Mass balance for glaciers near Ny-Ålesund

• Main Author: Kohler, Jack
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: 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; Kongsvegen; Kronebreen; Ny-Ålesund; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ny Ålesund; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/ad6c4c5a-e926-11e2-b06b-005056ad0004

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...