Contemporary landscape transformation in a small Arctic catchment (Bratteggdalen, Svalbard)
Small Arctic catchments that are sensitive to climate change reinforced by Arctic amplification remain poorly studied. Since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) glaciers on Svalbard have been retreating, and thus, many catchments have transformed from glaciated or partly glaciated to ice-free condit...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:07cc074075cd4f9195be021e8977c09d 2023-08-20T04:03:29+02:00 Contemporary landscape transformation in a small Arctic catchment (Bratteggdalen, Svalbard) Aleksandra Wołoszyn Marek Kasprzak 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.144542 https://doaj.org/article/07cc074075cd4f9195be021e8977c09d EN eng Polish Academy of Sciences https://journals.pan.pl/Content/126380/PDF/2023-03-PPR-02.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0138-0338 0138-0338 https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.144542 https://doaj.org/article/07cc074075cd4f9195be021e8977c09d Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 44, Iss No 3 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 2 (2023) arctic spitsbergen small catchment geomorphology environmental changes Geology QE1-996.5 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2023.144542 2023-07-30T00:38:13Z Small Arctic catchments that are sensitive to climate change reinforced by Arctic amplification remain poorly studied. Since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) glaciers on Svalbard have been retreating, and thus, many catchments have transformed from glaciated or partly glaciated to ice-free conditions. Our study focuses on changes that have occurred since the end of the LIA in a small High Arctic mountain catchment, Bratteggdalen. In this study, we traced changes in the Bratteggbreen glacier areal extent since 1976 with parallel vegetation analysis using Landsat and Sentinel data. The geomorphology of Bratteggdalen was mapped and basic morphometric analyses, such as long profile, hypsometric curve, slope and aspect orientation analyses were carried out. We also present a map of landforms in Bratteggdalen based on a fieldwork in 2018 and an analysis of orthophotomaps. Through this research, we enhance the knowledge of small catchments in polar regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change glacier Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Bratteggdalen ENVELOPE(15.230,15.230,77.058,77.058) Svalbard Polish Polar Research |
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Small Arctic catchments that are sensitive to climate change reinforced by Arctic amplification remain poorly studied. Since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) glaciers on Svalbard have been retreating, and thus, many catchments have transformed from glaciated or partly glaciated to ice-free conditions. Our study focuses on changes that have occurred since the end of the LIA in a small High Arctic mountain catchment, Bratteggdalen. In this study, we traced changes in the Bratteggbreen glacier areal extent since 1976 with parallel vegetation analysis using Landsat and Sentinel data. The geomorphology of Bratteggdalen was mapped and basic morphometric analyses, such as long profile, hypsometric curve, slope and aspect orientation analyses were carried out. We also present a map of landforms in Bratteggdalen based on a fieldwork in 2018 and an analysis of orthophotomaps. Through this research, we enhance the knowledge of small catchments in polar regions. |
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Contemporary landscape transformation in a small Arctic catchment (Bratteggdalen, Svalbard) |
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Contemporary landscape transformation in a small Arctic catchment (Bratteggdalen, Svalbard) |
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Contemporary landscape transformation in a small Arctic catchment (Bratteggdalen, Svalbard) |
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contemporary landscape transformation in a small arctic catchment (bratteggdalen, svalbard) |
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Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 44, Iss No 3 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 2 (2023) |
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