Glacier change in Norway since the 1960s – an overview of mass balance, area, length and surface elevation changes

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Liss M. Andreassen, Hallgeir Elvehøy, Bjarne Kjøllmoen, Joaquín M. C. Belart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Glacier fluctuations; glacier mapping; glacier mass balance; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Norway; Langfjordjøkelen; Finnmark; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Lyngen; Troms
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.10; https://doaj.org/article/1c4af901c1b74535adb1dc166f03c97e

In this paper, we give an overview of changes in area, length, surface elevation and mass balance of glaciers in mainland Norway since the 1960s. Frontal advances have been recorded in all regions except the northernmost glaciers in Troms and Finnmark (Storsteinsfjellbreen, Lyngen and Langfjordjøkel...