Calculates glacier volume based on glacier area

Scaling relationships derived from the RGI v6.0 region 13 data set, combined with the glacier thickness derived by Farinotti et al. 2019.

Usage

glacierVolume_RGIF(area_km2)

Arguments

area_km2

glacier area in km2

Value

glacier volume in km3

Details

Assuming a normal distribution of the residuals, the relative uncertainty of the volume estimate is given as 2 times the standard deviation of the relative residuals which is equal to 31

Note

The derivation of the empirical relationship as well as a comparison to the Erasov function is given in the book [Modelling of Hydrological Systems in Semi-Arid Central Asia](https://hydrosolutions.github.io/caham_book/glacier_modeling.html).

See also

glacierArea_RGIF, glacierVolume_Erasov

Other Glacier functions: ErazovsGlacierFunction(), glacierAreaVolume_Aizen(), glacierArea_Erasov(), glacierArea_RGIF(), glacierMelt_TI(), glacierVolume_Erasov()