Svalbard tidewater glacier front database

• 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

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...