An imbalancing act: the delayed dynamic response of the Kaskawulsh Glacier to sustained mass loss

The Kaskawulsh Glacier is an iconic outlet draining the icefields of the St. Elias Mountains in Yukon, Canada. We determine and attempt to interpret its catchment-wide mass budget since 2007. Using SPOT5/6/7 data we estimate a 2007–18 geodetic balance of −0.46 ± 0.17 m w.e. a−1. We then compute bala...

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Main Authors: Erik M. Young, Gwenn E. Flowers, Etienne Berthier, Rebecca Latto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143020001070/type/journal_article