Seasonal Velocities on Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard

• Main Author: Ehwald, Lena Elisa
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2016
• Subjects: Nordenskiöldbreen; Svalbard; velocity; glaciers; climate change; mass balance; dynamical behaviour of glaciers; Glaciär; Nordenski öldbreen; isflöde; massbalans; klimatuppvärmnin; Arctic; Main Island; Svalbard Archipelago; Climate change; glacier; Global warming; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296682

Global warming leads to increased precipitation in the Arctic, as warmer air can carry more moisture. The consequence is that many arctic glaciers get steeper slopes over time as increased melt at their lower part causes thinning and increased solid precipitation in their upper regions leads to thic...