Subsurface fluxes of mass and energy at the accumulation zone of Lomonosovfonna ice cap, Svalbard

• Main Author: Marchenko, Sergey
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2018
• Subjects: glacier; ice sheet; sea level; runoff; ice; firn; snow; stratigraphy; density; core; radar; thermistor; temperature; preferential water flow; thermal conductivity; water content; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334178

Glaciers cover ca 10% of the Earth's land and are found in the high altitudes and latitudes. They are important components of environmental systems due to the multiple feedbacks linking them with the atmosphere, hydrosphere and periglacial landscapes. The cold sloping surfaces of glaciers chang...