Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc)
International audience 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 (...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-04381107v1 2024-04-28T08:26:51+00:00 Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) Viani, Alessandra Vincent, C. Rabatel, Antoine Bacchi, B. Revuelto, J. Six, D. Zin, I. Condom, Thomas Sicart, Jean-Emmanuel Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Università degli Studi di Brescia = University of Brescia (UniBs) Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology Zaragoza (IPE - CSIC) 2018-02 https://hal.science/hal-04381107 https://hal.science/hal-04381107/document https://hal.science/hal-04381107/file/glacier-wide-summer-surface-mass-balance-calculation-hydrological-balance-applied-to-the-argentiere-and-mer-de-glace-drainage-basins-mont-blanc.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.7 en eng HAL CCSD International Glaciological Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/jog.2018.7 hal-04381107 https://hal.science/hal-04381107 https://hal.science/hal-04381107/document https://hal.science/hal-04381107/file/glacier-wide-summer-surface-mass-balance-calculation-hydrological-balance-applied-to-the-argentiere-and-mer-de-glace-drainage-basins-mont-blanc.pdf doi:10.1017/jog.2018.7 IRD: fdi:010072483 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0022-1430 EISSN: 1727-5652 Journal of Glaciology https://hal.science/hal-04381107 Journal of Glaciology, 2018, 64 (243), pp.119 - 131. ⟨10.1017/jog.2018.7⟩ Glacier hydrology glacier mass balance mass-balance reconstruction mountain glaciers [SDE]Environmental Sciences [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2018 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.7 2024-04-05T00:27:06Z International audience 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 period 1996-2004. The spatial distribution of precipitation within the study area was adjusted using in situ winter mass-balance measurements. The sSMBhydro performance was assessed via a comparison with the summer surface mass balances based on in situ glaciological observations (sSMBglacio). Our results show that the sSMBhydro has an uncertainty of ± 0.67 m w.e. a-1 at Argentière and ± 0.66 m w.e. a-1 at Mer de Glace-Leschaux. Estimates of the Argentière sSMBhydro values are in good agreement with the sSMBglacio values. These time series show almost the same interannual variability. From the marked difference between the sSMBhydro and sSMBglacio values for the Mer de Glace-Leschaux glacier, we suspect a significant role of groundwater fluxes in the hydrological balance. This study underlines the importance of taking into account the groundwater transfers to represent and predict the hydro-glaciological behaviour of a catchment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Journal of Glaciology 64 243 119 131 |
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Glacier hydrology glacier mass balance mass-balance reconstruction mountain glaciers [SDE]Environmental Sciences [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] Viani, Alessandra Vincent, C. Rabatel, Antoine Bacchi, B. Revuelto, J. Six, D. Zin, I. Condom, Thomas Sicart, Jean-Emmanuel Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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International audience 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 period 1996-2004. The spatial distribution of precipitation within the study area was adjusted using in situ winter mass-balance measurements. The sSMBhydro performance was assessed via a comparison with the summer surface mass balances based on in situ glaciological observations (sSMBglacio). Our results show that the sSMBhydro has an uncertainty of ± 0.67 m w.e. a-1 at Argentière and ± 0.66 m w.e. a-1 at Mer de Glace-Leschaux. Estimates of the Argentière sSMBhydro values are in good agreement with the sSMBglacio values. These time series show almost the same interannual variability. From the marked difference between the sSMBhydro and sSMBglacio values for the Mer de Glace-Leschaux glacier, we suspect a significant role of groundwater fluxes in the hydrological balance. This study underlines the importance of taking into account the groundwater transfers to represent and predict the hydro-glaciological behaviour of a catchment. |
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Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Università degli Studi di Brescia = University of Brescia (UniBs) Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology Zaragoza (IPE - CSIC) |
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Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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Glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the Argentière and Mer de Glace drainage basins (Mont Blanc) |
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glacier-wide summer surface mass-balance calculation : hydrological balance applied to the argentière and mer de glace drainage basins (mont blanc) |
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ISSN: 0022-1430 EISSN: 1727-5652 Journal of Glaciology https://hal.science/hal-04381107 Journal of Glaciology, 2018, 64 (243), pp.119 - 131. ⟨10.1017/jog.2018.7⟩ |
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