GIS, tracer test and water balance based hydrological analysis in Tarfala, Northern Sweden

• Main Author: Koivisto, Elias
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2022
• Subjects: Tarfala; DEM; Tracer test; Water balance; the Arctic; Climate change; Permafrost; Glacier; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Våta; Arktis*; Northern Sweden; permafrost
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-212398

Current climate change poses a threat to the Arctic due to increasing temperatures, which cause the permafrost and glaciers to melt and thaw. This thesis focused on analyzing water balances in Tarfala catchment between 2000 and 2020 and using GIS as a support for tracer test results measured in Tarf...