Mass Balance of Austre Grønfjordbreen, Svalbard, 2006–2020, Estimated by Glaciological, Geodetic and Modeling Aproaches

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Nelly Elagina, Stanislav Kutuzov, Ekaterina Rets, Andrei Smirnov, Robert Chernov, Ivan Lavrentiev, Bulat Mavlyudov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: glacier mass balance; arctic glaciers; Svalbard; geodetic methods; mass balance modeling; Arctic; Austre Grønfjordbreen; Nordenskiöld Land; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11020078

Glacier mass balance measurements, reconstructions and modeling are the precondition for assessing glacier sensitivity to regional climatic fluctuations. This paper presents new glaciological and geodetic mass balance data of Austre Grønfjordbreen located in the western part of Nordenskiöld Land in...