Glacier shrinkage driven by climate change during half a century (1954–2007) in the Ortles-Cevedale group (Stelvio National Park, Lombardy, Italian Alps)

• Published in: Theoretical and Applied Climatology
• Main Authors: C. D’Agata, D. Maragno, C. Smiraglia, G.A. Diolaiuti, D. Bocchiola
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: glacier shrinkage; climate change; Italian Alps; Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia; Settore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime e Idrologia; Kendall; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/223259; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-0938-5

The recent evolution of a representative subset of Alpine glaciers (i.e. 43 glaciers located in the Ortles-Cevedale group, Stelvio National Park, Italy) is described by analysing surface area changes. The database covers half a century of Alpine glacier history (from 1954 to 2007), thus allowing to...