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Co-editors-in-chief: Chris Derksen, Christian Haas, Christian Hauck, Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson & Thomas Mölg
eISSN: TC 1994-0424, TCD 1994-0440

The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and frozen ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies.

The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers, permafrost, river and lake ice, seasonal snow cover, and sea ice, including remote sensing, numerical modeling, in situ, and laboratory approaches, and studies of the interaction of the cryosphere with the Earth system. Manuscripts with a focus on cryospheric research that include perspectives from social science, humanities, and other disciplines outside the natural sciences are also welcome.

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News

16 Sep 2025 Drift-aware sea ice thickness maps from satellite remote sensing

The authors developed a new method to map Arctic sea ice thickness daily using satellite measurements. Please read more.

16 Sep 2025 Drift-aware sea ice thickness maps from satellite remote sensing

The authors developed a new method to map Arctic sea ice thickness daily using satellite measurements. Please read more.

14 Aug 2025 Insights into supraglacial lake drainage dynamics: triangular fracture formation, reactivation and long-lasting englacial features

The authors study the evolution of a massive lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite and airborne data and some modelling. Please read more.

14 Aug 2025 Insights into supraglacial lake drainage dynamics: triangular fracture formation, reactivation and long-lasting englacial features

The authors study the evolution of a massive lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite and airborne data and some modelling. Please read more.

07 Aug 2025 New radar altimetry datasets of Greenland and Antarctic surface elevation, 1991–2012

Increasing melting rates of the polar ice sheets are contributing more and more to sea level rise. Due to the remoteness and expanse of ice sheets, these changes are mainly observed using satellites. However, the accuracy of these measurements depends on the processing of these datasets. Here the authors use advanced algorithms to provide improved historical ice sheet elevation measurements, derived from satellite altimeters flying between 1991 and 2012, which will benefit cryospheric applications. Please read more.

07 Aug 2025 New radar altimetry datasets of Greenland and Antarctic surface elevation, 1991–2012

Increasing melting rates of the polar ice sheets are contributing more and more to sea level rise. Due to the remoteness and expanse of ice sheets, these changes are mainly observed using satellites. However, the accuracy of these measurements depends on the processing of these datasets. Here the authors use advanced algorithms to provide improved historical ice sheet elevation measurements, derived from satellite altimeters flying between 1991 and 2012, which will benefit cryospheric applications. Please read more.

Recent papers

18 Sep 2025
Snow depth derived from Sentinel-1 compared to in situ observations in northern Finland
Adriano Lemos and Aku Riihelä
The Cryosphere, 19, 3939–3947, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3939-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3939-2025, 2025
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18 Sep 2025
Regional and seasonal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice
Hannah Niehaus, Gunnar Spreen, Larysa Istomina, and Marcel Nicolaus
The Cryosphere, 19, 3915–3938, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3915-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3915-2025, 2025
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17 Sep 2025
Assimilating high-resolution satellite snow cover data in a permafrost model
Clarissa Willmes, Kristoffer Aalstad, and Sebastian Westermann
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3142,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3142, 2025
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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17 Sep 2025
Biogeochemical Shifts During Arctic Spring: Surfactants in the Sea-Surface Microlayer Reduce CH4 and N2O Emissions During the Onset of Sea Ice Melt
Lina A. Holthusen, Hermann W. Bange, Thomas H. Badewien, Julia C. Muchowski, Tina Santl-Temkiv, Jennie Spicker Schmidt, Oliver Wurl, and Damian L. Arévalo-Martínez
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4056,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4056, 2025
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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17 Sep 2025
Revisiting snow settlement with microstructural knowledge
Louis Védrine and Pascal Hagenmuller
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4193,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4193, 2025
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles

16 Sep 2025
Drift-aware sea ice thickness maps from satellite remote sensing
Robert Ricker, Thomas Lavergne, Stefan Hendricks, Stephan Paul, Emily Down, Mari Anne Killie, and Marion Bocquet
The Cryosphere, 19, 3785–3803, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3785-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3785-2025, 2025
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
15 Sep 2025
Linking crystallographic orientation and ice stream dynamics: evidence from the EastGRIP ice core
Nicolas Stoll, Ilka Weikusat, Daniela Jansen, Paul Bons, Kyra Darányi, Julien Westhoff, María-Gema Llorens, David Wallis, Jan Eichler, Tomotaka Saruya, Tomoyuki Homma, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Giulia Sinnl, Anders Svensson, Martyn Drury, Frank Wilhelms, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, and Johanna Kerch
The Cryosphere, 19, 3805–3830, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3805-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3805-2025, 2025
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
14 Aug 2025
Insights into supraglacial lake drainage dynamics: triangular fracture formation, reactivation and long-lasting englacial features
Angelika Humbert, Veit Helm, Ole Zeising, Niklas Neckel, Matthias H. Braun, Shfaqat Abbas Khan, Martin Rückamp, Holger Steeb, Julia Sohn, Matthias Bohnen, and Ralf Müller
The Cryosphere, 19, 3009–3032, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3009-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3009-2025, 2025
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
23 Jul 2025
Thermal state of permafrost in the Central Andes (27–34° S)
Cassandra E. M. Koenig, Christin Hilbich, Christian Hauck, Lukas U. Arenson, and Pablo Wainstein
The Cryosphere, 19, 2653–2676, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2653-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2653-2025, 2025
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14 Jul 2025
Calibrated sea level contribution from the Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica, under RCP8.5 and Paris 2C scenarios
Sebastian H. R. Rosier, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Adrian Jenkins, and Kaitlin A. Naughten
The Cryosphere, 19, 2527–2557, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2527-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2527-2025, 2025
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