Glacier mass balance investigations in the balance year 1986-87

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Hagen, Jon Ove
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1998
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; Kongsvegen; Storbreen; glacier; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2436; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v6i2.6864

Storbreen in southern Norway has been measured continuously since 1949. The mean specific net balance -0.29 m water equivalents. In 1987, however, the net balance was 0.32 m, which is the highest surplus in twenty years. The results of the whole period are given in Table 1 In Svalbard the summer of...