"Glacier thickness" refers to the measurement of how thick or deep a glacier is. It tells us how much ice or snow is accumulated vertically, from the surface to the bottom of the glacier.
Sentences with «glacier thickness»
This is the case on 9 of 12 glaciers where we have mapped the changes in glacier thickness. (nichols.edu)
The mean annual balance of -0.38 m a-1 for the eight glaciers during the 1984 - 1994 period is a mean loss of 3.5 - 5.0 m of glacier thickness during the last 11 years. (nichols.edu)
Change in glacier thickness between A) 2003 and 2009 and B) 2010 and 2014 in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula. (climatecrocks.com)