100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation
Thirty new 100-year records of glacier surface mass balance, accumulation and melt in the Swiss Alps are presented. The time series are based on a comprehensive set of field data and distributed modeling and provide insights into the glacier-climate linkage. Considerable mass loss over the 20th cent...
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ftreroch:oai:doc.rero.ch:20100803105325-QF 2023-05-15T17:31:48+02:00 100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation Huss, Matthias Hock, Regine Bauder, Andreas Funk, Martin 2010-08-03T08:55:21Z http://doc.rero.ch/record/20213/files/hus_msc.pdf http://doc.rero.ch/record/20213/files/hus_msc_sm.pdf eng eng http://doc.rero.ch/record/20213/files/hus_msc.pdf http://doc.rero.ch/record/20213/files/hus_msc_sm.pdf 2010 ftreroch 2023-02-16T17:23:48Z Thirty new 100-year records of glacier surface mass balance, accumulation and melt in the Swiss Alps are presented. The time series are based on a comprehensive set of field data and distributed modeling and provide insights into the glacier-climate linkage. Considerable mass loss over the 20th century is evident for all glaciers, but rates differ strongly. Glacier mass loss shows multidecadal variations and was particularly rapid in the 1940s and since the 1980s. Mass balance is significantly anticorrelated to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index assumed to be linked to thermohaline ocean circulation. We show that North Atlantic variability had a recognizable impact on glacier changes in the Swiss Alps for at least 250 years. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic RERO DOC Digital Library |
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Thirty new 100-year records of glacier surface mass balance, accumulation and melt in the Swiss Alps are presented. The time series are based on a comprehensive set of field data and distributed modeling and provide insights into the glacier-climate linkage. Considerable mass loss over the 20th century is evident for all glaciers, but rates differ strongly. Glacier mass loss shows multidecadal variations and was particularly rapid in the 1940s and since the 1980s. Mass balance is significantly anticorrelated to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index assumed to be linked to thermohaline ocean circulation. We show that North Atlantic variability had a recognizable impact on glacier changes in the Swiss Alps for at least 250 years. |
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Huss, Matthias Hock, Regine Bauder, Andreas Funk, Martin |
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Huss, Matthias Hock, Regine Bauder, Andreas Funk, Martin 100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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Huss, Matthias Hock, Regine Bauder, Andreas Funk, Martin |
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100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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100-year mass changes in the swiss alps linked to the atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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