An agenda for the future of Arctic snow research : the view from Svalbard
The Arctic region is warming at over twice the mean rate of the Northern Hemisphere and nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979. The local rate of warming is even higher in the European archipelago of Svalbard. This warming is transforming the terrestrial snow cover, which modulates surfa...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-519340 2024-02-11T10:00:10+01:00 An agenda for the future of Arctic snow research : the view from Svalbard Zdanowicz, Christian Gallet, Jean-Charles Salvatori, Rosamaria Malnes, Eirik Isaksen, Ketil Hübner, Christiane Jones, Eleanor Lihavainen, Heikki 2024 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-519340 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8827 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära Norwegian Polar Institute Polar Research, 0800-0395, 2024, 42, orcid:0000-0002-1045-5063 orcid:0000-0002-6153-1361 orcid:0000-0001-9824-9696 orcid:0000-0003-2356-5330 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-519340 doi:10.33265/polar.v42.8827 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Glacier mass balance ecosystem snowpack chemistry remote sensing modelling focal sites Physical Geography Naturgeografi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2024 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8827 2024-01-17T23:31:55Z The Arctic region is warming at over twice the mean rate of the Northern Hemisphere and nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979. The local rate of warming is even higher in the European archipelago of Svalbard. This warming is transforming the terrestrial snow cover, which modulates surface energy exchanges with the atmosphere, accounts for most of the runoff in Arctic catchments and is also a transient reservoir of atmospherically deposited compounds, including pollutants. Improved observations, understanding and modelling of changes in Arctic snow cover are needed to anticipate the effects these changes will have on the Arctic climate, atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and socioeconomic factors. Svalbard has been an international hub of polar research for many decades and benefits from a well-developed science infrastructure. Here, we present an agenda for the future of snow research in Svalbard, jointly developed by a multidisciplinary community of experts. We review recent trends in snow research, identify key knowledge gaps, prioritize future research efforts and recommend supportive actions to advance our knowledge of present and future snow conditions pertaining to glacier mass balance, permafrost, surface hydrology, terrestrial ecology, the cycling and fate of atmospheric contaminants, and remote sensing of snow cover. This perspective piece addresses issues relevant to the circumpolar North and could be used as a template for other national or international Arctic research plans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier permafrost Polar Research Svalbard Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Svalbard Polar Research 42 |
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The Arctic region is warming at over twice the mean rate of the Northern Hemisphere and nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979. The local rate of warming is even higher in the European archipelago of Svalbard. This warming is transforming the terrestrial snow cover, which modulates surface energy exchanges with the atmosphere, accounts for most of the runoff in Arctic catchments and is also a transient reservoir of atmospherically deposited compounds, including pollutants. Improved observations, understanding and modelling of changes in Arctic snow cover are needed to anticipate the effects these changes will have on the Arctic climate, atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and socioeconomic factors. Svalbard has been an international hub of polar research for many decades and benefits from a well-developed science infrastructure. Here, we present an agenda for the future of snow research in Svalbard, jointly developed by a multidisciplinary community of experts. We review recent trends in snow research, identify key knowledge gaps, prioritize future research efforts and recommend supportive actions to advance our knowledge of present and future snow conditions pertaining to glacier mass balance, permafrost, surface hydrology, terrestrial ecology, the cycling and fate of atmospheric contaminants, and remote sensing of snow cover. This perspective piece addresses issues relevant to the circumpolar North and could be used as a template for other national or international Arctic research plans. |
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An agenda for the future of Arctic snow research : the view from Svalbard |
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