Melt and surface sublimation across a glacier in a dry environment: distributed energy-balance modelling of Juncal Norte Glacier, Chile

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: A. AYALA, F. PELLICCIOTTI, N. PELEG, P. BURLANDO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: energy balance; glacier meteorology; glacier surface melt; mountain glaciers; snow/ice surface processes; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Juncal; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.46; https://doaj.org/article/4daa3545347640d6a5663c273a6766bf

Previous estimates of melt and surface sublimation on glaciers of the subtropical semiarid Andes (29–34°S) have been obtained at few specific locations, but it is not clear how ablation components vary across the entire extent of a glacier in this dry environment. Here, we simulate the distributed e...