Water balance investigations in Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Killingtveit, Ånund, Pettersson, Lars-Evan, Sand, Knut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2003
• Subjects: glacier; Ny Ålesund; Ny-Ålesund; Polar Research; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2106; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v22i2.6453

This paper reviews and summarizes all known previous water balance studies in Svalbard. An updated water balance computation was then done for the three water catchments with the best data: Bayelva, De Geerdalen and Isdammen/Endalen for 10 hydrological years 1990-2001. The computations were based on...