Modelling historical and recent mass loss of McCall Glacier, Alaska, USA

• Main Authors: Delcourt, C., Pattyn, F., Nolan, M.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, Institute of Northern Engineering, 455 Duckering Bldg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Ela; McCall; glacier; glaciers; The Cryosphere; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00298511; https://hal.science/hal-00298511/document; https://hal.science/hal-00298511/file/tc-2-23-2008.pdf

International audience Volume loss of valley glaciers is now considered to be a significant contribution to sea level rise. Understanding and identifying the processes involved in accelerated mass loss are necessary to determine their impact on the global system. Here we present results from a serie...