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- Meltwater movement and refreezing in the wet snow zone of Qaanaaq Ice Cap, northwest Greenland
Peer-reviewed
2024
- J. Fürst, D. Farías-Barahona, N. Blindow, G. Casassa, G. Gacitúa, M. Koppes, E. Lodolo, R. Millan, M. Minowa, J. Mouginot, M. Pȩtlicki, E. Rignot, A. Rivera, P. Skvarca, M. Stuefer, S. Sugiyama, J. Uribe, R. Zamora, M. H. Braun, F. Gillet-Chaulet, P. Malz, W. J.-H. Meier & M. Schaefer, The foundations of the Patagonian icefields, Communications Earth & Environment 5, 142, doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01193-7
- M. Minowa, P. Skvarca and K. Fujita, Foehn winds influence surface ablation on Glaciar Perito Moreno, southern Patagonian icefield, Journal of Glaciology, 70, e40, 1–14, doi:10.1017/jog.2023.106
2023
- Kawakami K., Y. Iizuka, M. Sasage, M. Matsumoto, T. Saito, A. Hori, S. Ishino, S. Fujita, K. Fujita, K. Takasugi, T. Hatakeyama, S. Hamamoto, A. Watari, N. Esashi, M. Otsuka, R. Uemura, K. Horiuchi, M. Minowa, S. Hattori, T. Aoki, M. Hirabayashi, K. Kawamura, S. Matoba, SE-Dome II ice core dating with half-year precision: Increasing melting events from 1799 to 2020 in southeastern Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038874, doi:10.1029/2023JD038874
- Data repository [HUSCAP]
- M. Minowa, M. Schaefer and P. Skvarca, Effects of topography on dynamics and mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in southern Patagonia, Journal of Glaciology, 69(278), 1580–1597, doi:10.1017/jog.2023.42
- Data repository [zenode]
2022
- M. Minowa, P. Skvarca and K. Fujita, Climate and surface mass balance at Glaciar Perito Moreno, Southern Patagonia, Journal of Climate, 36(2), 625–641, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0294.1
- Data repository [zenode]
2021
- S. Sugiyama, M. Minowa, Y. Fukamachi, S. Hata, Y. Yamamoto, T. Sauter, C. Schneider and M. Schaefer (2021), Subglacial discharge controls seasonal variations in the thermal structure of a glacial lake in Patagonia, Nature Communications, 12, 6301, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26578-0
- Data repository [mendeley]
- Y. Iizuka, S. Matoba, M. Minowa, T. Yamasaki, K. Kawakami, A. Kakugo, M. Miyahara, K. Fujita, A. Hashimoto, M. Niwano, T. Tanikawa and T. Aoki (2021), Ice core drilling and the related observations at the SE-Dome site, southeastern Greenland Ice Sheet, Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 39, 1–12, doi:10.5331/bgr.21R01
- N. Nagatsuka, K. Goto-Azuma, A. Tsushima, K. Fujita, S. Matoba, Y. Onuma, R. Dallmayr, M. Kadota, M. Hirabayashi, J. Ogata, Y. Ogawa-Tsukagawa, K. Kitamura, M. Minowa,Y. Komuro, H. Motoyama, and T. Aoki (2021), Variations in mineralogy of dust in an ice core obtained from northwestern Greenland over the past 100 years, Climate of the Past, 17, 1341–1362, doi:10.5194/cp-17-1341-2021
- M. Minowa
, S. Sugiyama, I. Masato, S. Yamane and S. Aoki (2021), Thermohaline structure and circulation beneath the Langhovde Glacier ice shelf in East Antarctica, Nature Communications, 12, 4209, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23534-w
- Data repository [ADS]
- M. Minowa, M. Shcaefer, S. Sugiyama, D. Sakakibara and P. Skvarca (2021), Frontal ablation and mass loss of the Patagonian icefields, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 516, 116811, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116811
- Data repository [zenode]
- S. Sugiyama, N. Kanna, D. Sakakibara, T Ando, I. Asaji, K. Kondo, Y. Wang, Y. Fujishi, S. Fukumoto, E. Podolskiy, Y. Fukamachi, M. Takahashi, S. Matoba, Y. Iizuka, R. Greve, M. Furuya, K. Tateyama, T. Watanabe, S. Yamasaki, A. Yamaguchi, B. Nishizawa, K. Matsuno, D. Nomura, Y. Sakuragi, Y. Matsumura, Y. Ohashi, T. Aoki, M. Niwano, N. Hayashi, M. Minowa, G. Jouvet, E. van Dongen, A. Bauder, M. Funk, A. A. Bjørk and T. Oshima, (2021), Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland, Polar Science, 27, 100632, doi:10.1016/j.polar.2020.100632
2019
- M. Minowa, M. Schaefer, P. Skvarca, S. Matoba and G. Gacitua (2019), Glaciological traverse across the Southern Patagonian Icefield, Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 37, 47–56, doi:10.5331/bgr.19R03
- S. Sugiyama, F. J. Navarro, T. Sawagaki, M.Minowa, T. Segawa, Y. Onuma, J. Otero and E. V. Vasilenko (2019), Subglacial water pressure and ice speed variations at Johnsons Glacier, Livingstone Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Glaciology, 65(252), 689–699, doi: 10.1017/jog.2019.45
- M. Minowa, E. A. Podolskiy, S. Sugiyama (2019), Tide-modulated ice motion and seismicity of an ice shelf in East Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology, 60(79), 57–67, doi: 10.1017/aog.2019.25
- M. Minowa, E. A. Podolskiy, G. Jouvet, Y. Weidmann, D. Sakakibara, S. Tsutaki, R. Genco, S. Sugiyama (2019), Calving flux estimation from tsunami waves, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 515, 283–290, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.023
- Data repository [zenode]
- S. Sugiyama, M. Minowa and M. Schaefer (2019), Underwater ice terrace observed at the front of Glaciar Grey, a freshwater calving glacier in Patagonia, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 2602–2609, doi: 10.1029/2018GL081441
2018
- H. Seddik, R. Greve, D. Sakakibara, S. Tsutaki, M. Minowa and S. Sugiyama (2018), Response of the flow dynamics of Bowdoin Glacier, northwestern Greenland, to basal lubrication and tidal forcing, Journal of Glaciology, 65(250), 225–238, doi:10.1017/jog.2018.106
- M. Minowa, E. A. Podolskiy, S. Sugiyama, D. Sakakibara and P. Skvarca (2018), Glacier calving observed with time-lapse imagery and tsunami waves at Glaciar Perito Moreno, Patagonia, Journal of Glaciology, 64(245), 362–376, doi:10.1017/jog.2018.28
- Highlighted in GlacierHub, 2018
2017
- M. Minowa, S. Sugiyama, D. Sakakibara and P. Skvarca (2017), Seasonal variations in the ice–front position controlled by frontal ablation at Glaciar Perito Moreno, Southern Patagonia Icefield. Frontiers in Earth Science – Cryosphere Sciences, 5:1, doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00001
2016
- S. Sugiyama, M. Minowa, D. Sakakibara, P. Skvarca, T. Sawagaki, Y. Ohashi, N. Naito and K. Chikita (2016), Thermal structure of proglacial lakes in Patagonia. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 121, 2270–2286, doi:10.1002/2016JF004084
- Highlighted in EOS (AGU), 2017
- E. A. Podolskiy, S. Sugiyama, M. Funk, F. Walter, R. Genco, S. Tsutaki, M. Minowa and M. Ripepe (2016), Tide–modulated ice flow variations drive seismicity near the calving front of Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 2036–2044, doi:10.1002/2016GL067743
2015
- S. Matoba, H. Motoyama, K. Fujita, T. Yamasaki, M. Minowa, Y, Onuma, Y. Komuro, T. Aoki, S. Yamaguchi, S. Sugiyama and H. Enomoto (2015), Glaciological and Meteorological observations at SIGMA–D site, northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 33, 7–14. doi: 10.5331/bgr.33.7
- M. Minowa, S. Sugiyama, D.Sakakibara and T. Sawagaki (2015), Contrasting Glacier Variations of Glaciar Perito Moreno and Glaciar Ameghino, Southern Patagonia Icefield. Annals of Glaciology, 56(70), 26–32, doi:10.3189/2015AoG70A020