Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Fuerst, Johannes Jakob, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien, Benham, Toby J., Dowdeswell, Julian A., Grabiec, Mariusz, Navarro, Francisco, Pettersson, Rickard, Moholdt, Geir, Nuth, Christopher, Sass, Björn, Aas, Kjetil, Fettweis, Xavier, Lang, Charlotte, Seehaus, Thorsten, Braun, Matthias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2017
• Subjects: Geology; Geologi; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Svalbard; Vestfonna; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334921; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2003-2017

The basal topography is largely unknown beneath most glaciers and ice caps, and many attempts have been made to estimate a thickness field from other more accessible information at the surface. Here, we present a two-step reconstruction approach for ice thickness that solves mass conservation over s...