Fluxes and meteorological observations on Spitsbergen

• Main Author: Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century; PAGE21; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Climate change; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.805539; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805539

Arctic permafrost may be adversely affected by climate change in a number of ways, so that establishing a world-wide monitoring program seems imperative. This thesis evaluates possibilities for permafrost monitoring at the example of a permafrost site on Svalbard, Norway. An energy balance model for...