Figure 5: Comparison between modelled and observed glacier changes.
From: Regional cooling caused recent New Zealand glacier advances in a period of global warming
(a) Simulated interannual glacier volume anomaly (from the ‘standard run’) versus the observed average normalized annual snowline departure based on 26 Southern Alps glaciers (Supplementary Fig. 1). (b) Simulated ice volume changes for Franz Josef Glacier versus observed glacier length. Simulated ice volume changes lead to measured glacier length by 2–3 years, in accordance with observations that Franz Josef Glacier reacts swiftly to climate forcing.
