气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps)

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DOI	10.5194/tc-7-1819-2013
	Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps)
	Carturan L.; Baroni C.; Becker M.; Bellin A.; Cainelli O.; Carton A.; Casarotto C.; Dalla Fontana G.; Godio A.; Martinelli T.; Salvatore M.C.; Seppi R.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	19940416
卷号	7 期号:6
英文摘要	The continuation of valuable, long-term glacier observation series is threatened by the accelerated mass loss which currently affects a large portion of so-called "benchmark" glaciers. In this work we present the evolution of the Careser Glacier, from the beginning of systematic observation at the end of the 19th century to its current condition in 2012. In addition to having one of the longest and richest observation records among the Italian glaciers, Careser is unique in the Italian Alps for its 46 yr mass balance series that started in 1967. In the present study, variations in the length, area and volume of the glacier since 1897 are examined, updating and validating the series of direct mass balance observations and adding to the mass balance record into the past using the geodetic method. The glacier is currently strongly out of balance and in rapid decay; its average mass loss rate over the last 3 decades was 1.5m water equivalent per year, increasing to 2.0m water equivalent per year in the last decade. Although these rates are not representative at a regional scale, year-to-year variations in mass balance show an unexpected increase in correlation with other glaciers in the Alps, during the last 3 decades. If mass loss continues at this pace, the glacier will disappear within a few decades, putting an end to this unique observation series. © Author(s) 2013. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
学科领域	geodetic network; glacier mass balance; long-term change; nineteenth century; Alps; Bolzano; Careser Glacier; Italy; Trentino-Alto Adige
语种	英语
scopus关键词	geodetic network; glacier mass balance; long-term change; nineteenth century; Alps; Bolzano; Careser Glacier; Italy; Trentino-Alto Adige
来源期刊	Cryosphere
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/120232
作者单位	Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padua, Italy; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy; Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States; Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (DICAM), University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy; Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padua, Italy; Museo Delle Scienze, Via Calepina 14, 38122 Trento, Italy; Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Carturan L.,Baroni C.,Becker M.,et al. Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps)[J],2013,7(6).
APA	Carturan L..,Baroni C..,Becker M..,Bellin A..,Cainelli O..,...&Seppi R..(2013).Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps).Cryosphere,7(6).
MLA	Carturan L.,et al."Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps)".Cryosphere 7.6(2013).