Volume sensitivity of Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland, to perturbations in equilibrium line altitude

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Aðalgeirsdóttir, Guðefinna, Gudmundsson, Hilmar, Björnsson, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2005
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Ela; Vatnajökull; Hofsjökull; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/38162/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JF000289

The sensitivity of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, to perturbations in equilibrium line altitude (ELA) is analyzed by performing a series of model experiments using a shallow ice approximation (SIA) flow model. For this purpose a simple but realistic parameterization for the mass balance is used that...