The Tarfala mass balance programme

Special issue : Methods of mass balance measurements and modeling

Auteurs :
HOLMLUND, P.
JANSSON, P.

Description :
The purpose of the programme is to study gradients in mass balance parameters across the northern Scandinavian mountains. Storglaciären is the most important glacier in the network and is measured with high accuracy and measurement density. Storglaciären is also used as a reference for all other glaciers in the programme. In general, Swedish glaciers are still responding to the major climatic warming around 1910-1920 by retreat, and the effect of very long response times. However, measured volume change indicates that most glaciers are close to or varying around a quasi-steady state.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Workshop on methods of mass balance measurements and modelling, Tarfala, Suede, 1998-08-10, Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 1999, vol. 81, n°. 4, p. 621-631, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 36 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Suede, Stockholm, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi