Analysis of winter and summer glacier mass balances
Alps (The) ; Arctic Region ; Asia ; Climatic warming ; Europe ; Glacier ; Glacier mass balance ; Global change ; Meltwater ; Mountain ; Seasonal variation ; Summer ; Winter ; World
This study compares different seasonal mass balance and interpret the differences between them. The other goal is to analyze data of seasonal mass balance components (winter and summer) for particular glaciers, and between mountain ranges as well
. This is done to obtain a better understanding of spatial and temporal variability in winter accumulation, summer melting, and the resulting annual glacier mass balances for the last several decades characterized by a climatic warming trend.
accumulation on those glaciers coincide with the ablation period. Therefore, the annual mass balance should be calculated neither by giving the place of annual accumulation to winter balance, nor annual ablation to summer balance. Rather, it is better done