Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund
The mass balance of a glacier is the difference between accumulation in winter and ablation in summer, and is thus a measure of whether the glacier as a whole is increasing or shrinking. It is interesting to monitor mass balance because melting of glaciers can contribute to sea-level rise. Glaciers...
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2013
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| Online Access: | http://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 |
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| author | Kohler, Jack |
| author_facet | Kohler, Jack |
| author_sort | Kohler, Jack |
| collection | Norwegian Polar Data Centre |
| description | The mass balance of a glacier is the difference between accumulation in winter and ablation in summer, and is thus a measure of whether the glacier as a whole is increasing or shrinking. It is interesting to monitor mass balance because melting of glaciers can contribute to sea-level rise. Glaciers also influence the local climate and the conditions for fauna and flora in Svalbard. The mass balance is primarily dependent upon the precipitation in winter and the temperature in summer. The height above the sea is also important. The monitoring of the mass balance of four glaciers and glacier complexes is reported here: Austre Brøggerbreen (since 1967), Midtre Lovénbreen (since 1968), Kongsvegen (since 1987) and Kronebreen/Holtedalsfonna (since 2002). All these glaciers are located near Ny-Ålesund on Vest-Spitsbergen. More information on the monitoring is found at http://www.mosj.no/en/climate/land/mass-balance-glaciers.html? |
| format | Dataset |
| genre | glacier Ice Sheet Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Spitsbergen |
| genre_facet | glacier Ice Sheet Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Spitsbergen |
| geographic | Kongsvegen Kronebreen Ny-Ålesund Svalbard |
| geographic_facet | Kongsvegen Kronebreen Ny-Ålesund Svalbard |
| id | npolardata:oai:npolar.no:dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 |
| institution | Open Polar |
| language | unknown |
| long_lat | ENVELOPE(12.657,12.657,78.854,78.854) ENVELOPE(13.333,13.333,78.833,78.833) ENVELOPE(9.0,32.56,81.0,56.0) |
| op_collection_id | npolardata |
| op_coverage | BEGINDATE: 1968-01-01 ENDDATE: ENVELOPE(9.0,32.56,81.0,56.0) |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publisher | Norwegian Polar Institute |
| record_format | openpolar |
| spelling | npolardata:oai:npolar.no:dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 2025-04-03T21:18:23+00:00 Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund Kohler, Jack BEGINDATE: 1968-01-01 ENDDATE: ENVELOPE(9.0,32.56,81.0,56.0) 2013-07-10 application/csv application/json application/octet-stream text/html http://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 unknown Norwegian Polar Institute GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION massbalance Svalbard NySMAC glaciology EARTH SCIENCE CLIMATE INDICATORS CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS Dataset 2013 npolardata 2019-04-23T09:29:44Z The mass balance of a glacier is the difference between accumulation in winter and ablation in summer, and is thus a measure of whether the glacier as a whole is increasing or shrinking. It is interesting to monitor mass balance because melting of glaciers can contribute to sea-level rise. Glaciers also influence the local climate and the conditions for fauna and flora in Svalbard. The mass balance is primarily dependent upon the precipitation in winter and the temperature in summer. The height above the sea is also important. The monitoring of the mass balance of four glaciers and glacier complexes is reported here: Austre Brøggerbreen (since 1967), Midtre Lovénbreen (since 1968), Kongsvegen (since 1987) and Kronebreen/Holtedalsfonna (since 2002). All these glaciers are located near Ny-Ålesund on Vest-Spitsbergen. More information on the monitoring is found at http://www.mosj.no/en/climate/land/mass-balance-glaciers.html? Dataset glacier Ice Sheet Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Spitsbergen Norwegian Polar Data Centre Kongsvegen ENVELOPE(12.657,12.657,78.854,78.854) Kronebreen ENVELOPE(13.333,13.333,78.833,78.833) Ny-Ålesund Svalbard ENVELOPE(9.0,32.56,81.0,56.0) |
| spellingShingle | GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION massbalance Svalbard NySMAC glaciology EARTH SCIENCE CLIMATE INDICATORS CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS Kohler, Jack Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title | Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title_full | Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title_fullStr | Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title_short | Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund |
| title_sort | mass balance for glaciers near ny-ålesund |
| topic | GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION massbalance Svalbard NySMAC glaciology EARTH SCIENCE CLIMATE INDICATORS CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS |
| topic_facet | GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION massbalance Svalbard NySMAC glaciology EARTH SCIENCE CLIMATE INDICATORS CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE CRYOSPHERE GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS GLACIERS |
| url | http://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004 |