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Briksdalsbreen - 2316
Briksdalsbreen is a western outlet glacier from Jostedalsbreen. The length change observations were terminated in 2015.
1966 - 2019
| Year | area (km²) |
Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 11.77 | N50 |
| 1984 | 11.94 | |
| 2006 | 11.73 | Landsat |
| 2019 | 11.46 | Sentinel-2 |
1900 - 2015
| Year | Length change (m) | Cumulative length change (m) |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 | Start |
| 1901 | -12 | -12 |
| 1902 | -3 | -15 |
| 1903 | -2 | -17 |
| 1904 | -8 | -25 |
| 1905 | 17 | -8 |
| 1906 | 16 | 8 |
| 1907 | 5 | 13 |
| 1908 | 20 | 33 |
| 1909 | 8 | 41 |
| 1910 | 9 | 50 |
| 1911 | -1 | 49 |
| 1912 | -6 | 43 |
| 1913 | -15 | 28 |
| 1914 | -26 | 2 |
| 1915 | -35 | -33 |
| 1916 | -10 | -43 |
| 1917 | -2 | -45 |
| 1918 | -12 | -57 |
| 1919 | -13 | -70 |
| 1920 | -8 | -78 |
| 1921 | -36 | -114 |
| 1922 | 0 | -114 |
| 1923 | 9 | -105 |
| 1924 | 37 | -68 |
| 1925 | 13 | -55 |
| 1926 | 3 | -52 |
| 1927 | 1 | -51 |
| 1928 | 2 | -49 |
| 1929 | 12 | -37 |
| 1930 | -11 | -48 |
| 1931 | 2 | -46 |
| 1932 | -3 | -49 |
| 1933 | -9 | -58 |
| 1934 | -11 | -69 |
| 1935 | -25 | -94 |
| 1936 | -39 | -133 |
| 1937 | -28 | -161 |
| 1938 | -34 | -195 |
| 1939 | -43 | -238 |
| 1940 | -48 | -286 |
| 1941 | -41 | -327 |
| 1942 | -39 | -366 |
| 1943 | -45 | -411 |
| 1944 | -37 | -448 |
| 1945 | -37 | -485 |
| 1946 | -59 | -544 |
| 1947 | -89 | -633 |
| 1948 | -80 | -713 |
| 1949 | -48 | -761 |
| 1950 | -77 | -838 |
| 1951 | -37 | -875 |
| 1952 | 10 | -865 |
| 1953 | 5 | -860 |
| 1954 | -13 | -873 |
| 1955 | -8 | -881 |
| 1956 | 5 | -876 |
| 1957 | 8 | -868 |
| 1958 | 18 | -850 |
| 1959 | 10 | -840 |
| 1960 | 8 | -832 |
| 1961 | 4 | -828 |
| 1962 | -19 | -847 |
| 1963 | -11 | -858 |
| 1964 | -5 | -863 |
| 1965 | 2 | -861 |
| 1966 | 2 | -859 |
| 1967 | 12 | -847 |
| 1968 | 9 | -838 |
| 1969 | 4 | -834 |
| 1970 | -11 | -845 |
| 1971 | -7 | -852 |
| 1972 | -7 | -859 |
| 1973 | -20 | -879 |
| 1974 | 13 | -866 |
| 1975 | 54 | -812 |
| 1976 | 40 | -772 |
| 1977 | 30 | -742 |
| 1978 | 4 | -738 |
| 1979 | 34 | -704 |
| 1980 | 24 | -680 |
| 1981 | -9 | -689 |
| 1982 | -7 | -696 |
| 1983 | 6 | -690 |
| 1984 | -9 | -699 |
| 1985 | -7 | -706 |
| 1986 | -6 | -712 |
| 1987 | -6 | -718 |
| 1988 | 29 | -689 |
| 1989 | 1 | -688 |
| 1990 | 24 | -664 |
| 1991 | 8 | -656 |
| 1992 | 28 | -628 |
| 1993 | 60 | -568 |
| 1994 | 61 | -507 |
| 1995 | 50 | -457 |
| 1996 | 44 | -413 |
| 1997 | -2 | -415 |
| 1998 | -3 | -418 |
| 1999 | -2 | -420 |
| 2000 | -37 | -457 |
| 2001 | 1 | -456 |
| 2002 | -16 | -472 |
| 2003 | -48 | -520 |
| 2004 | -120 | -640 |
| 2005 | -50 | -690 |
| 2006 | -145 | -835 |
| 2007 | -30 | -865 |
| 2008 | -12 | -877 |
| 2009 | -22 | -899 |
| 2010 | 8 | -891 |
| 2011 | -275 | -1166 |
| 2012 | -50 | -1216 |
| 2013 | -5 | -1221 |
| 2014 | 0 | -1221 |
| 2015 | 0 | -1221 |