Glacier Surface Type - Svalbard

• Main Author: König, Max
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
• Subjects: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; Surface Type; Firn; superimposed ice; glacier ice; glaciology; EARTH SCIENCE; CLIMATE INDICATORS; CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS; GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS; GLACIER FACIES; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIERS; Svalbard; glacier
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/d756f766-de33-11e2-8993-005056ad0004

On many glaciers in Svalbard, three surface types are visible on SAR images, the dark glacier ice at the glacier's lower end, the brighter superimposed ice in the middle, and the white firn at the higher elevations. Surface classification of these types is valuable especially since the retreat...