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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Slow-Moving Glide Avalanches Still Pack a Punch

by N. McGuire 20 November 201520 November 2015

Predicting glide avalanches and explaining how they work are difficult tasks, but the forces they exert can be calculated fairly well.

Posted inScience Updates

Improving Representation of Snow on Sea Ice in Climate Models

by D. Perovich, M. Holland and E. Hunke 16 November 201524 March 2023

Snow on Sea Ice Workshop; Barrow, Alaska, 29 April to 1 May 2015

Posted inOpinions

What Darkens the Greenland Ice Sheet?

by M. Tedesco, S. Doherty, S. Warren, M. Tranter, J. Stroeve, X. Fettweis and P. Alexander 17 September 20156 July 2022

Limited observational data sets and incomplete surface energy balance models constrain understanding of the driving processes for Greenland's ice sheet.

Posted inAGU News

Kapnick Receives 2015 Cryosphere Early Career Award

by AGU 11 September 20154 May 2023

Sarah Kapnick will receive the 2015 Cryosphere Early Career Award at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 14–18 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is for "a significant contribution to cryospheric science and technology."

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Do Cities Cause Thundersnow?

by S. Palus 23 March 201525 February 2022

Analysis of lightning within a February 2011 snowstorm reveals that 73% of lightning flashes occurred close to tall, human-built structures.

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Satellites Show True Extent of California Drought

by N. Weiler 18 December 201430 May 2023

Since 2011, California’s water supply has lost 4 trillion gallons per year and the Sierra Nevada snowpack has hit record lows.

Posted inScience Updates

Understanding Snow Microstructure for Microwave Remote Sensing

by M. Sandells, M. Hörhold, N. Rutter and Faith Ishii 25 November 201423 March 2023

Workshop on Microstructure in Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer;
Reading, United Kingdom, 6–8 August 2014

Posted inScience Updates

Assessing Approaches for Determination of Liquid Water in Snow

by O. Eisen and J. Schweizer 9 September 201422 March 2023

Liquid Water in Snow—Measurement Techniques and Modeling Approaches;
Davos, Switzerland, 2–4 April 2014

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