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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-133-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-133-2016
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Research article
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18 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 18 Jan 2016
Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt. Kenya
Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 36, 8010 Graz, Austria
Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, until May 2015 known as the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
L. I. Nicholson
Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, until May 2015 known as the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
W. Gurgiser
Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, until May 2015 known as the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
G. Kaser
Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, until May 2015 known as the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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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.
Lewis Glacier has lost 80 % of its extent since the late 19th century. A sensitivity study...
