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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1895-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1895-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
 | 
09 May 2023
Research article |  | 09 May 2023

European heat waves 2022: contribution to extreme glacier melt in Switzerland inferred from automated ablation readings

Aaron Cremona, Matthias Huss, Johannes Marian Landmann, Joël Borner, and Daniel Farinotti

Data sets

Heat wave contribution to 2022’s extreme glacier melt from automated real-time ice ablation readings - dataset Aaron Cremona https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000602387

Model code and software

Heat wave contribution to 2022’s extreme glacier melt from automated real-time ice ablation readings - code Aaron Cremona, Matthias Huss, Johannes Landmann, Joël Borner, and Daniel Farinotti https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7405281

Video supplement

Automated ice ablation reading on Findelgletscher Aaron Cremona https://doi.org/10.5446/60100

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Short summary
Summer heat waves have a substantial impact on glacier melt as emphasized by the extreme summer of 2022. This study presents a novel approach for detecting extreme glacier melt events at the regional scale based on the combination of automatically retrieved point mass balance observations and modelling approaches. The in-depth analysis of summer 2022 evidences the strong correspondence between heat waves and extreme melt events and demonstrates their significance for seasonal melt.
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