Reposted by @duncanquincey.bsky.social
After two field expeditions and one year in the making, very pleased to share my second paper from my PhD is now published! ⛰️
We obtained the first dataset of ice-contact lake physical conditions in the Himalaya throughout the critical monsoon and glacier melt season ⬇️
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
doi.org
Monsoon and Glacial Meltwater Input Drive Seasonal Cooling of a Himalayan Ice‐Contact Lake
Lake surface temperatures exceeded 9°C at the surface, and were consistently warmer close to the glacier front, driven by convection
Monsoon-specific meteorological conditions and input of glacia...