Surface mass balance of Davies Dome and Whisky Glacier on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula, based on different volume-mass conversion approaches

• Main Authors: Engel, Zbyněk, Hrbáček, Filip, Láska, Kamil, Nývlt, Daniel, Stachoň, Zdeněk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2019
• Subjects: glacier mass balance; constant conversion; zonally-variable conversion; Antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Ross Island; Vega Island; Diablo; Del Diablo; Whisky Glacier; Davies Dome; Antarc*; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12936

This study presents surface mass balance of two small glaciers on James Ross Island calculated using constant and zonally-variable conversion factors. The density of 500 and 900 kg·m–3 adopted for snow in the accumulation area and ice in the ablation area, respectively, provides lower mass balance v...