Simulating climatic mass balance, seasonal snow development and associated freshwater runoff in the Kongsfjord basin, Svalbard (1980–2016)

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Pramanik, Ankit, Van Pelt, Ward, Kohler, Jack, Schuler, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2018
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Kongsfjord; Svalbard; glacier; Journal of Glaciology; Kongsfjord*
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-364850; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.80

The Kongsfjord basin in northwest Svalbard is the site of a number of interdisciplinary studies concerned with the effect of fresh water from seasonal snow and glacier melt on the physical and biological environment. We use an energy-balance model coupled with a subsurface snow model to simulate the...