Brief communication: Glacier thickness reconstruction on Mt. Kilimanjaro

Stadelmann C, Fürst J, Mölg T, Braun M (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Cryosphere European Geosciences Union (EGU) / Copernicus Publications

Book Volume: 14

Pages Range: 3399-3406

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-3399-2020

Abstract

Glaciers on Kilimanjaro are unique indicators for climatic change in the tropical midtroposphere of Africa, but their disappearance seems imminent. A key unknown is their present ice thickness. Here, we present thickness maps for the Northern Ice Field (NIF) and Kersten Glacier (KG) with mean values of 26.6 and 9.3 m, respectively, in 2011. In absence of direct measurements on KG, multitemporal satellite information was exploited to infer past thickness values in areas that have become ice-free and therefore allow glacierspecific calibration. In these areas, KG is unrealistically thick in the existing consensus estimate of global glacier ice thickness.

Authors with CRIS profile

Catrin Stadelmann Institut für Geographie Johannes Fürst Institut für Geographie Thomas Mölg Professur für Geographie Matthias Braun Professur für Geographie (Fernerkundung und GIS)

How to cite

APA:

Stadelmann, C., Fürst, J., Mölg, T., & Braun, M. (2020). Brief communication: Glacier thickness reconstruction on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Cryosphere, 14(10), 3399-3406. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3399-2020

MLA:

Stadelmann, Catrin, et al. "Brief communication: Glacier thickness reconstruction on Mt. Kilimanjaro." Cryosphere 14.10 (2020): 3399-3406.

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