Radio-echo sounding and ice volume estimates of western Nordenskiöld Land glaciers, Svalbard

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Martín Español, Alba, Vasilenko, Evgeniy, Navarro Valero, Francisco José, Otero García, Jaime, Lapazaran Izargain, Javier Jesús, Lavrentiev, Nikita, Macheret, Yu, Machío, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM) 2013
• Subjects: Telecomunicaciones; Hidrología; Svalbard; Nordenskiöld Land; Annals of Glaciology; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://oa.upm.es/19846/

As part of ongoing work to obtain a reliable estimate of the total ice volume of Svalbard glaciers and their potential contribution to sea-level rise, we present here volume calculations, with detailed error estimates, for ten glaciers on western Nordenskiöld Land, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The volume estimates are based upon a dense net of GPR-retrieved ice thickness data collected over several field campaigns spanning the period 1999-2012. On the basis of the pattern of scattering in theradargrams, we also analyse the hydrothermal structure of these glaciers.