Local reduction of decadal glacier thickness loss through mass balance management in ski resorts

For Austrian glacier ski resorts, established in the 1970s and 1980s during a period of glacier advance, negative mass balances with resulting glacier area loss and decrease in surface elevation present an operational challenge. Glacier cover, snow farming, and technical snow production were introdu...

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Main Authors: A. Fischer, K. Helfricht, M. Stocker-Waldhuber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-11-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2941/2016/tc-10-2941-2016.pdf