Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data
Small land-terminating mountain glaciers are a widespread and important element of Arctic ecosystems, influencing local hydrology, microclimate, and ecology. Due to their relatively small ice volumes, this class of ice mass is particularly sensitive to the significant ongoing climate warming in the...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:b500508226c7451693cee7a5b50746c9 2023-05-15T14:52:35+02:00 Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data J. Małecki 2022-05-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2067-2022 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2067/2022/tc-16-2067-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/article/b500508226c7451693cee7a5b50746c9 en eng Copernicus Publications doi:10.5194/tc-16-2067-2022 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2067/2022/tc-16-2067-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/article/b500508226c7451693cee7a5b50746c9 undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 16, Pp 2067-2082 (2022) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2067-2022 2023-01-22T17:32:53Z Small land-terminating mountain glaciers are a widespread and important element of Arctic ecosystems, influencing local hydrology, microclimate, and ecology. Due to their relatively small ice volumes, this class of ice mass is particularly sensitive to the significant ongoing climate warming in the European sector of the Arctic, i.e. in the Barents Sea area. Archipelagos surrounding the Barents Sea, i.e. Svalbard (SV), Novaya Zemlya (NZ), and Franz Josef Land (FJ), host numerous populations of mountain glaciers, but their response to recent strong warming remains understudied in most locations. This paper aims to obtain a snapshot of their state by utilizing high-resolution elevation data (ArcticDEM) to investigate the recent (ca. 2011–2017) elevation and volume changes of 382 small glaciers across SV, NZ, and FJ. The study concludes that many mountain glacier sites across the Barents Sea have been in a critical imbalance with the recent climate and might melt away within the coming several decades. However, deviations from the general trend exist; e.g. a cluster of small glaciers in north SV has been experiencing thickening. The findings reveal that near-stagnant glaciers might exhibit contrasting behaviours (fast thinning vs. thickening) over relatively short distances, which is a challenge for glacier mass balance models but also an opportunity to test their reliability. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Franz Josef Land glacier Novaya Zemlya Svalbard The Cryosphere Unknown Arctic Barents Sea Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Svalbard The Cryosphere 16 5 2067 2082 |
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Small land-terminating mountain glaciers are a widespread and important element of Arctic ecosystems, influencing local hydrology, microclimate, and ecology. Due to their relatively small ice volumes, this class of ice mass is particularly sensitive to the significant ongoing climate warming in the European sector of the Arctic, i.e. in the Barents Sea area. Archipelagos surrounding the Barents Sea, i.e. Svalbard (SV), Novaya Zemlya (NZ), and Franz Josef Land (FJ), host numerous populations of mountain glaciers, but their response to recent strong warming remains understudied in most locations. This paper aims to obtain a snapshot of their state by utilizing high-resolution elevation data (ArcticDEM) to investigate the recent (ca. 2011–2017) elevation and volume changes of 382 small glaciers across SV, NZ, and FJ. The study concludes that many mountain glacier sites across the Barents Sea have been in a critical imbalance with the recent climate and might melt away within the coming several decades. However, deviations from the general trend exist; e.g. a cluster of small glaciers in north SV has been experiencing thickening. The findings reveal that near-stagnant glaciers might exhibit contrasting behaviours (fast thinning vs. thickening) over relatively short distances, which is a challenge for glacier mass balance models but also an opportunity to test their reliability. |
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Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data |
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Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data |
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Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data |
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Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data |
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Recent contrasting behaviour of mountain glaciers across the European High Arctic revealed by ArcticDEM data |
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