Changes in glacier equilibrium-line altitude in the western Alps from 1984 to 2010: evaluation by remote sensing and modeling of the morpho-topographic and climate controls

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Rabatel, A. Letréguilly, J.-P. Dedieu, N. Eckert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: geo; envir; Ela; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1455-2013; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1455/2013/tc-7-1455-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/b96d493a763d4cada000d27839247681

We present time series of equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) measured from the end-of-summer snow line altitude computed using satellite images, for 43 glaciers in the western Alps over the 1984–2010 period. More than 120 satellite images acquired by Landsat, SPOT and ASTER were used. In parallel, chan...