Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund ...
The mass balance of a glacier is the difference between accumulation in winter and ablation in summer, and is thus a measure of whether the glacier as a whole is increasing or shrinking. It is interesting to monitor mass balance because melting of glaciers can contribute to sea-level rise. Glaciers...
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npolar.no
2013
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2013.ad6c4c5a https://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 |