Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains
Ice cores from mid-latitude mountain glaciers provide detailed information on past climate conditions and regional environmental changes, which is essential for placing current climate change into a longer term perspective. In this context, it is important to define guidelines and create dedicated m...
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| description | Ice cores from mid-latitude mountain glaciers provide detailed information on past climate conditions and regional environmental changes, which is essential for placing current climate change into a longer term perspective. In this context, it is important to define guidelines and create dedicated maps to identify suitable areas for future ice-core drillings. In this study, the suitability for ice-core drilling (SICD) of a mountain glacier is defined as the possibility of extracting an ice core with preserved stratigraphy suitable for reconstructing past climate. Morphometric and climatic variables related to SICD are selected through literature review and characterization of previously drilled sites. A quantitative Weight of Evidence method is proposed to combine selected variables (i.e. slope, local relief, temperature and direct solar radiation) to map the potential drilling sites in mid-latitude mountain glaciers. The method was first developed in the European Alps and then applied to the Asian High Mountains. Model performances and limitations are discussed and first indications of new potential drilling sites in the Asian High Mountains are provided. Results presented here can facilitate the selection of future drilling sites especially on unexplored Asian mountain glaciers towards the understanding of climate and environmental changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e25ae86f1ac54283b78cb6ae990c9a0d2023-03-09T12:40:29ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Glaciology0022-14301727-56522018-02-0164122610.1017/jog.2017.75Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High MountainsROBERTO GARZONIO0BIAGIO DI MAURO1DANIELE STRIGARO2MICOL ROSSINI3ROBERTO COLOMBO4MATTIA DE AMICIS5VALTER MAGGI6Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyDepartment for Environment Constructions and Design, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Canobbio, SwitzerlandDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyIce cores from mid-latitude mountain glaciers provide detailed information on past climate conditions and regional environmental changes, which is essential for placing current climate change into a longer term perspective. In this context, it is important to define guidelines and create dedicated maps to identify suitable areas for future ice-core drillings. In this study, the suitability for ice-core drilling (SICD) of a mountain glacier is defined as the possibility of extracting an ice core with preserved stratigraphy suitable for reconstructing past climate. Morphometric and climatic variables related to SICD are selected through literature review and characterization of previously drilled sites. A quantitative Weight of Evidence method is proposed to combine selected variables (i.e. slope, local relief, temperature and direct solar radiation) to map the potential drilling sites in mid-latitude mountain glaciers. The method was first developed in the European Alps and then applied to the Asian High Mountains. Model performances and limitations are discussed and first indications of new potential drilling sites in the Asian High Mountains are provided. Results presented here can facilitate the selection of future drilling sites especially on unexplored Asian mountain glaciers towards the understanding of climate and environmental changes.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143017000752/type/journal_articleglacial geomorphologyglacier modellingice coremountain glaciers |
| spellingShingle | ROBERTO GARZONIO BIAGIO DI MAURO DANIELE STRIGARO MICOL ROSSINI ROBERTO COLOMBO MATTIA DE AMICIS VALTER MAGGI Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains Journal of Glaciology glacial geomorphology glacier modelling ice core mountain glaciers |
| title | Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains |
| title_full | Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains |
| title_short | Mapping the suitability for ice-core drilling of glaciers in the European Alps and the Asian High Mountains |
| title_sort | mapping the suitability for ice core drilling of glaciers in the european alps and the asian high mountains |
| topic | glacial geomorphology glacier modelling ice core mountain glaciers |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143017000752/type/journal_article |
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