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September 19, 2017
Aneto Glacier, Pyrenees Area Loss & 2017 Snowcover Loss
Landsat and Sentinel 2 image from 8/24/2017 indicating the lack of retained snowcover on Aneto Glacier. The bare glacier ice ablates faster than snow. Aneto Glacier in the Pyrenees of Spain is listed as its largest glacier in a 1984 inventory. In 1984 the glacier had an area of 1.32 square kilometers and a length of 1.6 km (Serrat and Ventura, 2005). The glacier is located on the northeast side of …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.