A plot-scale study of firn stratigraphy at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, using ice cores, borehole video and GPR surveys in 2012–14

• Main Authors: Marchenko, Sergey, Pohjola, Veijo A, Pettersson, Rickard, van Pelt, Ward J J, Vega, Carmen P, Machguth, Horst, Bøggild, Carl E, Isaksson, Elisabeth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2017
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136485/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136485/1/marchenko_JG_2016.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-136485; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.118

Spatial heterogeneity of snow and firn properties on glaciers introduces uncertainty in interpretation of point and profile observations and complicates modelling of meltwater percolation and runoff. Here we present a study of the temporal and spatial dynamics of firn density and stratigraphy at the...