Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2999-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2999-2026
Research article
 | 
22 May 2026
Research article |  | 22 May 2026

Future Retreat of Great Aletsch Glacier and Hintereisferner – application of a full-Stokes model to two valley glaciers in the European Alps

Martin Rückamp, Gong Cheng, Karlheinz Gutjahr, Marco Möller, Petri K. E. Pellikka, and Christoph Mayer

Data sets

ERS-1/2 DInSAR surface velocity of Hintereisferner for 1995/1996 Karlheinz Gutjahr and Martin Rückamp https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15269580

Dataset of "Future Retreat of Great Aletsch Glacier and Hintereisferner – an East-West comparison of two valley glaciers in the Alps with a full-Stokes model" Martin Rückamp et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15234334

Download
Short summary
The study simulates the 21st-century evolution of Great Aletsch Glacier and Hintereisferner using full-Stokes ice dynamics and surface mass balance under different emission scenarios. Results show significant ice loss, with Hintereisferner expected to disappear by mid-century. Great Aletsch Glacier vanish by the end of the century under high-emission scenarios, but persist under lower-emission scenarios. These trends agree with large-scale models except some variability.
Share