Climate in Svalbard 2100 – a knowledge base for climate adaptation.

• Main Authors: Adakudlu, Muralidhar, Andersen, Jess, Bakke, Jostein, Beldring, Stein, Benestad, Rasmus, Bilt, Willem Van Der, Bogen, Jim, Borstad, Christian, Breili, Kristian, Breivik, Øyvind, Børsheim, Knut Yngve, Christiansen, Hanne H., Dobler, Andreas, Engeset, Rune, Frauenfelder, Regula, Gerland, Sebastian, Gjelten, Herdis Motrøen, Gundersen, Jeanette, Isaksen, Ketil, Jaedicke, Christian, Kierulf, Halfdan, Kohler, Jack, Li, Hong, Lutz, Julia, Melvold, Kjetil, Mezghani, Abdelkader, Nilsen, Frank, Nilsen, Irene Brox, Nilsen, Jan Even Øie, Pavlova, Olga, Ravndal, Oda, Risebrobakken, Bjørg, Saloranta, Tuomo, Sandven, Stein, Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar, Simpson, Matthew, Skogen, Morten, Smedsrud, Lars Henrik, Sund, Monica, Vikhamar-Schuler, Dagrun, Westermann, Sebastian, Wong, Wai Kwok
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) for Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) 2019
• Subjects: Ocean climate; Parameter DisciplineCross-discipline; Parameter DisciplineAtmosphereMeteorology; Svalbard; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25607/obp-888; https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/1382

This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency in order to provide basic information for use in climate change adaptation in Svalbard. It includes descriptions of historical, as well as projections for the future climate development in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and ocean, and it includes effects on the physical nature e.g. on permafrost and various types of landslides and avalanches. The projections for the future climate are based on results in the IPCCs fifth assessment report. The report is to a large degree an assessment of existing literature and model results. New results from atmosphere, ocean and hydrological models are, however, also presented. The report may be downloaded from the Norwegian Centre for Climate Service’s web portal www.klimaservicesenter.no.