Synoptic control on snow avalanche activity in central Spitsbergen

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: H. Hancock, J. Hendrikx, M. Eckerstorfer, S. Wickström
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Nordenskiöld Land; Climate change; The Cryosphere; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3813-2021; https://doaj.org/article/180b61174505456a8f02a603acb81b35

Atmospheric circulation exerts an important control on a region's snow avalanche activity by broadly determining the mountain weather patterns that influence snowpack development and avalanche release. In central Spitsbergen, the largest island in the High Arctic Svalbard archipelago, avalanche...