Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic

Climate change is an ongoing process that contributes to changes in the climate on a global scale down to a local scale. The Arctic sea ice and the glaciers have continued to decrease at the same time as the rate of sea level rise has increased. Ice caps are vulnerable to the climate change, because...

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Main Author: Midefelt, Linnéa
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Language:English
Published: Lunds universitet/Förbränningsfysik 2016
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spelling ftulundlupsp:oai:lup-student-papers.lub.lu.se:8874200 2023-07-30T03:59:31+02:00 Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic Midefelt, Linnéa 2016 application/pdf http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8874200 eng eng Lunds universitet/Förbränningsfysik Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8874200 Surface mass balance Devon Ice Cap Canadian Arctic Physics and Astronomy M2 2016 ftulundlupsp 2023-07-11T20:07:12Z Climate change is an ongoing process that contributes to changes in the climate on a global scale down to a local scale. The Arctic sea ice and the glaciers have continued to decrease at the same time as the rate of sea level rise has increased. Ice caps are vulnerable to the climate change, because they are located adjacent to the Greenland ice sheet and near coastal areas in the Arctic. In the present work, the surface mass balance is analyzed at the Devon Ice Cap that is located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The difference between the surface mass balance for different time periods within the period 1980-2014 are studied as well as some of the surface mass balance components. The high resolution climate model HIRHAM5 is used to evaluate both the precipitation at the shallow ice cores and the temperature of the automatic weather stations with the observations at the Devon Ice Cap. It is shown that the Devon Ice Cap is well represented in the runs that is driven with HIRHAM5. It is also shown that the precipitation and the snowmelt has an increasing trend, while the surface mass balance has a decreasing trend. Vädret som vi upplever runtomkring oss kan förändras över en dag medan klimatet är något som förändras över en lång tid. Den pågående klimatförändringen är ett hett samtalsämne i modern tid. Ett förändrat klimat påverkar processer som sker i Arktis, och dessa processer kan i sin tur påverka klimatet. Exempelvis så reflekteras mer solljus bort från en yta som är täckt med is, än en yta på jorden som inte är täckt med is. Om temperaturen i atmosfären ökar så innebär det att mer is smälter och därmed ökar temperaturen i atmosfären ännu mer. Det finns två stora inlandsisar på jorden, på Grönland och Antarktis. Det finns också många små glaciärer främst runtom i Arktis. Beroende på vilken tidsperiod som jorden har befunnit sig i, så har inlandsisarna och glaciärerna växt till sig eller smält bort. Under de senaste årtiondena så har de smält mer och mer i takt med att medeltemperaturen på jorden ökar. ... Other/Unknown Material Antarktis* Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arktis Arktis* Canadian Arctic Archipelago Climate change Greenland Grönland Ice cap Ice Sheet Sea ice Lund University Publications Student Papers (LUP-SP) Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Greenland Devon Ice Cap ENVELOPE(-82.499,-82.499,75.335,75.335)
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topic Surface mass balance
Devon Ice Cap
Canadian Arctic
Physics and Astronomy
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Devon Ice Cap
Canadian Arctic
Physics and Astronomy
Midefelt, Linnéa
Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic
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Devon Ice Cap
Canadian Arctic
Physics and Astronomy
description Climate change is an ongoing process that contributes to changes in the climate on a global scale down to a local scale. The Arctic sea ice and the glaciers have continued to decrease at the same time as the rate of sea level rise has increased. Ice caps are vulnerable to the climate change, because they are located adjacent to the Greenland ice sheet and near coastal areas in the Arctic. In the present work, the surface mass balance is analyzed at the Devon Ice Cap that is located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The difference between the surface mass balance for different time periods within the period 1980-2014 are studied as well as some of the surface mass balance components. The high resolution climate model HIRHAM5 is used to evaluate both the precipitation at the shallow ice cores and the temperature of the automatic weather stations with the observations at the Devon Ice Cap. It is shown that the Devon Ice Cap is well represented in the runs that is driven with HIRHAM5. It is also shown that the precipitation and the snowmelt has an increasing trend, while the surface mass balance has a decreasing trend. Vädret som vi upplever runtomkring oss kan förändras över en dag medan klimatet är något som förändras över en lång tid. Den pågående klimatförändringen är ett hett samtalsämne i modern tid. Ett förändrat klimat påverkar processer som sker i Arktis, och dessa processer kan i sin tur påverka klimatet. Exempelvis så reflekteras mer solljus bort från en yta som är täckt med is, än en yta på jorden som inte är täckt med is. Om temperaturen i atmosfären ökar så innebär det att mer is smälter och därmed ökar temperaturen i atmosfären ännu mer. Det finns två stora inlandsisar på jorden, på Grönland och Antarktis. Det finns också många små glaciärer främst runtom i Arktis. Beroende på vilken tidsperiod som jorden har befunnit sig i, så har inlandsisarna och glaciärerna växt till sig eller smält bort. Under de senaste årtiondena så har de smält mer och mer i takt med att medeltemperaturen på jorden ökar. ...
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title Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic
title_short Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic
title_full Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Changes in Surface Mass Balance on the Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic
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