Elevation changes measured on Svalbard glaciers and ice caps from airborne laser data

• Main Authors: Oerlemans, J., Bamber, J.L., Krabill, W., Raper, V., Dowdeswell, J.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Natuur- en Sterrenkunde; Fridtjovbreen; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Vegafonna; Vestfonna; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/22699

Precise airborne laser surveys were conducted during spring in 1996 and 2002 on 17 ice caps and glaciers in the Svalbard archipelago covering the islands of Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet. We present the derived elevation changes. Lower-elevation glaciers in south Spitsbergen show the largest thinni...