期刊
JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY
卷 68, 期 268, 页码 357-368出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2021.100
关键词
AABR; AAR; ELA; GIS tool; palaeoclimate
资金
- Scottish Alliance for Geoscience Environment and Society (SAGES)
- University of Aberdeen
This study compared equilibrium-line altitudes calculated using different methods and validated them through on-site observations. The use of a global AABR value of 1.56 was recommended for calculating glacier ELAs among 64 glaciers.
In this study, we compare equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) calculated using the area-altitude balance ratio (AABR) and the accumulation-area ratio (AAR) methods, with measured ELAs derived from direct field observations. We utilise a GIS toolbox to calculate the ELA for 64 extant glaciers by applying the AABR and AAR methods to DEMs and polygons of their geometry. The calculated ELAs (c-ELAs) are then compared to measured zero-net balance ELAs (znb-ELAs) obtained from mass-balance time series held by the WGMS for the same glaciers. The correlation between znb-ELAs and AABR (1.56)/AAR (0.58) c-ELAs is very strong, with an r(2) = 0.99. The smallest median difference between znb-ELAs and c-ELAs (i.e. 65.5 m) is obtained when a globally representative AABR of 1.56 is used. When applied to palaeoglacier-climate applications, this difference translates to similar to 0.42 degrees C, well within the uncertainty of palaeotemperature proxies used to determine mean summer temperature at the ELA. The more widely used mean AABR of 1.75 is shown to be statistically invalid due to the skewness of the dataset. On this basis, when calculating glacier ELAs, we recommend the use of a global AABR value of 1.56.
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