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Modelling the evolution of Djankuat Glacier, North Caucasus, from 1752 until 2100 CE
Earth System Science and Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Philippe Huybrechts
Earth System Science and Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Oleg Rybak
Earth System Science and Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Water Problems
Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 3, 119333 Moscow, Russia
FRC SSC RAS, Theatralnaya Str. 8a, 354000, Sochi, Russia
Victor V. Popovnin
Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1
Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Short summary
We use a numerical flow model to simulate the behaviour of the Djankuat Glacier, a WGMS reference glacier situated in the North Caucasus (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation), in response to past, present and future climate conditions (1752–2100 CE). In particular, we adapt a more sophisticated and physically based debris model, which has not been previously applied in time-dependent numerical flow line models, to look at the impact of a debris cover on the glacier’s evolution.
We use a numerical flow model to simulate the behaviour of the Djankuat Glacier, a WGMS...
