The Role of Winter Rain in the Glacial System on Svalbard

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Łupikasza, Ewa, Ignatiuk, Dariusz, Grabiec, Mariusz, Cielecka-Nowak, Katarzyna, Laska, Michał, Jania, Jacek, Luks, Bartłomiej, Uszczyk, Aleksander, Budzik, Tomasz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: precipitation; glacier dynamics; winter rain; mass balance; Hansbreen; Arctic; rain-on-snow; Svalbard; Hornsund; glacier
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/8322; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020334

Rapid Arctic warming results in increased winter rain frequencies, which may impact glacial systems. In this paper, we discuss climatology and precipitation form trends, followed by examining the influence of winter rainfall (Oct–May) on both the mass balance and dynamics of Hansbreen (Svalbard). We...