Energy and Mass Balance of Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a Four-Year Meteorological Data Record

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: A. Senese, G. Diolaiuti, C. Mihalcea, C. Smiraglia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 2012
• Subjects: Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia; Glacier Point; Antarctic and Alpine Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/223300; https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.122

Since 26 September 2005 an Automatic Weather Station (AWS1 Forni) has been running on the ablation area of the largest Italian valley glacier, Forni, in the Ortles– Cevedale Group. A 4-year record (from 1 October 2005 to 30 September 2009) of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direct...