Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1912–89
Abstract The varying ice extent on the Kibo cone of Kilimanjaro, East Africa, this century was reconstructed from terrestrial-photogrammetric mappings in 1912 and 1953 and satellite images in 1976 and 1989. These were all conformed to the official 1:50 000 topographic sheet. The ice distribution on...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000035048 2024-09-09T19:49:02+00:00 Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1912–89 Hastenrath, Stefan Greischar, Lawrence 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000035048 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000035048 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 43, issue 145, page 455-459 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000035048 2024-06-19T04:04:32Z Abstract The varying ice extent on the Kibo cone of Kilimanjaro, East Africa, this century was reconstructed from terrestrial-photogrammetric mappings in 1912 and 1953 and satellite images in 1976 and 1989. These were all conformed to the official 1:50 000 topographic sheet. The ice distribution on Kibo is characterized by lower ice margins on the southern than on the northern flanks, and deepest-reaching glaciers to the west contrasting with least ice cover on the eastern crater rim. The meridional contrast appears to be related to the more abundant precipitation on the southern side. The even more striking zonal asymmetry in ice cover is favored by the vigorous diurnal circulations, with enhanced afternoon cloudiness blocking insolation on the western slopes. The total ice cover diminished from 12058 to 6675 to 4171 in 3305 × 10 3 m 2 between the years 1912,1953, 1976 and 1989, and the three large coherent ice bodies disintegrated into numerous smaller ice fragments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 43 145 455 459 |
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Abstract The varying ice extent on the Kibo cone of Kilimanjaro, East Africa, this century was reconstructed from terrestrial-photogrammetric mappings in 1912 and 1953 and satellite images in 1976 and 1989. These were all conformed to the official 1:50 000 topographic sheet. The ice distribution on Kibo is characterized by lower ice margins on the southern than on the northern flanks, and deepest-reaching glaciers to the west contrasting with least ice cover on the eastern crater rim. The meridional contrast appears to be related to the more abundant precipitation on the southern side. The even more striking zonal asymmetry in ice cover is favored by the vigorous diurnal circulations, with enhanced afternoon cloudiness blocking insolation on the western slopes. The total ice cover diminished from 12058 to 6675 to 4171 in 3305 × 10 3 m 2 between the years 1912,1953, 1976 and 1989, and the three large coherent ice bodies disintegrated into numerous smaller ice fragments. |
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Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1912–89 |
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Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1912–89 |
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Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1912–89 |
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