Inter-decadal variability in potential glacier surface melt energy at Vestari Hagafellsjökull (Langjökull, Iceland) and the role of synoptic circulation

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Matthews, TR, Hodgkins, R, Guðmundsson, S, Pálsson, F, Björnsson, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; Greenland; Langjökull; glacier; Ice Sheet; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1531/; https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1531/1/Draft.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4191

The surface energy balance (SEB) of glaciers, although of considerable importance for understanding the melt response to climate change, is rarely analysed for more than a few melt seasons due to the logistical challenges of meteorological measurement campaigns on glaciers. Insight into low-frequenc...