Essays about: "Alpine glaciers"

Found 5 essays containing the words Alpine glaciers.

1. 1. Glacier front variatons in Sweden: 2015-2022

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Martin Houssais; [2023]
   Keywords : Swedish glaciers; Glacier front variation; Remote sensing; MaQiT; Sentinel-2; Handheld GNSS; UAV photogrammetry; Total station;

   Abstract : This study aims at increasing the amount of data available on recent past Swedish glacier front variations, at improving the knowledge on the present behavior of these glaciers, and at contributing to the defnition of the guideline for future of glacier front observations in Sweden. To do so, the study proposes Sentinel-2 based yearly front variation measurements for 22 Swedish glaciers between 2015 and 2022, calculated based on the multicentreline approach of the MaQiT tool. READ MORE

3. 2. A CINEMATIC VILLAGE FOR A CHANGING LANDSCAPE - AN ALPINE ROMANTIC STORY

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Diana Sacco; [2022]
   Keywords : Alps; Aosta Valley; Oyace; Artificial lake; Climate change; Fiction; Cinematic; Novel; Narrative; Village; Staging; Performative; Future landscapes; awareness; Movie; wilderness; artefice; constructed;

   Abstract : Climate change has already had noticeable effects on the environment. Glaciers are retreating, ice on lakes and rivers is melting earlier, plant and animal species have relocated, and trees are blooming sooner. READ MORE

4. 3. Implications of a rapidly thinning ice-margin for annual moraine formation at Gornergletscher, Switzerland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Lukas Rettig; [2020]
   Keywords : Recessional moraines; Ice-marginal processes; Glacier retreat; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial sedimentology; Alpine glaciers; Swiss Alps; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This study examines genetic processes and climatological significance of annual moraine formation in the foreland of Gornergletscher, a large alpine-valley glacier located in the southern Swiss Alps. A particular focus is set on moraine ridges that have been forming between 2007 and 2019, a period when the glacier has been subject to accelerated retreat and pronounced frontal thinning. READ MORE

5. 4. Processes of lateral moraine formation at a debris-covered glacier, Suldenferner (Vedretta di Solda), Italy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Monika Rabanser; [2019]
   Keywords : Lateral moraines; Moraine genesis; Moraine stability; Debris-covered glaciers; Clast shape; Alps; Sedimentology; Glacier fluctuations; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Lateral moraines are key features of glacial landscapes in high-alpine mountain areas. Research on lateral moraine formation is mostly limited to clean-ice glaciers; lateral moraine formation at the margins of debris-covered glaciers is currently poorly understood in an Alpine and sedimentological context. READ MORE

6. 5. Near-Surface Energy Balance on an Alpine Rock Glacier: Murtèl-Corvatsch

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Luisa Pruessner; [2017]
   Keywords : rock glaciers; energy balance; SNOWPACK; permafrost;

   Abstract : This project investigates the near surface energy balance on the Murt`el-Corvatsch rock glacier in the Upper Engadine, Swiss Alps, using the 1D physical SNOWPACK model. A correct representation of the near surface energy balance is important to predict the long term evolution of permafrost below rock glaciers. READ MORE