2LEGOS, Toulouse, France
3National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract.
We assess the mean mass balance of three ice caps in South Iceland, for two periods,
1980
to 1998 and 1998 to 2004, by comparing digital elevation models (DEMs) covering the entire
glaciers; Eyjafjallajökull (81 km2), Tindfjallajökull (15 km2) and Torfajökull (14 km2). The
DEMs were
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