Svalbard tidewater glacier front database

Tidal glacier fronts in Svalbard are mapped using Landsat 8 orthorectified imagery. Fronts are determined for places where the ice is apparently in contact with seawater. This might not be 100% correct: there are some places where there may be sediment emerging, but if this can’t be seen clearly in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kohler, Jack, König, Max, Nuth, Chris, Villaflor, Glennda, Tronstad, Stein
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2018
Subjects:
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERYBASEMAPSEARTHCOVER
shapefile
bad-utf8
terrestrial
remote-sensing
glaciology
marine
climate
EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE INDICATORS
CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS
GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS
GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
Glacier Front
PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS
LAND RECORDS
GLACIAL RETREAT
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIERS
Arctic
Jan Mayen
Svalbard
glacier
Ice Sheet
North Atlantic
Tidewater
Online Access:http://data.npolar.no/dataset/7cd67b1a-1b9b-4dfd-b7a1-f9469597ed4d
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Summary:Tidal glacier fronts in Svalbard are mapped using Landsat 8 orthorectified imagery. Fronts are determined for places where the ice is apparently in contact with seawater. This might not be 100% correct: there are some places where there may be sediment emerging, but if this can’t be seen clearly in the L8 image the glacier front is retained as being “in contact”, especially if it is only a short stretch.

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