Tarfala Data

Tarfalaglaciären

Tarfalaglaciären is a thin cirque glacier on the eastern slope of Tarfalatjåkka. The average slope is 25° and average depth is 19 metres. The glacier has two parts, a northern one with a maximum thickness of 51 metres and a southern one with a maximum thickness of 48 m. The glacier has been described by Schytt (1959) and Grudd (1990).

Monitoring data

The first photogrammetric documentation of this glacier was made by Enquist in 1914 (1918). The oldest aerial photographs were taken in 1946 by the Swedish air force. The mass balance has been discontinuously recorded since 1986 (Grudd, 1990). Maps exist from 1980 and 1990.

Time series

Winter mass balance, summer mass balance, net mass balance, equilibrium line altitude and ackumulation area ratio are available as time series in a single file.

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Annual mass balance data

Data file and figure files in EPS format for a single year.

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Graph

A graph of the Tarfalaglaciären mass balance record. White bars represent the winter balance and grey bars the summer balance. The net balance is given as blue for postive and red for negative.

Publications

Small glaciers as sensitive indicators of climatic fluctuations
Grudd, H.
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, Vol. 72, No. 1 (1990), pp. 119–123.
The Glaciers of the Kebnekajse-Massif
Schytt, V.
Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1959), pp. 213–227.

 


Tarfalaglaciären 2006. Photo: Per Holmlund.

Location (WGS84)67°56'N, 18°39'E
Areal extension0.85 km2