Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt. Kenya

Prinz, R.; Nicholson, L. I.; Mölg, T.; Gurgiser, W.; Kaser, G.

doi:10.5194/tc-10-133-2016

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Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

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18 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 18 Jan 2016

Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt. Kenya

R. Prinz, L. I. Nicholson, T. Mölg, W. Gurgiser, and G. Kaser

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Short summary

Lewis Glacier has lost > 80 % of its extent since the late 19th century. A sensitivity study using a process-based model assigns this shrinking to decreased atmospheric moisture without increasing air temperatures required. The glacier retreat implies a distinctly different coupling between the glacier's surface-air layer and its surrounding boundary layer, underlining the difficulty of deriving palaeoclimates for larger glacier extents on the basis of modern measurements of small glaciers.