Simulating the climatic mass balance of Svalbard glaciers from 2003 to 2013 with a high-resolution coupled atmosphere-glacier model

• Main Authors: Aas, Kjetil Schanke, Dunse, Thorben, Collier, E., Schuler, Thomas, Berntsen, Terje Koren, Kohler, Jack, Luks, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2015
• Subjects: Austfonna; Hansbreen; Svalbard; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere; The Cryosphere Discussions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/56821; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-59618; https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-9-5775-2015

In this study we simulate the climatic mass bal- ance of Svalbard glaciers with a coupled atmosphere–glacier model with 3 km grid spacing, from September 2003 to September 2013. We find a mean specific net mass bal- ance of − 257 mm w.e. yr − 1 , corresponding to a mean annual mass loss of about 8.7...