Climate Dynamics of Glaciers of the Greater Caucasus for the 20th Century

E. Sh. Elizbarashvili, R. Sh. Meskhiya, M. E. Elizbarashvili, and L. D. Megrelidze

The dynamics of frequency of warm and cold months for warm and cold periods of the year on the whole as well as for the ablation period is studied for glaciers of the Greater Caucasus based on the analysis of maps on anomalies of monthly mean air temperatures for the 1901–2000 period. A relation between the change in frequency of temperature anomalies and the glaciation area is established.