Rising ELA and Expanding Proglacial Lakes Lead to Initiation of Rapid Retreat of Brady Glacier, Alaska
Brady Glacier, Alaska, is a large tidewater glacier that is beginning a period of substantial retreat. Examination of 27 Landsat and MODIS images from the period 2003–2011 indicates that Brady Glacier has a mean ELA (equilibrium line altitude) of 745 m and AAR (accumulation area ratio) of 0.40. The...
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