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Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1211-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1211-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
Research article
 | 
10 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2018

Multi-year analysis of distributed glacier mass balance modelling and equilibrium line altitude on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Ulrike Falk, Damián A. López, and Adrián Silva-Busso

Data sets

Recent changes in glacier mass balance and equilibrium line altitude and the impact of climatic change on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula. U. Falk, D. A. López, and A. Silva-Busso https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874599

Snow and ice surfaces on King George Island (Antarctic Peninsula) with high-resolution TerraSAR-X time series, with links to shapfiles and GeoTIFFs U. Falk, H. Gieseke, F. Kotzur, and M. H. Braun https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853954

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Short summary
The present study address the glacier–atmosphere relation on King George Island (South Shetland Islands) at the northern Antarctic Peninsula. The focus is on 5 years of glacier mass balance observations and the adaptation of a spatially distributed, physically based mass balance model. The focus is on the analysis of equilibrium line altitude and catchment runoff. The observed changes are expected to have a direct impact on environmental conditions in coastal waters and biota.
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