Jiahong, Wen and Jiancheng, Kang and Zichu, Xie and Jiankang, Han and Lluberas, Albert (1994) Climate, mass balance and glacial changes on small dome of Collins Ice Cap, King George Island, Antarctica. Advances in Polar Science, 5 (1). pp. 52-61.
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Abstract
During 1991/1992 Chinese Antarctic Expedition, a full-year glacial investigations on the small dome of Collins Ice Cap were carried out, the data from investigations showed that vertical temperature gradients on small dome were about 0.79°C/100m and 0.66°C/100m in the summer and in the winter separately. Lower summer temperature in this area is one of most important conditions for glacial development. In 1991/1992 the small dome was a weak positive balance year with a mass balance difference of 163mm, annual ELA was 140mm, mass balance gradient was 8.4mm/m and mass balance level was 928mm. Mass balance fluctuations on small dome in 1971-1992 were calculated by the new method, the results revealed that the small dome of Collins Ice Cap was relatively stable over 21 years.
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| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2023 15:13 |
| URI: | http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2076 |
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