Table 3 Comparison of the components of surface energy balance and meteorological parameters on several mid-latitude glaciers of Eurasia.

From: Surface energy balance of the Sygyktinsky Glacier, south Eastern Siberia, during the ablation period and its sensitivity to meteorological fluctuations

Region (glacier)

Location

Period (years)

Snet

Lnet

R

H

LE

SEB

T/RH/u/cloud

Reference

Wm−2 (%)

Wm−2 (%)

Wm−2 (%)

Wm−2 (%)

Wm−2 (%)

Wm−2

°C/%/m s−1/%

French Alps (glacier de Saint-Sorlin)

45° N, 6° E, 2760 m a.s.l

8.07–28.08 (2006)

157 (102)

− 33 (− 21)

124 (80)

28 (18)

2 (1)

154

5.4/70/3.0/48

Six et al.5

Norway (Storbreen)

62° N, 8° E, 1570 m a.s.l

1.06–10.09 (2001–06)

92 (81)

− 6 (− 5)

86 (76)

20 (18)

9 (8)

113

5.3/78/3.2/77*

Andreassen et al.2

Caucasus Mountains, Russia (Djankuat glacier)

43° N, 43° E, 3000 m a.s.l

1.07–31.08 (2007–15)

168 (51)

− 17 (− 5)

151 (45)

104 (31)

32 (10)

332

7.5/70/3.9/36*

Toropov et al.7

Russian Altai (Malyi Aktru glacier)

50° N, 87° E, 3250 m a.s.l

1.07–31.08 (1970)

123 (97)

− 12 (− 9)

111 (88)

20 (16)

− 5 (− 4)

126

8.2/70/2.0/74

Galakhov23

Mongolian Altai (Potanin glacier)

49° N, 88° E, 3040 m a.s.l

13.06–14.08 (2007–08)

206 (143)

− 52 (− 36)

154 (107)

8 (6)

− 18 (− 13)

144

3.4/67/3.3/50*

Konya et al.13

Western Qilian mountains, China (Laohugou glacier No. 12)

39° N, 97° E, 4550 m a.s.l

1.06–30.09 (2011)

126 (169)

− 45 (− 60)

81 (108)

7 (9)

− 13 (− 17)

75

− 0.4/65/2.0/60*

Sun et al.10

Kodar (Sygyktinsky Glacier)

57° N, 117° E, 2560 m a.s.l

7.07–23.08 (2019–20)

79 (99)

− 6 (− 7)

73 (92)

3 (4)

2 (3)

79

6.8/81/1.2/73

This study

Suntar-Khayata (glacier no. 31)

63° N, 141° E, 2230 m a.s.l

1.07–31.08 (1959)

95 (93)

− 15 (− 15)

81 (79)

16 (16)

6 (6)

102

4.0/83/3.8/84

Gavrilova22, Koreisha32

Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (Koryto glacier)

55° N, 162° E, 810 m a.s.l

7.08–12.09 (2000)

–

–

43 (32)

59 (44)

31 (23)

133

7.6/–/2.4/60*

Konya et al.33

  1. An asterisk (*) indicates the monthly data on total cloudiness from the ERA-Interim reanalysis of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (https://www.ecmwf.int/). A dash (–) indicates no data.
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