Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1129-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1129-2015
Research article
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27 May 2015
Research article |  | 27 May 2015

Air temperature variability over three glaciers in the Ortles–Cevedale (Italian Alps): effects of glacier fragmentation, comparison of calculation methods, and impacts on mass balance modeling

L. Carturan, F. Cazorzi, F. De Blasi, and G. Dalla Fontana

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Using a dataset from 12 weather stations collected in 2010 and 2011, we analyzed the air temperature variability and wind regime over three different glaciers in the Ortles-Cevedale. The magnitude of the cooling effect and the occurrence of katabatic boundary layer processes showed remarkable differences among the three ice bodies, suggesting the likely existence of important reinforcing mechanisms during glacier decay and fragmentation, with significant impacts for glacier mass balance modeling.