The mass balance and equilibrium line altitude trends of glaciers in northern Sweden

• Main Author: Hall, Caroline
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap 2017
• Subjects: equilibrium line altitude (ELA); net mass balance; ablation; accumulation; glaciers; Sweden; climate; precipitation; temperature; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ela; Tarfala; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8918434

Glaciers are of extreme importance since they hold climatic data going back 2,000 years. Glaciers can provide important services such as ecosystem services, habitats, water runoff, and hydro-energy. They also affect the Earth’s processes and many feedback mechanisms. Glaciers all over the world are...