Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-5001-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-5001-2022
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20 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2022

Long-term firn and mass balance modelling for Abramov Glacier in the data-scarce Pamir Alay

Marlene Kronenberg, Ward van Pelt, Horst Machguth, Joel Fiddes, Martin Hoelzle, and Felix Pertziger

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The Pamir Alay is located at the edge of regions with anomalous glacier mass changes. Unique long-term in situ data are available for Abramov Glacier, located in the Pamir Alay. In this study, we use this extraordinary data set in combination with reanalysis data and a coupled surface energy balance–multilayer subsurface model to compute and analyse the distributed climatic mass balance and firn evolution from 1968 to 2020.