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  • 标题:Snow Cover Effects on Glacier Ice Surface Temperature
  • 其他标题:Snow Cover Effects on Glacier Ice Surface Temperature
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  • 作者:Margherita Maggioni ; Michele Freppaz ; Paolo Piccini
  • 期刊名称:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
  • 印刷版ISSN:1523-0430
  • 电子版ISSN:1938-4246
  • 出版年度:2009
  • 卷号:41
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:323-329
  • DOI:10.1657/1938-4246-41.3.323
  • 摘要:Snowpack evolution and glacier ice surface temperatures were studied on the Indren glacier (Northwestern Alps, Italy) under different meteorological conditions: in winter 2002–2003, rich in snow from the beginning of the season, and in winter 2005–2006, poor in snow until February. Periodical snow profiles were made to measure the physical properties of snow, while data loggers measured the snow/ice interface temperature. Furthermore, in winter 2002–2003, the influence on the snowpack evolution of an artificial increase in the snow density was evaluated. During the season rich in snow there was a prevalence of rounded crystals originated by melt-freeze metamorphism, while in the season poor in snow depth hoar and faceted crystals prevailed, due to the higher temperature gradient. From these two winter seasons, it appeared that a deep snow cover of at least 100 cm was able to maintain the snow/ice temperature at around −5°C until the snow cover reached isothermal conditions, whereas, during the winter of 2005–2006, the shallow depth of snow did not allow basal temperature to reach an equilibrium value and the snow/ice interface temperature oscillated between −2 and −8°C. The altered snow density had no effect on the snow/ice interface temperature, whereas it caused a delay in the time of reaching isothermal conditions, thus allowing snow cover on the glacier to persist longer.
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