Southern Alps equilibrium line altitudes: four decades of observations show coherent glacier–climate responses and a rising snowline trend

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Lorrey, Andrew M., Vargo, Lauren, Purdie, Heather, Anderson, Brian, Cullen, Nicolas J., Sirguey, Pascal, Mackintosh, Andrew, Willsman, Andrew, Macara, Gregor, Chinn, Warren
• Other Authors: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Austral; Ela; New Zealand; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.27; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143022000272

Abstract An end of summer snowline (EOSS) photographic dataset for Aotearoa New Zealand contains over four decades of equilibrium line altitude (ELA) observations for more than 50 index glaciers. This dataset provides an opportunity to create a climatological ELA reference series that has several ap...