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Elevation change and mass balance of Svalbard glaciers from CryoSat-2 altimetry
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Datacenter: Norwegian Polar InstituteIso topic category: geoscientificInformation, boundariesShow Abstract
This dataset contains the primary elevation change and mass balance results for Svalbard from swath processing of CryoSat-2 radar altimetry, 2011-2017 (Morris et al. 2020, J. Geophys. Res.). Svalbard is divided into six subregions: Austfonna (Aust), Vestfonna (Vest), Barentsøya and Edgeøya (BarEd), Northeast Spitsbergen (NESbn), Northwest Spitsbergen (NWSbn), and Southern Spitsbergen (SoSbn). The .csv files contain monthly cumulative mass change for surging, non-surging and all ice in each subregion and the archipelago as a whole (displayed in figures 4 and 5 of the manuscript). The underlying elevation estimates are not corrected for penetration bias, see the manuscript for further discussion. GeoTIFFs in UTM zone 33N projection contain extrapolated and unextrapolated maps of elevation change rate (m/yr), the division of the archipelago into the subregions (1:NESbn, 2:Vest, 3:NWSbn, 4:Aust, 5:SoSbn, 6:BarEd), the fractional ice coverage (0 to 1) on a 1km grid, and a surge mask (1:surge).Show Keywords
GCMD Science Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS > GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
GCMD Science Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS
None: Arctic
None: Glaciology
None: Ice
None: Radar Altimetry
None: Cryosphere
None: glaciology
None: remote-sensing
Metadata Information
Metadata identifier: 5776cb31-5858-48b6-a9cf-412106c34987Last metadata update: 2020-09-21T14:00:00ZAlternate identifier:Metadata status: ActiveMetadata update history
2020-09-21T14:00:00Z : Minor modification : Made by transformation from DIF record, type is hardcoded.
Related resources
Dataset landing page: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/5776cb31-5858-48b6-a9cf-412106c34987Dataset Citation
Title: Elevation change and mass balance of Svalbard glaciers from CryoSat-2 altimetryAuthor: Ashley Morris, Geir Moholdt, Laurence GrayPublisher: Norwegian Polar InstitutePublication place: Tromsø, NorwayURL: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/5776cb31-5858-48b6-a9cf-412106c34987Technical contact
Platform
Name:Instrument
Name:Temporal extent
Start date: 2011-01-01T12:00:00ZEnd date: 2017-12-31T12:00:00ZGeographic extent EPSG:4326
North: 80South: 74East: 35West: 10Observation location
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