Związek bilansu cieplnego i topnienia powierzchni Lodowczyka Mięguszowieckiego w Tatrach z temperaturą powietrza

This paper presents an attempt to determine the size of melting of the surface of Mięguszowiecki Glacieret in Polish Tatra Mountains basing on the heat balance of this surface. The obtained results confirm a strong relation between physical ablation of snow cover with air temperature. The size of snow melting should not be however determined basing on a permanent factor PDD. The linear regression equation is very useful, because it defines the relation of the ablation with daily air temperature. The parameters of these equations show temporal and spatial variability. The relation between the surface melting of Mięguszowiecki Glacieret and mean daily air temperature in July during cloudy and rainy weather is well defined by linear equations with the parameters: L = 0.411 and ,B = 2.808. The determination of L i B values representative for the whole ablation period requires to repeat measurements in Kocioł Mięguszowiecki in different weather conditions in the months May-October.