A long-term dataset of climatic mass balance, snow conditions, and runoff in Svalbard (1957–2018)

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: W. van Pelt, V. Pohjola, R. Pettersson, S. Marchenko, J. Kohler, B. Luks, J. O. Hagen, T. V. Schuler, T. Dunse, B. Noël, C. Reijmer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Ela; Svalbard; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2259-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2259/2019/tc-13-2259-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d397737ac10946f49aff67cac3d49cd3

The climate in Svalbard is undergoing amplified change compared to the global mean. This has major implications for runoff from glaciers and seasonal snow on land. We use a coupled energy balance–subsurface model, forced with downscaled regional climate model fields, and apply it to both glacier-cov...