Supplementary Videos for Lirung Glacier Ice Cliff Turbulence Simulations

Supplementary material for a study submitted to The Cryosphere by researchers from Utrecht University. The collection consists of animated GIFs visualizing outputs from 3D turbulence-resolving simulations of a debris-covered glacier. The videos depict variables such as specific moisture, potential temperature, wind speed, and conductive heat flux at an ice cliff and along vertical cross-sections.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial and temporal evolution of specific moisture at an ice cliff based on the Icecliff_movie_qt.gif file.
• Analyzing wind speed patterns at an ice cliff based on the Icecliff_movie_UV.gif file.
• Examining conductive heat flux dynamics at the glacier surface based on the Movie_conductiveflux.gif file.
• Studying the vertical structure of potential temperature along a cross-section based on the vertical_cross_movie_thl.gif file.

Strengths

• Directly supports a peer-reviewed scientific submission to The Cryosphere.
• Visualizes multiple key physical variables (moisture, temperature, wind, heat flux) from a 3D turbulence-resolving model.
• Focuses on a specific geographic feature (ice cliffs of the Lirung glacier).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Utrecht University

Collection Method

Output from 3D turbulence-resolving simulations.

Geography

Lirung glacier