Glacier retreat and projected river regime changes in the hydrologically highly-coupled Virkisjökull catchment, Iceland

• Main Authors: Flett, Verity, Kirkbride, Martin, Black, Andrew, Everest, Jez, MacDonald, Alan
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ela; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/portal/en/research/glacier-retreat-and-projected-river-regime-changes-in-the-hydrologically-highlycoupled-virkisjoekull-catchment-iceland(87b13923-94de-42f1-be44-456e8737ea4b).html; http://hdl.handle.net/10588/87b13923-94de-42f1-be44-456e8737ea4b; http://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/files/10014177/EGU2016_4211.pdf; http://www.egu2016.eu/; http://www.geophysical-research-abstracts.net/egu2016.html; http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016EGUGA.18.4211F

Virkisjökull, an outlet glacier of the Oræfajökull icecap in SE Iceland, currently has 60% glacier cover, though this is reducing due to glacier retreat. Intensive monitoring over the last 4 years includes measurement of measuring ice ablation, proglacial discharge, dye-tracing of flow pathways, and...