An imbalancing act: the delayed dynamic response of the Kaskawulsh Glacier to sustained mass loss

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Erik M. Young, Gwenn E. Flowers, Etienne Berthier, Rebecca Latto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Glacier mass balance; ground-penetrating radar; ice and climate; melt-surface; mountain glaciers; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Yukon; Canada; Kaskawulsh Glacier; glacier*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.107; https://doaj.org/article/749e696e581849a8b2e309fb05415c8b

The Kaskawulsh Glacier is an iconic outlet draining the icefields of the St. Elias Mountains in Yukon, Canada. We determine and attempt to interpret its catchment-wide mass budget since 2007. Using SPOT5/6/7 data we estimate a 2007–18 geodetic balance of −0.46 ± 0.17 m w.e. a−1. We then compute bala...