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Specific Mass Balance

Specific Mass Balance is a metric in glaciology that quantifies the net change in mass of a glacier per unit area over a specific time period, typically expressed in meters of water equivalent per year, thereby standardizing mass balance measurements to enable comparison across glaciers of different sizes.

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280

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137

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2017–2026

17

Variants

Specific Glacial Mass Balance

Parents

Publications

109

Multi-decadal mass loss of glaciers in the Everest area (Nepal Himalaya) derived from stereo imagery

Tobias Bolch, Tino Pieczonka, Douglas I. Benn · ˜The œcryosphere · 2011 · 501 citations · Full text

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Mass balance of glaciers and ice caps: Consensus estimates for 1961–2004

Georg Kaser, J. Graham Cogley, Mark B. Dyurgerov et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2006 · 492 citations · Full text

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Climate at the Equilibrium Line of Glaciers

Atsumu Ohmura, Peter Kasser, Martin Funk · Journal of Glaciology · 1992 · 370 citations

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Geodetic and direct mass-balance measurements: comparison and joint analysis

J. Graham Cogley · Annals of Glaciology · 2009 · 354 citations · Full text

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Model study of the spatial distribution of the energy and mass balance of Morteratschgletscher, Switzerland

E. J. Klok, J. Oerlemans · Journal of Glaciology · 2002 · 263 citations · Full text

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Authors

280

  1. JO
    J. Oerlemans

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. MB
    Matthias Braun

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    4 publications · 164 citations

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  3. RH
    Regine Hock

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

    4

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  4. MF
    Martin Funk

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 580 citations

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  5. WG
    Wouter Greuell

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 272 citations

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Institutions

137

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Universität Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    868 citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    849 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    422 citations

  6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Germany

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    595 citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    328 citations

  8. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    307 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Glaciology

    22 publications · 2K citations

    20

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    16 publications · 960 citations

    15

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  4. ˜The œcryosphere

    5 publications · 941 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 150 citations

    3

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