Data_Sheet_1_Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance.PDF
Since the first estimates of Svalbard-wide glacier mass balance were made in the early 2000s, there has been great progress in remote sensing and modeling of mass balance, existing field records have been extended, field records at new locations have been added, and there has been considerable envir...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/12377717 2023-05-15T15:19:27+02:00 Data_Sheet_1_Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance.PDF Thomas V. Schuler Jack Kohler Nelly Elagina Jon Ove M. Hagen Andrew J. Hodson Jacek A. Jania Andreas M. Kääb Bartłomiej Luks Jakub Małecki Geir Moholdt Veijo A. Pohjola Ireneusz Sobota Ward J. J. Van Pelt 2020-05-27T12:53:58Z https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00156.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Reconciling_Svalbard_Glacier_Mass_Balance_PDF/12377717 unknown doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00156.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Reconciling_Svalbard_Glacier_Mass_Balance_PDF/12377717 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Svalbard Arctic glaciers glacier mass balance mass balance modeling glaciological mass balance geodetic mass balance glacier gravimetry Dataset 2020 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00156.s001 2020-05-27T22:53:16Z Since the first estimates of Svalbard-wide glacier mass balance were made in the early 2000s, there has been great progress in remote sensing and modeling of mass balance, existing field records have been extended, field records at new locations have been added, and there has been considerable environmental change. There is a wide spread in the available estimates of both total mass balance and surface or climatic mass balance, but there is overall agreement that the glaciers on Svalbard have been losing mass since the 1960s, with a tendency toward more negative mass balance since 2000. We define criteria to select data that are representative and of high credibility; this subset shows a more coherent evolution and reduced spread. In addition, we combine individual field mass balance records collected by different groups into a single dataset that samples glaciers across Svalbard and a range of different size classes. We find a close relationship between measured specific surface mass balance and size of the glacier, in such a way that smaller glaciers experience more negative surface mass balances. A qualitatively similar relationship between the accumulation area ratio and glacier area is found for all glaciers in the Svalbard, suggesting that the relation derived from glaciological records is not only an artifact caused by the limited number of samples (n = 12). We apply this relation to upscale measured surface mass balance for a new estimate for all glaciers of Svalbard. Our reconciled estimates are −7 ± 4 Gt a –1 (2000–2019) for the climatic mass balance, and −8 ± 6 Gt a –1 for the total mass balance. The difference between the two represents the sum of frontal ablation and the combined uncertainty, which together amount to ca. −2 ± 7 Gt a –1 . While this is consistent with a previous estimate of Svalbard-wide frontal ablation, the uncertainties are large. Furthermore, several large and long-lasting surges have had considerable and multi-year impact on the total mass balance, and in particular on calving ... Dataset Arctic Climate change glacier Svalbard Frontiers: Figshare Arctic Svalbard |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Svalbard Arctic glaciers glacier mass balance mass balance modeling glaciological mass balance geodetic mass balance glacier gravimetry |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Svalbard Arctic glaciers glacier mass balance mass balance modeling glaciological mass balance geodetic mass balance glacier gravimetry Thomas V. Schuler Jack Kohler Nelly Elagina Jon Ove M. Hagen Andrew J. Hodson Jacek A. Jania Andreas M. Kääb Bartłomiej Luks Jakub Małecki Geir Moholdt Veijo A. Pohjola Ireneusz Sobota Ward J. J. Van Pelt Data_Sheet_1_Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance.PDF |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Svalbard Arctic glaciers glacier mass balance mass balance modeling glaciological mass balance geodetic mass balance glacier gravimetry |
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Since the first estimates of Svalbard-wide glacier mass balance were made in the early 2000s, there has been great progress in remote sensing and modeling of mass balance, existing field records have been extended, field records at new locations have been added, and there has been considerable environmental change. There is a wide spread in the available estimates of both total mass balance and surface or climatic mass balance, but there is overall agreement that the glaciers on Svalbard have been losing mass since the 1960s, with a tendency toward more negative mass balance since 2000. We define criteria to select data that are representative and of high credibility; this subset shows a more coherent evolution and reduced spread. In addition, we combine individual field mass balance records collected by different groups into a single dataset that samples glaciers across Svalbard and a range of different size classes. We find a close relationship between measured specific surface mass balance and size of the glacier, in such a way that smaller glaciers experience more negative surface mass balances. A qualitatively similar relationship between the accumulation area ratio and glacier area is found for all glaciers in the Svalbard, suggesting that the relation derived from glaciological records is not only an artifact caused by the limited number of samples (n = 12). We apply this relation to upscale measured surface mass balance for a new estimate for all glaciers of Svalbard. Our reconciled estimates are −7 ± 4 Gt a –1 (2000–2019) for the climatic mass balance, and −8 ± 6 Gt a –1 for the total mass balance. The difference between the two represents the sum of frontal ablation and the combined uncertainty, which together amount to ca. −2 ± 7 Gt a –1 . While this is consistent with a previous estimate of Svalbard-wide frontal ablation, the uncertainties are large. Furthermore, several large and long-lasting surges have had considerable and multi-year impact on the total mass balance, and in particular on calving ... |
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