DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-4039-2020
论文题名: Modelling the evolution of Djankuat Glacier, North Caucasus, from 1752 until 2100CE
作者: Verhaegen Y. ; Huybrechts P. ; Rybak O. ; Popovnin V.V.
刊名: Cryosphere
ISSN: 19940416
出版年: 2020
卷: 14, 期: 11 起始页码: 4039
结束页码: 4061
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climate conditions
; CMIP
; glacial debris
; glacier
; glacier retreat
; modeling
; Djankuat Glacier
; Kabardino-Balkaria
; Northern Caucasus
; Russian Federation
英文摘要: We use a numerical flow line model to simulate the behaviour of the Djankuat Glacier, a World Glacier Monitoring Service reference glacier situated in the North Caucasus (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation), in response to past, present and future climate conditions (1752-2100CE). The model consists of a coupled ice flow-mass balance model that also takes into account the evolution of a supraglacial debris cover. After simulation of the past retreat by applying a dynamic calibration procedure, the model was forced with data for the future period under different scenarios regarding temperature, precipitation and debris input. The main results show that the glacier length and surface area have decreased by ca. 1.4km (ca. -29.5%) and ca. 1.6km2 (-35.2%) respectively between the initial state in 1752CE and present-day conditions. Some minor stabilization and/or readvancements of the glacier have occurred, but the general trend shows an almost continuous retreat since the 1850s. Future projections using CMIP5 temperature and precipitation data exhibit a further decline of the glacier. Under constant present-day climate conditions, its length and surface area will further shrink by ca. 30% by 2100CE. However, even under the most extreme RCP 8.5 scenario, the glacier will not have disappeared completely by the end of the modelling period. The presence of an increasingly widespread supraglacial debris cover is shown to significantly delay glacier retreat, depending on the interaction between the prevailing climatic conditions, the debris input location, the debris mass flux magnitude and the time of release of debris sources from the surrounding topography. © 2020 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/164611
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作者单位: Earth System Science and Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 3, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation; Frc Ssc Ras, Theatralnaya Str. 8a, Sochi, 354000, Russian Federation; Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Recommended Citation:
Verhaegen Y.,Huybrechts P.,Rybak O.,et al. Modelling the evolution of Djankuat Glacier, North Caucasus, from 1752 until 2100CE[J]. Cryosphere,2020-01-01,14(11)