Modelling historical and recent mass loss of McCall Glacier, Alaska, USA

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Delcourt, C., Pattyn, F., Nolan, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2008
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Ela; McCall; glacier; glaciers; The Cryosphere; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2-23-2008; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00031696; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00031650/tc-2-23-2008.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/2/23/2008/tc-2-23-2008.pdf

Volume loss of valley glaciers is now considered to be a significant contribution to sea level rise. Understanding and identifying the processes involved in accelerated mass loss are necessary to determine their impact on the global system. Here we present results from a series of model experiments...