Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation: hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc)

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: A. VIANI, T. CONDOM, C. VINCENT, A. RABATEL, B. BACCHI, J.E. SICART, J. REVUELTO, D. SIX, I. ZIN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: Glacier hydrology; glacier mass balance; mass-balance reconstruction; mountain glaciers; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arve; Mont Blanc; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.7; https://doaj.org/article/fdd9788e50da4bf9a26ddf311a87e4cf

We present the glacier-wide summer surface mass balances determined by a detailed hydrological balance (sSMBhydro) and the quantification of the uncertainties of the calculations on the Argentière and Mer de Glace-Leschaux drainage basins, located in the upper Arve watershed (French Alps), over the...