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Author : Aryal, R.; Ainslie, B.; and Jackson, P.
Date : 2011.
Title : Projecting future glacier mass balance in the Coast Mountains of western Canada using distributed glacier mass balance model.
Publication : Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographical Society Congress 2011. June 5-9, 2011. Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia.
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Abstract
A glacier mass balance model (GMB) has been developed for the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. The model is fully distributed and based on an energy balance approach. The GMB model has been tested at Place glacier over the period of 1980 to 2008 using climate fields obtained from a 30 year 8 km resolution meso-scale RAMS model simulation. The model has also been tested at a other glaciers in the region. Additionally, the model was run at selected glaciers in the southern Coast Mountains for future climate scenarios (A2 SERES emission scenario) from CGCM3.1, a third generation GCM from Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma). Modelled historical and future glacier mass balance results will be presented. This information can be useful for formulating future water management policies and adaptation strategies to cope with challenges associated with climate change and glacier recession.
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