100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

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作者：

Huss, Matthias ^{[1
,2
]}

Hock, Regine ^{[3
,4
]}

Bauder, Andreas ^{[2
]}

Funk, Martin ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fribourg, Dept Geosci, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

[2] ETH, Hydraul Hydrol & Glaciol Lab, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

[3] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Inst Geophys, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

[4] Uppsala Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Uppsala, Sweden

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2010年 / 37卷

关键词：

GLACIERS; CIRCULATION;

D O I：

10.1029/2010GL042616

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Thirty new 100-year records of glacier surface mass balance, accumulation and melt in the Swiss Alps are presented. The time series are based on a comprehensive set of field data and distributed modeling and provide insights into the glacier-climate linkage. Considerable mass loss over the 20th century is evident for all glaciers, but rates differ strongly. Glacier mass loss shows multidecadal variations and was particularly rapid in the 1940s and since the 1980s. Mass balance is significantly anticorrelated to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index assumed to be linked to thermohaline ocean circulation. We show that North Atlantic variability had a recognizable impact on glacier changes in the Swiss Alps for at least 250 years. Citation: Huss, M., R. Hock, A. Bauder, and M. Funk (2010), 100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L10501, doi:10.1029/2010GL042616.

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