Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1645-2021
Research article
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01 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2021

Understanding drivers of glacier-length variability over the last millennium

Alan Huston, Nicholas Siler, Gerard H. Roe, Erin Pettit, and Nathan J. Steiger

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Dec 2020) by Valentina Radic
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Short summary
We simulate the past 1000 years of glacier length variability using a simple glacier model and an ensemble of global climate model simulations. Glaciers with long response times are more likely to record global climate changes caused by events like volcanic eruptions and greenhouse gas emissions, while glaciers with short response times are more likely to record natural variability. This difference stems from differences in the frequency spectra of natural and forced temperature variability.