Sentences with phrase «glacier size»

Based on satellite images, the inventory set a minimum glacier size of 1 hectare.

The glacier inventory, which began in 2011, used satellite data to document every ice mass within Argentina with a minimum glacier size of 1 hectare (10,000 square metres, or about 2.5 acres).

«This allows us to get a better picture of projected regional ice volume change and potential impacts on local water supplies, and changes in glacier size distribution,» Radic said.

A computer model and radar data show that one melting glacier the size of Uruguay could wreak havoc at the bottom of the world — and far beyond

With data on glacier size, shape and speed, researchers could calculate each glacier's contribution to Greenland's mass loss and the total volume of ice being discharged from the Greenland Ice Sheet.

In glaciated regions with winter accumulation, where an earlier peak of spring snowmelt is expected, the monsoon - influenced catchments will maintain peak discharge in summer even with significant reduction in glacier size (17, 24);

The Perito Moreno Glacier moves so fast in the warm season that glaciers the size of skyscrapers fall into the water every few minutes.

A glacier the size of California in East Antarctica is in danger of melting away, which could lead to an extreme thaw increases sea levels by about 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) worldwide if the glacier vanishes, a new study finds.