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

• Main Authors: Falk, Ulrike, Lopez, Damian A., Silva-Busso, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2018
• Subjects: ddc:no; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ela; Fourcade; Fourcade Glacier; King George Island; Potter Cove; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice cap; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/18954/

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 3K in 50 years, concurrent with retreating glacier fronts, an increase in melt areas,...