The climatic mass balance of Svalbard glaciers: a 10-year simulation with a coupled atmosphere–glacier mass balance model

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: K. S. Aas, T. Dunse, E. Collier, T. V. Schuler, T. K. Berntsen, J. Kohler, B. Luks
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Austfonna; Hansbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1089-2016; https://doaj.org/article/7a04fd2efdab4bb5bb77025c603ed5ab

In this study we simulate the climatic mass balance of Svalbard glaciers with a coupled atmosphere–glacier model with 3 km grid spacing, from September 2003 to September 2013. We find a mean specific net mass balance of −257 mm w.e. yr −1 , corresponding to a mean annual mass loss of about 8.7 Gt, w...