Meteorological differences between Rabots glaciär and Storglaciären and its impact on ablation

• Main Author: Eriksson, Pia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2014
• Subjects: glaciology; micro-climate; mass balance; surface energy balance; scandinavian glaciers; Storglaciären; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-121546

In the Kebnekaise Massif, Northern Sweden, the west facing glacier, Rabots glaciär, is loosing volume at a significantly higher rate than east facing, Storglaciären. By analyzing data from automatic weather stations situated on the ablation area on the glaciers we investigated the effect of meteorol...