Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2545-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2545-2025
Model description paper
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09 May 2025
Model description paper |  | 09 May 2025

A gradient-boosted tree framework to model the ice thickness of the world's glaciers (IceBoost v1.1)

Niccolò Maffezzoli, Eric Rignot, Carlo Barbante, Troels Petersen, and Sebastiano Vascon

Data sets

IceBoost - a Gradient Boosted Tree global framework for glacier ice thickness retrieval Niccolò Maffezzoli et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145836

Model code and software

IceBoost GitHub repository Niccolò Maffezzoli https://github.com/nmaffe/iceboost

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Short summary
In this work we introduce IceBoost, a machine learning framework to model the ice thickness distribution of all the world's glaciers with greater accuracy than state-of-the-art methods. The model is trained on 3.7 million measurements globally available and provides skilful estimates across all regions. This advancement will help in better assessing future sea level changes and freshwater resources, with significance for both the scientific community and society at large.
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