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Hydraulic Reconstruction of the 1818 Gietro Glacial Lake Outburst Flood

Eric Bardou, Christophe Ancey, Martin Funk, Tomás Alfredo Trewhela Palacios

In the spring of 1818, ice avalanches from the Gietro Glacier created an ice dam, which in turn formed a glacial lake in the Drance Valley (Canton of Valais, Switzerland). Today, its maximum volume is estimated to have been 25x10(6) m(3). Cantonal authorit ...

2019

Estimating the ice thickness of shallow glaciers from surface topography and mass-balance data with a shape optimization algorithm

Marco Picasso, Martin Funk, Heinz Blatter, Laurent Michel

A shape optimization algorithm is presented that estimates the ice thickness distribution within a three-dimensional, shallow glacier, given a transient surface geometry and a mass-balance distribution. The approach is based on the minimization of the surf ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2014

Estimating the ice thickness of mountain glaciers with a shape optimization algorithm using surface topography and mass-balance

Marco Picasso, Martin Funk, Heinz Blatter, Laurent Michel

We present a shape optimization algorithm to estimate the ice thickness distribution within a two-dimensional, non-sliding mountain glacier, given a transient surface geometry and a mass-balance distribution. The approach is based on the minimization of th ...

De Gruyter2014

Bedrock topography reconstruction of glaciers from surface topography and mass-balance data

Marco Picasso, Martin Funk, Heinz Blatter, Laurent Michel

Three methods based on the three-dimensional shallow ice approximation of glacier flow are devised that infer a glacier's subglacial topography from the observation of its time-evolving surface and mass balance. The quasi-stationary inverse method relying ...

Springer2014

Modelling the retreat of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland, in a changing climate

Martin Funk, Heinz Blatter, Guillaume Jouvet

For more than a century Alpine glaciers have been retreating dramatically, and they are expected to shrink even more quickly over the coming decades. This study addresses the future evolution of Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland, the largest glacier in ...

International Glaciological Society2011

Modelling and Numerical Simulation of the Dynamics of Glaciers Including Local Damage Effects

Marco Picasso, Jacques Rappaz, Martin Funk

A numerical model to compute the dynamics of glaciers is presented. Ice damage due to cracks or crevasses can be taken into account whenever needed. This model allows simulations of the past and future retreat of glaciers, the calving process or the break- ...

2011