Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00851
Modelling the spatial and temporal evolution of winter glacier mass balance.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr R Hodgkins, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Grant held at:
- Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- Changes in glacier mass balance are critically influenced by the distribution of snow accumulation at the start of the melt season, but models of the winter season lag seriously behind those of the melt season. The overall aim is to test physically-based models of the spatial and temporal evolution of the winter snowpack at a temperate ice cap (Langjokull, Iceland), to assess how effectively and also how efficiently they capture variation in winter accumulation. A three-step modelling approach is proposed, in order of increasing complexity: (1) a lumped version of a snowpack accounting model with a distribution function relating spatial and temporal variations in snowpack properties; (2) a distributed version of the model with a calibrated snow drifting correction; (3) a distributed version of the model with explicitly-modelled snow drifting.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00851
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,581
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| £17,110 | £2,672 | £10,798 |
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