Application of a degree-day model to reconstruct Pleistocene glacial climates

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Hughes, Philip D., Braithwaite, Roger J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Degree-day model; Glaciation; Greece; Palaeoclimate; Ela; permafrost
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/412a9f91-bac5-41c4-ab6a-6873e07186ae; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.008; https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/24162133/POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS-DOCUMENT.PDF

There is empirical evidence of a nonlinear relation between annual precipitation, or accumulation, and summer mean temperature at the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) on glaciers around the world. The degree-day model gives a similar relation between accumulation and summer temperature, although inst...