EGU21-12729
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12729
EGU General Assembly 2021
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The contribution of different climate forcings on the global glacier climatic mass balance over the last millennium

Anouk Vlug1,2, Fabien Maussion1, Ben Marzeion3,2, Matthias Prange2, and Kristin Richter4
Anouk Vlug et al.
  • 1Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (anouk.vlug@uibk.ac.at)
  • 2MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • 3Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • 4NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway

The mass loss of glaciers and ice caps is one of the major contributors to sea-level rise over the past 120 years. Different climate forcings, both natural and anthropogenic, have an influence on the climate and therefore on glacier mass balance. Glaciers have a slow and delayed response to climate change, and at any point in time, their properties are therefore also a result of past climate changes. In this context, we present global glacier simulations over the last millennium. For these simulations, the Open Global Glacier Model was forced with the fully forced, single forced and control simulations of the Community Earth System Model Last Millennium Ensemble. These simulations show how different climate forcings, i.e., volcanic, greenhouse gasses, solar, orbital, land use & land cover and ozone-aerosol, impact the climatic mass balance, both individually and combined. These influences are then analyzed over time and regionally. In addition to addressing the role of the different forcings, we present the contribution of natural vs anthropogenic forcings on glacier mass balance over the last millennium.

How to cite: Vlug, A., Maussion, F., Marzeion, B., Prange, M., and Richter, K.: The contribution of different climate forcings on the global glacier climatic mass balance over the last millennium, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-12729, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12729, 2021.

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