles under steady and spatially uniform turbulent flow above a flat sediment bed of…”
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The influence of erosion thresholds and runoff variability on the relationships among topography, climate, and erosion rate by DiBiase, Roman A., Whipple, Kelin X.

“…Bedrock river incision occurs only during floods large enough to mobilize sediment and overcome substrate detachment thresholds. New data relating channel…”
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Estimating the timing and location of shallow rainfall-induced landslides using a model for transient, unsaturated infiltration by Baum, Rex L., Godt, Jonathan W., Savage, William Z.

“…Shallow rainfall‐induced landslides commonly occur under conditions of transient infiltration into initially unsaturated soils. In an effort to predict the…”
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How does vegetation affect sedimentation on tidal marshes? Investigating particle capture and hydrodynamic controls on biologically mediated sedimentation by Mudd, Simon M., D'Alpaos, Andrea, Morris, James T.

“…Plants are known to enhance sedimentation on intertidal marshes. It is unclear, however, if the dominant mechanism of enhanced sedimentation is direct organic…”
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Permafrost in steep bedrock slopes and its temperature-related destabilization following climate change by Gruber, S., Haeberli, W.

“…Permafrost in steep bedrock is abundant in many cold‐mountain areas, and its degradation can cause slope instability that is unexpected and unprecedented in…”
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Physical basis for quasi-universal relations describing bankfull hydraulic geometry of single-thread gravel bed rivers by Parker, Gary, Wilcock, Peter R., Paola, Chris, Dietrich, William E., Pitlick, John

“…We examine relations for hydraulic geometry of alluvial, single‐thread gravel bed rivers with definable bankfull geometries. Four baseline data sets determine…”
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