Climate in Svalbard 2100 – a knowledge base for climate adaptation

• Main Authors: Bilt, Willem van der, Bakke, Jostein, Smedsrud, Lars H., Sund, Monica, Schuler, Thomas, Westermann, Sebastian, Wong, Wai Kwok, Sandven, Stein, Simpson, Matthew James Ross, Skogen, Morten D., Pavlova, O., Ravndal, Ole, Risebrobakken, Bjørg, Saloranta, Tuomo, Mezghani, Abdelkader, Nilsen, F., Nilsen, Jan Even Øie, Nilsen, Irene Brox, Kierulf, Halfdan, Kohler, Jack, Li, H., Lutz, J, Melvold, Kjetil, Gjelten, Herdis Motrøen, Gundersen, Jeanette, Isaksen, Kjetil, Jaedicke, Christian, Dobler, Andreas, Engeset, Rune, Frauenfelder, Regula, Gerland, Sebastian, Christiansen, Hanne H, Børsheim, Knut Yngve, Breivik, Øyvind, Breili, Kristian, Borstad, Christopher Paul, Bogen, J., Benestad, Rasmus, Beldring, S., Andresen, J, Adakudlu, Muralidhar
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk klimaservicesenter 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Svalbard; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18819

This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency in order to provide basic information for use in climate change adaptation in Svalbard. It includes descriptions of historical, as well as projections for the future climate development in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and ocean, and it includes effects on the physical nature e.g. on permafrost and various types of landslides and avalanches. The projections for the future climate are based on results in the IPCCs fifth assessment report. The report is to a large degree an assessment of existing literature and model results. New results from atmosphere, ocean and hydrological models are, however, also presented. The report may be downloaded from the Norwegian Centre for Climate Service’s web portal www.klimaservicesenter.no.