Multi-year analysis of distributed glacier mass balance modelling and equilibrium line altitude on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: U. Falk, D. A. López, A. Silva-Busso
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Potter Cove; Ela; Fourcade; Fourcade Glacier; Antarc*; Ice cap; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1211-2018; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/1211/2018/tc-12-1211-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/0c4a27a810d84cf3bdc1cba332a4cb1b

The South Shetland Islands are located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (AP). This region was subject to strong warming trends in the atmospheric surface layer. Surface air temperature increased about 3 K in 50 years, concurrent with retreating glacier fronts, an increase in melt areas...