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Research article
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24 Oct 2016
Research article |
| 24 Oct 2016
Reconstructing the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand, using MODIS-derived glacier-wide albedo
Pascal Sirguey
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Surveying, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Holly Still
Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Nicolas J. Cullen
Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Marie Dumont
Météo France/CRNS, CNRM–UMR3589, CEN, Grenoble, France
Yves Arnaud
IRD/UGA/CNRS/INPG, Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en
Hydrologie et Environnement (LTHE), UMR5564, Grenoble 38041, France
Jonathan P. Conway
Bodeker Scientific, Alexandra, New Zealand
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Short summary
Fourteen years of satellite observations are used to monitor the albedo of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand and estimate annual and seasonal balances. This confirms the governing role of the summer balance in the annual balance and allows the reconstruction of the annual balance to 1977 using a photographic record of the snowline. The longest mass balance record for a New Zealand glacier shows negative balances after 2008, yielding a loss of 35 % of the gain accumulated over the previous 30 years.
Fourteen years of satellite observations are used to monitor the albedo of Brewster Glacier, New...
