Modelling the 20th and 21st century evolution of Hoffellsjökull glacier, SE-Vatnajökull, Iceland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Guðmundsson, S., Björnsson, Helgi, Palsson, F., Johannesson, T., Hannesdóttir, H., Sigurdsson, S., Berthier, Etienne
• Other Authors: Institute of Earth Sciences Reykjavik, University of Iceland Reykjavik, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Hoffellsjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00640154; https://hal.science/hal-00640154/document; https://hal.science/hal-00640154/file/tc-5-961-2011.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-961-2011

International audience The Little Ice Age maximum extent of glaciers in Iceland was reached about 1890 AD and most glaciers in the country have retreated during the 20th century. A model for the surface mass balance and the flow of glaciers is used to reconstruct the 20th century retreat history of...