A Heat-Balance Study on Sørbreen, Jan Mayen
Abstract The techniques and results of a heat-balance programme on Sørbreen, Jan Mayen, are presented and discussed. Estimates of 24 hr. heat-transfer totals under frontal and non-frontal weather conditions are then made. Transfer is found to be higher during frontal conditions, due to an increase i...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000018852 2024-03-03T08:45:54+00:00 A Heat-Balance Study on Sørbreen, Jan Mayen Dibben, P. C. 1965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018852 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018852 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 5, issue 42, page 793-803 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1965 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018852 2024-02-08T08:40:37Z Abstract The techniques and results of a heat-balance programme on Sørbreen, Jan Mayen, are presented and discussed. Estimates of 24 hr. heat-transfer totals under frontal and non-frontal weather conditions are then made. Transfer is found to be higher during frontal conditions, due to an increase in latent and to a lesser extent sensible heat transfer. Consideration of upper air temperatures and humidities suggests this higher transfer is experienced by the glacier as a whole. It is then proposed that summer rainfall totals will provide an index of frontal activity which may be used to indicate relative ablation from one summer to another. A statistical comparison of ablation measured on the glacier and rainfall recorded at the Jan Mayen meteorological station supports this suggestion. Article in Journal/Newspaper Jan Mayen Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Jan Mayen Journal of Glaciology 5 42 793 803 |
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Abstract The techniques and results of a heat-balance programme on Sørbreen, Jan Mayen, are presented and discussed. Estimates of 24 hr. heat-transfer totals under frontal and non-frontal weather conditions are then made. Transfer is found to be higher during frontal conditions, due to an increase in latent and to a lesser extent sensible heat transfer. Consideration of upper air temperatures and humidities suggests this higher transfer is experienced by the glacier as a whole. It is then proposed that summer rainfall totals will provide an index of frontal activity which may be used to indicate relative ablation from one summer to another. A statistical comparison of ablation measured on the glacier and rainfall recorded at the Jan Mayen meteorological station supports this suggestion. |
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