Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard
A medium-length ice core was drilled at the ice divide on the Lomonosovfonna plateau (1230 m a.s.l.),Svalbard, in May1997.As part of this project, temperature measurements were performed in the 120 m deep borehole. At this site the ice thickness based on radar measurements is 126.5 m and the mean an...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:17473 2023-05-15T13:29:46+02:00 Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard van de Wal, Roderik S.W. Mulvaney, Robert Isaksson, Elisabeth Moore, John C. Pinglot, Jean Francis Pohjola, Veijo A. Thomassen, Martijn P.A. 2002 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17473/ unknown International Glaciological Society van de Wal, Roderik S.W.; Mulvaney, Robert orcid:0000-0002-5372-8148 Isaksson, Elisabeth; Moore, John C.; Pinglot, Jean Francis; Pohjola, Veijo A.; Thomassen, Martijn P.A. 2002 Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard. Annals of Glaciology, 35 (1). 371-378. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816979 <https://doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816979> Chemistry Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816979 2023-02-04T19:31:09Z A medium-length ice core was drilled at the ice divide on the Lomonosovfonna plateau (1230 m a.s.l.),Svalbard, in May1997.As part of this project, temperature measurements were performed in the 120 m deep borehole. At this site the ice thickness based on radar measurements is 126.5 m and the mean annual accumulation rate is 380 kg m-3. The measurements over the 15-120 m depth interval show a nearly isothermal profile with a mean value of-2.8°C and a standard deviation of 0.2°C. The measurements reveal a temperature minimum at approximately 70 m depth and a temperature gradient of 0.011±0.004°C m-1 near the bottom.The temperature minimum and relatively low temperature gradient cannot be explained in terms of a steady-state climate. Numerical calculations with a simple onedimensional diffusion-advection model show that the temperature increased at a maximum rate of 0.02-0.025 K a-1 over the last 100 years, the total temperature increase amounting to 2.0-3.0 K. Forcing the model with the observed record at Svalbard airport revealed that in the 19th century the surface temperature was at most 2.5 K lower, and that the instrumental observations started during a period with temperatures comparable to the end of the 19th century. The data are of particular interest for historical simulations since often no other temperature data are available in polar areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Annals of Glaciology ice core Svalbard Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Svalbard Lomonosovfonna ENVELOPE(17.663,17.663,78.774,78.774) Annals of Glaciology 35 371 378 |
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A medium-length ice core was drilled at the ice divide on the Lomonosovfonna plateau (1230 m a.s.l.),Svalbard, in May1997.As part of this project, temperature measurements were performed in the 120 m deep borehole. At this site the ice thickness based on radar measurements is 126.5 m and the mean annual accumulation rate is 380 kg m-3. The measurements over the 15-120 m depth interval show a nearly isothermal profile with a mean value of-2.8°C and a standard deviation of 0.2°C. The measurements reveal a temperature minimum at approximately 70 m depth and a temperature gradient of 0.011±0.004°C m-1 near the bottom.The temperature minimum and relatively low temperature gradient cannot be explained in terms of a steady-state climate. Numerical calculations with a simple onedimensional diffusion-advection model show that the temperature increased at a maximum rate of 0.02-0.025 K a-1 over the last 100 years, the total temperature increase amounting to 2.0-3.0 K. Forcing the model with the observed record at Svalbard airport revealed that in the 19th century the surface temperature was at most 2.5 K lower, and that the instrumental observations started during a period with temperatures comparable to the end of the 19th century. The data are of particular interest for historical simulations since often no other temperature data are available in polar areas. |
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van de Wal, Roderik S.W. Mulvaney, Robert Isaksson, Elisabeth Moore, John C. Pinglot, Jean Francis Pohjola, Veijo A. Thomassen, Martijn P.A. |
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van de Wal, Roderik S.W. Mulvaney, Robert Isaksson, Elisabeth Moore, John C. Pinglot, Jean Francis Pohjola, Veijo A. Thomassen, Martijn P.A. |
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Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard |
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Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard |
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Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard |
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Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard |
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Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard |
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reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the lomonosovfonna plateau, svalbard |
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van de Wal, Roderik S.W.; Mulvaney, Robert orcid:0000-0002-5372-8148 Isaksson, Elisabeth; Moore, John C.; Pinglot, Jean Francis; Pohjola, Veijo A.; Thomassen, Martijn P.A. 2002 Reconstruction of the historical temperature trend from measurements in a medium-length borehole on the Lomonosovfonna plateau, Svalbard. Annals of Glaciology, 35 (1). 371-378. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816979 <https://doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816979> |
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