Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) To date, most mass balance studies in Iceland have concentrated on the three largest ice caps. This study turns the focus toward smaller Icelandic glaciers, presenting geodetic mass-balance estimates for 14 of them (total area 1,005 km2 in 2017) from 1945 to...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/2011 2023-05-15T16:21:46+02:00 Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate Belart, Joaquín M. C. Magnússon, Eyjólfur Berthier, Etienne Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Þ. Pálsson, Finnur Adalgeirsdottir, Gudfinna Jóhannesson, Tómas Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Björnsson, Helgi Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ) Institute of Earth Sciences (UI) Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2020-06-03 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2011 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00163 en eng Frontiers Media SA Frontiers in Earth Science;8(163) https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00163/full Belart, J. M. C., Magnússon, E., Berthier, E., Gunnlaugsson, Á. Þ., Pálsson, F., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Jóhannesson, T., Thorsteinsson Th., Björnsson, H. (2020). Mass balance of 14 icelandic glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial variations and links with climate. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8 doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00163 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2011 Frontiers in Earth Science doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00163 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Region-wide mass balance Glacier–climate relationship Mass-balance sensitivity Iceland Remote sensing Historical aerial photographs Jöklarannsóknir Jöklar Loftslag Loftslagsrannsóknir Fjarkönnun info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/2011 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00163 2022-11-18T06:51:59Z Publisher's version (útgefin grein) To date, most mass balance studies in Iceland have concentrated on the three largest ice caps. This study turns the focus toward smaller Icelandic glaciers, presenting geodetic mass-balance estimates for 14 of them (total area 1,005 km2 in 2017) from 1945 to 2017, in decadal time spans. These glaciers, distributed over the country, are subject to different climatic forcing. The mass balance, derived from airborne and spaceborne stereo imagery and airborne lidar, is correlated with precipitation and air temperature by a first-order equation including a reference-surface correction term. This permits statistical modeling of annual mass balance, used to temporally homogenize the mass balance for a region-wide mass balance assessment for the periods 1945–1960, 1960–1980, 1980–1994, 1994–2004, 2004–2010, and 2010–2017. The 14 glaciers were close to equilibrium during 1960–1994, with an area-weighted mass balance of 0.07 ± 0.07 m w.e. a−1. The most negative mass balance occurred in 1994–2010, accounting for −1.20 ± 0.09 m w.e. a−1, or 21.4 ± 1.6 Gt (1.3 ± 0.1 Gt a−1) of mass loss. Glaciers located along the south and west coasts show higher decadal mass-balance variability and static mass-balance sensitivities to summer temperature and winter precipitation, −2.21 ± 0.25 m w.e. a−1 K−1 and 0.22 ± 0.11 m w.e. a−1(10%)−1, respectively, while glaciers located inland, north and northwest, have corresponding mass-balance sensitivities of −0.72 ± 0.10 m w.e. a−1 K−1 and 0.13 ± 0.07 m w.e. a−1(10%)−1. These patterns are likely due to the proximity to warm (south and west) vs. cold (northwest) oceanic currents. This study was funded by the University of Iceland (UI) Research Fund and the Icelandic research council (Rannís 163391) through the project Katla Kalda (number 163391-053), the Jules Vernes research fund, and Landsvirkjun. EB acknowledges support from the French Space Agency (CNES). Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) Jules ENVELOPE(140.917,140.917,-66.742,-66.742) Katla ENVELOPE(-19.062,-19.062,63.631,63.631) Vernes ENVELOPE(9.515,9.515,63.582,63.582) Frontiers in Earth Science 8 |
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Region-wide mass balance Glacier–climate relationship Mass-balance sensitivity Iceland Remote sensing Historical aerial photographs Jöklarannsóknir Jöklar Loftslag Loftslagsrannsóknir Fjarkönnun Belart, Joaquín M. C. Magnússon, Eyjólfur Berthier, Etienne Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Þ. Pálsson, Finnur Adalgeirsdottir, Gudfinna Jóhannesson, Tómas Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Björnsson, Helgi Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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Publisher's version (útgefin grein) To date, most mass balance studies in Iceland have concentrated on the three largest ice caps. This study turns the focus toward smaller Icelandic glaciers, presenting geodetic mass-balance estimates for 14 of them (total area 1,005 km2 in 2017) from 1945 to 2017, in decadal time spans. These glaciers, distributed over the country, are subject to different climatic forcing. The mass balance, derived from airborne and spaceborne stereo imagery and airborne lidar, is correlated with precipitation and air temperature by a first-order equation including a reference-surface correction term. This permits statistical modeling of annual mass balance, used to temporally homogenize the mass balance for a region-wide mass balance assessment for the periods 1945–1960, 1960–1980, 1980–1994, 1994–2004, 2004–2010, and 2010–2017. The 14 glaciers were close to equilibrium during 1960–1994, with an area-weighted mass balance of 0.07 ± 0.07 m w.e. a−1. The most negative mass balance occurred in 1994–2010, accounting for −1.20 ± 0.09 m w.e. a−1, or 21.4 ± 1.6 Gt (1.3 ± 0.1 Gt a−1) of mass loss. Glaciers located along the south and west coasts show higher decadal mass-balance variability and static mass-balance sensitivities to summer temperature and winter precipitation, −2.21 ± 0.25 m w.e. a−1 K−1 and 0.22 ± 0.11 m w.e. a−1(10%)−1, respectively, while glaciers located inland, north and northwest, have corresponding mass-balance sensitivities of −0.72 ± 0.10 m w.e. a−1 K−1 and 0.13 ± 0.07 m w.e. a−1(10%)−1. These patterns are likely due to the proximity to warm (south and west) vs. cold (northwest) oceanic currents. This study was funded by the University of Iceland (UI) Research Fund and the Icelandic research council (Rannís 163391) through the project Katla Kalda (number 163391-053), the Jules Vernes research fund, and Landsvirkjun. EB acknowledges support from the French Space Agency (CNES). Peer reviewed |
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Belart, Joaquín M. C. Magnússon, Eyjólfur Berthier, Etienne Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Þ. Pálsson, Finnur Adalgeirsdottir, Gudfinna Jóhannesson, Tómas Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Björnsson, Helgi |
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Belart, Joaquín M. C. Magnússon, Eyjólfur Berthier, Etienne Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Þ. Pálsson, Finnur Adalgeirsdottir, Gudfinna Jóhannesson, Tómas Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Björnsson, Helgi |
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Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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Mass Balance of 14 Icelandic Glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial Variations and Links With Climate |
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mass balance of 14 icelandic glaciers, 1945–2017: spatial variations and links with climate |
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Frontiers in Earth Science;8(163) https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00163/full Belart, J. M. C., Magnússon, E., Berthier, E., Gunnlaugsson, Á. Þ., Pálsson, F., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Jóhannesson, T., Thorsteinsson Th., Björnsson, H. (2020). Mass balance of 14 icelandic glaciers, 1945–2017: Spatial variations and links with climate. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8 doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00163 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2011 Frontiers in Earth Science doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00163 |
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