Climate indices of environmental change in the High Arctic: Study from Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen, 1979–2019

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Krzysztof Migała, Elżbieta Łepkowska, Marzena Osuch, Łukasz Stachnik, Tomasz Wawrzyniak, Dariusz Ignatiuk, Piotr Owczarek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2022
• Subjects: arctic; svalbard; climate change; climate variables; polar region; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; Climate change; glacier; North Atlantic; permafrost; Polar Research; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2022.143316; https://doaj.org/article/8eabb0a907a94ef7b6e7b84ec95e63e4

An analysis of a suite of climatological indices was undertaken on the basis of long-term (1979–2019) climatological data from the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen. It was followed by an attempt to assess the scale of their impact on the local environment. The temperature and precipi...