@article{fdi:010090074,
  title = {{E}verest {S}outh {C}ol {G}lacier did not thin during the period 1984-2017},
  author = {{B}run, {F}. and {K}ing, {O}. and {R}eveillet, {M}arion and {A}mory, {C}. and {P}lanchot, {A}. and {B}erthier, {E}. and {D}ehecq, {A}maury and {B}olch, {T}. and {F}ourteau, {K}. and {B}rondex, {J}. and {D}umont, {M}. and {M}ayer, {C}. and {L}einss, {S}. and {H}ugonnet, {R}. and {W}agnon, {P}atrick},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {S}outh {C}ol {G}lacier is a small body of ice and snow (approx. 0.2 km(2)) located at the very high elevation of 8000ma.s.l. (above sea level) on the southern ridge of {M}t. {E}verest. {A} recent study by {P}otocki et al. (2022) proposed that {S}outh {C}ol {G}lacier is rapidly losing mass. {T}his is in contradiction to our comparison of two digital elevation models derived from aerial photographs taken in {D}ecember 1984 and a stereo {P}leiades satellite acquisition from {M}arch 2017, from which we estimate a mean elevation change of 0.01 +/- 0.05m a(-1). {T}o reconcile these results, we investigate some aspects of the surface energy and mass balance of {S}outh {C}ol {G}lacier. {F}rom satellite images and a simple model of snow compaction and erosion, we show that wind erosion has a major impact on the surface mass balance due to the strong seasonality in precipitation and wind and that it cannot be neglected. {A}dditionally, we show that the melt amount predicted by a surface energy and mass balance model is very sensitive to the model structure and implementation. {C}ontrary to previous findings, melt is likely not a dominant ablation process on this glacier, which remains mostly snow-covered during the monsoon.},
  keywords = {{NEPAL} ; {HIMALAYA} ; {EVEREST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ryosphere},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {3251--3268},
  ISSN = {1994-0416},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.5194/tc-17-3251-2023},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090074},
}