A new repository of geophysical data in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard)

• Main Authors: Pace, Francesca, Vergnano, Andrea, Godio, Alberto, Romano, Gerardo, Capozzoli, Luigi, Baneschi, Ilaria, Doveri, Marco, Santilano, Alessandro
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Svalbard; Geophysics; Arctic; ERT; GPR; Ny-Ålesund; electric resistivity; radargram; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10280219

We present the geophysical data set acquired in the summer of 2022 close to Ny-Ålesund (Western Svalbard, Brøggerhalvøya peninsula -Norway) as part of the project ICEtoFLUX (MUR/PRA2021 project-0027). The data set is composed of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and GroundPenetrating Radar (GPR) surveys, which are well-known geophysical techniques for the characterization of glacial and hydrological processes andfeatures. The data have been organized in a consistent repository that includes both raw and processed (filtered) data. Some representative examples of2D models of the subsurface are provided, that is, 2D sections of electrical resistivity (from ERT) and 2D radargrams (from GPR).The aim of the investigation is to characterize the role of groundwater flow in correspondence of the active layer as well as through and/or below thepermafrost. The data set is of major relevance because scant attention has been paid to the publication of geophysical data from the Ny-Ålesund area so far.Moreover, these geophysical data can foster multidisciplinary scientific collaborations because they can be of interest to many disciplines: hydrology,glaciology, climate, geology, geomorphology, etc.