Controls on Spatial and Temporal Variation in Snow Accumulation on Glaciers in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

• Main Author: Purdie, Heather (11676058)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Glacier; Mass balance; New Zealand; School: Antarctic Research Centre; 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260115 Glaciology; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Antarctic; Marsden; Antarc*; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16984816.v1

Mountain glaciers are already responding to climatic warming, and are expected to make a substantial contribution to sea-level rise in the coming decades. The aim of this investigation in the New Zealand Southern Alps was to improve our understanding of snow accumulation variability on mid-latitude...