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# Use in publications

Below, a list of publications making use of the xDEM package (that we are aware of!).

## Articles

### Pre-prints

- Bernat, M., Berthier, E., Dehecq, A., Hugonnet, R., Belart, J.M.C., Ochwat, N., Kuipers Munneke, P., Case, E., Scambos, T., Gauer, L.-M., Youssefi, D., 2026. **Mass changes of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet and peripheral glaciers, 2007–2021.** The Cryosphere 20, 3025–3049. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3025-2026
- Charrier, L., Lioret, N., Brun, F., Dehecq, A., Millan, R., Togaibekov, A., Walpersdorf, A., Cusicanqui, D., Rabatel, A., (2026). **Seasonal biases in glacier surface flow velocities measured from optical remote sensing images.** EGUsphere 1–35. <https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-946>
- Kneib, M., Wagnon, P., Arnaud, L., Balmas, L., Laarman, O., Jourdain, B., Dehecq, A., Lemeur, E., Brun, F., Kneib-Walter, A., Santin, I., Charrier, L., Faug, T., Mazzotti, G., Rabatel, A., Six, D., Farinotti, D., (2026). **Substantial accumulation rates on a glacier avalanche cone from time-lapse photogrammetry and field measurements.** EGUsphere 1–30. <https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-786>
- Rolf, M., Grünberg, I., Hammar, J., Brauchle, J., Hauber, E., Boike, J., (2024). **Widespread and long-term permafrost thaw subsidence on the Brøgger peninsula, Svalbard.** ESS open Archive. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.173499211.11640525/v1


### 2026

- Crompton, J., Menounos, B., Ednie, M., (2026). **Helm Glacier projected to vanish within a decade.** Annals of Glaciology 67, e13. <https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10043>
- Cusicanqui, D., Loarte, E., Gómez, W., Villafane, H., Cook, K.L., Piton, G., Lehmann, B., Magnin, F., Racoviteanu, A.E., Zerathe, S., Filhol, S., Medina, K., Cruz, R., Concha, R., Torres-Lázaro, J.C., Lacroix, P., (2026). **Small event, big impact: insights from Vallunaraju cascade event on April 28, 2025.** npj Nat. Hazards 3, 51. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00229-0>
- Piermattei, L., McNabb, R., Elias, M., Ressl, C., Dehecq, A., Girod, L., Dewez, T., Eltner, A., (2026). **Unlocking the Past: A review of digital processing of historical aerial and satellite stereo analog imagery for geoscience applications.** IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine 2–33. <https://doi.org/10.1109/MGRS.2025.3645144>
- Thota, V.K., Seehaus, T., Knuth, F., Dehecq, A., Salewski, C., Farías-Barahona, D., Braun, M.H., (2026). **Digital Elevation Models and Orthomosaics of 1989 aerial imagery of the Western Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands between 66–68°S**. Earth System Science Data 18, 597–615. <https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-597-2026>

### 2025

- Andreassen, L.M., Robson, B., Smith, M., Weber, P., Carrivick, J.L., Kjollmoen, B., 2025. **Tracing the rapid loss of Breifonn, Norway’s southernmost glacier.** Annals of Glaciology 66, e30. <https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2025.10029>
- Ayala, Á., Robson, B., Navarro, G., MacDonell, S., Kinnard, C., Vivero, S., Thomas, D., Moreno, F., Yáñez, E., Schaffer, N., Segovia, A., Pętlicki, M., Retamal, F., Schauwecker, S., Casassa, G., (2025). **Monitoring the physical processes driving the mass loss of Tapado Glacier, Dry Andes of Chile.** Journal of Glaciology 71, e52. <https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.24>
- Beraud, L., Brun, F., Dehecq, A., Hugonnet, R., Shekhar, P., (2025). **Glacier surge monitoring from temporally dense elevation time series: application to an ASTER dataset over the Karakoram region**. The Cryosphere 19, 5075–5094. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5075-2025>
- Guo, L., Li, J., Charrier, L., Dehecq, A., Beraud, L., Li, Z., Li, X., Zhu, J., Li, L., Wang, Y., (2025). **Surging Processes and Mechanisms at Small Glaciers in the Qilian Mountains, Northwestern China, Revealed by Long‐Term, Temporally Dense Remote Sensing Observations.** Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 130. <https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF008157>
- Hartl, L., Schmitt, P., Schuster, L., Helfricht, K., Abermann, J., Maussion, F., (2025). **Recent observations and glacier modeling point towards near-complete glacier loss in western Austria (Ötztal and Stubai mountain range) if 1.5°C is not met.** The Cryosphere 19, 1431–1452. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1431-2025>
- Hong, X., Roosevelt, C.H., (2025). **Streamlining digital elevation model construction from historical aerial photographs: The impact of reference elevation data on spatial accuracy.** Open Geosciences 17. <https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2025-0866>
- Jouberton, A., Shaw, T.E., Miles, E., Kneib, M., Fugger, S., Buri, P., McCarthy, M., Kayumov, A., Navruzshoev, H., Halimov, A., Kabutov, K., Homidov, F., Pellicciotti, F., (2025). **Snowfall decrease in recent years undermines glacier health and meltwater resources in the Northwestern Pamirs.** Commun Earth Environ 6, 691. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02611-8>  # codespell:ignore
- Llanto, J., Pellitero, R., Úbeda, J., Atkinson-Gordo, A.D.J., Pasapera, J., (2025). **69-Year Geodetic Mass Balance of Nevado Coropuna (Peru), the World’s Largest Tropical Icefield, from 1955 to 2024.** Remote Sensing 17, 3344. <https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17193344>
- Liu, Z., Filhol, S., Treichler, D., (2025). **Retrieving snow depth distribution by downscaling ERA5 Reanalysis with ICESat-2 laser altimetry.** Cold Regions Science and Technology 239, 104580. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2025.104580>
- Mattea, E., Berthier, E., Dehecq, A., Bolch, T., Bhattacharya, A., Ghuffar, S., Barandun, M., Hoelzle, M., (2025). **Five decades of Abramov glacier dynamics reconstructed with multi-sensor optical remote sensing.** The Cryosphere 19, 219–247. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-219-2025>
- Walden, J., Jacquemart, M., Higman, B., Hugonnet, R., Manconi, A., Farinotti, D., (2025). **Landslide activation during deglaciation in a fjord-dominated landscape: observations from southern Alaska (1984–2022).** Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25, 2045–2073. <https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2045-2025>
- Wells, A., Tober, B.S., Child, S.F., Rounce, D.R., Loso, M.G., Hults, C.P., Truffer, M., Holt, J.W., Christoffersen, M.S., (2025). **An 85-year record of glacier change and refined projections for Kennicott and Root Glaciers, Alaska.** Nat Commun 16, 7835. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62962-w>  # codespell:ignore
- Xu, X., Wang, W., Ke, L., Zhou, P., (2025). **Weakening of regional contrasts in glacier changes around the Tarim Basin in the early 21st century.** npj Clim Atmos Sci 8, 289. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01173-y>
- Zhou, M., Wang, Yetang, Hou, S., Zhai, Z., Li, Z., Sun, W., Wang, Yuzhe, (2025). **North Atlantic Ocean natural variability drives glacier mass loss over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau.** Commun Earth Environ 6, 843. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02851-8> # codespell:ignore
- Zhu, Y., Liu, S., Wei, J., Wu, K., Bolch, T., Xu, J., Guo, W., Jiang, Z., Xie, F., Yi, Y., Shangguan, D., Yao, X., Zhang, Z., (2025). **Glacier-level and gridded mass change in river sources in the eastern Tibetan Plateau region (ETPR) from the 1970s to 2000.** Earth System Science Data 17, 1851–1871. <https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1851-2025>


### 2024

- Dømgaard, M., Schomacker, A., Isaksson, E., Millan, R., Huiban, F., Dehecq, A., Fleischer, A., Moholdt, G., Andersen, J. K., & Bjørk, A. A. (2024). **Early aerial expedition photos reveal 85 years of glacier growth and stability in East Antarctica**. *Nature Communications*, 15(1), 4466. <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48886-x>
- Piermattei, L., Zemp, M., Sommer, C., Brun, F., Braun, M. H., Andreassen, L. M., Belart, J. M. C., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Boehm Vock, L., Bolch, T., Dehecq, A., Dussaillant, I., Falaschi, D., Florentine, C., Floricioiu, D., Ginzler, C., Guillet, G., Hugonnet, R., … Yang, R. (2024). **Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data**. *The Cryosphere*, 18(7), 3195–3230. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3195-2024>
- Securo, A., Gobbo, C.D., Citterio, M., Machguth, H., Marcer, M., Korsgaard, N.J., Colucci, R.R., (2024). **Area, volume and ELA changes of West Greenland local glaciers and ice caps from 1985–2020.** Journal of Glaciology 70, e73. <https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.76>

### 2023

- Bernat, M., Belart, J. M. C., Berthier, E., Jóhannesson, T., Hugonnet, R., Dehecq, A., Magnússon, E., & Gunnarsson, A. (2023). **Geodetic mass balance of Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, 1999--2021**. *Jökull*, 73(1), 35–53. <https://doi.org/10.33799/jokull2023.73.035>
- Khadka, N., Shrestha, N. ., Basnet, K., Manandhar, R., Sharma, S., & Shrestha, B. (2023). **Glacier Area, Mass and Associated Glacial Lake Change in Kawari basin, Western Nepal**. *Jalawaayu*, 3(1), 63–72. <https://doi.org/10.3126/jalawaayu.v3i1.52068>
- Brun, F., King, O., Réveillet, M., Amory, C., Planchot, A., Berthier, E., Dehecq, A., Bolch, T., Fourteau, K., Brondex, J., Dumont, M., Mayer, C., Leinss, S., Hugonnet, R., & Wagnon, P. (2023). **Everest South Col Glacier did not thin during the period 1984–2017**. *The Cryosphere*, 17(8), 3251–3268. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3251-2023>
- Knuth, F., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Schwat, E., Alexandrov, O., McNeil, C., Dehecq, A., Florentine, C., & O’Neel, S. (2023). **Historical Structure from Motion (HSfM): Automated processing of historical aerial photographs for long-term topographic change analysis**. *Remote Sensing of Environment*, 285, 113379. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113379>
- Schwat, E., Istanbulluoglu, E., Horner-Devine, A., Anderson, S., Knuth, F., & Shean, D. (2023). **Multi-decadal erosion rates from glacierized watersheds on Mount Baker, Washington, USA, reveal topographic, climatic, and lithologic controls on sediment yields**. *Geomorphology*, 438(108805), 108805. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108805>

### 2022

- Farnsworth, W. R., Ingólfsson, Ó., Mannerfelt, E. S., Kalliokoski, M. H., Guðmundsdóttir, E. R., Retelle, M., Allaart, L., Brynjólfsson, S., Furze, M. F. A., Hancock, H. J., Kjær, K. H., Pieńkowski, A. J., & Schomacker, A. (2022). **Vedde Ash constrains Younger Dryas glacier re-advance and rapid glacio-isostatic rebound on Svalbard**. *Quaternary Science Advances*, 5(100041), 100041. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2021.100041>
- Mannerfelt, E. S., Dehecq, A., Hugonnet, R., Hodel, E., Huss, M., Bauder, A., & Farinotti, D. (2022). **Halving of Swiss glacier volume since 1931 observed from terrestrial image photogrammetry**. *The Cryosphere*, 16(8), 3249–3268. <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3249-2022>
- Abad, L., Hölbling, D., Dabiri, Z., & Robson, B. A. (2022). **An open-source-based workflow for DEM generation from Sentinel-1 for landslide volume estimation**. *ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences*, XLVIII-4/W1-2022, 5–11. <https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-4-w1-2022-5-2022>
- Hugonnet, R., Brun, F., Berthier, E., Dehecq, A., Mannerfelt, E. S., Eckert, N., & Farinotti, D. (2022). **Uncertainty Analysis of Digital Elevation Models by Spatial Inference From Stable Terrain**. *IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing*, 15, 6456–6472. <https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3188922>

## Theses

### PhD

- Beraud, L., (2025). **Etude de la dynamique des “surges” glaciaires dans les hautes montagnes d’Asie à partir de données satellitaires** . Université Grenoble Alpes. <https://theses.fr/2025GRALU035>
- Cheung, W.Y., 2025. **Decadal Glacier Geometry and Mass Changes in Auyuittuq and Sirmilik National Parks, Canadian Arctic (1958–2024)**. Queen’s University (Canada). <https://search.proquest.com/openview/3275e9b2a8cd9c48e48fa7adea011808/1>
- Hugonnet, R. (2022). **Global glacier mass change by spatiotemporal analysis of digital elevation models**, <https://theses.hal.science/tel-03813744>

### Master

- Lopez, W.H., (2026). **A New Seismotectonic Model for the La Nacion Fault System: Insights From a Historical DEM and 3D Mapping of Deformed Stratigraphy**. University of Colorado at Boulder. <https://search.proquest.com/openview/b6bffa65eae47c28ee7648f7dd8b1d4e/1>
- Vlieghe, P-L. (2023). **Revealing the Recent Height Changes of the Great Altesch Glacier Using TanDEM-X DEM Series**, <https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000637956>
- Saheed, A. (2023). **Investigation of changes in Briksdalsbreen, western Norway from 1966 - 2020**, <https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3057200>
- Liu, Z. (2022). **Snow Depth Retrieval and Downscaling using Satellite Laser Altimetry, Machine Learning, and Climate Reanalysis: A Case Study in Mainland Norway**, <https://hdl.handle.net/10852/103730>
- Bernat, M. (2022). **Geodetic mass balance of Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, 1999−2021: DEM processing and climate analysis**, <https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-03772002/>
