Essays about: "Adventfjorden"

Found 2 essays containing the word Adventfjorden.

  1. 1. Local pollution and the risks of OPFR, PBDE and PFAS to the marine ecosystem outside Longyearbyen and Barentsburg in Svalbard

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Anna Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Local pollution; Organophosphorus flame retardants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Perfluorinated alkylated substances; Sediment; Arctic; Svalbard; Adventfjorden; Grønfjorden; Risk analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Most of the ecotoxicological research conducted in the Arctic until today has focused on long range transport of pollutants, while fewer studies on local pollution have been published. The aim of this study was hence to investigate if local pollution of organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) occurs outside two settlements in Svalbard; Longyearbyen and Grønfjorden. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Analysis of the Local Weather Around Longyearbyen and an Instrumental Comparison

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Charlotta Petersson; [2007]
    Keywords : meteorology; Svalbard; the Arctic; Longyearbyen; local weather; channeling effects; sea breeze; inversion; case study; instrumental comparison;

    Abstract : Three different studies have been made; an analysis of the general weather situation at three weather stations in Svalbard, close to the main settlement Longyearbyen; an instrumental comparison between three weather stations operating at nearly the same place during a few days in October 2006; and a case study of a weather station at the mountain Breinosa compared to the station in the valley beneath. The analysis of the general weather at the three stations, Adventdalen (data used from 2004-2006), Svalbard Airport (data used from 1994-2004) and Gruvefjellet (data used from 2002-2005) showed that it is clear that the local surroundings do contribute to a more locally produced weather. READ MORE