Inter‐decadal variability in potential glacier surface melt energy at Vestari Hagafellsjökull (Langjökull, Iceland) and the role of synoptic circulation

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Matthews, T., Hodgkins, R., Guðmundsson, S., Pálsson, F., Björnsson, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Langjökull; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4191; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.4191; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.4191

ABSTRACT The surface energy balance ( SEB ) of glaciers, although of considerable importance for understanding the melt response to climate change, is rarely analysed for more than a few melt seasons due to the logistical challenges of meteorological measurement campaigns on glaciers. Insight into l...