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Effects of topographic and meteorological parameters on the surface area loss of ice aprons in the Mont Blanc massif (European Alps)
Suvrat Kaushik
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 73000
Chambéry, France
LISTIC, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Polytech, 74944 Annecy-le-Vieux,
France
Ludovic Ravanel
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 73000
Chambéry, France
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1,
0371 Oslo, Norway
Florence Magnin
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 73000
Chambéry, France
Yajing Yan
LISTIC, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Polytech, 74944 Annecy-le-Vieux,
France
Emmanuel Trouve
LISTIC, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Polytech, 74944 Annecy-le-Vieux,
France
Diego Cusicanqui
IGE, Université Grenoble Alpes – CNRS, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Short summary
Climate change impacts all parts of the cryosphere but most importantly the smaller ice bodies like ice aprons (IAs). This study is the first attempt on a regional scale to assess the impacts of the changing climate on these small but very important ice bodies. Our study shows that IAs have consistently lost mass over the past decades. The effects of climate variables, particularly temperature and precipitation and topographic factors, were analysed on the loss of IA area.
Climate change impacts all parts of the cryosphere but most importantly the smaller ice bodies...
