Synonyms
Summer-accumulation type glacier
Definition
Accumulation. The process of adding of snow or ice to a glacier or its amount. Snowfall is generally the most popular process. In addition, frost, avalanche, refreezing of melt water, and catchment of blowing snow are other possible processes.
Ablation. The process of losing of glacier ice or snow or its amount. Melting is generally the most popular process. Then, evaporation, removal of snow by wind, and calving of icebergs are also possible.
Mass balance. The net mass change of glacier; accumulation subtracting ablation.
Introduction
Classical glaciology was initiated and has been developed through studies on glaciers in Europe and North America, where the main accumulation to the glaciers is snowfall in winter, and the main glacier ablation occurs in summer. The Mass balance of the glaciers is usually positive in winter, negative in summer, and then the annual mass balanceis determined by the deduction of these two seasonal...
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Naito, N. (2011). Summer Accumulation Type Glaciers. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_552
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