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Mass Balance & Climate ∆ (Observed changes (Overall, glaciers…
Mass Balance & Climate ∆
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Observed changes
Overall, glaciers retreating globally
(Leclerq + Oerlemans, 2011)
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n.b. Longer the record, the better
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Mass Balance Records
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Yet observational records still v small, esp in SH
Decrease manual obv since 1950s since
- more satellites
- less funding
Records span few hundred years, glaciers present for tens kyr...
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Examples MB
Hintereisferner, Austria 1950-2000
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Discrete summer vs winter MB
(Nesje & Dahl, 2000)
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Allows one to:
- Discern which part of system dominates mass balance signal
- ∴ Infer dominant forcing of MB
Summer vs Winter e.g.s (Nesje & Dahl, 2000)
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