Evaluating the transferability of empirical models of debris-covered glacier melt

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: A. Winter-Billington, R. D. Moore, R. Dadic
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Debris-covered glaciers; glacier modeling; melt-surface; supraglacial debris; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Merra; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.57; https://doaj.org/article/bf7c65a099d44aebaac5b02f87b0f205

Supraglacial debris is significant in many regions and complicates modeling of glacier melt, which is required for predicting glacier change and its influences on hydrology and sea-level rise. Temperature-index models are a popular alternative to energy-balance models when forcing data are limited,...