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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3177-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3177-2023
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Research article
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08 Aug 2023
Research article |
| 08 Aug 2023
| 08 Aug 2023
The Aneto glacier's (Central Pyrenees) evolution from 1981 to 2022: ice loss observed from historic aerial image photogrammetry and remote sensing techniques
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Saragossa, Spain
Eñaut Izagirre
Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology, University of
the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Luis Mariano del Rio
Department of Applied Physics, Escuela Politécnica Superior de
Cáceres, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
Esteban Alonso-González
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Université de
Toulouse, CNRS/CNES/IRD/INRA/UPS, Toulouse, France
Francisco Rojas-Heredia
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Saragossa, Spain
Enrique Serrano
Department of Geography, GIR PANGEA, University of Valladolid,
Valladolid, Spain
Ana Moreno
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Saragossa, Spain
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Saragossa, Spain
Jesús Revuelto
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Saragossa, Spain
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Short summary
The Aneto glacier, the largest glacier in the Pyrenees, has shown continuous surface and ice thickness losses in the last decades. In this study, we examine changes in its surface and ice thickness for 1981–2022 and the remaining ice thickness in 2020. During these 41 years, the glacier has shrunk by 64.7 %, and the ice thickness has decreased by 30.5 m on average. The mean ice thickness in 2022 was 11.9 m, compared to 32.9 m in 1981. The results highlight the critical situation of the glacier.
The Aneto glacier, the largest glacier in the Pyrenees, has shown continuous surface and ice...
