Spatial climatic variation and its control on glacier equilibrium line altitude in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Fountain, Andrew G., Lewis, Karen J., Doran, Peter T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 1999
• Subjects: Antarctica; Climate; Glaciers; Ice; Mass balance; Snow; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ela; Taylor Valley; Nussbaum Riegel; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/683; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00020-X

The altitude of the equilibrium line (ELA) is an important variable describing a glacier because it helps to define the relation between the local climate and distribution of glacier mass. For the glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, the ELA rises rapidly with distance from the coast a...