Mass balance of three glaciers on Svalbard

• Main Authors: Kohler, Jack, Hagen, Jon Ove, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Listøl, Olav
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE; Not Available; glaciology; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; GLACIERS; Arctic; Svalbard; Jan Mayen; Kongsvegen; glacier; Ice Sheet; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; North Atlantic; Norwegian Polar Institute; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/81d7648d-09e3-5a01-b288-7fd8623f5d75

The Norwegian Polar Institute measures mass balance on three glaciers, all in the Kongsfjorden area of north-western Spitsbergen, Svalbard. They are: Austre Brøggerbreen (data since 1967, Midtre Lovénbreen (since 1968) and Kongsvegen (since 1987). The first two are among the longest continuous high...