How sensitive are mountain glaciers to climate change? Insights from a block model

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: EVIATAR BACH, VALENTINA RADIĆ, CHRISTIAN SCHOOF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: climate change; glacier modeling; glaciological model experiments; mountain glaciers; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Ela; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.15; https://doaj.org/article/be068a1450cc45dda5005bcfbc71e06d

Simple models of glacier volume evolution are important in understanding features of glacier response to climate change, due to the scarcity of data adequate for running more complex models on a global scale. Two quantities of interest in a glacier's response to climate changes are its response...