Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5801-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5801-2025
Research article
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17 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2025

Machine learning improves seasonal mass balance prediction for unmonitored glaciers

Kamilla Hauknes Sjursen, Jordi Bolibar, Marijn van der Meer, Liss Marie Andreassen, Julian Peter Biesheuvel, Thorben Dunse, Matthias Huss, Fabien Maussion, David R. Rounce, and Brandon Tober

Data sets

Glaciological point mass balance measurements for Norway 1962-2021 Hallgeir Elvehøy et al. https://doi.org/10.58059/sjse-6w92

Model code and software

khsjursen/ML_MB_Norway: v1.0.0 Kamilla Hauknes Sjursen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15021796

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Short summary
Understanding glacier mass changes is crucial for assessing freshwater availability in many regions of the world. We present the Mass Balance Machine, a machine learning model that learns from sparse measurements of glacier mass change to make predictions on unmonitored glaciers. Using data from Norway, we show that the model provides accurate estimates of mass changes at different spatiotemporal scales. Our findings show that machine learning can be a valuable tool to improve such predictions.
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