over this nine year period is found to be 13 m, which amounts to 1,5 m
per year on average.
The ice wastage is approximately twice as fast as indicated by mass balance measurements on the much larger ice caps Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull in central and southeastern Iceland during the same period, but similar as for the Langjökull ice cap in the western Icelandic highland.
The figures show
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