Closing the mass budget of a tidewater glacier, an example of Kronebreen, Svalbard

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Deschamps-Berger, Cesar, Nuth, Christopher, Van Pelt, Ward, Berthier, Etienne, Kohler, Jack, Altena, Bas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2019
• Subjects: Svalbard; Kronebreen; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67907; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-71072; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.98

In this study, we combine remote sensing, in situ and model-derived datasets from 1966 to 2014 to calculate the mass-balance components of Kronebreen, a fast-flowing tidewater glacier in Svalbard. For the well-surveyed period 2009–2014, we are able to close the glacier mass budget within the prescri...