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. 2017 Jul 24;7:5689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05989-4

Table 2.

Winter (Bw), summer (Bs) and annual mass balance (Ba) expressed as m w.e. (meter water equivalents) together with the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) calculated in Hurd Glacier for the last 14 hydrological years. Mean and standard deviation are shown at the bottom of the table. For ELA values in bold indicate an ELA below the moraine altitude and therefore continuous snow cover.

Hydrological year Bw (m w.e.) Bs (m w.e.) Ba (m w.e.) ELA (m a.s.l.)
 2002 0.53 −0.67 −0.14 240
 2003 0.54 −1.06 −0.52 310
 2004 0.63 −0.62 0.01 205
 2005 0.61 −0.73 −0.12 235
 2006 0.56 −1.42 −0.86 280
 2007 0.35 −0.89 −0.54 280
 2008 0.82 −0.63 0.19 185
 2009 0.51 −0.9 −0.39 250
 2010 0.74 −0.2 0.54 0
 2011 0.90 −0.61 0.29 130
 2012 0.52 −0.71 −0.19 225
 2013 0.78 −0.57 0.21 95
 2014 0.67 −0.27 0.40 0
 2015 0.94 −0,38 0.56 0
Mean 0.65 −0.69 −0.04 174
Std dev. 0.17 0.32 0.43 110