A new glacier inventory for the Svartisen region, Norway, from Landsat ETM+ data: challenges and change assessment

• Main Authors: Paul, F, Andreassen, L M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2009
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; New Glacier; Norway; Svartisen; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/28451/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/28451/1/Paul_Andreassen_A_new_glacier_inventory_2009.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-28451; https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309789471003

Glaciers are widely recognized as key indicators of climate change, and their meltwater plays an important role in hydropower production in Norway. Since the last glacier inventory was compiled in northern Norway in the 1970s, marked fluctuations in glacier length and mass balance have been reported...