of the entire ice mass of the glaciers. Equation (3) may be written as an
expression for
tV in terms of the ratio between the
total accumulated volume change since
the start of the simulation, DV , to the difference between the annual volume change and the
reference surface mass balance
tV =
DV
(dDV=dt) B0
; (13)
where rate of change of the ice volume per year is (dDV=dt) = DVa.
If a rough estimate of
tV
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