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Microphysics and dynamics of snowfall associated with a warm conveyor belt over Korea

Gehring, Josué ; Oertel, Annika ; Vignon, Étienne ; Jullien, Nicolas ; Besic, Nikola ; Berne, Alexis

In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020, vol. 20, no. 12, p. 7373–7392

On 28 February 2018, 57 mm of precipitation associated with a warm conveyor belt (WCB) fell within 21 h over South Korea. To investigate how the large-scale circulation influenced the microphysics of this intense precipitation event, we used radar measurements, snowflake photographs and radiosounding data from the International Collaborative Experiments for Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and...

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Monitoring rock glacier kinematics with satellite synthetic aperture radar

Strozzi, Tazio ; Caduff, Rafael ; Jones, Nina ; Barboux, Chloé ; Delaloye, Reynald ; Bodin, Xavier ; Kääb, Andreas ; Mätzler, Eva ; Schrott, Lothar

In: Remote Sensing, 2020, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 559

Active rock glaciers represent the best visual expression of mountain permafrost that can be mapped and monitored directly using remotely sensed data. Active rock glaciers are bodies that consist of a perennially frozen ice/rock mixture and express a distinct flow-like morphology indicating downslope permafrost creep movement. Annual rates of motion have ranged from a few millimeters to...