The physico-chemical properties of the snow cover of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) based on investigations during the winter season 1990/1991

• Main Authors: Głowacki, Piotr, Pulina, Marian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Arctic; Spitsbergen; glaciology; meteorology; snow cover; snow chemistry; Amundsenisen; Fridtjovbreen; Greenland; Hornsund; Kongsvegen; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/14628

Investigations of the snow cover at the end of the winter 1990/1991 were carried out in several areas in West Spitsbergen, namely, Lomonosovfonna, Kongsvegen, Fridtjovbreen, Amundsenisen and that north of the Hornsund Fjord. The physical properties and chemical nature of precipitation and the snow c...