raccolgono i risultati inerenti le ricerche svolte presso il Dipartimento stesso.I Rapporti Tecnici sono pubblicati esclusivamente per una prima divulgazione del loro contenuto in attesa di pubblicazione su riviste nazionali ed internazionali D i r e t t o r e r e s p o n s a b i l e p r o f . R o b e r t o B U S I AbstractIn order to assess the annual mass balance of the Mandrone glacier in the Central Alps an energybalance model was applied, supported by snowpack, meteorological and glaciological observations, together with satellite measurements of snow covered areas and albedo. The Physically based Distributed Snow Land and Ice Model (PDSLIM), a distributed multi-layer model for temperate glaciers, which was previously tested on both basin and point scales, was applied.Verification was performed with a network of ablation stakes over two summer periods. Satellite images processed within the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) project were used to estimate the ice albedo and to verify the position of the simulated transient snowline on specific dates.

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