Thermal conductivity of firn at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, derived from subsurface temperature measurements

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Marchenko, Sergey, Cheng, Gong, Lötstedt, Per, Pohjola, Veijo, Pettersson, Rickard, van Pelt, Ward, Reijmer, Carleen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1843-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00001463; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00001424/tc-13-1843-2019.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/1843/2019/tc-13-1843-2019.pdf

Accurate description of snow and firn processes is necessary for estimating the fraction of glacier surface melt that contributes to runoff. Most processes in snow and firn are to a great extent controlled by the temperature therein and in the absence of liquid water, the temperature evolution is do...