Characteristics of mountain glaciers in the northern Japanese Alps

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: K. Arie, C. Narama, R. Yamamoto, K. Fukui, H. Iida
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Ela; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1091-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1091/2022/tc-16-1091-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/e421d822f56945cf82e216c9f1aa066d

Since 2012, seven perennial snow patches in the northern Japanese Alps have been determined to be very small glaciers (VSGs: <0.5 km2). However, it had not been determined how such glaciers could be maintained in such a warm climate. In this study, we calculate the annual mass balance, accumulati...