Suretta Sud Glacier - Servizio Glaciologico Lombardo
Suretta Sud Glacier - Servizio Glaciologico Lombardo
Suretta Sud Glacier - Servizio Glaciologico Lombardo
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Lupo <strong>Glacier</strong> (Orobic Alps)<br />
Snow cover measurements and mass balance evaluation<br />
Systematic snow cover measurements have<br />
been going on at the Lupo <strong>Glacier</strong> each summer<br />
season since 1996. The project, which<br />
involved five others sites in addition to this<br />
one, was conceived and coordinated by<br />
the SGL and named “Evoluzione del manto<br />
nevoso residuo annuale” (Evolution of the<br />
residual annual snow cover). Coordinated<br />
by Stefano D’Adda, an SGL team has sur-<br />
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veyed the Lupo <strong>Glacier</strong> 3 times each season,<br />
in accordance with the following timings.<br />
• first 10 days of June: accumulation<br />
measurements at the 3 sample locations.<br />
with stratigraphic test on location 2.<br />
• second half of July and end of August/<br />
beginning of September: residual accumulation<br />
measurement at the 3 sample<br />
locations.<br />
Fig 1: Lupo <strong>Glacier</strong>:<br />
snow depth (HS) at<br />
the 3 sample locations.<br />
The maximum<br />
thickness was measured<br />
in 2001, while<br />
the scantiest accumulation<br />
season<br />
was the 2006/2007<br />
one. With 463 cm of<br />
total accumulation,<br />
2008 ranked 4th in<br />
our short historical<br />
series.<br />
mass balance