Glacier Changes in Iceland From ∼1890 to 2019

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Aðalgeirsdóttir, Guðfinna, Magnússon, Eyjólfur, Pálsson, Finnur, Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn, Belart, Joaquín, Jóhannesson, Tómas, Hannesdóttir, Hrafnhildur, Sigurðsson, Oddur, Gunnarsson, Andri, Einarsson, Bergur, Berthier, Etienne, Schmidt, Louise Steffensen, Haraldsson, Hannes, Björnsson, Helgi
• Other Authors: University of Iceland Reykjavik, Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: mass balance; glaciers; climate; Iceland; glacier-climate relationship; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Langjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Hofsjökull
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03361160; https://hal.science/hal-03361160/document; https://hal.science/hal-03361160/file/Adalgeirsdottir_et_al_Frontiers_2020.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.523646

International audience The volume of glaciers in Iceland (∼3,400 k m 3 in 2019) corresponds to about 9 mm of potential global sea level rise. In this study, observations from 98.7% of glacier covered areas in Iceland (in 2019) are used to construct a record of mass change of Icelandic glaciers since...