Seasonal and interannual variability in runoff from the Werenskioldbreen catchment, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Majchrowska Elżbieta, Ignatiuk Dariusz, Jania Jacek, Marszałek Henryk, Wąsik Mirosław
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Spitsbergen; Werenskioldbreen; discharge variability; rainfall and ablation regimes; Geology; QE1-996.5; Bergen; Svalbard; glacier; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/popore-2015-0014; https://doaj.org/article/9f91426d8e734ef1b2d65a964ea9736d

The results from a hydrological monitoring program of Breelva basin (Spits− bergen, Svalbard) have been analysed to improve the understanding of the Werenskiöld Glacier system’s functioning in the High Arctic. Hydrographs of a 44 km2 river basin (27 km2 of which was covered by a glacier) were analys...