Forecasting temperate alpine glacier survival from accumulation zone observations

• Main Author: M. S. Pelto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; New Rock; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/650638a5a6784e958fb35359d9480302

Temperate alpine glacier survival is dependent on the consistent presence of an accumulation zone. Frequent low accumulation area ratio values, below 30%, indicate the lack of a consistent accumulation zone, which leads to substantial thinning of the glacier in the accumulation zone. This thinning i...