The changing impact of snow conditions and refreezing on the mass balance of an idealized Svalbard glacier

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Ward Van Pelt, Veijo Pohjola, Carleen Reijmer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Snow; Svalbard; modelling; glaciers; runoff; Surface mass balance; Science; Q; Ela; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00102; https://doaj.org/article/18c0c44484e84ea1beeee15aa090ab8a

Glacier surface melt and runoff depend strongly on seasonal and perennial snow (firn) conditions. Not only does the presence of snow and firn directly affect melt rates by reflecting solar radiation, it may also act as a buffer against mass loss by storing melt water in refrozen or liquid form. In S...