Essays about: "glacier dynamics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words glacier dynamics.

  1. 1. Analysis of Rainfall-runoff processes at different scales in two mountainous, Arctic catchments in northern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : June Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Arctic hydrology; Catchment response parameters; Water height recession analysis; Permafrost presence; Glacier presence;

    Abstract : The hydrological regime in Arctic catchments is being altered as an effect of climate change. To be able to project future changes in Arctic hydrology and hydrogeology, the mechanisms and drivers affecting runoff generation needs to be understood. READ MORE

  3. 2. Vegetation cover change on Tindfjöll mountains, Iceland, assessed by aerial photographs, topography, and climate

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Environmental changes; High Latitudes; Physical Geography; Ecosystem sciences; GIS; Climate Change; Vegetation change; Vegetation cover; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir Climate change is having a great impact on the fragile High Latitude environment where warming is occurring at a rate at least double the global average. It is urgent to understand the relationship between climate and vegetation cover, which is playing an important role, as a carbon sink, for biodiversity, and for protecting against natural hazards. READ MORE

  4. 3. Modelling the effects of climate change on ice dynamics at Kangerlussuaq Glacier, Greenland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Jamie Barnett; [2021]
    Keywords : Glacier; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Outlet; Discharge; Sea level; Kangerlussuaq; calving; ice mélange; melt; retreat;

    Abstract : A consequence of climate change is rising global sea levels, predicted to bring increased socio-economic and environmental impacts to coastal communities. The Greenland Ice Sheet has become a prominent contributor to rising sea levels, a consequence of the Arctic warming at twice the rate of the global average. READ MORE

  5. 4. Numerical Solvers of the p-Stokes Equations with Applications in Ice-Sheet Dynamics

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

    Author : Sebastian Myrbäck; Jonatan Risberg; [2020]
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    Abstract : In glacier dynamics – i.e. the field of research concerning the movement of ice – intricate mathematical models are used to describe its motion. Ice can be considered as a highly viscous, non-Newtonian fluid, obeying a set of equations closely related to the well-known Navier-Stokes equations describing classical fluid mechanics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Combining luminescence dating and sedimentary analysis to derive the landscape dynamics of the Velická Valley in the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Roos van Wees; [2020]
    Keywords : IRSL; Chronology; Sedimentology; Landscape development; Middle Pleistocene; Modern Analogues; Clast shape analysis; Maximum particle size; High Tatras; Slovakia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Luminescence dating is widely used in combination with sedimentological analysis to reconstruct the landscape development of the Quaternary period. Here, quartz and K-feldspar measurements are used to date and evaluate the luminescence characteristics of sediments from seven sites of the lower part of the Velická valley (995-1250 m a.s.l. READ MORE