Use the figure showing the glaciological year to outline how increasing average temperatures impact a glacier (M 6).

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  1. Use the figure showing the glaciological year to outline how increasing average temperatures impact a glacier (M 6).



M 6
The glaciological year
Mass balance (b)
Accumulation (c)
b=c-a
t2
Summer season
(May-Sept.)
Ablation (a)
Winter season (Oct.-Apr.)
Balance year (Oct.-Sept.)
(Source: Falk, G.C. et al. (2002): Fundamente Kursthemen Physische Geographie. Gotha. p. 63.)
Total ablation k Total accumulation
Summer
ablation
Winter
Winter
Summer
-nunɔpe
lation
lation
Winter mass
balance
Net mass
balance for
the year
Summer
mass
balance
Transcribed Image Text:M 6 The glaciological year Mass balance (b) Accumulation (c) b=c-a t2 Summer season (May-Sept.) Ablation (a) Winter season (Oct.-Apr.) Balance year (Oct.-Sept.) (Source: Falk, G.C. et al. (2002): Fundamente Kursthemen Physische Geographie. Gotha. p. 63.) Total ablation k Total accumulation Summer ablation Winter Winter Summer -nunɔpe lation lation Winter mass balance Net mass balance for the year Summer mass balance
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