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Reconstruction of estimated glacier states
Initialization of past glacier states
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Reconstructing past glacier mass change is of interest for different applications, e.g. for quantifying their contribution to sea-level change.
One approach is to use a glacier model, forced by reconstructions of climate, to estimate past glacier states. However, glaciers respond to climate variability and
change with time lags between a few years and many centuries, and the backwards reconstruction is impeded by the non-linear interaction between glacier geometry and mass balance.

This repository host a new method, based on OGGM that estimates past glacier states.
The method is published in `"The Cryosphere" <https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/3317/2019/tc-13-3317-2019.html>`_.


Our method consists of 3 steps and the workflow is shown in the following figure:

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We tested our method on glaciers located in the Alps and reconstruct their state in 1850. In most cases, the resulting reconstruction is non-unique, as multiple initial states
The current version was tested on glaciers located in the Alps and we reconstruct their state in 1850 by using synthetic experiments. Thus the reconstructed glacier states did
not represent the reality and need to be handled with caution. A further developement that will also allow the application to real-world cases is under developement and a new manuscript will the submitted soon.

In most cases, the resulting reconstruction is non-unique, as multiple initial states
converge towards the observed state in the year of observation.

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