| Term: | Net accumulation |
| Definition: |
See article Net accumulation under Mass balance. IHPGlacierMassBalance
The sum, if positive, of accumulation and ablation over any time period; if the sum is negative then net accumulation is zero. In the accumulation zone the net accumulation is equal to the mass balance. The term appears often in ice-core studies, where the layer thickness is related to the mass balance. IHPGlacierMassBalance GCW |